And maybe Austin’s too! Just thinking back to 2006 when I played Pistol to Courtney Glenn’s Fallstaf, I couldn’t agree more. The Weird Sisters set the Merry Wives of Windsor in the 1950’s, Falstaff taking on an unmistakable bad-boy Elvis persona (sideburns and all). We had screaming audience members, groupies, possibly even fainting. We all had character envy that season, Falstaff was a deliciously fun, even complicated character to play. It was hard not to be enamored. I think we all carry a little bit of Shakespeare’s favorite foil inside us.
Read More...The following is excerpted from www.theAustinist.com, in a review dated June 24, 2010 penned by Georgia Young. Read the full review here >
Woe to the women of Shakespeare! It seems so many of them can be filed into two neat categories: fools who sacrifice their lives for love, and evil hags. However, contemporary theatermakers often [...]
Monday, June 14th, 2010 at 11am Co-Director and Playwright, Susan Gayle Todd and Composer, Chris Humphrey appeared on Lisa Schneider’s show “What’s a Girl to Do?” on KOOP 91.7FM Schneider’s show centers around music written and performed by women, and focused on the original music of Sycorax, composed and assembled by Humphrey.
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