Monday, February 26, 2007

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: PERICLES

In this edition of the Blackfriars Backstage Pass, ASC Renaissance Season actors René Thornton, Jr. (Pericles), Greg Phelps (numerous roles), Miriam Donald (Bawd), and Susan Heyward (Marina) join ASC Executive Director and Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare Professor Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen in a fun, thoughtful examination of the ASC's current production of Pericles. Discussions center on character choices, costuming, and comparisons with plot points in other Shakespeare plays.
File Size: 17.9 MB, Running Time: 38 minutes, 45 seconds.

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: PERICLES

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 25 February 2007

A rundown of the upcoming week's events at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA. This edition covers the week of 25 February 2007.
File Size: 6.6 MB. Running Time: 4 minutes, 41 seconds

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 25 February 2007

Sunday, February 18, 2007

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 18 February 2007

A rundown of the upcoming week's events at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA. This edition covers the week of 18 February 2007.
File Size: 5.8 MB. Running Time: 4 minutes, 5 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 18 February 2007

Sunday, February 11, 2007

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 11 February 2007

A rundown of the upcoming week's events at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA. This edition covers the week of 11 February 2007.
File Size: 6.4 MB. Running Time: 4 minutes, 33 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 11 February 2007

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: THE DUCHESS OF MALFI

In this edition of Blackfriars Backstage Pass, ASC Resident Troupe actors James Keegan (Bosola), Ben Curns (Cardinal), Greg Phelps (Ferdinand), and Vanessa Morosco (the Duchess of Malfi) join ASC Executive Director and Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare Professor Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen in a fun, thoughtful examination of the ASC's current production of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi. Discussions revolve around characters in the play, and the process of putting the show together as part of the 2007 Actor's Renaissance Season.
File Size: 19 MB. Running Time: 42 minutes.

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: THE DUCHESS OF MALFI

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: First Quarto HAMLET

In this edition of Blackfriars Backstage Pass, ASC Resident Troupe actors Susan Heyward (Ophelia), James Keegan (Ghost/Claudius), Greg Phelps (Laertes), and Ben Curns (Hamlet) join ASC Executive Director and Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare Professor Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen in a fun, thoughtful examination of the ASC's current production of the First Quarto Hamlet. Discussions center on the differences between the First Quarto, the earliest version of the play to be committed to print, and the more commonly performed Second Quarto and Folio versions.
File Size: 21 MB. Running Time: 45 minutes.

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: First Quarto HAMLET

Sunday, February 04, 2007

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 4 February 2007

A rundown of the upcoming week's events at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, VA. This edition covers the week of 4 February 2007.
File Size: 6.4 MB. Running Time: 4 minutes, 32 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 4 February 2007