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Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival BlogsMuch Ado About SOMETHING...Thoughts From The Young Shakespeare FrontPosted by Michelle Calhoun-Fitts on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 9:20am (PST) Much AdoAbout SOMETHING...Thoughts From The Young ShakespeareFront At this writing, we have just opened the Young Shakespeare production of Much Ado About Nothing. Finally, after many weeks of rehearsals, wehave gotten to strut our stuff and perform before a live audience (numbering inthe hundreds!
The Big Move!Posted by angi on Thursday, July 2, 2009 1:15pm (PST) We made the big move! We finished out our last week in Reno, packed everyone up and headed to the Lake. The last two weeks went by like a whirlwind. We managed to move into the Redfield theatre, the designers flocked in and we ran the show a couple of times. We found time for a million fittings and
And we're off...Posted by jaime on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:52am (PST) The actors are here and everything has calmed down! It was quite the rush getting everyone into their housing but alas we have succeeded and everyone is enjoying their Reno housing. When every project ends another one begins so this Sunday we will be moving again up the mountain to Northstar. I'm qu
Blocking the ShowPosted by angi on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 11:02am (PST) The phase after table work is called blocking. We stagemanagers have measured the plans for the set and laid down different colors oftape to represent the stage. This gives the actors a good idea where the wallsand stairs are. It shows them windows, doors, entrances and the like. Next thedirector te
Bears and the BardPosted by cameron on Friday, June 12, 2009 10:02am (PST) Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes;
Team SMPosted by angi on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 9:31am (PST) st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } Well our first week of rehearsals are over. Team SM completed a marathon of paperwork and finished Sunday night distribution in 50 minutes. Stage Management updates all the paperwork on Sunday to reflect the changes that happened during the week. New p
LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD: Part 1Posted by Michelle Calhoun-Fitts on Friday, June 5, 2009 11:21am (PST) LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD: Part 1 Thoughts From The Young Shakespeare Front Choosing to do Much Ado About Nothing as a kids' show presents particular challenges. Shakespeare's classic comedy is full of feisty wordplay, dastardly deeds, mistaken identities and tests of love, some elements of
Angi's First (Prep) WeekPosted by angi on Monday, June 1, 2009 2:29pm (PST) Wow so we really are trail blazing here! Nykol and I came into a place where there was no Stage Management department in place and we made one up! It has been a crazy week but what a rush! The first part of the week was so busy. I got here (Reno, NV) on Saturday and Nykol got in Sunday. We
Angi's Travels to Out WestPosted by angi on Thursday, May 28, 2009 1:41pm (PST) v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }Day One Hello, I'm Angi, one of the Stage Managers. My dog, Cooper, and I are driving from Orlando, Florida to Reno
Kayak WillPosted by julie on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:44pm (PST) Our creative agency, Hat Trick, presented seven concepts for our 2009 Festival advertising campaign, which we had decided was to focus on Lake Tahoe and the amazing escape our lakeside theatre presents. Our plays this season, Measure for Measure and Much Ado About Nothing are two tremendous pro
Volunteers...Making It Happen!Posted by jennie on Monday, April 27, 2009 3:42pm (PST) Volunteers...Making It Happen! Spring has officially sprung here in beautiful Lake Tahoe. And spring, to me, means a few certain things ---unexpected drops & spikes in temperature, the inexplicable craving for ice cream, my first set of sunburned shoulders from getting too excited about the
Thoughts From The Young Shakespeare FrontPosted by Michelle Calhoun-Fitts on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 3:14pm (PST) For those of you who didn't already know, some of the exciting programs offered by the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival are targeted towards kids. There are the InterACT workshops, the Midsummer's Camps and the DG Menchetti Young Shakespeare program. In conjunction with the Nevada Shakespear
Urban Village Music Series….what?Posted by catherine on Thursday, April 16, 2009 2:36pm (PST) Since 2006 the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival has been looking to deliver alternative entertainment on Monday nights that differ from our two alternating Shakespeare performances occurring Tuesday through Sunday. In 2006 we produced The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, in 2007 Greate
State of AffairsPosted by john on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 2:48pm (PST) Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-p
Thoughts on mounting Shakespeare's works on the shores of Lake Tahoe at the Festival's Sand Harbor State Park venuePosted by henry on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 4:33pm (PST) Thoughts on mounting Shakespeare's works on the shores of Lake Tahoe at the Festival's Sand Harbor State Park venue.
On building the production team for the 2009 SeasonPosted by henry on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 4:31pm (PST) Thoughts on building the production team for the 2009 Season
I Love ShakespearePosted by henry on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 3:01pm (PST) I love Shakespeare. There, I've said it. No playwright gives me more joy, a greater theatricality, or a deeper sense of the wonder of the human story than old Will. I have spent the better part of my professional career in the American Regional Theatre as an actor and director of Shakespeare. Fro
A Trip to the First StatePosted by john on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 12:13pm (PST) Last week I was at the University of Delaware's graduate theatre department, the Professional Theatre Training Program. Every four years they take a small group of grad students in acting, stage management and technical production and work with them in an intensive program for three years developi
The Beginning of Our JourneyPosted by john on Saturday, January 31, 2009 2:46pm (PST) Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-p
2009 Season IntroductionPosted by catherine on Thursday, January 15, 2009 11:58am (PST) Thank you for visiting the Festival's Web site to learn more about our plans, improvements, changes and additions for the coming 2009 season (July 11 - August 23). While many are enjoying the fantastic array of snow sports in Tahoe during this time of year, we here at the Festival are planning,
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