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Tag Archives: “Word for Word Performing Arts”
Inside the Séance: Blithe Spirit Rehearsal Blog July 31
The following was written by Blithe Spirit Assistant Director Megan Sada. Stay tuned for more dispatches from inside the rehearsal room. The production and artistic teams and cast are back from their break early in anticipation of today’s visitor to … Continue reading
Posted in Blithe Spirit, By Megan Sada (Assistant Director), Main Stage
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Mark Rucker", "Noel Coward", "Word for Word Performing Arts", Blithe Spirit, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, Domenique Lozano, Orinda, outdoor theater, seance
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From Romance to Revenge
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly on Prospero’s and other’s journeys in The Tempest. The Tempest is a “Romance” play, best illustrated in relationship to King Lear, written six years before in 1605. Lear is a tragedy that leaves its audiences in a diminished Britain … Continue reading
Posted in By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), The Tempest
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Jon Moscone", "Jonathan Moscone", "King Lear", "Stefanie Kalem", "Word for Word Performing Arts", cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, Michael Winters, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Prospero, Shakespeare, The Tempest
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Where Are the Mothers in Shakespeare?
Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly muses on maternal absences in The Tempest and other Shakespeare plays. In Renaissance times the mother was the family member principally involved with her children’s education and upbringing. Yet in Renaissance drama older women were rarely represented … Continue reading
Posted in By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), The Tempest
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "Jonathan Moscone", "Moscone", "Pericles", "theater", "Word for Word Performing Arts", cal shakes, Cal Shakes Artistic Learning, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturgy, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare, The Tempest
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SHREW Grove Talk Podcast
Dr. Kelly explains it all! Our resident dramaturg provides historical and theatrical perspective on Shana Cooper’s production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Music by production Sound Designer Jake Rodriguez. Podcast produced by Will McCandless.
Posted in By Philippa Kelly (dramaturg), Main Stage, The Taming of the Shrew, Uncategorized
Tagged "bay area theater", "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "CalShakes", "The Taming of the Shrew", "theater education", "theater", "Word for Word Performing Arts", arts education, cal shakes, California Shakespeare Theater, dramaturg, dramaturge, Orinda, outdoor theater, Philippa Kelly, Shakespeare, Shana Cooper
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Belated blog from the middle of the night.
Amy Kossow, Word for Word Performing Arts charter member, has been involved with the development of John Steinbeck’s The Pastures of Heaven since the beginning. Now, as an actor in the forthcoming world-premiere production, she blogs from inside the rehearsal … Continue reading
Proceeding neck or nothing
Amy Kossow, Word for Word Performing Arts charter member, has been involved with the development of John Steinbeck’s The Pastures of Heaven since the beginning. Now, as an actor in the forthcoming world-premiere production, she blogs from inside the rehearsal … Continue reading
Visiting the Real Pastures of Heaven.
The following blog was written by Trish Tillman, Cal Shakes’ director of Artistic Learning. Last weekend several of us from Cal Shakes and Word for Word Performing Arts Company went to Salinas to hold some events in anticipation of our … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Learning, By Trish Tillman (Director of Artistic Learning), Main Stage
Tagged "California Shakespeare Thetaer", "Corral de Tierra", "JoAnne Winter", "John Steinbeck's The Pastures of Heaven", "Octavio Solis", "Salinas", "Stephanie Hunt", "The Pastures of Heaven", "Word for Word Performing Arts"
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Listen to interviews with Jon and JoAnne
A representative of the NEA’s New Play Development Program came out to observe the final development workshop for John Steinbeck’s The Pastures of Heaven last week, and conducted interviews with Cal Shakes Artistic Director Jonathan Moscone and JoAnne Winter, Co-Artistic … Continue reading
Topics (and prizes!) for Steinbeck blog series
As we mentioned a week ago, the Cal Shakes New Works/New Communities program will be asking for your help in our development of John Steinbeck’s The Pastures of Heaven, starting next Monday. On Oct 19 and 26 and Nov 2, … Continue reading
Coming Soon: Your Participation.
Beginning two weeks from today, the Cal Shakes New Works/New Communities program will be asking for your help in our development of John Steinbeck’s The Pastures of Heaven. This play—which we’ve been developing in collaboration with award-winning playwright Octavio Solis … Continue reading