By Emily Cummins, The Warren Reporter, on January 14, 2015 at 4:27 PM BLAIRSTOWN—”Oh no she didn’t,” cries the choir of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” This and other whimsical interpretations, including the use of a surfer dude voice and a flip of the hair, are all used in an abridged version of the play to make the work accessible […]
June 29, 2014 Founded in 2013, Drama Club NYC is a nonprofit which provides theater arts education to imprisoned youth in New York. Drama Club’s programs, consisting of activities such as acting exercises and play-writing, are intended to assist in the rehabilitation of young prisoners. Through such programs, youth build much needed social skills and self-esteem, important factors in […]
NY Times, Bruce Weber, June 4, 2014 Maxine Greene, a teacher and education theorist who promoted the arts as a fundamental learning tool and in nearly 50 years at Teachers College, Columbia University, became its resident Pied Piper, known for her persuasive scholarship, her vivid writing and her imbuing teaching with a spirit of endless adventure, died on May 29 […]
David Perry, CNN May 20, 2014 In the Roman poet Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” one of the great works of Western literature, King Tereus of Thrace rapes his wife’s sister, Philomena, then cuts out her tongue. In “Titus Andronicus,” Shakespeare references Ovid with an even more grotesque rape and mutilation, while including multiple acts of murder, torture and cannibalism. Kathleen Kennedy, associate […]
Augusta Free Press May 8, 2014 The American Shakespeare Center celebrated its 2014 Words in Action Award winner, Colin O’ Grady, at Shakespeare’s Birthday Party at the Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Va. As crowds gathered at the playhouse for the big event, the ASC actors encouraged the audience to dance and sing. Early in the party, the ASC actors and Director of Education, Sarah Enloe, announced the award by reading […]
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