This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 9 May 2010

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 9 May 2010.
File Size: 3.6 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 39 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 9 May 2010

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 2 May 2010

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 2 May 2010.
File Size: 3.4 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 25 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 2 May 2010

Doctor Ralph Presents: ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

American Shakespeare Center Director of Mission and Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare Professor Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen delivers a pre-show lecture on William Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well before a live audience at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse. This lecture was recorded on 14 April 2010.
Filesize: 31.5 MB, Running Time: 32:41.

Dr. Ralph Presents: ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 25 April 2010

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 April 2010.
File Size: 3.6 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 38 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 25 April 2010

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: ROMEO AND JULIET

In this edition of the Blackfriars Backstage Pass, American Shakespeare Center on Tour actors Josh Carpenter (Romeo), Brandi Rhome (Juliet), Aidan O'Reilly (Paris), and Kelley McKinnon (Lady Caputlet) join ASC On Tour 2009/2010 Rough, Rude, and Boisterous Tour manager and Assistant Director Dennis Henry (Friar Lawrence) for a fun, spirited examination of the ASC's current Spring Season production of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Discussions center on bringing the show off the road into the Blackfriars, the nature of the characters, audience reactions, and favorite scenes and lines. Also, the actors answer questions sent in by Podcast listeners.
File Size: 35.7 MB. Running Time: 37 minutes.

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: ROMEO AND JULIET

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 18 April 2010

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 April 2010.
File Size: 3.8 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 51 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 18 April 2010

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE

In this edition of the Blackfriars Backstage Pass, American Shakespeare Center on Tour actors Rick Blunt (Rafe), James Patrick Nelson (Venturewell), and Curt Foy (George) join The Knight of the Burning Pestle dramaturg Justin Schneider for a fun, spirited examination of the ASC's current Spring Season production of Francis Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle. Discussions center on the differences between performing Beaumont and Shakespeare, audience reactions to the play, and, of course, favorite lines.
File Size: 41.4 MB. Running Time: 42 minutes, 59 seconds.

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 11 April 2010

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 April 2010.
File Size: 3.8 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 48 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 11 April 2010

Doctor Ralph Presents: THE ROMAN ACTOR

American Shakespeare Center Director of Mission and Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare Professor Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen delivers a pre-show lecture on Phillip Massinger's The Roman Actor before a live audience at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse. The Roman Actor was the final production of the ASC's recently concluded 2010 Actor's Renaissance Season This lecture was recorded on 24 March 2010.
Filesize: 35.3 MB, Running Time: 36:38.

Doctor Ralph Presents: THE ROMAN ACTOR

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 4 April 2010

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 April 2010.
File Size: 3 MB. Running Time: 3 minutes, 02 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 4 April 2010

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: THE ROMAN ACTOR

In this edition of the Blackfriars Backstage Pass, American Shakespeare Center Renaissance Season actors Denice Burbach (Domitia), Gregory Jon Phelps, (Paris), John Harrell (Domitianus Caesar), and Allison Glenzer (Latinus) join ASC Director of Mission and Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare Professor Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen (for a little while, anyway) for a fun, spirited examination of the ASC's recently concluded 2010 Actor's Renaissance Season production of Phillip Massinger's The Roman Actor.
File Size: 24.5 MB. Running Time: 25 minutes, 23 seconds.

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: THE ROMAN ACTOR

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 28 March 2010

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 28 March 2010.
File Size: 6 MB. Running Time: 6 minutes, 10 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 28 March 2010

Doctor Ralph Presents: TWELFTH NIGHT

American Shakespeare Center Director of Mission and Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare Professor Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen is on sabbatical this semester. His 2010 Actor's Renaissance Season lectures are being delivered by a number of Dr. Cohen's distinguished colleagues. This week, Shakespeare and Company Artistic Director Tina Pakcer delivers delivers a pre-show lecture on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night before a live audience at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse. This lecture was recorded on 17 March 2010.
Filesize: 40.3 MB, Running Time: 41 minutes, 49 seconds.

Doctor Ralph Presents: TWELFTH NIGHT

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: 2010 Actor's Renaissance Season

In this very special edition of the Blackfriars Backstage Pass, ASC Director of Mission and Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare Professor Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen joins Coker College Professor of English Dr. Rhonda Knight and selected actors from the 2010 Actor's Renaissance Season troupe for a look at all five 2010 Renaissance Season productions. Actors John Harrell, Daniel Kennedy, Denice Burbach, Greg Phelps, Ben Curns, René Thornton, Jr., Tyler Moss, and Allison Glenzer discuss with Doctors Cohen and Knight the finer points of staging William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and Henry VI, Part Two; Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus; Ben Jonson's The Alchemist; and Phillip Massinger's The Roman Actor.

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: 2010 Actor's Renaissance Season

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 21 March 2010

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 21 March 2010.
File Size: 5.5 MB. Running Time: 5 minutes, 38 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 21 March 2010

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 14 March 2010

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 14 March 2010.
File Size: 5.8 MB. Running Time: 5 minutes, 55 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 14 March 2010

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 7 March 2010

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 7 March 2010.
File Size: 6.6 MB. Running Time: 6 minutes, 43 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 7 March 2010

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: HENRY VI, PART TWO

In this edition of the Blackfriars Backstage Pass, American Shakespeare Center Renaissance Season actors Sarah Fallon (Margaret), Daniel Kennedy, (Jack Cade), René Thornton, Jr. (York), and Denice Burbach (King Henry VI) join Henry VI, Part 2 Dramaturg Erin Baird for a thoughful, spirited examination of the ASC's current 2010 Actor's Renaissance Season production of William Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 2. Discussions center on comparing and contrasting this show with last year's production of Henry VI, Part 1; Denice Burbach's experience as a woman playing King Henry; and, of course, favorite lines.
File Size: 38.6 MB. Running Time: 40 minutes, 07 seconds.

Blackfriars Backstage Pass: HENRY VI, PART 2

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 28 February 2010

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 28 February 2010.
File Size: 4.7 MB. Running Time: 4 minutes, 44 seconds.

This Week at the Blackfriars: Week of 28 February 2010

Doctor Ralph Presents: DOCTOR FAUSTUS

American Shakespeare Center Director of Mission and Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare Professor Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen is on sabbatical this semester. His 2010 Actor's Renaissance Season lectures are being delivered by a number of Dr. Cohen's distinguished colleagues. This week, Washington and Lee University (Lexington, VA) Assistant Professor of English Dr. Holly Pickett delivers delivers a pre-show lecture on Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus before a live audience at the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse. This lecture was recorded on 11 February 2010.
Filesize: 34.2 MB, Running Time: 35 minutes, 32 seconds.

Doctor Ralph Presents: DOCTOR FAUSTUS