(10/27/11) The American Shakespeare Center on Tour troupe is at St. Lawrence University this week. The group, based in Virginia, performs Shakespeare with the house lights on, shattering the "fourth wall" between actors and audience.
Their "Almost Blasphemy Tour" continues this weekend in Canton. Two cast members, Bridget Rue and Patrick Earl, along with tour manager Glenn Schudel, brought their brand of the Bard into the NCPR studio this morning.
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American Shakespeare Center's "Almost Blasphemy Tour" at St. Lawrence University this weekend. (Photo: Michael Bailey)
A rehearsal for "Dinner with Friends" in North Creek
(10/18/10) The Our Town Theatre Group's fall production of "Dinner With Friends" opens at the Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek on Friday night. Todd Moe spoke with director Colleen Potter about the Pulitzer Prize winning play that's the story of two couples -- four friends -- who journey and struggle together down the road of life into middle age.
Gandhi on the Astral Plane, from "The Boycott".
(10/02/08) The Boycott, written and performed by Kathryn Blume, will be at Pendragon Theatre in Saranac Lake Friday and Saturday night at 8 p.m. It tells the story of the First Lady of the U.S. launching a nationwide sex strike to fight global warming. Blume is an Artistic Associate at Vermont Stage Company in Burlington. She's also co-founder of the Lysistrata Project, the first worldwide theatrical event for peace. Todd Moe spoke with her about using theater and comedy to address a timely topic.
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Blacksmith David Woodward sets in place the final piece of the weather vane he made for the Adirondack Carousel in Saranac Lake, which opens Saturday at 1 pm with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Photo: Mark Kurtz.
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