[Northkeep] Fwd: shakespere- entertainment

[Tina Michael]

I say we just dress up and go....But man it will be so hot....

Tina
fixing to melt

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Montega <montega at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had sent them an email a while back to see if we could do a demo but no
> one contacted me back.
>
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Tina Michael <tinabetta at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Saw this news article in the paper looks like something fun for us to do.
> > Read on....
> >
> > Tina
> >  *The idea behind the Shake Down in T-Town Festival was to focus as much
> on
> > "T-Town" as it was to serve up some Shakespeare al fresco.*
> >
> >
> >
> > The two-day event, Friday and Saturday, will include two performances of
> > Shakespeare's comedy "As You Like It," staged by the festival's artistic
> > director Jenny Guy. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. each evening at Tulsa's
> > Centennial Park, Sixth Street and Peoria Avenue.
> >
> > The festival portion of the event will be from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday at
> > the park, featuring performances by musical acts, theater companies and
> > dance troupes, along with a number of booths selling craft items and
> other
> > such goods.
> >
> > "Our goal was to offer as wide a variety of things as possible to
> showcase
> > what we have here in Tulsa," said Brigid Kimery Vance, the festival's
> > managing director. "We wanted there to be something for everyone."
> >
> > That was one reason why, Guy said, she chose "As You Like It" for this
> > year's production, rather than one of the other comedies, tragedies or
> > histories that Shakespeare wrote.
> >
> > "It's one of Shakespeare's most fun plays," she said. "It's one of the
> few
> > in which nobody dies - or even pretends to die. There's a lot of physical
> > as
> > well as verbal comedy, with women pretending to be men, and men
> pretending
> > to be someone else."
> >
> > The story - to put it in the simplest form - is about two brothers and a
> > pair of female cousins, all of whom for various reasons find themselves
> in
> > the Forest of Arden, where love ultimately conquers all except one
> > melancholy fellow who muses about how "all the world's a stage, and all
> the
> > men and women merely players."
> >
> > "We figure that the people who love Shakespeare would be interested in
> what
> > we're doing," Vance said. "So we wanted the festival portion to be more
> > inclusive and family-friendly so that it might appeal to people who
> aren't
> > starting out as huge Shakespeare fans."
> >
> > Festival performances will include companies presenting excerpts of the
> > shows that will be a part of the Tulsa PAC Trust's Summerstage, as well
> as
> > contemporary dance, improvisational comedy and traditional English folk
> > songs.
> >
> > Vendors will include the Gleeful Peacock, Bifftastica, SomerKnits,
> > Crystal's
> > Ball and Chain, Starflower Creations and Death of a Witch, which will
> have
> > a
> > special Shakespeare-themed print available.
> >
> > Jerry Weatherford will provide chair massages, and Trinity Episcopal and
> > the
> > Pearl District Association will operate booths, as well.
> >  ------------------------------
> >
> >
> > *SCHEDULE* *FRIDAY*
> >
> > *7:30 p.m. - *"As You Like It"
> > *SATURDAY*
> >
> > *Noon - *Sarah & Russ Goss
> >
> > *12:45 p.m. - *Actors Company of Tulsa with "Attack of the Space Pandas"
> >
> > *1:30 p.m. - *Marilyn McCullough
> >
> > *2:15 p.m. - *Belly Dancing Troupe
> >
> > *3 p.m. - *Spontaniacs Improv
> >
> > *4:00 p.m. - *Portico Dans Theatre
> >
> > *4:25 p.m. - *IAMB
> >
> > *5 p.m. - *LOOK Musical Theatre
> >
> > *7:30 p.m. - *"As You Like It"
> >
> >
> > *Original Print Headline: Festival serves up Shakespeare in the great
> > outdoors*
> >  ------------------------------
> >
> >
> > *SHAKE DOWN IN T-TOWN FESTIVAL*
> >
> > *When:* Performance of “As You Like It,” 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday.
> > Festival: Noon to 7 p.m. Saturday.
> >
> > *Where:* Centennial Park, Sixth Street and Peoria Avenue.
> >
> > *Admission:* Free.
> >
> > By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene
> > Writer<http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/authors.aspx?a=JAMES-D.-WATTS-JR.-
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Tina Michael
> >
> > Intake reception
> >
> >
> >
> > Any day above ground is a good day!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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