Aug
She’s Back!
Get in. We’re going back to Egypt! Performance at the Rose, Blue Lake, Michigan, August 24.
Aug
Jul
Antony and Cleopatra at Hiram College Theater
As I’m getting ready to remount (August 24! at the Rose!) my 2018 production of Antony and Cleopatra at Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company, I have been thinking about my first time directing it, back in 2003. The whole thing sounds crazy to me, when I think about it. My undergrad theater department, which I had […]
Jul
Favorite Lines
In a recent alumni survey, my grad school asked, “What’s your favorite line from Shakespeare?” I was stumped. I don’t think I have one. Everyone else does, I’m sure, and I even know what many of my friends’ favs are. But I am completely at a loss. I do have a favorite line in each […]
Jun
Awards and Irony
This morning, my social media was buzzing with posts from friends at Pigeon Creek Shakespeare reporting their nominations for the Wilde Awards (Michigan’s professional theater awards, run by Encore Michigan). Kate Bode was nominated for “Best Performance–Bard” for her performance as Margaret in Henry VI (a role she continued in Richard III), Scott Lange for […]
Jun
Announcement: As You Like It
People I hardly know have started coming up to me and saying, “So, I hear you’re doing As You Like It at Harrisonburg High School next year,” which I guess means I can announce it! I’m excited to work with HHS students on their spring show. I’ve had a few eye rolls from snotty people […]
The Comedy of Errors at the American Shakespeare Center
I should just start by saying, I am not a fan of The Comedy of Errors. I nearly didn’t go to see it. But I knew my kids would enjoy it–they are in a phase of being quite excited about physical comedy. We were able to get a few homeschool friends to join us for […]
May
Hamlet at the Atlanta Shakespeare Company
Bridget is playing Laertes at “the other ASC,” so I decided to find a time to come see it, meet people in Atlanta, and check out the theater. Inspired by Shakespeareances, I have been trying to see more theater outside of universities. So much Shakespeare is happening all over the country, and I want to […]
Apr
Richard III Pictures
Most images by Seraphina Zorn, taken at the Dog Story Theater in Grand Rapids, March 5, 2019.
Apr
Audience Response
I have been noodling over a mystery for the past couple of weeks, and I’m curious to hear other theater makers weigh in on it. The audience response to Richard III at Pigeon Creek Shakespeare has been incredible. People are hissing and booing at Richard when he’s messing with Queen Elizabeth. High school kids at […]
Apr
Be Kind
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to do a play about wickedness with such fundamentally kind people. Richard, after all, isn’t the only mean-spirited or ambitious person in this play. A number of people are out for revenge. At least three are willing to take a life in exchange for a few […]