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Tag Archives: Patricia McGregor
Season Artist Profile: Paloma McGregor
In the months leading up to the start of our 2013 Main Stage season, I am once again profiling the creative minds behind our productions. The final installment of the 2013 Season Artist Profile series introduces you to choreographer Paloma McGregor, whose movement … Continue reading
Posted in A Winter's Tale, By Stefanie Kalem, Main Stage, Spunk
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "theater", A Winter's Tale, Angela's Pulse, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Danspace Project, DraftWork, Jerome Foundation, Loving v. Virginia, Orinda, outdoor theater, Paloma McGregor, Patricia McGregor, Shakespeare, Spunk, St. Croix
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What Does It Take to Awaken Your Faith? A Note from the Director of A WINTER’S TALE
Director Patricia McGregor’s early thoughts on her fall 2013 production of A Winter’s Tale. What does it take to awaken your faith? At some point in our lives, each one of us is sure to have suffered from the diseased … 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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Music Is Like Breathing: An Interview with SPUNK’s Guitar Man
Anthony “Tru” Peterson as discusses his views on life, music, and the extraordinary Cal Shakes production of Spunk directed by Patricia McGregor. Interview by Marketing Intern Jessica Reinhardt. I was seated in Jonathan Moscone’s office, anxiously waiting for Spunk’s “Guitar Man” Anthony “Tru” … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Immersion Program, Uncategorized
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Professional Immersion Program", Anthony "Tru" Peterson, Anthony Peterson, blues, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, music, Music in Spunk, Patricia McGregor, Shakespeare, Spunk, Spunk Cast, Tru
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Ask Philippa: SPUNK Edition
Philippa Kelly, resident dramaturg for Cal Shakes and production dramaturg for Spunk, shares her thoughts on the current production, and invites your questions. Spunk runs July 4–29, 2012. To honor … and adapt … Black southern dialect forms the living heartbeat of … Continue reading
Posted in Ask Philippa, By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Spunk
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "L. Peter Callender", "theater", arts education, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Chic Street Man, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, George C. Wolfe, Margo Hall, outdoor theater, Patricia McGregor, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare, Spunk, Zora Neale Hurston
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Original Music from SPUNK
Here are a couple of original musical compositions by Anthony Michael Peterson, a.k.a. Tru, who plays Guitar Man in our upcoming production of Spunk. These tracks, recorded by Will McCandless, are similar to the original music Tru is adding to Chic Street … Continue reading
Posted in Spunk
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", acoustic guitar, Anthony Michael Peterson, blues, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Chic Street Man, George C. Wolfe, Orinda, outdoor theater, Patricia McGregor, Spunk, Tru, ukulele, Will MCCandless, Zora Neale Hurston
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Meeting and Greeting the Story Inside Us All
Marketing Intern Jessica Reinhardt offers a look into the Spunk meet and greet with Director Patricia McGregor and cast. “There is no agony like hearing the untold story inside of you.”—Spunk The rehearsal space at Cal Shakes was abuzz with … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Immersion Program, Spunk, Uncategorized
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "meet and greet", "Professional Immersion Program", "theater", Anthony Peterson, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Patricia McGregor, Poloma McGregor, Spunk, Spunk Cast, Tru, Tru "Guitar Man", Zora Neale Hurston
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Spunk Song Contest: The journey is the reward
What song helped you along your personal journey? The dynamic characters in Spunk, stories by Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by George C. Wolfe, embody the all-too-human experience of struggle, love, loss, and—perhaps most of all—finding a place to call home. Submit songs … Continue reading
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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