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Tag Archives: “Man and Superman”
2009 Season Artist Profile: A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s Aaron Posner
In the months leading up to our 2009 Main Stage season, we’ve been profiling the creative minds behind the season’s productions—Romeo and Juliet, Private Lives, Happy Days, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream—in our e-newsletters. For the March installment, we profiled … Continue reading
Posted in By Stefanie Kalem, Main Stage
Tagged "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Aaron Posner", "Anne Washburn", "Arcadia", "Chaim Potok", "Euripides", "Folger Shakespeare Theater", "Happy Days", "Man and Superman", "Marin Theatre Company", "Melissa Arctic", "My Name is Asher Lev", "Oresres", "Private Lives", "Romeo an dJuliet", "The Chosen", "The Misanthrope", "theater bay area", "Theatreworks, "Tom Stoppard", "Two River Theatre Company"
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the capacity for wonder and amazement.
Last Friday, the Cal Shakes staff got to attend a brown-bag lunch with Aaron Posner, who was in town for, among other things, some Midsummer Night’s Dream auditions. Though Posner cut his teeth in the Northeast—cofounding Philadelphia’s Arden Theatre Company … Continue reading
Coming soon … An Ideal Husband podcast
Hidey-ho… Stefanie here. Last Wednesday we had the Meet & Greet for Jonathan Moscone’s production of An Ideal Husband. For those of you who don’t know, the Meet & Greet happens on the first day of a show’s rehearsals. The … Continue reading
Posted in By Stefanie Kalem, Main Stage
Tagged ", "An Ideal Husband", "Annie Smart", "award-winning", "bay area theater", "Gertrude Chiltern", "Grace Kelly type", "Gustav Klimt", "Jon Moscone", "Julie Eccles", "King Lear", "Man and Superman", "Meg Neville", "Moscone", "set designer", "theater", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater
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A little corn before your turkey, breaders?
First off, “breaders” is a term coined (we hope) by Cal Shakes Associate Artist Nancy Carlin when she was writing a production blog for the 2007 season production of Man and Superman; it’s shorthand for “blog readers.” And of course, … Continue reading
Posted in By Stefanie Kalem, Main Stage
Tagged "American Conservatory Theater", "Andy Murray", "Argonautika", "Berkeley Rep", "King Lear", "Man and Superman", "Richard III", "Robert Hurwitt", "San Francisco Examiner", "The Contra Costa Times", "The Magic Theatre", "The Rainmaker", Anthony Fusco
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Based on a Totally True Theatrical Experience
Back in 2006, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa helmed Cal Shakes’ second NewWorks /New Communities project, King of Shadows (originally known as Sweet Thunder), creating and developing a new take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with the help of MFA students at American … Continue reading
Posted in By Stefanie Kalem, new works/new communities
Tagged "2AM club", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "American Conservatory Theater", "Aquierre-Sarcassa", "Good Boys and True", "Hector Malone, "King of Shadows", "Man and Superman", "Marcia Pizzo", "Marin Theatre Company", "MFA program at A.C.T.", "New Works/New Communities", "Restoration Comedy", "Stefanie Kalem", "Steve Irish", "Sweet Thunder", "X-Men"
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Busy days aHEAD! Who knew?
It’s Tuesday afternoon, the first Tuesday after my first Cal Shakes season has ended. The rainy grey days have started, the executive types are planning their big vacations, and … I’m busy as all get-out. Part of it has to … Continue reading