William Shakespeare was dead for forty-four years before any woman was allowed to perform any role in his plays, proclaims Theatre Unbound, a Minnesota women’s theatre company that mounts live stage productions “conceived and created” exclusively by women. Since 1999 this unique company has given opportunities to 137 female directors, 435 female actors, 109 male … Continue reading
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Trinity Shakespeare’s “Dream” Director: Stephen Brown-Fried
I am honored to announce that the Trinity Shakespeare Festival, for its 8th season on the Texas Christian University campus, has engaged Stephen Brown-Fried to return to direct the Bard’s beloved comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Festival runs June 7 through 26, 2016. When asked how he feels about coming back to Fort Worth … Continue reading
Oklahoma City Rep’s “Grapes of Wrath”: classic stage tribute to its 75th year
“A different time is coming.” Folks moved on if they wanted to survive. Beginning in 1930, the Great Plains region entered an era of extreme drought, which combined with widespread unsustainable farming practices to create a massively destructive, widespread dust storm phenomenon designated “The Dust Bowl”. By the end of the 1930’s, more than 75% … Continue reading
Trinity Shakespeare 2011: Bard’s Battalion
TRINITY Festival 2011 COMPANY VIDEO: http://youtu.be/MvDxhYa5-Rw When the ghost of William Shakespeare softly rose from the cold ashes of Ft. Worth’s Shakespeare in the Park in 2009 and blessed his new performance incarnation like the proverbial phoenix, Trinity Shakespeare Festival at TCU, who knew what to expect? With Harry Parker as Managing Director and TJ … Continue reading
Circle Theatre Opus: A Musical Game of Life
Four chairs make a first class string quartet, five gifted musicians scheming and vying to fill them…who gets no chair, and the broken heart, when the music stops? Learn the truth watching Circle Theatre’s southwestern premiere production of Michael Hollinger’s elegant, heart-stopping Opus, running at the Sundance Square venue in downtown Ft. Worth through March … Continue reading
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