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.

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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As the Weird Sisters dive into our summer production, it’s encouraging to read that we are not the only ones taking another look at Shakespeare’s The Tempest.  Director Julie Taymor will be producing a film adaptation of the play starring Helen Mirren as the the sorcerer Prospera, a role originally penned for a man, as [...]

This article about Sherwood Forests Faire’s players originally appeared in the Hill Country News on February 25, 2010
Playing ‘faire’ with Shakespeare
by Kate Goeke, Hill Country News
Former Leander ISD superintendent Tom Glenn spent more than two decades ensuring the district’s students were ready for the future. How surprised he must have been when his own daughter, [...]

Musician and Actor, Chris Humphrey is lending her musical talents to Sleeping Beauty Playing at the Vortex:
Sleeping Beauty (multi-instrumentalist), April 2 – May 9, Vortex Repertory Company: http://www.vortexrep.org/

Chris Humphrey, one of our sisters, is busy! So don’t wait for our summer performance to get a taste of the Weirds, check out the links below!

Eye in the Sky (composer/sound designer), 2009, Audacity Theatre Lab Webcast
Oceana (woodwinds, percussion, harmonium, didgeridoo), May 9-June 6, The Vortex
House Concert (bassoon, tenor recorder, percussion), June 28, Heralds [...]