Category Archives: Shakespeare

IF in March

We’ve got two staged readings this month: Machiavelli’s Mandrake on March 10th, directed by Jacob Crawford, and Aristophanes’ Women at the Assembly on March 25th, directed by Prof. Steve Burch of UA’s Dept. of Theatre and Dance and held in conjunction with the Dept. of Modern Languages & Classics conference “Women, Democracy, and the Ideology of Exclusion.” Both shows will takeContinue reading “IF in March”

IF Spring 2016

Just a brief note about everything IF will be doing this spring: There will be a production of Aristophanes’ The Assembly Women, directed by Steve Burch, on March 25th at the Tuscaloosa Cultural Arts Center. The production will be part of “Women, Democracy, and the Ideology of Exclusion from Antiquity Through the Early 20th Century”, an international conferenceContinue reading “IF Spring 2016”

Deliver Us From Eva, Program Notes

Here you can find the program notes for last week’s screening of Deliver Us From Eva. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Although we are accustomed to thinking of Shakespeare as the author of The Taming of the Shrew, this title is first formally established in reference to an anonymous play entered in theContinue reading “Deliver Us From Eva, Program Notes”

Reviews of ASC’s Tour, Method in Madness

The American Shakespeare Center’s 2014/2015 tour Method in Madness is coming to the University of Alabama on Sunday, March 1st to perform Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Details are here. Some of our graduate students recently attended Method in Madness shows in Birmingham, and I want to share their impressions of the great work ASC is doing. ASC’s MuchContinue reading “Reviews of ASC’s Tour, Method in Madness”

Hamlet!

On Sunday, March 1st, the Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies will host the American Shakespeare Center’s Method in Madness Tour. The ASC will be performing Shakespeare’s Hamlet in Morgan Auditorium that night at 7:30pm with pre-show music beginning at 7:00pm. The show will be free and open to the public. Seating is limited and available onContinue reading “Hamlet!”

IF presents William Shakespeare’s *The Tempest*

Jan 15th, 2015, 7:30pm at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa. Starring Michael Witherell as Prospero. Our script can be downloaded here: The Tempest, adapted by Steve Burch and Emily Pitts Donahoe RSVP to the Facebook event!

As You Like It!

Improbable Fictions presents a staged reading of Shakespeare’s As You Like It on Thursday, December 4th, 7:30pm, at the Dinah Washington Black Box Theatre. The reading is directed by Deborah Parker, assistant directed by Jacob Crawford, and the cast includes students and faculty from UA and members of the Tuscaloosa community. If you missed our show,Continue reading “As You Like It!”

Richard III

At 7:30pm on Wednesday, Oct 1st, Improbable Fictions will present a staged reading of Shakespeare’s Richard III at the Tuscaloosa Cultural Arts Center (just down the block from the Bama Theatre). Pre-show music begins at 7:00pm. This reading is free and open to the public. The Facebook Event If you’re interested, you can find ourContinue reading “Richard III”

Fall Shakes Events, 2014

There’s an abundance of Shakespeare in Tuscaloosa this fall! Here are some of the offerings. Workshops: This fall, Improbable Fictions will be hosting a series of one-hour workshops on Shakespeare in performance. Our first event will be this coming Thursday, September 11th at 7:30, when Mark Hughes Cobb will lead a workshop entitled “Rude Shakespeare:Continue reading “Fall Shakes Events, 2014”