In a return to the tradition of traveling troupes, the Rooted Voyageurs bring classical theater to Hudson Valley farmers' markets, parks, and other public gathering places with the aim of accessibility and inclusion.
Gender themes still resonate in Shakespeare birthday bash production
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Nick Nudler, foreground, in Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare s Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World. Background from left are: Emily Díaz, Madeleine Rose Maggio (as Joan of Arc), , Devante Owens, and Kirsten Peacock
Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare, Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World, 2021
Directed by Kevin G. Coleman
Filmed by Patrick Toole
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Emily Díaz (as Juliet) and Devante Owens (as Romeo) in Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare s Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World.
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Kirsten Peacock (as Calpurnia) in Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare, s Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World.
LENOX â Very little is conventional about Emma Woodhouse, the eponymous would-be matchmaker heroine of Jane Austen s fourth novel; the last to be published in her lifetime.
Before she began writing Emma, Austen famously described her as a heroine no one but myself will much like.
Austen was wrong. Emma Woodhouse is one of Austen s more popular characters. Emma has been adapted for the movies â eight times; and multiple times on television, the stage, YouTube. Now, it s playwright Kate Hamill s turn.
Hamill s Emma, a new play-in-development, will be presented by Shakespeare & Company in a free virtual costumed staged reading this weekend and next. The performance can be accessed at 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and again Jan. 2 and 3 through the Shakespeare & Company website â shakespeare.org.