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We’re happy to share two online, Pay-What-You-Decide programs with you in December that aim to celebrate the holiday spirit!
On Saturday, December 5 at 7:30 pm, join us for an online reading of Shakespeare's CYMBELINE in a modern verse translation by Andrea Thome. Register here: bit.ly/CymbelineReading
On Saturday, December 12 at 7:30 we'll be hosting a Holiday Wine & Cheese Party! Buy a curated selection of wine and cheese from Janssen's and then tune in to a private Zoom featuring selections from Shakespeare centering on love and family. Register here: bit.ly/HolidayWineCheeseParty
Thanks to the The Philadelphia Tribune for profiling Debra Ann Byrd ahead of tonight's panel Culturally-Specific Shakespeare Productions. Still time to register for the 7:30pm event - bit.ly/CulturallySpecificShakespeare
Actress Debra Ann Byrd tries to inspire social justice through the arts
www.phillytrib.com
It was that unexpected opportunity to portray Harriet Tubman in a church play that was to change Debra Ann Byrd’s life forever."Culturally-Specific Shakespeare Productions" is tonight at 7:30 pm! Tanaquil Márquez is joining as one of four panelists, immediately after finishing a two-week virtual workshop as director and co-writer of Del Shakes' bilingual musical adaptation of "Twelfth Night, O Lo Que Quieras." Register for the Zoom panel free here and pay-what-you-decide after: bit.ly/CulturallySpecificShakespeare
Tanaquil is the Associate Artistic Producing Director of Teatro del Sol, Philadelphia’s premiere bilingual theatre company, and the Artistic Director of Teatro Esperanza, a Spanish language theatre company in New Brunswick.
Meet Gina Pisasale, another one of the panelists for "Culturally-Specific Shakespeare Productions." During our pre-panel planning session, Gina shared that she felt in the multiracial landscape of America, culturally-specific Shakespeare productions provide an amazing opportunity to explore race and culture.
Register for free for this Monday's 7:30 pm Zoom panel at bit.ly/CulturallySpecificShakespeare and pay-what-you-decide after!
Gina is the Resident Dramaturg at People’s Light in Malvern, PA. She also served as the production dramaturg for Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2016 production of "The Winter’s Tale," which told the story from an Asian and Asian-American perspective.