Category Archives: Performance

Improbable Fictions’ 2017-18 Season

Fall 2017 casting calls! If you’re interested in reading for Titia Andronica, please contact Erin Hildebrand (eahildebrand@crimson.ua.edu) and Courtney Parker (caparker4@crimson.ua.edu). If you’re interested in reading for Samson Agonistes, please contact Nic Helms (nrhelms@ua.edu). If you’re interested in reading archival World War I materials at the Kentuck Festival of the Arts, please contact Deborah Parker (parkerburch@comcast.net). CastingContinue reading “Improbable Fictions’ 2017-18 Season”

Improbable Fictions, Spring 2017

I’m pleased to announce the spring 2017 lineup for Improbable Fictions! We’re organizing a wide variety of events this semester, including workshops on Shakespearean appropriations and two separate staged readings, one of Shakespeare and one of the early modern Spanish playwright Pedro Calderon. For the first four events, we ask that you RSVP to nrhelms@ua.eduContinue reading “Improbable Fictions, Spring 2017”

Why People Don’t Perform The Mandrake

(crosspost from irrecollections.com)   Aside from poor acting, poor design, and poor direction (most versions commit one, two, or all of these sins), most productions appear to misunderstand–and therefore misrepresent–the text. Though a lot of misconception stems from a misrepresentation of Machiavelli himself (preferring the mustache-twirling villain over the historian, linguist,  and political writer), a lot ofContinue reading “Why People Don’t Perform The Mandrake”

Hamlet tonight!

We’ve had some good press recently for tonight’s performance of Hamlet. Check out the articles in The Crimson White and The Tuscaloosa News. You don’t want to miss the show! Remember, it’s free and open to the public, and seats are available on a first come first seated basis. There will be a merchandise table in the lobby selling largeContinue reading “Hamlet tonight!”