Sherlock Holmes and The Woman (WAOB Live Virtual Performance)
I was happy to play Watson. The daughter played Irene “The Woman” Adler.
Sherlock Holmes and The Woman (daughter and I rehearsing for a live recording Friday afternoon)
#PPTPlaytime Tartuffe @thepublicpgh (Looking forward to Part 2 of this live videoconference production tomorrow)
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Minecraft Style
Loved part 2 of Romeo and Juliet @thepublicpgh #pptplaytime (Next week: Tartuffe)
“Oh, that I were a glove upon that hand. That I might touch that cheek!” #pptplaytime Romeo and Juliet @thepublicpgh
Part II of the Mon Valley Medium was a powerful experience. Funny and painful. @thepublicpgh #pptplaytime Looking forward to Romeo and Juliet next week.
Loved part 1 of Alec Silverblatt's Mon Valley Medium. Part 2 tomorrow at 7. #pptplaytime
What’s My Cue? Let’s Talk Shakesepare with Andy Kirtland Virtural #Britsburgh
Toasting Shakespeare at the Bard’s Birthday Bash
Organized by Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Park.
Lysistrata live.
Introduction to The Cherry Orchard
Loved part 2 of The Importance of Being Earnest (live videoconference play from @ThePublicPGH )
Introduction to The Skin of Our Teeth (optimistic, absurdist metatheater; Thornton Wilder, 1942)
The girl asked me to read R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) to her. #quarantine #partylikeaprofessor
In “World Drama” I’m adding the absurd, optimistic “The Skin of Our Teeth” (dropping bleak “Waiting for Godot”)
In light of current events, I’m dropping the bleak Waiting for Godot from my World Drama class (actually I’m making it optional; students could drop a different play) and adding Thornton Wilder’s absurdist but optimistic The Skin of Our Teeth. Writing while World War II was still raging, Wilder depicts a representative American family…
Rhinoceros in Love (World Drama — China, 1999)
The blurb for a 2011 English version of the 1999 Chinese play I’m teaching this week: China’s most popular and provocative drama. A modern story of love and obsession, Rhinoceros in Love tells the story of a rhinoceros-keeper who develops a dangerous romantic fascination with the woman of his dreams: the uncompromising, unobtainable Mingming. Hear…
Oedipus Tyrannos (Oedipus Rex) — Brief Introduction
My first lecture screencasts for my newly-online class. (Thanks, COVID-19.)
The Outsiders Closing after Friday Night’s Show
Pittsburgh in the Round review of The Outsiders
“It’s due to a slew of rich, physically and emotionally raw performances from this steadfast ensemble that Hinton’s timeless characters are realized as the heroes, albeit tragic ones, that they’re meant to be…. As the youngest of the Greasers, Ponyboy has a unique dynamic with the rest of the gang. He’s doted on to varying…