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Tag Archives: Shakespeare
Dispatch #2 from the R&J Rehearsal Hall: Repurposing, Re-creating
Cal Shakes Blogging Fellow Peter Selawsky continues to blog from inside the Romeo & Juliet rehearsal room. In my last post, I summarized the main points raised by director Shana Cooper as she discussed her upcoming production of Romeo and … Continue reading
Posted in By Peter Selawsky (blogging fellow), Professional Immersion Program, Uncategorized
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Daniel Ostling", "Romeo & Juliet", "theater", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturgy, internship, romeo and juliet, Shakespeare, Shana Cooper
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Dispatch #1 from the R&J Rehearsal Hall: Small Miracles of Joy
Hello, this is Peter Selawsky blogging from the Cal Shakes rehearsal hall. I’ve been coming to Cal Shakes productions since I was a child growing up in the East Bay, and I’m very excited for the opportunity to sit in … Continue reading
Posted in By Peter Selawsky (blogging fellow), Main Stage, Professional Immersion Program, Romeo and Juliet
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Professional Immersion Program", "Romeo & Juliet", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturgy, internship, outdoor theater, romeo and juliet, Shakespeare, Shana Cooper
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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
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
Season Artist Profile: Christopher Liam Moore
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 March installment of the Season Artist Profile features Christopher Liam Moore, a frequent guest artist at … Continue reading
Posted in By Stefanie Kalem, Lady Windermere's Fan, Main Stage, Season Artist Profiles, Uncategorized
Tagged "An Ideal Husband", "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Moscone", "Oscar Wilde", "theater", Artists Rep, Ashland, Bill Rauch, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Christopher Liam Moore, dramaturgy, drawing room comedy, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, OSF, outdoor theater, Shakespeare
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Getting to Know Brett Jones
Cal Shakes Marketing & Communications Director Janet Magleby introduces you to one of the minds behind this summer’s Conservatories. One of two new Summer Shakespeare Conservatory coordinators joining us this summer is Brett Jones. A recent Theater Performance graduate from the … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Learning, By Janet Magleby (Director of Marketing & Communications)
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Professional Immersion Program", "theater camp", "theater education", "theater", cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, internship, Shakespeare, Summer Shakespeare Conservatory. summer theater camp
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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
Associate Artist Roundup: Scrooge, the Circus, and a Baby
It’s time for our annual shout-out to the theatrical antics our talented Associate Artist company is up to during the winter months. L. Peter Callender is in the midst of directing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, which opens January … Continue reading
Posted in Associate Artists, By Stefanie Kalem, The Taming of the Shrew, Uncategorized
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Pericles", "theater education", "theater", cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Orinda, outdoor theater, Shakespeare
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Which Shakespeare Character Would You Invite to Thanksgiving?
It’s almost that time: Time to eat ourselves in oblivion among family, friends, and the occasional random stranger. But what if you could sit yourself beside one of Shakespeare’s creations come Thanksgiving? Would you choose Ophelia, who’d surely be too distraught … Continue reading