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Fall Festival of Shakespeare

Winningstad Theatre 1111 SW Broadway Ave, Portland, OR, United States

The Fall Festival of Shakespeare is a non-competitive region-wide collaboration between Portland Playhouse and area middle and high schools. The Festival is a spectacular theatrical event, in part because student actors connect well to Shakespeare; they understand the passion, the large stakes, and the disaster. High school and middle school is not unlike an Elizabethan Tragedy. The students are not only performers in the festival, but a large and vocal component of the audience. They are most active and vibrant theatre patrons you will ever encounter. They “oooh” and “ahhh”; call out “Oh no she didn’t”; scream and laugh. It’s the closest thing we have to how an Elizabethan audience at Shakespeare’s Globe might have reacted. It’s an unforgettable experience for the students involved, and…

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$20 – $30

Ian Doescher

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR, United States

From Ian Doescher, author of the William Shakespeare’s Star Wars series, comes two new books recreating famous films with authentic Shakespearean rhyme, meter, and stage directions: William Shakespeare’s Get Thee Back to the Future! (Quirk) and William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls (Quirk).

Free

Booklover’s Burlesque: As You Tease It

Crush Bar 1400 Southeast Morrison Street, Portland, OR, United States

Lacy Productions presents... Booklover's Burlesque: As You Tease It (Shakespeare Edition) Friday, May 31st, 2019 on the Crush Bar stage in Portland, Oregon! Booklover's Burlesque is the Pacific Northwest's sexiest literary salon which matches titillating, inspiring, and empowering book readings with burlesque performances all in one show! Professional readers, actors, and/or local authors & writers read aloud a three to five minute piece of poetry, fiction (from any genre), memoir, non-fiction, etc, which is then followed by a burlesque performance inspired by the piece. Hosted by the illustrious Hyacinth Lee Starring: The Infamous Nina Nightshade Sandria Dore Mandy Flame (Seattle) The Mad Marquis Bayou Bettie Miles Wilder T L Ford & Fannie Fuller Princezz Monochokeme Our readers include members of Speculative Drama, Lily Le Fauve,…

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$18 – $30

Scansion: Breaking Down Shakespeare’s Words with Lauren Hanover

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join instructor Lauren Bloom Hanover for a digital workshop exploring the fundamentals of analyzing Shakespeare’s texts. From discussing iambic pentameter to considering the archetypes and structures of Shakespeare’s plays, this workshop is ideal for Shakespeare fans and theater makers interested in learning (or brushing up on) the primary tools for diving deeply into his work, and then bringing it to life. This class is a repeat offering of our sold-out class in December. Lauren was proud to make her Portland Center Stage debut last season in Macbeth. New York credits include The Actors Company Theatre, Columbia Stages, and Studio 12 Ensemble. She has worked with several regional companies, including the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Capital Stage, and Just Theater. Locally, she has appeared with Profile Theatre,…

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$25

BOOKLOVER’S BURLESQUE: To Tease Or Not To Tease (VirtualShakespeareEdition)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

HUZZAH! 'Tis time for The Bard and Burlesque to marry as Lacy Productions presents... BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE: To Tease Or Not To Tease (Our brand new Virtual Shakespeare Edition) Saturday, June 26th, 2021 Livestream at 7pm PDT on Crowdcast $15 GA & $25 VIP TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE ! (A Crowdcast link to our livestream will be emailed to all ticketholders by 3pm- or later if purchased afterward- on the day of the show. Tickets will be available up until showtime.) General Admission: $15 VIP Admission: $25 (includes an exclusive invitation to a Zoom VIP Meet & Greet directly after the show and a special thank you during the show. The Zoom VIP Meet & Greet link will also be emailed beforehand.) ** If you would like…

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$15 – $25

Delve Readers Seminar: Romeo and Juliet

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR, United States

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland is producing two Shakespeare plays this season, Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night—both perennial favorites. OSF tries to make these plays fresh for contemporary audiences with inventive or provocative interpretations. These seminars will help you think through how you might stage the dramas if you were the director. How do we take a written text and imagine it on stage? For live theater, directors must ensure that every line, every gesture, every costume, every set—in short, everything the audience will see and hear—conforms to a consistent interpretation of the play. These seminars are great preparation for your trip to Ashland, and will help you get much more out of the performances. If you read Romeo and Juliet in high…

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$125
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