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”

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!”

Spring 2014 in Review: Comedy of Errors, audio and text

The spring semester is winding down, and it’s time for me to recap IF’s recent work. February’s reading of The Merchant of Venice, directed by Deborah Parker, was a complete success: great performances, great adaptation, great audience. February’s snowpocalypse and subsequent school cancelations forced us to move the show back by two weeks, however, and alsoContinue reading “Spring 2014 in Review: Comedy of Errors, audio and text”