Oberon Shakespeare Study Group

Bill Marx reviews the Cambridge MA American Repertory Theater's The Donkey Show for The Arts Fuse blog in his Theater Review: The A.R.T. Shakes its Ass : . . . In “The Donkey Show” Shakespeare’s romance exists solely to provide opportunities for gymnastic eye candy. Sweaty, nimble, and buff, A.R.T. cast members jump, skitter, climb, cavort, and undulate among the dancing party goers; they scamper up and down the walls, platforms, tables, and stairs in the cabaret-ized Zero Arrow Theater. Their colorful costumes are skimpy and glittery; the lighting glaring. See the entire review at: http://blog.theartsfuse.com/2009/09/18/theater-review-the-art-shakes-its-ass/

The Flint area Shakespeare in the Park production of Midsummer Nights' Dream -- produced by Flint parks project director, Kay Kelly -- is free to the public provided by a grant from the Ruth Mott Foundation. Burton's James Cech will play Puck and Flint's Brian Haggard will play Bottom. The event began last week in Flint's riverfront Kearsley Park; the remainder of the schedule includes: Thursday, June 18, 7 p.m. - For-Mar Nature Preserve, Burton Friday, June 19, 7 p.m. - Clover Beach, Linden Saturday, June 20, 7 p.m. - Flushing County Park, Flushing Twp Sunday, June 21, 7 p.m. - Crossroads Village, Genesee Twp Information according to an article by Chad Swiatecki blogged June 10, 2009 on M-Live. Thanks to Doug T. for bringing this event to our attention. LT

April 2, 2008 Hi Oberoners, As a precursor to my attendance at the Concordia Conference in Portland, Oregon (which I report on in due time) I am spending a few days here in Ashland (in the Rogue Valley) at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in order to get myself in the "Shakespeare" mood. I arrived here yesterday (Monday) but didn't do anything except check in to my hotel (the Bard's Inn ) and go to sleep. Today, I had lunch with Earl Showerman (who lives near here) and we only spent about 20-percent of the time discussing the Greek influences on Shakespeare. Yes, Earl is about to present another of his series of presentations on this subject later this week at Portland. Having the rest of the day free until my 8 p.m. theater (more on this later) I went to that famous spot, the Oregon Vortex and House of Mystery . At this spot, due to the strange orientation of the north-south and east-west magnetic forces known as terra lines, strange phenomenon occur, such as people c...