Well my time at Shakespeare & Company came to an end on Friday as the figurative curtain came down on a stellar opening night performance of Romeo and Juliet. It was an incredible and intense 8 weeks, that taught me many a lesson and reminded me why I do what I do. I hope when [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2011’
Lily Whitsitt- Summer In the City (7.12.11)
While the summer fellows enjoy the lush, verdant landscape of Ithaca, I find myself covered in the sweat and grime of summer city life in New York. I’m knee-deep in rehearsals for Twelfth Night, which will go up on a warehouse rooftop in Brooklyn the last weekend in July (29, 30 & 31) for three [...]
Dawn Monique Williams – 7/12/2011 Final days of R&J
So R&J opens Friday night and will conclude my stay with Shakes & Co. It has been a blast. This production is truly wonderful. We started previews last Friday night and as I sat in the theatre with our first true audience, I found myself weeping. Of course this had to do with how beautiful [...]
Desdemona Chiang – 7/12/2011 – It’s been a while
Hello everyone out there! I thought I’d take a moment to check in with my fellow Fellows here with an update on how things are out on the West Coast. On the DL retreat front, we recently found out from Roger that we will be working on George Bernard Shaw plays in August. Shaw is [...]
Dawn Monique Williams – 7/4/2011 – R&J week six
What a week! So we started tech in the Founder’s Theatre for Romeo & Juliet at Shakes & Co. on Saturday from 11-4. Also on Saturday I had a tech rehearsal for The Winter’s Tale at Hampshire Shakespeare Company from 6-11. And on Saturday, I had a birthday. I’ve heard people say on New Year’s [...]