Today’s title is brought to you by: It’s Fun to Say It. That’s the kind of dorky title one can only expect of a Shakespearean actor. We were having a conversation about which of our lines are most fun to say, and I think Evan pretty much trumped us all with “..but in gross brain little wots [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Cullowhee and the ASC
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence troupe, shakespeare, theater, theatre, touring theatre on September 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On Tour(ing)
Posted in On Touring, tagged american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, piercing eloquence troupe, shakespeare, theatre on September 23, 2007 | 5 Comments »
So the American Shakespeare Center On Tour’s Piercing Eloquence Troupe has set off into the world! Provided that, by ‘the world,’ one means ‘the mid-south eastern coast of the United States and also Ohio.’ It continues to amaze the majority of our troupe that we have not actually been on tour for most of our [...]
Belated Expectations
Posted in On Touring on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I greatly wanted to write a post prior to the start of our tour, but our final week in Staunton was spent in hectic activity and unprecedented exhaustion. A calendar and my own post about the touring schedule reveal to me that we have now been on the road for about a week, which is [...]
What’s Up, Piercing Eloquence?
Posted in Pictures, tagged american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Henry V, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, piercing eloquence troupe, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew on September 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This week’s title is brought to you by Mr. Raffi Barsoumian, whose charming habit of saying ‘What’s up, [inanimate object]?’ in way of observance has infused itself in my consciousness. Consequently, I go around saying things like, ‘What’s up, dirty dishes?,’ ‘What’s up, rain?,’ ‘What’s up, dental floss?’ and so on. And so in thinking of [...]
ASC Rehearsals Part II: The Renaissance Run
Posted in Pictures, The Way of the American Shakespeare Center, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Henry V, rehearsals, renaissance run, shakespeare, theater, theatre on September 4, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Renaissance Boy: The above picture of the Boy was taken by Mr. Paul Reisman backstage during the Renaissance Run of Henry V.
This week, our serialised blog continues on the topic of rehearsal tools used by the ASC. In addition to paraphrasing, we’re also responsible for knowing all of our lines prior to the start of rehearsal. [...]
