The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare Modern Verse Translation by Amy Freed and Play On Shakespeare African-American Shakespeare Company Like his Merchant of Venice with its many antisemitic references, William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew – even for all its underlying silliness – is often viewed as a difficult work to swallow by modern audiences, given what … [Read more...] about The Taming of the Shrew
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Pipeline
Pipeline Dominique Morisseau African-American Shakespeare Company “It’s a gamble … You send your young man out into the world everyday … But you don’t know … You have no idea if they’re safe … No idea if someone will try to expire them because they are too young, or too Black, or too threatening … Or just too too.” Divorced and now single mom of a late teen son, Nya, … [Read more...] about Pipeline
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare, Adapted by L. Peter Callender African-American Shakespeare Company Maybe no play of the Bard’s has been adapted more than the romantic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet in which the ongoing rivalry between two families leads to the deaths of two of their children who just happen to fall in love. On the stages of theatre, opera, and … [Read more...] about Romeo and Juliet
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams The African-American Shakespeare Company In 1944, Tennessee Williams skyrocketed from near obscurity to wide-spread fame with the premiere of The Glass Menagerie, a play touted as a memory play both in the script and in its evident connections to the playwright and his family of an excessively attention-seeking mother, a mentally … [Read more...] about The Glass Menagerie
Othello
Othello William Shakespeare African-American Shakespeare Company While there are no American flags flying and no “U.S. Army” or “U.S. Navy” stitching on the military uniforms worn, the intentions of Director Carl Jordan could hardly be clearer. There is no way for him to camouflage that this opening production of the African-American Shakespeare Company’s … [Read more...] about Othello
