Author Archives: nrhelms

Directing, Gaming, Shakespearing.

IF’s first meeting, Fall 2014

Confirmed: we’ll have our first IF meeting in 301 Morgan Hall on Sunday, August 24 at 7:00pm. If you’re interested in what IF is doing this year, come sit a spell. If you haven’t read with us before, be prepared to read something for the group: your favorite sonnet or soliloquy, perhaps. We’ll be discussingContinue reading “IF’s first meeting, Fall 2014”

Spring 2014 in Review: Comedy of Errors, audio and text

The spring semester is winding down, and it’s time for me to recap IF’s recent work. February’s reading of The Merchant of Venice, directed by Deborah Parker, was a complete success: great performances, great adaptation, great audience. February’s snowpocalypse and subsequent school cancelations forced us to move the show back by two weeks, however, and alsoContinue reading “Spring 2014 in Review: Comedy of Errors, audio and text”

April 14th, Hudson Strode presents *Caesar Must Die*

Hudson Strode presents Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s *Caesar Must Die* (2012) on April 14th, 2014 at the Bama Theatre. The film is set in a prison in Rome, where inmates rehearse for a prison performance of Shakespeare’s *Julius Caesar.* The screening is free and open to the public. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2177511/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_Must_Die

Monday, March 24th: cold reading of *Tiger’s Heart*

On April 3rd, IF will present Steve Burch’s *Tiger’s Heart,* his cut of Shakespeare’s first tetralogy. This coming Monday (March 24th) we’re holding another cold reading of the play in RJ 236 at 6:00pm. If you’re interested in being a part of the show, come join us and get familiar with the script. https://www.facebook.com/events/1008589382516325/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming&source=1