Just in case you’re looking for an Interim class to take at UA, check this out:
Interim 2012. MTWT noon to 3:15 pm. Professor Sharon O’Dair
“YouTube Shakespeare” (EN 408) is a study of adaptation and appropriation of Shakespeare, in which you will address a play text, The Tempest, three film versions—*Forbidden Planet*, *Prospero’s Books*, and *The Tempest* (Taymor 2010)—and multiple You Tube versions of the play. In support of the text, the films, and the videos, we will read theory and criticism on adaptation and appropriation, beginning with a consideration of Susan Orlean’s *The Orchid Thief* (1998) and the film into which it was made, Spike Jonze’s *Adaptation* (2002), which was based on Charlie Kaufman’s screenplay. Your work for the interim term will be to create a video adaptation of *The Tempest* of at least five minutes’ length. You will work in teams, and be responsible, if necessary, for appearing in your classmates’ videos. You will spend a good deal of time in the Gorgas multi-media center.
Texts: William Shakespeare, *The Tempest*; Fred Wilcox, *Forbidden Planet*; Peter Greenaway, *The Tempest*; Julie Taymor, *The Tempest*. Susan Orlean, *The Orchid Thief*; Spike Jonze, *Adaptation*; Charlie Kaufman, *Adaptation*. Selected articles about adaptation and appropriation, available in Gorgas reserves.
EN 408 has prerequisites. If you wish to take this course and have not fulfilled the prerequisites, please contact either Professor O’Dair (sodair@bama.ua.edu) or the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor John Burke (jburke@english.as.ua.edu). We may be able to help you enroll!
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Posted: March 24, 2012 in Audio, Staged ReadingTags: Kentuck, Lysistrata, mp3, socks
If you missed last Thursday’s staged reading of Lysistrata, fear not! Here’s the mp3:
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,
Eric Marable, Jr., Asher Elbein
Leader of Women’s Chorus……………………Deborah Parker
Women’s Chorus…………Amber Gibson, Dakota Park-Ozee, Dori Burns
Athenian Magistrate……………………….Mark Hughes Cobb
Kinesias………………………………….………………Joey Gamble
Spartan Herald……………………………..…………Motell Foster
Spartan Ambassador………………………..………Russell Frost
Adapted and Directed by Steve Burch
IF presents Lysistrata
Posted: March 19, 2012 in Announcements, Staged ReadingTags: Aristophanes, Lysistrata
Improbable Fictions presents a staged reading of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata at the Kentuck Arts Studio in Northport. Pre-show music starts at 7:00pm
Free admission. RSVP on Facebook!
Hear ye, hear ye!
Posted: February 24, 2012 in Staged ReadingTags: All's Well That End's Well, audio, Reviews
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…….…………………………………Mark Hughes Cobb
Lafew……………………………………….……………Steve Burch
Parolles……………………………………..…………Seth Panitch
Steward/Mariana……………………………..………Max Hartley
The Widow……………….…………………………….Amber Smith
1st Lord…………………………………………….Nicholas Helms
2nd Lord………………………………………………Frank Sharpe
Music……………………Mark Hughes Cobb, Joey Gamble, Nic Helms, Natalie Hopper
Director……………………………………………..Nic Helms
IF presents Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well
Posted: January 30, 2012 in Announcements, Staged ReadingTags: All's Well That End's 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, one on Wednesday, Feb 15 and one on Thursday, Feb 16, at 7:30pm. Both are free and open to the public, though seating is limited. Pre-show music will begin at 7 p.m. each night. Visit the Facebook site Improbable Fictions: Shakespeare’s *All’s Well That Ends Well*, a staged reading, for more. $1 donations to the Bama Theatre Restoration Fund are appreciated.
Sponsored by the Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies and the UA English Dept.
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IF’s Spring 2012 lineup
Posted: January 17, 2012 in Announcements, Casting CallTags: All's Well That End's Well, Lysistrata
This spring, IF will produce two staged readings: Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well at the Greensboro Room on Feb. 15-16, and Aristophanes’ Lysistrata in late March (date and location TBA).
If you’re interested in reading for All’s Well, email Nic Helms at nicholashelms@gmail.com.
If you’re interested in reading for Lysistrata, email Steve Burch at sburch@as.ua.edu.
And if you want information about IF’s recent productions, check out http://vanishingsights.wordpress.com.
