An intense bio-drama of the renowned modern artist (and Oregon-raised) Mark Rothko, Red earned critical laurels in its New York run last season. Set in the 1950s, when Rothko was commissioned to create a series of large pieces of art for the new Four Seasons Restaurant, Red tackles big questions about art—what it takes to create it, and where it belongs in our world. But perhaps more importantly,…More
Based on legends about early Celtic kings, Cymbeline is one of Shakespeare’s most fantastical creations—familiar Shakespearean themes of jealousy and innocence wronged are joined by a piano-playing wit who becomes our guide through an ancient landscape. A lovely princess, an evil queen, a misguided king and a thoroughly rotten clown people this fairy tale-like story of life, and love, renewed.
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Mark Rothko, Writer?
06 February 2012 & Posted by Kinsley Suer
Mark Rothko will go down in history as one of America’s greatest abstract expressionist painters, but did you know that he was also an accomplished writer? In the early 1940s, during a temporary hiatus from painting, Rothko wrote the manuscript for a book that was to be called The Artist’s Reality. It would never be published during his lifetime, and was in fact hidden in a manila envelope until it was uncovered by his children in a warehouse more than 50 years later.
MoreShakespeare’s Insults
24 January 2012 & Posted by Kinsley Suer
No one knows how to hurl an insult quite like the Bard. Based on the fact that there are hundreds of imaginative, biting quips throughout Shakespeare’s plays (including Cymbeline), it’s obvious that the man adored a good insult. Unfortunately, modern English is quite unimaginative when it comes to expletives. But fear not! Learn a few of these basic phrases and you’ll be cursing like an Elizabethan sailor in no time.
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Guess the Season and Win a Free Subscription!
08 February 2012 & Posted by Natalie Gilmore
We’re about to announce the ten plays that will be included in our 2012-2013 season—our 25th!—but before all is revealed can you guess which plays we’re planning? In the comments section, give us your best guess of up to five titles you think will be featured in the 2012-2013 season. If three or more are correct you’ll be entered into a drawing to win your full season subscriptions for two for FREE.
Ready. Set. Guess!
MoreCymbeline Moves Onstage
31 January 2012 & Posted by Chris Coleman
The cast of Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline begin to find their way around the Ellyn Bye Studio theater.
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