Shakespeare in the park. The Rhode Island Shakespeare Theatre returns to the Roger Williams National Memorial this summer with their production of Antony and Cleopatra. Bob Colonna has edited the script to make it enjoyable to both Shakespeare lovers and those new to the Bard. Directed by CJ Racinsky. Thursday thru Sunday, August 26 thru …
(2.24) Each year the English Speaking Union challenges high school students from across the country to learn and perform one sonnet and one monologue from Shakespeare’s vast collection of works. For the fourth year the Providence Athenaeum will be hosting the regional competition. Through the competition, students develop communication skills and an appreciation of the …
[Update: Dexter Armory performance postponed due to rain.] “O brave new world, that has such people in it!” Trinity Rep and Rhode Island Latino Arts (RILA), announces the third year of its program Teatro en El Verano (Theater in the Summer). This year’s production features the bilingual English-Spanish adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest (La …
(2.25) The English Speaking Union will hold its annual competition this Sunday at the Providence Athenaeum. Rhode Island high school students (and one from Connecticut!) will present sonnets and soliloquies as they compete to represent Rhode Island at the National Shakespeare Competition in New York in April. The students will be judged by a panel …
(7.20) “How silver-sweet sound lovers’ tongues by night. Like softest music to attending ears!” What better place for that soft “music” than the Temple to Music in Roger Williams Park. Adapted by Brown/Trinity Rep MFA student Marcel Mascaro, this new bilingual English-Spanish adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet features local actors from the community, Brown/Trinity Rep …
Trinity Rep, in partnership with Rhode Island Latino Arts, announces the second year of its program Shakespeare en el Verano (Shakespeare in the Summer). This year’s production premieres a new bilingual English-Spanish adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Adapted by Brown/Trinity Rep MFA student Marcel Mascaro and co-directed by Mascaro and Trinity Rep’s associate artistic director Tyler Dobrowsky. Two …
You want swagger? William Shakespeare invented the word. And if you woke up this morning bloodstained and puking you have Shakespeare to thank for that as well. (Go here for a glossary of words coined by WS.) April 23rd is generally accepted as the date of William Shakespeare’s birth in the year 1564. He died …
Shakespeare’s Head? Take a right where Panache used to be. How odd it is that this April, as we celebrate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, we learn that prior rumors and conspiracy theories may have been true — the skull of the literary genius may have been stolen from his grave in the …
An exhibition titled “First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare” will mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. Featuring the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, the exhibition offers a chance for visitors to view a book of national significance that would’ve otherwise been lost to history if not for Shakespeare’s fellow actors …
(5.29) Head over to the Roger Williams National Memorial this Thursday for the TRIST production of “Henry IV Part I.” Boozy shenanigans, quarter-staff battle action, shady politics, magicians, thieves, and lovers are all in the mix as The Rhode Island Shakespeare Theater presents the Bard’s rambunctious slice of English history, “King Henry the Fourth, Part …
The Rhode Island Shakespeare Theater (TRIST) announces its latest venture, “As You Like It,” presented over three weekends of free performances at the Roger Williams National Memorial between North Main and Canal Streets. As usual, TRIST’s take on the play is anything but traditional. Director Bob Colonna — who also plays Jaques, Shakespeare’s version of …
The RI Shakespeare Theatre (TRIST) production of “12th Night” directed by Bob Colonna runs weekends through March 10. Go to the Roots Cultural Center for complete details and schedule. Parking behind the theater for $5 if you mention the play. Thursday, March 1, 7pm/Friday, March 2, 8pm/Saturday, March 3, 7pm $10, Roots Cafe, 276 Westminster …
Sock & Buskin, Brown University’s student theater group, is taking a fresh approach to the Shakespeare pastoral “As You Like It” which starts tonight, Thursday at 8pm. According to their press release, the director Nicholas Ridout a visiting professor from Queen Mary University, London, has updated the production with “modern dress (cough hipsters cough), modern …
This is pretty cool news, off of the East Side Public Education Coalition’s website: Arts supporters and dedicated ESPEC readers will remember that the theater progam at Hope High was almost killed in the summer of 2006, but was saved at the last minute through the efforts of many supporters. This week, Ari showed us …