Our first 48-hour festival, co-produced with San José State University, explored what might have happened after the curtain fell on Shakespeare’s most famous works.
The setup
Dates: September 19-21, 2014
Co-producer: San José State University
Location: San José State University Theatre
Theme: What may have happened after the curtain fell on Shakespeare’s most famous works?
Required dialogue: “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn”
Required prop: something out-of-time from the play
Surprise element: a contemporary song
The plays
Rosencrantz and Guildenthird, Still Dead
(Richard III)
written by Doug Brook
directed by Roberta Morris
featuring Courtney Baldwin, Alex Draa, Michele Maher
Malvolio/Malvolia or What you would
(Twelfth Night)
written by Melissa Weinstein
directed by Eve Sutton
featuring Natalie Barshow, Tony Le, Andrew Malcolm
Act 5, scene 4
(King Lear)
written by Robert Medugno
directed by Amy Roberts
featuring Jennifer Adame, Amanda Camillo, Adam Weinstein
(As You Like It)
written by Craig Engen
directed by Dinna Myers
featuring Lakshmi Chidambarar, Emily Long Patterson, John Merlas
The Merry War
(Much Ado About Nothing)
written by Lauren Doyle
directed by Larry Barrott
featuring Keenan Flagg, Akemi Okamura, Krista Skorupski,
The Wife Whisperer – voted audience favorite, runner up
(The Taming of the Shrew)
written by Kimberly and Bryan Martin
directed by Shelby Speer
featuring Tiffany Viorge, Sophia Naylor, Paul Pinza
(Titus Andronicus)
written by Rhee Bevere
directed by Paul Pinza
featuring Caitlyn Brown, William Corkey, Sonia Motlagh, Paul Pinza
Romeo and Juliet ad nauseam
(Romeo and Juliet)
written by Mary Carter
directed by Ross Arden Harkness
featuring Troy Hagemeier, Sudhakar Jonnalagadda, Melissa Weinstein
Danes in Purgatory
(Hamlet) – voted audience favorite
written by Melinda Marks
directed by Melinda Marks
featuring Nicholas Boucher, Lauren Doyle, Laura Long, Sara Renée Morris
