Alzheimer’s: From Patient to Caregiver
Meet Playwright Steve Yockey In Blackberry Winter, Vivienne struggles with caring for her mother, an Alzheimer’s patient whose condition is showing signs of deterioration. In some of Steve Yockey’s most poignant […]
Lighting Up The Holidays at Orlando Shakes
Interview with Lighting Designer Colleen Doherty Stringing lights on your own Christmas tree is hard enough. Can you imagine having to string them for a theater production of A Christmas Carol, Frosty […]
The Many Faces of Hyde
Staging a Classic In the vein of Dracula and Nicholas Nickleby, Orlando Shakes is tackling their next Goldman Theater production, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, in a richly artistic manner. Staging […]
Employee Spotlight – Brandon Yagel
Meet Our Education Coordinator West Side Story is open, which means Orlando Shakes‘ blog hiatus is finally over (or at least until our next 30+ cast musical theater production)! Despite the madhouse atmosphere […]
A Summer Under the Lights
Performing Arts Summer Camps As a professionally trained actor and graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, I have performed onstage dozens of times both in New York and […]
A Glimpse at the Inspiration Behind “Vanya”
Understanding the Human Condition Orlando Shakes will be opening Christopher Durang’s newest play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Vanya), this April. The Tony Award-winning comedy is a humorous […]
Striking a Chord in “The Tempest”
Creating Original Music Invoking a particular emotion onstage can be challenging to do with spoken words alone. Sometimes you need to strike a chord or two, which is where New […]
The Writing of Ellen McLaughlin’s Pericles – PART III
The following blog post is the fourth installment from actor John P. Keller, taking on the lead role of Pericles in Orlando Shakes upcoming modern verse production, of his documentation […]
The Art of Gender-Bending Shakespeare
Come See Lisa Wolpe William Shakespeare’s works were originally performed by an all-male cast, because an acting profession simply was not considered a good one for a woman. Since Shakespeare’s […]
The Writing of Ellen McLaughlin’s Pericles – PART II
The following blog post is the third installment from actor John P. Keller, taking on the lead role of Pericles in Orlando Shakes upcoming modern verse production, of his documentation […]