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Directing, Gaming, Shakespearing.

Baby, bring home the bacon!

If you missed last Thursday’s staged reading of Lysistrata, fear not!  Here’s the mp3: Lysistrata, March 22, 2012 Sadly, you can’t hear just how many tube socks were stuffed into Kinesias’ pants… Cast List: Lysistrata…………………………………………..Natalie Hopper Cleonike………………………………………………Allison Hetzel Myrrhine…………………………………………………Molly Page Lampito………………………………………………Susie Johnson Corinthian Woman………………………………Amber Gibson Boeotian Woman……………………………Dakota Park-Ozee Leader of Men’s Chorus…………………..………….Nic Helms Men’s Chorus………………………………….Frank Sharpe,Continue reading “Baby, bring home the bacon!”

Hear ye, hear ye!

If you didn’t make it to All’s Well That Ends Well last week, fear not!  You can find reviews of the staged reading at Sean Randall’s blog and at Vanishing Sights. Also, you can listen to an mp3 of Wednesday night’s reading here: IF, All’s Well. The Cast: Bertram……………………………………….………..Joey Gamble The Countess…………….………………….…..Deborah Parker Diana…………………………………………………….Adella Smith Helena……………………………….……….……….Stacy Panitch The King…….…………………………………MarkContinue reading “Hear ye, hear ye!”

IF presents Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well

When and Where: Wednesday and Thursday, February 15-16, 7:30 pm, at the Bama Theatre’s Greensboro Room Helena has a potion to heal the King, but does she have a plan to snag Bertram’s heart?  Find out at the Improbable Fictions’ staged reading of Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well. Two performances will be given, oneContinue reading “IF presents Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well”

IF’s Spring 2012 lineup

This spring, IF will produce two staged readings: Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well at the Greensboro Room on Feb. 15-16, and Aristophanes’ Lysistrata in late March (date and location TBA). If you’re interested in reading for All’s Well, email Nic Helms at nicholashelms@gmail.com. If you’re interested in reading for Lysistrata, email Steve Burch atContinue reading “IF’s Spring 2012 lineup”

IF presents Timon of Athens

@ The Greensboro Room of Bama Theatre Pre-show music at 7:10pm Staged reading at 7:30pm Free Admission ($1 donations to the Bama Theatre Restoration Fund appreciated) Come see IF’s staged reading of Shakespeare’s unfinished work *Timon of Athens*, a parable of generosity, greed, and the ancient Greek economy. More importantly, it also has some ofContinue reading “IF presents Timon of Athens”

A Mid-October Night’s Dream

Demi-gods, fairies, kings and lovers from all those categories and more mingle, dance, fight, enchant and fall witlessly love in the Improbable Fictions’ staged reading of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Two performances will be given, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20 in the Bama Theatre’s Greensboro Room, and at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21Continue reading “A Mid-October Night’s Dream”

post.Hecuba.post

IF’s September reading of Euripides’ Hecuba packed out the Greensboro Room at the Bama Theatre. And I’ve learned that UA’s APO is offering pledge points to students that attend IF events. And the reading was reviewed by The Dome. There’s nothing tragic about that! Here are a few thoughts on the production from the director,Continue reading “post.Hecuba.post”

IF presents Euripides’ Hecuba

Improbable Fictions presents a staged reading of Hecuba, Euripides’ other great tragedy about Hecuba and the women of Troy, written before Trojan Women, and taking place about three days after the events of the second play. A timeless and terrifying tale of loss, betrayal, and revenge by a group of powerless, voiceless prisoners after the cataclysmicContinue reading “IF presents Euripides’ Hecuba”