Shakespeare on Clark has become a yearly favorite of patrons as well as actors in our community. Each year we struggle with the choice of comedy to perform. Please join in the selection process! The scripts currently in consideration include As You Like It, Comedy of Errors, Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, and Taming of the Shrew.
Taming of the Shrew is probably the best know, with spin offs including Kiss Me Kate and 10 Things I Hate About You. But the message within can be a troubling one if not dealt with gently. Petruchio's treatment of Kate boarders on abuse...if not completely crossing the line!! and it unfortunately has one firely role for a female, and then but a small few other parts for females. Much Ado About Nothing is a crowd favorite, a movie bringing greater exposure to the work, and it is fun...no doubt!! Again, it features one incredible female role, with but smaller parts for any other women wanting to work this show! As You Like It follows the usual plots of Shakespeare Comedy, cross dressing, mistaken identies and love lost and found and journeys into a forest!! Less produced is the A Comedy of Errors. A wonderful show, with two, count them...two sets of twins!!! Finding one set of actors who can pass for twins is difficult enough...but the show is hilarious, yet again, limited in roles for females. Shakespeare!! What were you thinking?? More of your actors could have stepped to the plate and worn dresses...seriously!! And the final play for consideration is The Merry Wives of Windsor, with four fine roles for females; it is one of the spunkiest of the Bard's works.
So we keep reading and reading to choose what will amuse, entertain, fullfill the needs of our patrons, our program and offer the best of roles for the talent pool that continues to build each season.
What would you like to see performed and why? What roles from what plays would you like to perform?
We really appreciate your comments and thoughts.....and please make a choice on our poll!!!
Taming of the Shrew is probably the best know, with spin offs including Kiss Me Kate and 10 Things I Hate About You. But the message within can be a troubling one if not dealt with gently. Petruchio's treatment of Kate boarders on abuse...if not completely crossing the line!! and it unfortunately has one firely role for a female, and then but a small few other parts for females. Much Ado About Nothing is a crowd favorite, a movie bringing greater exposure to the work, and it is fun...no doubt!! Again, it features one incredible female role, with but smaller parts for any other women wanting to work this show! As You Like It follows the usual plots of Shakespeare Comedy, cross dressing, mistaken identies and love lost and found and journeys into a forest!! Less produced is the A Comedy of Errors. A wonderful show, with two, count them...two sets of twins!!! Finding one set of actors who can pass for twins is difficult enough...but the show is hilarious, yet again, limited in roles for females. Shakespeare!! What were you thinking?? More of your actors could have stepped to the plate and worn dresses...seriously!! And the final play for consideration is The Merry Wives of Windsor, with four fine roles for females; it is one of the spunkiest of the Bard's works.
So we keep reading and reading to choose what will amuse, entertain, fullfill the needs of our patrons, our program and offer the best of roles for the talent pool that continues to build each season.
What would you like to see performed and why? What roles from what plays would you like to perform?
We really appreciate your comments and thoughts.....and please make a choice on our poll!!!
