Approach to Producing Shakespeare
Productions
- Full-length Shakespeare productions, often outdoors
- Workshops, scene-based work and other productions designed to maximize skill development and range for actors, and to introduce new audiences to Shakespeare.
- Contest and other events designed to explore the performance of Shakespeare on video
Rehearsal Process
- Text analysis to uncover rhythm, sound, placement and use of breath, with the goal of uncovering stage direction and acting cues
- Voice and body work designed to sharpen physicalization, maximize vocal power and the maximize the body's ability to respond to impulse
- Techniques to enhance improvisational skills and audience interaction
- Communication channels to maximize creative contributions from all artists
Production Style
- Plays performed in their time
- Minimal sets, in a variety of venues, often outdoors
- Rich, adaptable props and costumes
- Rich sound design
- Focus on effective stage combat and movement
- Plenty of audience interaction
- Wealth of context and references for those who want it
Artists and Crew
- Local talent, with two exceptions: recent theatre school graduates, and paid instructors
- We believe local artists should be known in the community, so we will publicize their names and faces