June 22, 2016 Napa Valley Register: In an interview with the Register, NapaShakes artistic director Laura Rafaty explains the backstory of bringing the world premiere of “Measure + Dido” to the Napa Valley Editor’s note: NapaShakes has been bringing some impressive names into Napa Valley, presenting performances by Shakespeare’s London Globe…
The Napa Register’s Sasha Paulsen writes about the NapaShakes presentation of Fiasco Theater’s Cymbeline to reopen the Napa Valley Opera House, including interviews with co-director and cast member Ben Seinfeld on the inspiration behind Fiasco’s acclaimed production, NapaShakes dramaturg Philippa Kelly on the resonance of the story with modern political times,…
An essay from the book “Living With Shakespeare,” entitled “Boldness Be My Friend,” written by Jessie Austrian, Noah Brody, and Ben Steinfeld of New York’s Fiasco Theater “Cymbeline is often thought of as a problematic play. Or a bad play. Or a just plain silly piece of theatrical meringue. It shifts…
Haggis, neeps and soliloquys: the bonds that tie Robert Burns and Shakespeare Gerard Carruthers, University of Glasgow While Robert Burns lovers celebrate their great advocate for the common man on January 25, this year’s whisky-and-haggis feast for the birth of the Scottish bard risks being upstaged by a big literary…
