A free, intensive Shakespeare acting course for high school students will be offered by the Lewes Public Library Shakespeare Festival and Spoken Word Society from Aug. 7 to 26. Master teachers and professional actors Dr. James Keegan and Sadie.
A free, intensive Shakespeare acting course for high school students will be offered by the Lewes Public Library Shakespeare Festival and Spoken Word Society on Aug. 7-26.
Master teachers and professional actors James Keegan and Sadie Andros will lead students in 30 hours of training in text work, scansion (rhythm of verse), scene study, interactive character development, and performance preparation, culminating in a public master class.
âStudents who participate in the intensive will be empowered with knowledge about Shakespeareâs life and times that will help them to more easily comprehend and analyze the challenging diction and syntax of Shakespeareâs plays. This intensive aims to be a stimulating, inspiring and rigorous exploration of Shakespeare and his work that empowers young actors with the unique skills of Shakespearean style,â said Andros.
After having closed its doors to the public in March 2020 due to COVID-19, the Alley Theatre has announced its plans to reopen the theatre in Fall 2021. Reopening the Alley Theatre coincides with its 75th Anniversary Season with performances beginning on October 1, 2021. The 75th Anniversary Season and the Alley s celebratory return to live performances includes three world premiere plays and one world premiere musical. I couldn t be more excited to get back into the Theatre with this fabulous line-up including a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, a world-premiere musical, and three world premiere plays, said Artistic Director Rob Melrose. Our 75th Season boasts the most world premieres of any of our 74 previous seasons! When founder Nina Vance started this Theatre in 1947, she sent out 214 penny postcards and stated It s beginning! Houston, this is your Theatre. For the 75 Anniversary and beyond, we are committed to being a Theatre for all Houstonians. I m thrilled to usher in the 7
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STAUNTON In mid-March, the American Shakespeare Center marked its one-year anniversary since the COVID-19 pandemic partially closed the curtain on live productions and activities.
The center began a campaign to raise funds to stay open for 2021, and has raised 60 percent of its $200,000 goal.
“It will mean we will be able to keep all of the actors and staff employed,” said Kelly Burdick, the center’s director of communications of the fundraising goal, which would enable the center to continue to bring entertainment to the community for the 2021 season.
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