Author Archives: nrhelms

Directing, Gaming, Shakespearing.

(Un)Dead Week

It’s Dead Week on UA’s campus, but that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing going on.  It just means that there could be an Elizabethan Zombiepocalypse going on and you wouldn’t know it because you’re hiding out on the fourth floor of Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library.  Which might be a good place to hide during theContinue reading “(Un)Dead Week”

Hamlet: Pics and Programs

Thanks to cast, crew, and audience for making last night’s staged reading of Hamlet a thrilling evening.  I’m posting the program notes below.  As you can see in these pics (more pics here), the cast took advantage of the whiteboard in 214 Farrah Hall to write lines, maxims, and jokes, a cloud of words andContinue reading “Hamlet: Pics and Programs”

Hamlet: April 21st, Farrah Hall 214

Improbable Fictions presents a staged reading of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a play that needs no preamble: the play’s the thing.  The rest is silence. April 21st, 2011, 7:30 pm.  Pre-show music at 7:00. Farrah Hall 214, just southeast of the Quad.  There’s plenty of parking behind Farrah Hall after 6:00. Free and open to the public.Continue reading “Hamlet: April 21st, Farrah Hall 214”

Shakesfilm: Chimes at Midnight

Join us this Sunday at 7:00 in Morgan 301 for Orson Welles’ 1965 masterpiece Chimes at Midnight, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry IV.1, Henry IV.2, and Merry Wives of Windsor. Welles’ film catches all the best bits of Falstaff and gives the knight a tragic tale fit for his stature. As always, free and openContinue reading “Shakesfilm: Chimes at Midnight”

*Love’s Labour’s Lost,* a recap.

To the cast and crew of Love’s Labour’s Lost: bravo!  It’s amazing just how well 400-year-old comedy ages.  I don’t think I’ve laughed so hard watching Shakespeare since…okay, maybe never.  And the show also received some major publicity: it showed up in the Crimson White (here), on the front page of UA’s website last week, andContinue reading “*Love’s Labour’s Lost,* a recap.”

Shakespeare’s *Love’s Labour’s Lost*

Improbable Fictions presents a staged reading of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, Thursday March 10th, 7:30 pm, in Farrah Hall Room 214 on UA’s campus.  Pre-show music begins at 7:00 pm.  Free and open to the public. ~ Cast ~ Ferdinand…….…………………Charles Prosser Princess….……………….Sara-Margaret Cates Biron………….……………………….David Bolus Rosalind…….………………..Jean Fuller-Scott Longaville….………………………Russell Frost Maria….….………..…………………Abby Jones Dumian…..……………….Lawson Hangartner Katharine…….……………..Meredith WigginsContinue reading “Shakespeare’s *Love’s Labour’s Lost*”