Out, Out, Brief Candle: The Fleeting Nature of Summer Shakespeare
Do you remember summer sleep-away camp? That bubble of time that seemed to both last forever and be over much too fast, that indescribable mix of sensory experiences – the dirt under your fingernails, the smell of campfires in your hair, the taste of mess hall pancakes, the squishy squeak as each kid in your […]
My Voice is in my Sword: Violence in “Macbeth”
Last Friday, I went to see our young Shakespeare campers perform scenes from Macbeth and Twelfh Night at McLaren Park in San Francisco. During the brief intermission between performances, a few rambunctious young campers leaped on stage and at the command “Die dramatically!”, they enthusiastically stabbed themselves with cardboard daggers, chopped their own heads off […]
Present Fears and Horrible Imaginings: Making “Macbeth” Scary Today
I saw Joss Whedon’s new film of “Much Ado About Nothing” yesterday. It’s more good than bad. I got the greatest enjoyment out of listening to the teens behind me gasp and giggle at the things they didn’t know were coming. You know you’re doing something right when there’s a huge reaction to “Kill Claudio.” […]
Welcome to the SF Shakes blog!
Welcome to our very first blog. This is something we’ve been thinking about doing for a while, but it took our active fan base on Facebook to encourage us to take that first step. Plus, as the new Artistic Director of the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, I wanted a forum to share ideas with our […]