Burlington, Vermont, October 9:
Our performance of Merchant of Venice was an interesting one (at least for us, the actors on stage—it would be unfair to make assumptions for the audience), because we actually hadn’t done the show in a couple of weeks, though it had been approaching stability at that time. My personal experience of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘piercing eloquence troupe’
The Hijinks of Irregular Repertory
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, piercing eloquence troupe, shakespeare, soul fart, theater, theatre, touring theatre on October 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Great Whacker Noodle Massacre, and Its Redemption
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, long tears, piercing eloquence tour, piercing eloquence troupe, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, theater, theatre, touring theatre, whacker noodles on October 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Powhattan, Virginia, September 30-31:
What was supposed to be a two-hour drive became a five-hour inch-forward through a traffic jam. I avoided any irritation, myself, by sleeping as though I had been drugged, though I retained some awareness of the valiant driver (Mr. Aaron Hochhalter) and skilled navigator (Ms. Ginna Hoben) doing all of the re-routing [...]
We few, we happy few, we band of mouthers
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Henry V, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, piercing eloquence troupe, Rude Cell Phone Man, shakespeare, theater, theatre, touring theatre on October 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sterling, Virginia, September 29:
Our second-ever performance of Henry the Fifth saw an improvement over its predecessor at Loyola. We were all a little less frantic, if that’s possible in a production with so many costume changes, and as I looked out at the audience, I did not feel as though I was speaking another language. [...]
Baltimore’s F.P.C. and One of the Finest Moments of Theatre, Shakespearean or Otherwise, That I Have Ever Witnessed
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Earl of Sandwich, Henry V, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, piercing eloquence troupe, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, theater, theatre, touring theatre on October 6, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Sub-titled: “And the post is even longer, for a post, than the title is, for a title.”
Baltimore, Maryland, September 26-28:
It was a delight to stay in one theater for three days, and furthermore delightful to be able to perform our full repertory of Shrew, Merchant, and Henry—we’d yet to have a single performance of Henry! [...]
Merchant of Frederick
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence tour, piercing eloquence troupe, Romeo and Juliet, shakespeare, theater, theatre, touring theatre on October 4, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Frederick, Maryland, September 25:
We performed Merchant of Venice for a mid-sized audience that was large-sized in enthusiasm. I think they may have had the most feistiness per capita (hereinafter referred to as F.P.C., in units of ‘whoopage’) of any adult audience so far. We knew we were in for a fun time as early as [...]
More Piercing Eloquence Pictures
Posted in Pictures, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, piercing eloquence tour, piercing eloquence troupe, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew on October 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I have recently uploaded an ‘avatar’ for myself, after it seemed that WordPress so frequently recommended it. I am not sure when and where this avatar will be visible, but I thought I might explain what the picture is, in the chance that anyone sees it. I must say upfront that this explanation of an [...]
Albert Einstein, Hand Sanitizer, and the Great Cookie Tragedy of Aught-Seven
Posted in On Touring, tagged acting, american shakespeare center, american shakespeare center on tour, Merchant of Venice, piercing eloquence troupe, shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, theater, theatre, touring theatre on October 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Or, “All the Things You Never Knew Were Part of a Shakespeare Festival”
Orrville, Ohio, September 21-22:
Our stay in Orrville was sandwiched between a mammoth drive on either end; fortunately, my talent for sleeping in cars is unrivalled by any man, woman or child I have yet encountered. If only there were an Olympic Sleeping Team, I’d [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
