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Tag Archives: Cal Shakes Artistic Learning
Ask Philippa: Off-season Edition!
Philippa Kelly, Resident Dramaturg for Cal Shakes, shares her thoughts and answers your questions on our upcoming 2012 season programming and about productions past. Throughout his 20-year writing career, Shakespeare was fascinated with metaphors of rehearsing and scripting: the very … Continue reading
Posted in Ask Philippa, Blithe Spirit, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Hamlet, Main Stage, Spunk, The Tempest
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet", "Jon Moscone", "Jonathan Moscone", "Mark Rucker", "Moscone", "Noel Coward", "theater education", "theater", arts education, Blithe Spirit, cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, George C. Wolfe, Harlem Renaissance, Liesl Tommy, Orinda, outdoor theater, Patricia McGregor, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare, Spunk, The Tempest, Zora Neale Hurston
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Volunteering by the Numbers
By Jamie Buschbaum, Volunteer Program Coordinator Volunteering at Cal Shakes came in many different forms this year. The one most visible up at the Bruns Amphitheater was, of course, ushering. Our ushers come from all over the Bay Area to … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Learning, By Jamie Buschbaum( Volunteer Coordinator), gala, Main Stage, new works/new communities, Professional Immersion Program
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "New Works/New Communities", "Professional Immersion Program", "theater education", "theater", arts education, cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, internship, Orinda, Shakespeare, volunteering, volunteers
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Belated Notes from the CANDIDA “Meet and Greet” Event
By Publications Manager Stefanie Kalem This has taken me a while to get around to writing, which is really too bad, as the first-rehearsal “Meet and Greet” event, on July 13, for George Bernard Shaw’s Candida was inspiring, enlightening, and … Continue reading
Posted in By Stefanie Kalem, Candida, Main Stage
Tagged "An Ideal Husband", "Annie Smart", "bay area theater", "CalShakes", "Jon Moscone", "Julie Eccles", "Moscone", "theater", Alexandra Henrikson, Anna Oliver, Anthony Fusco, cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, George Bernard Shaw, Jarion Monroe, Nicholas Pelczar, Nick Gabriel, Orinda, outdoor theater
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Ask Philippa: THE VERONA PROJECT
Philippa Kelly, Resident Dramaturg for Cal Shakes, shares her thoughts and answers your questions on our 2011 productions. Loving is losing is living… Everyone knows the saying, “If you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Ask Philippa, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Main Stage, The Verona Project
Tagged "Amanda Dehnert" "rock musicals", cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturge, dramaturgy, new plays, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare
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California Shakespeare Theater Teen Night
The following was written by Bristol Glass, Artistic Learning intern. As an intern, about to see the bloody glory that is Titus Andronicus, I hadn’t quite anticipated my own excitement combining with that of the group that attended Teen Night. … Continue reading
Staring Your Future in the Face with a Smile: Titus opens!
A dispatch from this weekend’s Titus Andronicus opening, by Stage Management Intern Cordelia Miller. I’ve never been so overwhelmed by so many emotions on an opening night. As I got in my car to drive to my last tech rehearsal, … Continue reading
Posted in By Cordelia Miller (stage management intern), Main Stage, Professional Immersion Program, Titus Andronicus
Tagged Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, internship, James Carpenter, Joel Sass, Orinda, outdoor theater, Shakespeare, Stacy Ross, Titus Andronicus.
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The First Shakespeare Assembly of 2011!
Cal Shakes Director of Artistic Learning Trish Tillman reports from the field. The entire Artistic Learning staff was out in Walnut Creek Friday at the Diablo Actors’ Ensemble theater for our first assembly run with Henry the Eighth. We had … Continue reading
Recess Repertory, or The Ripple Effect
This story was sent to us by Denise Altaffer, mother of Summer Shakespeare Conservatory student—and Macbeth understudy—Will Altaffer. My 13-year-old son, Will, participated in the five-week camp this past summer for the first time. He had a fantastic experience and … Continue reading
Heaven in Oakland—a Halfway Point
“In talking about the house on the Battle Farm, and how the townspeople in the Pastures of Heaven view it, I asked kids if they knew of places like this in their own lives. One student said there were ghost … Continue reading