Blackfriars: All seats $20 through June 20
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Visitors to Blackfriars Playhouse can get a ticket to any of the three productions in the 2010 Spring Season before they close on June 20 for just $20.
Shows currently in production include The Knight of the Burning Pestle, All’s Well That Ends Well, and Romeo and Juliet. Also on the schedule are early previews of The Taming of the Shrew on Sunday, June 13, and Othello on Sunday, June 20.
Offer good for 1-6 tickets per purchase of new tickets only. Other restrictions apply.
More information online at www.americanshakespearecenter.com.
Shakespeare Center names new managing director
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The American Shakespeare Center announced today that its board of trustees has selected Amy Wratchford to serve as its new managing director. She will begin work on May 10. Read more
Shakespeare Center gets NEA grant
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The American Shakespeare Center announced today that it has been awarded a competitive grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to expand its outreach to middle- and high-school students. Read more
Blackfriars to host City Council forum
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Blackfriars Playhouse will serve as the host to a Staunton City Council Candidates Forum on the Arts, Culture, and Tourism on Tuesday, April 13, at 7 p.m.
The four candidates for open seats on Staunton City Council – Carolyn Dull, Bruce Elder, Lacy King and Carl Tate – are all scheduled to be in attendance.
The forum will be moderated by McKinsey Harris of WHSV TV-3.
The event is being sponsored by the Arts and Culture Council of Staunton, the Staunton Tourism Advisory Board and the American Shakespeare Center.
$10 Blackfriars tickets this week
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The American Shakespeare Center announced today that it is offering $10 tickets for every performance this week of the three productions now playing at the Blackfriars Playhouse: Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, and The Alchemist by Ben Jonson.
This special promotion is the ASC’s response to the snowy weather that has hit the mid-Atlantic region in the last few weeks and has kept theatre patrons and retail shoppers home.
“For our patrons who can make it safely to the Blackfriars Playhouse, we’re offering a reason to dig out of their snow bunkers and come enjoy a show,” said ASC Artistic Director Jim Warren. “We also want to help boost business for local hotels, restaurants, and shops that count on the Blackfriars to bring folks out to enjoy a night on the town.” Read more
EMU students learn Shakespeare
Partnership with American Shakespeare Center, Mary Baldwin College
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Theater students at Eastern Mennonite University are having a chance to develop their Shakespeare skills, thanks to a partnership between theater faculty and a graduate student and professional director working and studying at the American Shakespeare Center (Blackfriar’s Playhouse) and Mary Baldwin College in Staunton. Read more
Stan Horst: A day at the Blackfriars
Posted by afp on June 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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Who would have thought that such quality theater could be found in the small town of Staunton? A visit to the Blackfriars Playhouse will quickly put such thoughts to rest.
The Blackfriars Playhouse and the American Shakespeare Center, opened in 2001, is the only replica of Shakespeare’s original indoor theater. As soon as you step through the door, you’ll be fascinated with the architecture and the incredible attention to reproducing history in such minute detail. The theater seats 300 people, and just like Shakespeare’s time, you can sit on Gallant stools that are on stage with the actors, Lord’s chairs with luxurious leather backs, or regular benches. At least they’ve added cushions on the benches to pamper our 21st century behinds. Read more
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