tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:03:26 +0000mirror mangeorgia renaissance festivaldouble-troubleAskanActorspecialsJane BassnewsHenryVIstaffbardseyeviewded bobapprenticestonybrownshakespearefeaturedactorshakespeare tavernVoices from inside the round "O" on Peachtree Street: hear what our actors, directors and staff have to say about the work we do at America's only Shakespeare Tavern!http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)Blogger79125InsideTheShakespeareTavernhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-4471347619544283078Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:34:00 +00002012-01-24T15:03:26.556-05:00Veteran Tavern company member Doug Kaye is no stranger to Shylock: he's played the character three times and earned a Suzi Awards nomination for his last Shylock on our stage. Over the course of his career--which includes a 'Merchant of Venice' with our company back when we were still setting up stages at the Excelsior Mill, in 1986--he has performed more roles in 'Merchant' than in any other http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/yMO701KPFa4/actor-interview-doug-kaye-on-playing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/yMO701KPFa4" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2012/01/actor-interview-doug-kaye-on-playing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-1347016403641173236Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:06:00 +00002011-12-15T17:41:11.393-05:00Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has to be the most-performed drama in the U.S. It’s everywhere this time of year—at least six productions going on in Atlanta alone right now.I’ve loved the Tavern’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol since I first saw it in 2008. And I’m not the only one: tickets sell out quickly every time to audience members who come back to see it year after year. It might seemhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/62rqUbN3API/original-practicedickens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/62rqUbN3API" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2011/12/original-practicedickens.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-5869042064983892915Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:56:00 +00002011-10-05T11:39:19.540-04:00Andy Houchins, who plays the title character in the brand new Macbeth that has its first preview this Thursday, shared with us his personal playlist for preparing to play the murderous Scottish lord: "Here are a few songs I have on my iPhone that I've been listening to for 'Macbeth.' Some of them are listed because the lyrics fit for me in some way, some are listed because the mood that I get http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/wFg5Zfow9Mk/playlist-for-macbeth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/wFg5Zfow9Mk" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2011/10/playlist-for-macbeth.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-5161278292855180449Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:15:00 +00002011-07-18T15:23:07.044-04:00Anna Fontaine, one of our 2011 Education Interns for this summer and a former Shakespeare Intensive for Teens participant herself, talks about her experience so far:It’s funny to think that for the past three summers I’ve spent the majority of my time plunging head first into Shakespearean classics. While that might sound kind of painful to some people, it’s actually been a highlight each year. Ihttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/yLWCd-DnMA0/summer-2011-interns-eye-view.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/yLWCd-DnMA0" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2011/07/summer-2011-interns-eye-view.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-868981925844401161Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:12:00 +00002011-06-09T17:35:02.482-04:00DISCLAIMER: This entry contains information and observations that could be classified as 'geeky.' If you love Shakespeare and history, read on.Remember a few months back, when I said our production of Lewis Theobald's [and supposedly William Shakespeare's?] Double Falsehood was sure to make us examine exactly what we mean when we say “This is Shakespeare,” or “This is not Shakespeare?” Man, has http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/8Z8ZDfBTjj8/disclaimer-this-entry-contains.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/8Z8ZDfBTjj8" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2011/06/disclaimer-this-entry-contains.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-2223649295536022180Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:12:00 +00002011-04-13T15:39:40.313-04:00As we come to closing weekend for our productions of The Two Noble Kinsmen and Edward III, I’ve been looking back on our Canon Completion Project and realizing how much debate—the good kind of debate—tackling these plays has brought into our theatre. With these last two plays we’ve reached the very fringe of Shakespeare’s work, and new questions and phrases not often heard around here have found http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/rttso-fWv0M/great-debates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/rttso-fWv0M" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2011/04/great-debates.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-7355292678597307944Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:31:00 +00002010-10-31T16:35:22.258-04:00From ASC's Production Stage Manager, Cindy Kearns, on what to do if you're caught saying the word "Macbeth" (or quoting the play when not doing the play) anywhere in the theatre to protect yourself:1. Go outside the front door or the back door 2. Turn around 3 times 3. Spit 4. Say a swear word 5. Knock 3 times on the door 6. Humbly ask to be re-admitted to the theatre Have a Happy (and Safehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/enEhoYKmSx4/to-protect-us-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/enEhoYKmSx4" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2010/10/to-protect-us-all.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-5803634889367758250Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:14:00 +00002010-09-24T17:39:06.977-04:00Last night the Tavern family said goodbye to actor Mike Niedzwiecki, who's moving out to Los Angeles. Mike's been part of the Shakespeare Tavern world since he joined the 2006-2007 Apprentice Company and has played many roles on our stage. Not to mention he also held arguably the coolest-sounding title of all the staff members here: "Master of Weapons"! Mike's last full season at the Tavern was ahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/OMLgPnw3riA/parting-is-sweet-sorrow-indeed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/OMLgPnw3riA" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2010/09/parting-is-sweet-sorrow-indeed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-6521659208065781204Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:01:00 +00002010-07-19T17:18:48.360-04:00Emma Patrick, one of three college students interning with our Education Department's 2010 summer programs, writes about her experience working with students in last month's 'Shakespeare Intensive for Teens' on their production of Twelfth Night: "I have loved Shakespeare since I was eleven and I saw A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the first time. All throughout high school I was surrounded by http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/8VvR1bromdk/interns-eye-view.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/8VvR1bromdk" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2010/07/interns-eye-view.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-8175820214754079400Fri, 14 May 2010 19:32:00 +00002010-05-21T11:48:46.521-04:00georgia renaissance festivalded bobshakespeare tavernshakespeareI'll admit that I pushed hard to get Ded Bob to come back to The Tavern to do a show. (My original thought was to have him do a one-time-only benefit performance. I'm glad Bob's Creator Clark Orwick suggested he do a longer run.) I wanted to share with our new audience some of the magic that made me want to come to the Tavern in the first place. I just knew it would be something everyone would http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/RYWbwhIfoIk/why-i-am-excited-about-ded-bob.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/RYWbwhIfoIk" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2010/05/why-i-am-excited-about-ded-bob.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-8369338356244442694Thu, 13 May 2010 20:51:00 +00002010-05-13T16:58:49.720-04:00We’re looking for some creative people to have a little fun with some left over Coriolanus press images.Between now and June 12, we’ll be taking your submissions of Photoshopped images of Coriolanus (played by J.C. Long, good sport that he is) attacking things.Once the winner has been chosen (by a panel of Highly Qualified Tavern Employees), we will release that image to be captioned by our http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/oXUvosLFnC0/announcing-our-coriolanus-photoshop-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/oXUvosLFnC0" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2010/05/announcing-our-coriolanus-photoshop-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-9215651416010710489Fri, 07 May 2010 18:40:00 +00002010-05-13T16:45:30.999-04:00If you walk into our lobby between now and June (and we certainly hope you will,) you might notice that something's a little different. Those numerous photo panels of past productions that normally line the lobby's brick walls have been removed, making way for three solitary posters.Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the 'Pride, Glory, Hate' Coriolanus poster series! posted by Kristinhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/jaN_v2BEXbM/if-you-walk-into-our-lobby-between-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/jaN_v2BEXbM" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2010/05/if-you-walk-into-our-lobby-between-now.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-2552165359938081151Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:41:00 +00002010-05-07T14:53:55.957-04:00This past weekend saw a long-time dream come true for our Education Department: Saturday and Sunday afternoon, two performances wrapped up our first-ever Residency Festival featuring high school students from the Metro Atlanta area. These performances marked the culmination of in-school Residencies that we began in January at two member schools of the Atlanta Public Schools system. The resultinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/ROo5FjOwId0/students-take-stage-at-shakespeare.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/ROo5FjOwId0" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2010/03/students-take-stage-at-shakespeare.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-8026347654904551118Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:35:00 +00002010-02-14T16:46:49.301-05:00We had a beautiful snow storm on Friday. Here are a couple of photos I took:The back deck:Education Programs Coordinator Tony Brown scraping the snow off his car:Across the street at the hospital-posted by Jeanettehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/S06WtOYtjBc/snow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/S06WtOYtjBc" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2010/02/snow.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-726680576496208803Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:54:00 +00002009-12-18T17:01:29.539-05:00Before Gary Anthony Williams went on to become famous, he did one of our first productions of Much Ado About Nothing.One of our early rehearsals.This is what the very first food bar looked like. That wall there is actually now the wall to the back of the theatre, before you get to the added-on kitchen.-posted by Jeanettehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/EXh82h_6NCs/more-pictures-from-our-past.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/EXh82h_6NCs" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-pictures-from-our-past.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-4487947321700860865Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:47:00 +00002009-12-04T14:59:28.029-05:00Here's another bad poem that didn't win, but I enjoyed a lot!Roses are RedPumpkins are OrangeI hit my head on the top of the door-hingeBecause I was looking at RosalindMy head's got a dent andI was almost done-in'dby Erin Maurer, age 11posted by Jeanettehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/ckYsTKzS4Uk/another-bad-poem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/ckYsTKzS4Uk" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2009/12/another-bad-poem.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-775617530124527148Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:56:00 +00002009-11-06T15:07:16.535-05:00We asked a select group of Club Members (those who have been members for more than 10 years) to tell us their favorite Tavern memories:David Rood says: Heidi Cline's production of Two Gents, which ended with a Florentine-style duel on a stage in the round VERY close to the audience. It was on a small island, almost too small for the action, and Brik [Berkes] actually fell off one night during a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/HC35R8dzip4/our-oldest-club-members-talk-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/HC35R8dzip4" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2009/11/our-oldest-club-members-talk-about.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-2568787227181543367Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:53:00 +00002009-10-29T12:57:10.564-04:00This poem was one of the first ones submitted. I'm sad it didn't win (though the author did eventually submit a winning poem), but I'm happy to share it with you all:Rosalind: Sonnet I-285By Gordon C. CallawayYou are as hott as a humid Atlanta evenin’.You make my vision hazy and it’s hard to breath.Tornadoes shake the dogwood blossoms of April,And short shorts grace the skaters of Piedmont http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/de3nkjvbRN4/one-of-my-favorite-poems-from-bad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/de3nkjvbRN4" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2009/10/one-of-my-favorite-poems-from-bad.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-105487196895983609Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:43:00 +00002009-10-20T15:46:35.246-04:00shakespeare taverndouble-troublemirror manRecently Artistic Director Jeff Watkins and our Chairman of the Board David Weiss had a lunch meeting in my & Jeff's office. I walked in to this:They really do look alike, don't they? -posted by Jeanettehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/3hgIQ5UmURk/jeff-andjeff.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/3hgIQ5UmURk" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2009/10/jeff-andjeff.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-5980750871814462724Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:15:00 +00002009-09-27T16:16:42.691-04:00If you're a fan of Craig Ferguson and The Late Late Show on CBS like I am, then you'll love this:-Posted by Jeanettehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/Wsi5iXe6jd8/great-monologue-on-shakespeare-by-craig.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/Wsi5iXe6jd8" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2009/09/great-monologue-on-shakespeare-by-craig.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-4759580872836685346Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:15:00 +00002009-09-18T15:47:37.067-04:00Ever wondered where the people who pop out of the trap doors on stage are coming from? Take a look: Posted by Kristin Hallhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/JNLYPOZE_Gk/welcome-to-hell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/JNLYPOZE_Gk" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2009/09/welcome-to-hell.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-2728976008282606999Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:10:00 +00002009-09-18T15:47:17.521-04:00Hey everyone, remember how I said that we would try to put up some videos showing the backstage changes that we made as part of the Phoenix Project this summer? Well, here's Jeff Watkins talking about the renovations in 'Rehearsal Hall 1.' This is the main space used by our company not only for rehearsal of our productions, but also for Education programming such as our summer camps and classes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/70ln7VGzBi8/hey-everyone-remember-how-i-said-that_16.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/70ln7VGzBi8" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2009/09/hey-everyone-remember-how-i-said-that_16.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-8325435299382140321Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:37:00 +00002009-09-05T13:40:17.295-04:00(Click on it to read the small type. No offense to you "Twilight" fans...)Posted by Jeanette Meierhofer, Marketing Managerhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/SRtjxAjsayk/shakespeare-funny.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/SRtjxAjsayk" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2009/09/shakespeare-funny.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-6258442708474613354Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:07:00 +00002009-09-05T13:11:39.091-04:00We've got some great photos from our past 25 years as The Atlanta Shakespeare Company and our 20 years at The Shakespeare Tavern. Here are two:This is our lobby when we first opened 20 years ago. See that table? That's the Box Office!Here's Jeff Watkins in rehearsal many many years ago!Is there a picture from our past you'd like to see? Let me know!Jeanette@shakespearetavern.comPosted by Jeanettehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/8JGo-3DVFFw/early-tavern-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/8JGo-3DVFFw" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2009/09/early-tavern-photos.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905568624190913226.post-1635914227152556991Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:33:00 +00002009-08-30T23:01:55.642-04:00About ten minutes before the show tonight, our beloved Paul Hester was feeling a wee bit off. His stomach was hurting him a little, but he thought he would be okay and we started the show as usual. Complete Works is a very fast paced show with a lot of running around. Paul has a lot of costume changes. As he came off for each change, he said that his stomach was getting worse and worse, and he http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~3/YSbu3x6qUE0/update-on-paul-hester.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Shakespeare Tavern)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InsideTheShakespeareTavern/~4/YSbu3x6qUE0" height="1" width="1"/>http://shakespearetavern.blogspot.com/2009/08/update-on-paul-hester.html