Aug
28
ACADEMY 2024: Acting Shakespeare Through Rhetoric
Armin Shimerman, the esteemed Shakespearian scholar and teacher, offers a six-week scene class at the Antaeus Theatre. He is looking for new people interested in learning more about Elizabethan Rhetoric, which he considers the Rosetta Stone, to not only understand the playwright’s language but...
Oct
13
The Importance of Being Earnest
“Oh, pleasure, pleasure! What else should bring one anywhere?”
When bachelors Jack and Algernon both create alter egos, the lies quickly spiral into chaos, hilarity, cucumber sandwiches, and Victorian handbags.
Oscar Wilde’s “Trivial Comedy for Serious People,”...
Feb
9
Twelfth Night
“What country, friends, is this?”Separated from her twin brother in a shipwreck, Viola is forced to make her own way in the kingdom of Illyria — where, disguised as a man, she discovers unrequited passion,...
Apr
27
The Glass Menagerie
“For nowadays the world is lit by lightning!”Tennessee Williams' indelible portrait of the dysfunctional Wingfield family. Fading southern belle Amanda, and her two grown children — aspiring poet Tom and desperately shy Laura — pin their hopes on the long-awaited appearance...