Opening This Week in Central Texas, September 2 - 8, 2013

Opening This Week 

September 2 - 8, 2013

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Click HERE for a list of all productions CONTINUING on stage

Opening around Austin . . .

Always, Patsy Cline, New Braunfels benefit for Circle Arts Theatre, 
September 6 - 15

Bastrop Opera House, Sept. 6 - 28

in Wimberley

Seminar:
What Makes Austin Theatre Unique?
UT at Zach Theatre, September 6, 7 - 9 p.m.


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IN SAN ANTONIO
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Cameo Theatre, September 7 - October 6

CYMBELINE by William Shakespeare, EmilyAnn Amphitheatre, Wimberley, September 6 - 28, 2013

[EmilyAnn Theatre and gardens, 1101 FM 2325, Wimberley - click for map]


presents
Cymbeline

by William Shakespeare

directed by Kevin Gates

One of Shakespeare's last plays, Cymbeline is a loving stroll down memory lane, including many of his best loved plot devices: mistaken identities, disguises, sleeping potions, betrayal, and long-lost relatives. The play also has a strong fairy tale element, with a virtuous maiden fleeing a wicked stepmother into the woods.

Join the EmilyAnn Theatre & Gardens, as we present Cymbeline, directed by Kevin Gates, September 6-28 (Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p,m). Featuring a cast of some of Austin and Wimberley's favorite classical actors.

CAST
Imogen - Angelina Castillo
Posthumus Leonatus - Tyler Haggard
Iachimo - Robert Deike
Pisanio - Heath Thompson
Cymbeline - Chris Casey
Queen - Leanna Holmquist
Cloten - Stephen Cook
Belarius - Andreas Stein
Guiderius - Colin Iliff
Arviragus - Carter Holland
Philario - Jennifer Fielding
Caius Lucius - Kevin Karwoski
Cornelius - Lorin Craft
Two Lords of Cymbeline's court - Becky Musser and Leah Pullin
Helen/Lady - Sara Billeaux 

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Auditions in Austin and Wimberley for Cymbeline by William Shakespeare, EmilyAnn Theatre, June 22 and 23, 2013

Auditions for Shakespeare's Cymbeline, directed by Kevin Gates, Saturday, June 22nd- Austin audition, Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Drive, 10am-2pm (click for map) and Sunday, June 23rd- at the EmilyAnn Theatre, Wimberley, 1-3pm (click for map). All roles are open.

The EmilyAnn Theatre & Gardens will be holding auditions for this rarely done, but much loved play. Cymbeline, one of Shakespeare's last plays, features almost all of the Bard's usual tropes: cross dressing, a complicated love story, dismemberment, royalty, long-lost relatives, and even a potion that makes the living appear dead.

Please email bridget@emilyann.org to set up an audition appointment. You will need to memorize a one- to two-minute Shakespeare monologue for your audition. Please bring headshot and resume IF you have one available.Performance dates September 6-28 (Friday and Saturday evenings) at the EmilyAnn Theatre & Gardens, Wimberley's beautiful outdoor amphitheatre.

Cymbeline, Shakespeare at Winedale, July 18 - August 9

Shakespeare wrote at least 36 plays over a period of about twenty years, beginning about 1591 with the histories of Henry VI and Richard III. Cymbeline, a historical fantasy about early Britons facing Roman legions, was among his last works. There's a mention of it in an account dated 1610, five years before Shakespeare's death, but it was not published until the 1623 Folio edition of collected plays.

You won't get the chance to see it very often. Or in most university courses to read it, either, unless your professor is a fanatic for completion. So the fans of Shakespeare at Winedale have another reason to appreciate the choices and the productions of that rigorous program.

Shakespeare presents a happy mishmash of history and fantasy, combining a chastity intrigue involving the daughter of the mythic king of the southern tribes of Britain with a time-shifted account of the Roman battle to conquer the isle. He probably wrote this entertainment not too long after producing his series of Roman plays, and it could be viewed as a nationalist continuation of events from Antony and Cleopatra.

Read more at AustinLiveTheatre.com . . . .

Shakespeare at Winedale 2009

Update: Click for ALT review of Richard III, Shakespeare at Winedale 2009, published August 4



From Shakespeare at Winedale, January 28:

Shakespeare in Winedale Summer 2009 Season Announced

We have an exciting spring and summer ahead of us!

Dr. James Loehlin, Director of Shakespeare at Winedale, announced the 2009 Summer season: Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, and Cymbeline.

The summer season opens on Thursday, July 16th and closes Sunday, August 9, 2009. Make your reservations today so you don't miss out!

Performance calendar for Shakespeare at Winedale 2009