Archive for the ‘Shakespeare’ Category
Shakesaudio: Measure for Measure and Henry IV part 2
Posted: February 21, 2018 by nrhelms in Audio, ShakespeareTags: Henry IV part 2, Measure for Measure, Shakespeare
Today I have audio for you from our two most recent performances: January’s Measure for Measure, directed by Mark Hulse, and February’s Henry IV part 2, directed by Richard LeComte.
Measure for Measure
Henry IV part 2
Shakespearean Boogaloo!
Posted: February 6, 2018 by nrhelms in Announcements, Casting Call, Shakespeare, Staged ReadingTags: Boogaloo, Henry IV part 2, Shakespeare
On Thursday, Feb 15, 7:30pm at the Tuscaloosa Cultural Arts Center (http://cac.tuscarts.org/contactus.php), Improbable Fictions will present a staged reading of Shakespeare’s Henry IV part 2, Shakespearean Boogaloo, directed by Richard LeComte, (richard.lecomte@ua.edu). Free and open to the public.
We’re still casting for this reading, so if you’re interested in participating, contact Richard soon!
IF’s Spring 2018 Season and Casting Call!
Posted: January 7, 2018 by nrhelms in Casting Call, Shakespeare, Staged ReadingTags: Edward Bond, Henry IV part 2, Measure for Measure, Medieval, Othello, Shakespeare
- Thursday, Jan 18, 7:30pm at 205 Gorgas Library, a staged reading of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, directed by Mark Hulse (mchulse@crimson.ua.edu).
- Thursday, Feb 15, 7:30pm at the Tuscaloosa Cultural Arts Center (http://cac.tuscarts.org/contactus.php), a staged reading of Shakespeare’s Henry IV part 2, Electric Boogaloo, directed by Richard LeComte, dramaturgy by Austin Whitver (richard.lecomte@ua.edu, hawhitver@ua.edu).
- Late March or early April, an Easter-themed Medieval staged reading, venue TBA, directed by Deborah Parker, dramaturgy by Cordelia Ross (parkerburch@comcast.net, caross4@ua.edu).
- Thursday, Apr 19, 7:30pm at the Tuscaloosa Cultural Arts Center (http://cac.tuscarts.org/contactus.php), a staged reading of Edward Bond’s Bingo, a play about the last years of Shakespeare’s life, directed by Steve Burch (sburch@as.ua.edu).

IF presents Titia Andronica
Posted: September 9, 2017 by nrhelms in Announcements, Audio, Performance, Shakespeare, Staged ReadingTags: Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
If you missed our staged reading on Sep 21, fear not! You can find the audio from the event here:
Apologies for the background noise at the start. It dies down once the performance begins.
On Thursday, Sep 21 at 7:30pm, at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center, Improbable Fictions will present a staged reading of Titia Andronica, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. Adapted and directed by Erin Hildebrand and Courtney Parker.
Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies at the University of Alabama (english.ua.edu/grad/strode).
For more information about Improbable Fictions, please visit improbablefictions.org.
Cast
TITIA ANDRONICA – MK Foster
MARCUS ANDRONICUS – Will Ramsay
LAVINIA – Emma Leisentritt
LUCIUS – Tyler Sasser
MUTIUS – Joseph Welty
MARTIUS – Deborah Parker
QUINTUS – Lily Davenport
YOUNG LUCIUS – Joseph Welty
SATURNINUS – Charlie Bell
TAMORA – Elizabeth Theriot
DEMETRIUS – Matt Smith
CHIRON – Theodore Nollert
PUBLIUS – Deborah Parker
BASSIANUS – Geoffrey Emerson
AEMILIUS – Deborah Parker
MESSENGER – Lily Davenport
COUNTRY FELLOW – Geoffrey Emerson
GOTH – Joseph Welty
Improbable Fictions’ 2017-18 Season
Posted: September 1, 2017 by nrhelms in Announcements, Casting Call, Performance, Shakespeare, Staged ReadingTags: Edward Bond, Henry IV part 2, Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Measure for Measure, Milton, Othello, Samson Agonistes, Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, World War I
Fall 2017 casting calls!
If you’re interested in reading for Titia Andronica, please contact Erin Hildebrand (eahildebrand@crimson.ua.edu) and Courtney Parker (caparker4@crimson.ua.edu).
If you’re interested in reading for Samson Agonistes, please contact Nic Helms (nrhelms@ua.edu).
If you’re interested in reading archival World War I materials at the Kentuck Festival of the Arts, please contact Deborah Parker (parkerburch@comcast.net).
Casting calls for Spring 2018 will come in December.
Macbeth, Macbeth, Macbeth!
Posted: June 28, 2017 by nrhelms in Announcements, ShakespeareTags: Macbeth, Rude Mechanicals, Shakespeare, Tuscaloosa