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”

West Side Story

For those of you who came to see The Tempest last night, thanks so much for supporting what we do! Now, take a deep breath. Release it. That’s about how much time you have before our next offering: the 1962 film West Side Story at the Bama Theatre, Monday, January 19th at 7:30pm. Here are the program notesContinue reading “West Side Story”

Audio, IF presents *Romeo and Juliet*

00:01—Pre-show music 28:30—Show Notes 31:40—Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet 1:50:30—500 Miles The Script: R&J cut August ***** Improbable Fictions presents Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet 7:30, September 5, 2013, at the Dinah Washington CAC Romeo…………………………………………..Michael Witherell Juliet………………………………………………..Katherine Gates Capulet…………………………………………………Glen Johnson Lady Capulet……………………………………..Natalie Hopper Nurse……………………………………………………..Soapy Jones Tybalt……………………………………………………Kirstin Bone Montague………………………………………………..Matt Kelley Benvolio………………………………………………..Joey Gamble Prince………………………………………….Mark Hughes Cobb Mercutio…………………………………………………Exa Skinner Paris……………………………………………….Colin WhitworthContinue reading “Audio, IF presents *Romeo and Juliet*”