Tag Archives: Staged Reading

The Tempest 2023

Reflection My reaction to this scene from Shakespeare’s The Tempest Act 2, Scene 2 was simple: it was racist and I couldn’t understand a word they were saying. It makes sense considering Shakespeare wrote in a unique language back in the 16th Century. But as a modern audience that speaks in a simplistic and straightforwardContinue reading “The Tempest 2023”

IF presents Calderon’s *Life is a Dream*

On Thursday, March 30th at 7:30pm in 205 Gorgas Library, Improbable Fictions will present a staged reading of Pedro Calderon de la Barca’s Life is a Dream, an early modern Spanish drama. The reading is directed by Deborah Parker and will involve actors from UA and from the Tuscaloosa community. Free and open to the public.

Bechdellian Shakespeare

This Thursday! Readers Steve Burch Mark Hughes Cobb Alanna Fagan Erin Hildebrand Mark Hulse Annie Levy Bert McLelland Courtney Parker Deborah Parker Mary B. Prondzinski Will Ramsay Sarah Scarr Exa Skinner Matt Smith Elizabeth Thiel Directors Steve Burch Mark Hughes Cobb MK Foster Nic Helms Courtney Parker Deborah Parker Respondents Prof. Michelle Dowd, Hudson StrodeContinue reading “Bechdellian Shakespeare”

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”

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”

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!