| by Andee Kinzy |
Witchcraft In Their Lips – A Creative Partnership. A beautiful project fell into my lap this December. To begin with, I just happened to see a post about auditions for a new play centered on the women in Shakespeare’s history plays. As a result, a few emails went back-and-forth between the organizers and me. Afterward, we created a fantastic partnership.
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First, imagine that you’re new to Shakespeare. Then, imagine that you’re a girl. Now, imagine finding out that girls didn’t even play female roles during the Renaissance era. In reality, this doesn’t really forge a strong connection for the present day, does it? Well, this didn’t stop Stephanie Donowho and Nell McKeown. These two young women spent their studies at the University of Texas, where they created a new play from eight. In summary, while culling from the histories, plus using only Shakespeare’s verse, they succeeded in adapting the events from the women’s perspective.
And now, they’re letting ImprovEd Shakespeare in on the game!
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Presently, we are partnering with them to produce a workshop, emphasis on, an adaptation for youth. Since those productions use an all-female cast typically, we are especially pleased they will adapt their production to include our players. Generally speaking, the age range for our girls is a bit younger.
Creative Partners
This relationship affords a unique opportunity for the girls and women involved. For one thing, since these are parallel productions, they will discuss characters performed at the same time by other actors. Also, our girls will have the chance to explore scenes with a different age-related viewpoint. Additionally, the Kids have the opportunity to share their challenges, including successes. Lastly, and perhaps significantly, girls will outnumber boys in a Shakespeare production!
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Come and join us for Witchcraft In Their Lips – A Creative Partnership. We’re very excited, and we hope you are as well. You have another week to get involved. Visit our Enroll page for more information!
Performance
Each fall and spring, ImprovEd Shakespeare develops a new production for live performance. In honor of the traditional Renaissance traveling troupe, during a period of a few weeks, we present Kid-friendly plays at various venues around town. Our Players, between 3rd-11th grade, gear themselves with playful, as well as engaging interpretations of works by the Bard of Avon. Suitable for all ages, each performance runs for about an hour.
Furthermore, these shows are always FREE. However, we gladly accept Donations! Additionally, visit ImprovEd Shakespeare, Shakespeare for Kids by Kids on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter. And don’t forget to click on our BLOG for the stories behind these videos.
