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Where, and Who, Are the Mothers In Shakespeare?
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly muses on maternal absences in Romeo & Juliet and other Shakespeare plays—an update on this blog she wrote last summer. In Renaissance times the mother was the family member principally involved with her children’s education and upbringing. Yet in Renaissance … Continue reading
Posted in Ask Philippa, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Hamlet, Main Stage, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Romeo & Juliet", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, romeo and juliet, Shakespeare, Shana Cooper
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Ask Philippa: AMERICAN NIGHT Edition
Philippa Kelly, resident dramaturg for Cal Shakes, shares her thoughts on the current production, and invites your questions. American Night runs through June 23, 2013. Since the Founding Fathers, immigrants to America have been assessed on the basis of their worthiness … Continue reading
Posted in American Night, Ask Philippa, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Jon Moscone", "Jonathan Moscone", "Moscone", American Night, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Culture Clash, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Orinda, outdoor theater, Richard Montoya
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Happy Birthday, Shakespeare!
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly presents a birthday meditation on the late, great one who gave us our name. Today is Shakespeare’s birthday (also nominated as his death day 52 years later). William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to John Shakespeare … Continue reading
Minds and Faces: the Excavation of Richard III
But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I, that am rudely stamp’d, and want love’s majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph; I, that am curtail’d of this fair proportion, … Continue reading
Ask Philippa: Off-Season Edition
Philippa Kelly, resident dramaturg for Cal Shakes, invites your questions about our 2013 season, which begins May 29. Subscriptions and FlexPasses on sale now. Just because the Main Stage season closes, it doesn’t mean we at Cal Shakes are suddenly … Continue reading
Posted in Ask Philippa, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Main Stage
Tagged "Amanda Dehnert", "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet", "Jonathan Moscone", "Oscar Wilde", American Night, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Christopher Liam Moore, Culture Clash, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Lady Windermere's Fan, outdoor theater, Paloma McGregor, Patricia McGregor, Philippa Kelly, Richard Montoya, romeo and juliet, Shakespeare, Spunk, The Ballad of Juan Jose, The Verona Project, Winter's Tale
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HAMLET Grove Talk
Click on the arrow below to listen to a podcast of a pre-performance Hamlet Grove Talk, presented by Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly. Podcast produced by Will McCandless. Hamlet has been extended; the production runs through October 21, 2012.
Posted in By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Hamlet, Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Festival, California Shakespeare Theater, Clint Ramos, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, LeRoy McClain, Liesl Tommy, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare
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Death and Revenge in Hamlet
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly on grief and vengeance in Hamlet and beyond. Hamlet returns from Wittenberg to honor his father’s death, and is suddenly confronted with his father’s ghost. Immediately, it seems, he is roused (or provoked) to an act … Continue reading
Posted in By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Hamlet, Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet", "Professional Immersion Program", cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Liesl Tommy, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare
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Ask Philippa: HAMLET Edition
Philippa Kelly, resident dramaturg for Cal Shakes and production dramaturg for Hamlet, shares her thoughts on the current production, and invites your questions. Hamlet runs September 19–October 14, 2012. “What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite … Continue reading
Posted in Ask Philippa, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Hamlet, Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Liesl Tommy, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare
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A Haunted HAMLET
Blithe Spirit has been such a witty whirlwind that things got a little behind in the Hamlet department around here. As a result, here’s a belated combo blog, featuring impressions from a lunch the marketing department had with director Liesl Tommy, … Continue reading
Posted in By Janet Magleby (Director of Marketing & Communications), By Stefanie Kalem, Hamlet, Main Stage, Professional Immersion Program
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet", "Jonathan Moscone", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Clint Ramos, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Jessica Kitchens, LeRoy McClain, Liesl Tommy, Oregon Shakespeare Theater, OSF, Party People, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
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Blithe Spirit and the Spirits
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly on the Spiritualist movement and the origin of the word “ghost.” Where did Coward get his interest in Spiritualism? Most importantly (and this information is supplied by Cal Shakes’ own Robin Dolan), Coward had a housekeeper … Continue reading
Posted in Blithe Spirit, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Mark Rucker", "Noel Coward", Blithe Spirit, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Spiritualism
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