Indianapolis, Indiana, February 25 – March 2:
The Piercing Eloquence troupe spent a week in Indianapolis, but I did very little exploring of the state’s capital, chiefly because I partly grew up in Indiana, and my father still lives in Bloomington. That’s right: I may originally be from Philadelphia, I may have spent the last seven [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Merchant of Venice’s Courtroom in a Courtroom
Posted in On Touring, Pictures, tagged acting, Alisa Ledyard's feet, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, entertainment, how do you remember all those lines, Merchant of Venice, Monty Python, piercing eloquence tour, shakespeare, theater, theatre, touring theatre on March 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today’s title brought to you by Bardolatry’s Department of Redundancy Department! This is a companion post to the longer (yes, longer) post on our entire week in Indianapolis.
We performed the Courtroom Scene from Merchant of Venice in an actual courtroom, followed by a discussion led by a panel of professors from different departments in IUPUI. Here is [...]
We Go to a Party!
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Byron, entertainment, Highway Irony, I am cold, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, theater, theatre, touring theatre on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sub-title: Also, it snowed.
Sub-sub-title: Also, we had these Shakespeare plays we did.
Dayton, Ohio, February 21-22:
On the American Shakespeare Center On Tour Weather Map, we can see the vans moving up here while this front of snowy misery moves down from the artic north like the Assyrian coming down like a wolf on the fold and [...]
Taming of the Fifth Merchant in Alabama
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, entertainment, Henry V, I am cold, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, theater, theatre, touring theatre, why bad weather happens to good people on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Huntsville, Alabama, February 14-16:
One of the problems with God’s Geographical Reminder That Life is Not Fair (otherwise known as Florida) is the question of why bad weather happens to good people. We drove into a cold front as we moved west, so that when we emerged from the vans in Huntsville, Alabama, the temperature hovered [...]
Bianca in Pictures
Posted in My Characters, Pictures, tagged acting, Bianca, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, theatre on March 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Whilst we were in Georgia and I was on a picture-taking spree, I took the following pictures of Life as Bianca:
Bianca’s self-portrait
Bianca and the angle of the petticoat
This is what it looks like to be Bianca. You will notice that my feet are not visible.
Hellloooo feet! I am reminded of the bit in Alice and [...]
I Love Georgia; I Employ my Digital Camera; I Envision ‘Mortal Kombat: Taming of the Shrew’
Posted in On Touring, Pictures, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, entertainment, goat cheese grits, I am from the nineteenth century, Mr. Weasley's Ford Anglia, piercing eloquence tour, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, theater, theatre, touring theatre on March 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Augusta, Georgia, February 12:
Travelling one state northwards into weather more reminiscent of April than June, we settled in Augusta to give a performance of Taming of the Shrew in a gorgeous theatre that we all agreed we would like to pack into the cargo van and take with us. (Of course, this would require a [...]
