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Greet the Glorious Summer! (Full Summer Season Announced)

In December we announced our Founders’ Theatre shows for Summer 2010. Now we are proud to announce the rest of our Summer 2010 Season, titled “Greet the Glorious Summer!” A brief note from Artistic Director Tony Simotes:

It is with great humility as well as unbridled excitement that I launch my first season as Shakespeare & Company’s Artistic Director, taking over the reins from the indomitable Tina Packer. She began her mission 33 years ago, along with a merry band of theatrical revolutionaries that I was very pleased to be a part of. Our quest has been to bring the transformative power of theatre alive for our audiences through Shakespeare’s plays as well as ground-breaking new works. My mission is to build upon this priceless legacy while helping to bring us to exciting new places.

Read the rest of Tony’s Welcome Letter here, or in our 2010 Summer Season brochure—which is on its way to your mailbox now. (Or if you just can’t wait, click here to check it out online).

Check out the full Summer 2010 Season after the jump! Continue reading ‘Greet the Glorious Summer! (Full Summer Season Announced)’

Published on March 9, 2010 in 2010-2011 Season, Comedy of Errors, Richard III, The Taster and The Winter's Tale. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

In the News: Les Costumes Magnifiques!

Working behind the scenes, Shakespeare & Company Costume Director Govane Lohbauer “has saved seemingly every belt, buckle, blouse, coat, hat, petticoat, shoe and trouser that has ever been worn on stage at S&Co” since 1980.

Now she enters the spotlight in this article from Rural Intelligence about her work as Costume Designer for the current production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses:

One of the challenges of designing Liaisons was its location in the smaller Bernstein Theatre where the actors are literally inches away from the audience, so there could be no sleight of hand. “I couldn’t use zippers, for instance, because they’re not period,” she says…Indeed, authenticity is key to Lohbauer’s philosophy. “Lizzie Aspenlieder wears a full corset,” she says. “The actors wore panniers [the wire contraptions that create exaggerated hips] since day one of rehearsal.”

Read the full article: Rural Intelligence – Les Costumes Magnifiques!

Published on February 18, 2010 in 2009-2010 Season, In the News and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

“Les Liaisons Dangereuses” now on stage! (Photos)

Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) is written by Christopher Hampton and directed by Tina Packer. Featuring Elizabeth Aspenlieder and Josh Aaron McCabe. Costumes by Govane Lohbauer. Lighting by Stephen Ball. Scenic design by Carl Sprague. Photos by Kevin Sprague.

On stage through March 21. Buy tickets now.

Published on February 2, 2010 in 2009-2010 Season, Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Photos. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

“Obsessed with the Bard”, Tina Packer on WBUR

Founder & Artistic Director Tina PackerFounding Artistic Director Tina Packer (now on stage as Gertrude in Hamlet) is the subject of a profile that aired today on WBUR (Boston’s NPR station). Andrea Shea speaks with Tina about her roots in England, her intentions for starting Shakespeare & Company and her future plans. Artistic Director Tony Simotes and Company actress Elizabeth Aspenlieder also speak about Tina and her impact.

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At the time she was obsessed with Shakespeare, but she wanted to approach his texts her own way. This ran against the genteel delivery style most teachers and directors embraced.

“Enunciating, pushing the vowels to the front of the mouth — especially for the women,” Packer says. “It’s all nonsense; Shakespeare’s dirty as hell and full of life and full of vivacity.”

So Packer abandoned her career as an actor in England, raised some money in the U.S., and founded her own company in the Berkshires. She was one of the first women to direct Shakespeare professionally. Packer says it’s a natural fit.

Published on June 26, 2009 in 2009-2010 Season, Hamlet and In the News. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Elizabeth Aspenlieder wins the Elliot Norton Award

baddatessco09kspra_198sized.jpg Shakespeare & Company actress Elizabeth Aspenlieder has won the Elliot Norton Award for “Outstanding Solo Performance” for her performance in Theresa Rebeck’s Bad Dates (directed by Adrianne Krstansky) at Shakespeare & Company and Merrimack Repertory Theatre this winter. The Elliot Norton Awards are the highest honor bestowed for theatre work in the Greater Boston area. (This year’s nominees and winners.)

“I wake up every day surprised and happy to be doing what I love doing, which is acting—but in close second is living here in the Berkshires and working with Shakespeare & Company—so I also feel incredibly lucky about where I’m doing what I love.” Aspenlieder says.

Elizabeth will be appearing as the Marquise de Merteuil in Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses this winter, directed by Tina Packer in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. Continue reading ‘Elizabeth Aspenlieder wins the Elliot Norton Award’

Published on May 12, 2009 in 2008-2009 Season, 2009-2010 Season, Bad Dates and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

A Season of Accolades

It’s a season of recognition for Shakespeare & Company, with four longtime Company artists set to receive special honors this month.

Founder & Artistic Director Tina Packer Company Founder and Artistic Director Tina Packer recently received the American Shakespeare Center’s “Burbage Award” for her lifetime of work in the international Shakespeare community, and is also receiving an honorary degree from Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass. “Tina is a force to be reckoned with as one of the country’s foremost experts on Shakespeare and theatre arts,” said ASC Managing Director David Dreyfoos, who presented the Burbage Award to Packer at a ceremony held at the Blackfriars Playhouse on April 25. “She is a consummate visionary, actor, manager, advocate for the arts, a true original, and one of a kind. Plus, she has the most wickedly wonderful laugh in the world.”

Elizabeth Aspenlieder in Bad Dates Elizabeth Aspenlieder is nominated for a 2009 Eliot Norton Award for “Outstanding Solo Performance” for her performance in Bad Dates at Shakespeare & Company and Merrimack Repertory Company.

Annette Miller as Martha MitchellAnnette Miller is nominated for a 2009 Eliot Norton Award for “Outstanding Actress” at a small or midsize theatre company for her performance in Martha Mitchell Calling at the Nora Theatre Company, in a role she originated in the play’s world premiere at S&Co. in 2006. Annette will reprise her role as Golda Meir in William Gibson’s Golda’s Balcony at Shakespeare & Company this season as part of the Diva Series.

(This year’s Elliot Norton Awards ceremony takes place at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre on Monday, May 11, 7:00pm.  Tickets are $15 and available at the Harvard Box Office, Holyoke Center, in Harvard Square, 617-496-2222, www.boxoffice.harvard.edu.)

Kevin ColemanCompany Founder and Director of Education Kevin G. Coleman earned the prestigious “Distinguished Arts Educator Award” in the field of theatre, bestowed annually by the Massachusetts Arts Education Collaborative. In addition to his work as an actor, director, Training Program faculty member at S&Co. and workshop engagements around the country, Coleman built up the Education Program into a much-emulated roster of programs that touches the lives of some 50,000 students every year. Initiatives launched under Coleman’s leadership include Shakespeare in the Courts, recipient of a 2006 Coming Up Taller Award at the White House, and the Fall Festival of Shakespeare, which engages students at about ten high schools annually and celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2008.

Published on May 4, 2009 in 2009-2010 Season, Education and In the News. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

A call to action

Contribute to Shakespeare & Company:

A call to action from Shakespeare & Company: Tina Packer (Founding Artistic Director), Jonathan Croy (Youth Programs Director), Dave Demke (Associate Director of Training), Alexandra Lincoln (School Programs Manager), Jenna Ware (Associate Director of Education), Josie Wilson (Education Artist), Sam Shuker Haines (Young Company Student), Catherine Glavicic (Training Programs Manager), Tyisha Turner (Box Office Representative/Education Alumna), Michael F. Toomey (Education Artist), Elizabeth Aspenlieder (Director of Publicity and Playbill Advertising), Sophie Breton (Corporate Controller), Govane Lohbauer (Costume Director), Dana Harrison (Audience Services Manager/Education Artist), Ute DeFarlo (Director of Development), Victoria Vining (Group Sales Director), Jeremy Goodwin (Associate Director of Publicity and Playbill Advertising), Kevin G. Coleman (Director of Education), Jim Day (Costume Rentals Supervisor), Kari Daly (Ticketing Services Manager), Enrico Spada (Marketing & Web Manager), Mike Clary (Director of Communications), Bob Lohbauer (Weapons Master).

Published on April 9, 2009 in 2009-2010 Season and S&Co Video. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .