Terry Pratchett’s *Wyrd Sisters*!

Note that the venue has changed for these performances.  Due to battiness and remodeling at Kentuck, we’ll be holding our 4/23 performance at the Strode Mansion (49 Cherokee Road, off Loop Road) and our 4/24 performance at the Greensboro Room.  Free admission, though donations to the Save The Orangutans Fund are appreciated.  The Librarian willContinue reading “Terry Pratchett’s *Wyrd Sisters*!”

Firsts

You can find the program for last Thursday’s reading of Elizabeth Cary’s The Tragedy of Mariam here: Mariam, program and director’s notes Also, I’m sad to say that I didn’t manage to make an audio recording of this staged reading.  This has been a crazy March for the Strode Program at U of A.  However, there is one more recordContinue reading “Firsts”

Tragedy of Tragedies!

On August 15-16, IF will present a staged reading of Henry Fielding’s Tragedy of Tragedies, or The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great.  But to do that, we need actors.  If you’re interested in taking part in our staged reading, email me at nrhelms@crimson.ua.edu.   Susie Johnson will be Assistant Director for this show, which willContinue reading “Tragedy of Tragedies!”

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”