Gender Identity

Proof that gender identity is, indeed, constructed:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9eL3ejXmE&feature=player_embedded

NYT Ask a Theater Historian

Here's an interesting Q&A session the New York Times did with Marc Robinson, who is a professor of theater studies and English at Yale University and adjunct professor of dramaturgy and dramatic criticism at the Yale School of Drama. Robinson answers various questions about American theatre -specifically what he thinks are influential plays and how he thinks European playwrights have inspired the writing of American plays.

Click on the links to read his answers and scroll down to read other questions that were posed as well.

Richard III Virtual Casebook Blog

Check out my production blog/virtual casebook/actor packet for our fast-approaching production of Richard III. Just follow this link! Read all about the context of the play, look at research images, find links to lots of Shakespeare websites and the Costume Designer's site, and keep up with developments as we move into rehearsal.

Something New With Shakespeare?

Thought this was an interesting article. Thought I'd Share.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/16/uk.shakespeare.theobald/index.html?eref=rss_world&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20rss/cnn_world%20(RSS:%20World)&utm_content=Google%20Feedfetcher

We give her more intellectual credit than she deserves...

And thats ok with me. This smarty pants writer makes Gaga and her team seem like champions of social commentary. Dramaturgs have the power to make a production way smarter (or at least seem way smarter) than the director ever intended it to be.

Audience Manipulation: Check.

:)

Huzzah.

Proof that The Inspector General reflected real life, y'all:

http://www.wwltv.com/news/Inspector-general-says-Riley-broke-law-in-not-complying-with-records-requ-86291792.html

Woot, Louisiana. Woot.

Out-Brechting Brecht

Very interesting article in the NY Times today about a modern production of Caucasian Chalk Circle which, apparently, out-Brecht's Brecht:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/theater/reviews/02caucasian.html

Just thought I'd share!