Here's the teaser for our upcoming musical Beehive!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
A Day in Misalliance
A Day in Misalliance Rehearsal
by Heather Newman (Stage Manager for Misalliance)
We rehearse Misalliance 6 days a week 8 hours a day. My normal morning starts at 11:00am when I meet my ASM (assistant stage manager),
At 12:00pm, we begin rehearsal, right now that involves a full day of blocking (choreographing and recording the movements of the actors in each scene). Wendy guides the actors through this process as I take down blocking notes in my prompt script (the main archive for the show) and
At 5:00pm I am back in the building checking in with the costume shop to see how fittings went and checking for emails from other departments- all while Crystal sets up the room again for the evening’s schedule. The MFA actors and Wendy are back at 5:30pm and we head back into the blocking process. 9:30pm is the end of blocking for the day and the actors are given their notes and sent home. Wendy and I go over the next day's schedule (called the DAILY) while
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Party at ASF
Join the party at ASF with our production of Misalliance running June 26th - July 4th! Watch the video below and get acquainted with your fellow guests.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
ASF Spring Season FINAL WEEKS
Here's what our audiences' have to say about the our productions of The Three Musketeers, Othello, and The Comedy of Errors!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The Comedy of Errors Dancing
At the end of a long day of misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and general chases throughout town, the people of The Comedy of Errors like to indulge in a dance. Here's one of the rehearsals where our actors learned the steps very similar to Morris dancing.
Enjoy!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Interview with Othello, Iago, and Desdemona
I got a chance to sit down with Esau Pritchett (Othello), Matt D'Amico (Iago), and Kaytie Morris (Desdemona) to talk about the production of Othello and what it was like bringing these characters to life. Enjoy!
Friday, May 15, 2009
Southern Writers' Project 2009!
Today starts our Festival of New Plays otherwise known as The Southern Writers' Project!
The first reading ("Nacirema Society") starts in an hour though the guests have already been on a tour of the facility and are at a meet and greet with the playwrights right now. Check out our youtube page for videos about the plays and background information on the stories. As for everyone here at the theatre, we're all getting ready to see great new plays fresh from the writer's imagination. The play readings are avaliable to the public at large and can be obtained at the Boxoffice. Call 800-841-4273 for more information.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Comedy Brother's Tell All
I got together with the four brothers from The Comedy of Errors and got the inside story of what exactly happens during the two hour show. Here's what I came away with:
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Our Audiences Love The Three Musketeers!
We caught a few of our audience members as they were leaving the show this weekend and here's what they had to say about our new production of The Three Musketeers!
Tickets on sale now - call 800.841.4273 or visit www.asf.net for more information.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Othello - Sneak Peek
Here's a sneak peek inside one of the last rehearsals of Othello before it went to the stage. In this scene the town is gathered at one of the local taverns to celebrate Othello's marriage to Desdemona - and Iago spends his night stirring up trouble with Cassio.
Friday, April 24, 2009
One Castle for Two Shows
For our two Shakespeare plays this season we decided to build one set that could then be customized with removable embellishments for each show. The man behind the design is Rob F. Wolin and in this video he talks with us about the inspiration behind the design and the practicality and functionality of the set.
Spring is here and so are the Plays!
Wow, has it been busy here at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival! We've been working on bringing our spring Rep season to the stage. This spring we feature three great and diverse shows: The Three Musketeers, Othello, and The Comedy of Errors.
I've got a treat for you today, a quick video of fight rehearsals from The Three Musketeers. As you can tell, with a story featuring the famed fighting army called The Musketeers there must be a whole lot of sword fighting, and this show delivers. Check it out below and check out our youtube page for more videos!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Reactions to The Furniture of Home
Don't miss our newest play The Furniture of Home playing now through March 29th and come home to your family at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Snow Day in Alabama
The Great Snow Adventure of 2009!
This past weekend we had a morning of snow in Montgomery, Alabama. This is the second year in a row that we've had snow here and I convinced a few people to go out into the park for what we thought would just be a nice walk through light snow flurries. Here are a few pictures I snapped while we walked through the falling snow.
The beginning of our walk! Here is our Garden/ Amphitheater area with the main building in the background.
Close shot of our newest flowers in the Garden covered in slush.
In front of the Theatre at the pergola.
Our front lawn that slopes down to the pond. The snow is still light and melting as soon as it hits the ground.
We've looped around to the Art Museum and the snow is getting a bit heavier. Our resident sea gulls keep trying to fly but the winds don't let them get anywhere. Most of the ducks, loons, swans, and herons have gathered on the island to wait out the storm.
All except these guys! We couldn't figure out if they wanted us to feed them or take them somewhere warm.
The Alice in Wonderland tribute fountain at the Museum.
The storm is starting to get worse and we've just realized that we have to walk back in a headwind with stinging snow...and none of us thought to wear sunglasses or any face protection.
The bank we had just been on, now a duck free zone.
Our snow covered Willow.
The front lawn, now with slowly gathering snow. We got a text from a friend at this point saying only "It's magical!"
The statue of Mr. Blount watching out over the theatre and surrounded by snowy hedges. By this time we had decided it was time to go inside and get warm before our hands froze off.
Keep checking back! Our newest show opens this weekend (March 6th) and I'll have responses to the show up on the blog after our invited dress on Thursday night!
Keep checking back! Our newest show opens this weekend (March 6th) and I'll have responses to the show up on the blog after our invited dress on Thursday night!
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