DC-area Shakespeare explorers Meetup!

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Jamie

If you are looking to find other Shakespeare lovers in the DC area, then there’s a new Meetup group looking for you, called DC-area-Shakespeare-explorers.  Now I do not run in any type of academic circles of any type, and personally know no one interested in Shakespeare, so I am looking forward to checking this out.

 

To find out more about the DC-area-Shakespeare-explorers just follow this link:
http://www.meetup.com/DC-area-Shakespeare-explorers/

Click here for their upcoming events calendar:
http://www.meetup.com/DC-area-Shakespeare-explorers/events/calendar/

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A new Spring Season, and soooo many plays..

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Jamie

Hello – A new Spring Season, and soooo many plays…
I am still going to the plays, but have not had time to update this website (Mid-Summer in Olney ROCKED!). This is not a good thing. The one nice thing about maintaining this web site was I never missed a free play, and other events. It was an excuse to maintain and share my Shakespeare Calendar, along with meeting people of like interest along the way.

So I would like to throw out there a thought. Who would like to help with this website and calendar??

I get emails from companies asking for promotion, and users commenting on existing material, but I just don’t have the time anymore.
If you google maryland shakespeare OR  Washington dc shakespeare, you will find this website on the first page of the search, so this website is worth the effort.

So if you are local, and have an interest. Or if you are part of a Shakespeare Company Maryland, DC, Virginia, or Pennsylvania and want to be able to add your promotions here, send me an email from your companies address..

Thanks
Jamie@marylandshakespeare.com

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FREE: Shakespeare’s Birthday Lecture 2010: Jonathan Bate at the Folgers April 26th – “The Good Life in Shakespeare”

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Jamie

Jonathan Bate

Shakespeare’s Birthday Lecture in Washington DC
Jonathan Bate on “The Good Life in Shakespeare”.
Professor Bate will discuss the Epicurean tradition through As You Like It, The Winter’s Tale, and Measure for Measure.

Everyone knows I love the word FREE! Well here is a free lecture by the author of several books on Shakespeare who also does features for BBC’s Radio 4. I really wish I could make this, but I have to travel on business that week and will be out of town. But will definitely make it if plans change.

From the Folgers web site: “Jonathan Bate, professor of English at Warwick, will speak on “The Good Life in Shakespeare” and about the Epicurean tradition, with an emphasis on the plays As You Like It, The WInter’s Tale, and Measure for Measure. He is the author of The Genius of Shakespeare and a Governor and Board member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.”

http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=2329

Monday, Apr 26 at 8pm

Tickets: Free

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FREE April 12-18: WILLPOWER 2010 – At The Montgomery College Rockville Campus

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Jamie

WillPower 2010

Well’ I almost missed this one, many Kudos go out to the WebMistress of the blog “Or What You Will” for passing this along! I can’t believe in all my web wanderings I didn’t catch this one.

WillPower 2010 at the Montgomery College Rockville Campus, a week long event of free lectures and classes focusing on Shakespeare Study’s. There are workshops  like “‘The Structure of Shakespeare’s Verse.” (Ms. Becky Kemper, Maryland Shakespeare Festival), and “‘Body Language: Translating Shakespeare’s Language into Movement.” (Ms. Katherine Long, Former Company Member of Synetic Theatre).

There will also be several performances of A Midsummers Night’s Dream performed by MC Students. The performance is $10, $8 for students. All other events are FREE.

I went to several of the events last year and found them very informative, and quite fun. So’ for the low, low price of FREE, if your looking for something to do next week, I would suggest popping down to Rockville for WillPower  2010.

April 12th to the 18th

Link: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/willpower/ – Ignore the fact the page says 2009. The PDF Flyer and other doc’s say 2010

link: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/willpower/WILLPOWER%202010.pdf

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FREE April 20: 10 years and going strong – Shakespeare’s Birthday at the Library of Congress

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Jamie

Hey – Shakespeare’s birthday is this month, and if this year is like last year, there will be lots of interesting things going on… And I’ll hear about them the day after they happen. Or maybe not. Just got an email for the Library of Congress event to add to the calendar.

On Tuesday, April 20, the popular celebration of Shakespeare’s birthday will take place at noon in the Whittall Pavilion in the Jefferson Building. Professional actors from the Academy of Classical Acting associated with the Shakespeare Theatre Company will recite monologues, act out scenes and engage in stage fighting. This is the 10th year “Shakespeare’s Birthday Reading” will be held.

Link: http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2010/10-011.html

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FREE this Saturday: Shakespeare and Galileo in Williamsburg VA.

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Jamie

Just got this one to pass on. Looks like some fun educational theater is going on in Williamsburg Virgina. But make your plans quick, it’s happening tomorrow. Here’s what they say on thier website:

Shakespeare and Galileo
Listen in on a hypothetical meeting between two brilliant individuals – William Shakespeare and Galileo Galilei – as they explore the relationship between art and science.

This live theatrical performance is presented by the The Carpenter Science Theatre Company, which brings science to life at the Science Museum of Virginia. Professional actors, directors, playwrights, designers and technicians combine their expertise to educate and entertain all ages with wonderful performances.

Free, no reservations needed

Saturday, March 27
11 a.m.
Kitzinger Community Room
James City County Library
7770 Croaker Road, Norge This program is made possible through a grant from the Friends of Williamsburg Regional

Link: http://www.wrl.org/programs/page9/page9.html

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Local Blog of the Week: Or What You Will

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Jamie

I just thought I would pass on a local Blog that I have been reading for the past couple weeks called “Or What You Will“.  A mother of two who has not read any Shakespeare for the past 20 years has decided to jump back in to read all his plays. Looking at her blog I can say I have really enjoyed her enthusiasm and obvious love for the text.

She has of late been going through Romeo and Juliet, detailing various aspects of the play from Mercutio’s role and other character analysis to what DVD versions you might want to watch, or stay away from.

I always enjoyed the “scholarly” analysis of a play mind you, but I’m really getting into seeing her layman’s take. It feels more like a communal learning process, one person sharing their newly found insights, and reaching out to others for their thoughts in the process.

Link: Or What Your Will

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PUB NIGHT: Tomorrow (03/10) Hosted by The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Jamie

Eduard von Grützner’s Portrait of Falstaff

The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company will be hosting a “Pub Night” in Columbia Maryland.  Which according to their web site:

“Pub Nights are informal discussion groups where we sit around a local establishment and discuss some aspect of Shakespeare or classical theatre. Led by CSC members and attended by both company members and members of the general public”

The theme is “Shakespeare in Love”. I know Shakespeare is considered one of  the greatest romantic writers of all times, but “Shakespeare in Love”, makes me think of his comedies such as Much Ado about Nothing, or the Taming of the Shrew, which are amazingly hilarious takes on the lighter side of love. Here’s how I had discribed one of my favorite comedies, Twelfth Night:

” Everyone’s in love with someone, but that someone’s in love with someone else. And if you happen to be a woman dressed as a man, that get’s really confusing.”

Of course there’s the famously romantic side of Shakespeare found in the Sonnets, and plays like  Romeo and Juliet where our lovers meet, dance, and fall in love, prompting me to write:

” I was dazzled by  the way the words seem to dance and flow across the page keeping time with the music that you could almost hear.”

I have yet to go to a Pub Night as hosted by The Chesapeake Shakespeare company, so I’m definitely looking forward to checking it out tomorrow.

Here’s the link with more information: http://chesapeakeshakespeare.com/pubnights.html

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Hosted by CSC Associate Director Jenny Leopold
March 10, 2010 7:30 PM
Bertucci’s in Columbia, MD

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FREE!! This Weekend “As You Like It” in Olney Maryland

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Jamie

ayli-prod-11Get geared up for this weekend for some FREE Shakespeare! The “National Players”, who happen to be the longest running classical touring company in the United States, will be performing “As You Like It” this weekend in Olney Maryland. I really wish the timing was better (Honeymoon and all) cause I would really  would have loved to check out this production!

So’ don’t let the recession get you down… Pack up the kids and head to Olney.  Hey’ here’s a thought,  ya wanna take someone on a cheap date, AND look cultured at the same time? Then Shakespeare is it, and here is your chance.

Remember’ If you don’t support local Shakespeare, there won’t be any local Shakespeare.

As You Like It May 8 & 9, 7:30 PM.

Link:  http://nationalplayers.tripod.com/index.html

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FREE! May 8th & 9th Olney Maryland: National Players As You Like It

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Jamie

poster_ayliOkay, now this is getting bad… I am going on my honeymoon the same weekend that the National Players are set to perform “As You Like It” just 20 minutes north of me in Olney, another play I haven’t seen! Worse yet, it’s FREE!!! As I stated before, I love reading Shakespeare, but won’t read a play till I have seen it live first. I’ve seen 12 so far and figure at this rate I should be done with all his plays in about 10 or 15 years. Which if ya think about it is kinda cool (Anticipation and all that)… Anyway’ enough about my adventures in Shakespeareland,  Here’s the details.

As You Like It May 8 & 9, 7:30 PM.

Link:  http://nationalplayers.tripod.com/index.html

Note of interest: The “National Players” is the longest-running classical touring company in the United States.

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