The Theatrefolk Weblog http://www.theatrefolk.com/blog A Home for Theatrefolk's Amazing Playwrights Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:53:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 A Home for Theatrefolk's Amazing Playwrights The Theatrefolk Weblog no The Theatrefolk Weblog lindsay@theatrefolk.com lindsay@theatrefolk.com (The Theatrefolk Weblog) 2006-2007 A Home for Theatrefolk's Amazing Playwrights The Theatrefolk Weblog http://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.theatrefolk.com/blog theatrefolkhttp://feedburner.google.com On Vacation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theatrefolk/~3/BMJYS4kbxX4/ http://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/on-vacation-3/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:00:27 +0000 Craig Mason http://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/on-vacation-3/ On-Vacation

Craig and I are taking some time off from the Blog. Like….. the month of July. Hey, it’s summer time. You don’t really want us locked up in the office do you while the sun shines?

Hmmmm, don’t answer that.

We know that a little brain break, along with some rest and relaxation, will have us primed and pumped for more continuous blog posts. We’re pretty pleased that we’ve been able to keep this up and we’re already looking forward to August. See you then!

]]> http://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/on-vacation-3/feed/ 0 http://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/on-vacation-3/ Theatre Books for Free http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theatrefolk/~3/GXaKJUnKYxk/ http://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/theatre-books-for-free/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:00:32 +0000 Craig Mason http://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/?p=3525 It’s the summer and that means only one thing at Theatrefolk – all of our customers are on vacation. It’s a gross understatement to say that things get a wee bit slow around here.

We love the summer break because it gives us lots of time to plan for the busy fall. One of the projects we’re taking on this summer is getting everything organized under the Getting Things Done system developed by David Allen. His book and system are very scary but already we’re seeing a lot of progress.

Anywhoooooo…. You’re probably reading this post because of the whole “Theatre Books for Free” title and wondering why I’m talking about summer slowdowns and organization plans.

We’re getting rid of some of our books and thought that maybe you’d be interested in getting one. They’re all great resources for drama teachers.

Here’s what we have:

  • Worlds of Shadow – Teaching with Shadow Puppetry by David Wisniewski and Donna Wisniewski (Amazon link)
  • Elizabethan Costumes Paper Dolls (History of Costume) by Tom Tierney (Amazon link)
  • William Shakespeare: The Extraordinary Life of the Most Successful Writer of All Time by Andrew Gurr (Amazon link – Our cover is different and it’s paperback but I think it’s the same content.)
  • Shakespeare and His Theatre by John Russell Brown and David Gentleman (Amazon link)
  • Shakespeare Alive! by Joseph Papp and Elizabeth Kirkland (Amazon link)
  • Shakespeare’s Globe Playhouse - An Introduction, Shakespeare’s England – The Historical Background, and A Life of Shakespeare all by David Toor. We’re giving these away as a trio. (Can’t find these on Amazon nor can find the original publisher, Kenilworth Press from Roxbury Maine. These are short (30ish pages) booklets decently covering their respective topics. Handy for resource material.

Wow! The response on this blew us away. All titles have now been taken

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw-nYrCeuaE

Click here if you can’t see the video above.

Transcript

Welcome to Spread the Love. This week we are talking about our One Hour Shakespeare Series: This is what we’ve got: Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet – These are the ones I’ve adapted. And then we also have: As You Like it, Twefth Night, and Much Ado About Nothing, adapted by John Minigan.

Our purpose is pretty simple. Original text, a performance focus as opposed to a reading focus, and a manageable length. Like an hour. Pretty simple, easy to follow. Craig what do you love about One Hour Shakespeare?

What I love about the One Hour Shakespeare’s is that there’s a sidebar on every single page filled with notes. The notes cover vocabulary help, story help, characters suggestions, stage directions, and so on. What I also love is how much care has been taken with the cuttings of the scripts. The language is all Shakespeare’s original language. They’re just cut down for time. The cuttings are smooth and the stories flow along like a dish of microwaved butter. Lindsay what do you love about the One Hour Shakespeares?

How am I supposed to top microwaved butter?

With some popcorn?

That goes underneath! I love Shakespeare period. And nothing has enforced this love more than doing these cuttings. It’s amazing how relevant the characters and stories are. How beautiful the language can be. Our goal is that teenagers perform Shakespeare – not just read it, perform it. And we’ll do whatever we can do to make that happen. The Shakespeare in an Hour are a great introduction to the language, the characters, the stories, the plays of Shakespeare. That’s it for Spread the Love.

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It’s our sixth (and last!) day at the 2010 International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska. On today’s video we talk about the amazing people we met and the stories we heard this week.

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It’s our fifth day at the 2010 International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska. Today we talked with our neighbour – Michael Yawney from Florida International University.

In this video, Michael shares his insights after watching over three hundred auditions this week. What makes people stand out? What earns them a callback?

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It’s our fourth day of fun at the 2010 International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska.

There’s an unbelievable amount of things to do here. Today we offer this video detailing a day in the life of a thespian.

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It’s day three at the 2010 Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska.Today we received the best-prepared author submission ever. In this video Lindsay talks about what made the submission great and offers tips for playwrights looking to get their plays published and performed.

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We just posted a new video where we share their thoughts on the second day at the 2010 International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska. Lindsay gives some observations and tips after adjudicating SIX(!) hours of monologues.

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It’s great to be here in Lincoln, Nebraska for the 2010 International Thespian Festival.

Lindsay recorded this video with her thoughts on day one.

A blank page or canvass at the Thespian Festival

Setting up at the Thespian Festival

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