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Tag Archives: Shakespeare
Happy Birthday, Mr. Shakespeare!
In honor of William Shakespeare’s 448th birthday (celebrated today, even though he was baptized on April 26), here are a list of Cal Shakes/Shakespeare/Jonathan Moscone factoids, courtesy of Board Member and unofficial Cal Shakes photographer Jay Yamada. (These numbers include the … Continue reading
Posted in Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Jon Moscone", "Jonathan Moscone", "Mark Rucker", Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Festival, California Shakespeare Theater, Daniel Fish, Joel Sass, outdoor theater, Shakespeare
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Contest: What Does THE TEMPEST Look Like to You?
Shipwreck. Magic. Monsters. Loss. Illusion. Betrayal. Restoration. Oh yes dearest William filled The Tempest to the brim with motifs, themes, and symbols for us to grasp and mull over. With all these images and symbols to wade through, it is … Continue reading
Getting Back to Basics
Part Two in a new series by Marketing Intern Katie McGee as she participates in a Cal Shakes classroom residency. I went to bed Monday night eagerly awaiting my return to Northern Light for another dose of middle school Hamlet … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Professional Immersion Program", "theater education", "theater", "Trish Tillman", arts education, cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, internship, Shakespeare
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S is for Shakespeare … and for Sharing
The final installment by Marketing Intern Katie McGee, documenting her participation in a Cal Shakes classroom residency. “Ummm…where’s my costume?” “What if I forget my lines?” Ahhh. The sounds of final performance day have arrived. Eager jitters spreading around the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Professional Immersion Program", "theater education", "theater", "Trish Tillman", arts education, cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, internship, outdoor theater, Shakespeare
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Auctioneering: More than Just a Breathless, Speedy-speaking Production
Marketing Intern Katie McGee gets to know our One Great Party auctioneer extraordinaire. “I’d be lying if I said I really don’t enjoy being an auctioneer. Continue reading
Posted in Professional Immersion Program, Uncategorized
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "conservatory", "New Works, "Professional Immersion Program", "theater education", "theater", artistic learning, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, gala, Greg Quiroga, internship, outdoor theater, philanthropy, Shakespeare, Triangle Lab
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Hamlet: Smells Like Tween Spirit
Part One in a new series by Marketing Intern Katie McGee as she participates in a Cal Shakes classroom residency. What does Hamlet have in common with a group of middle schoolers? MAJOR angst and uncertainty about their futures. Right? … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Immersion Program, Uncategorized
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Hamlet: Blood in the Brain", "Professional Immersion Program", "theater education", "theater", arts education, cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, internship, Shakespeare
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The Triangle Lab: What’s in a Name?
A report on the naming of our partnership with Intersection, courtesy of Partnership Project Director Rebecca Novick. Last August, I was invited by Jonathan Moscone and Deborah Cullinan (executive director of Intersection for the Arts) to help develop the partnership … Continue reading
Posted in By Rebecca Novick, Main Stage, new works/new communities, Spunk, Triangle Lab
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "community engagement", "Jon Moscone", "Jonathan Moscone", "Moscone", "Sean San Jose", "theater", andrew mellon foundation, Bruns Amphitheater, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, campo sant, Deborah Cullinan, Intersection for the Arts, Luis Alfaro, new play development, Orinda, outdoor theater, Rebecca Novick, Shakespeare, Zora
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The Illustrated SHREW
As anyone who does any kind of educational work can tell you, kids can be awfully cute. And the emails, letters, and surveys we get here at Cal Shakes from conservatory campers, residency students, and Student Discovery Matinee attendees range … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Learning, By Stefanie Kalem, Main Stage, The Taming of the Shrew
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Moscone", "The Taming of the Shrew", "theater education", Alexandra Henrikson, arts education, cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, Erica Sullivan, outdoor theater, Shakespeare, Shana Cooper, Slate Holmgren, Student Discovery Matinee
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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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