Shakespeare on the Cape draws youth into the Bard’s storm
by Reva Blau
BANNER CORRESPONDENT
In theater on the Cape it is a brave new world, as the Bard writes in “The Tempest,” with much to offer everyone. And on the Cape kids are not left out.
At the Payomet Tent, Shakespeare on the Cape puts on an airy, [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 31, 2008
A ‘Tempest’ for Kids
July 30, 2008
‘The Tempest’ rages at Payomet
Payomet Performing Arts Center is presenting “The Tempest,” by Shakespeare on the Cape.
‘The Tempest’ rages at Payomet
By Sue Harrison
Wed Jul 30, 2008, 01:22 PM EDT
TRURO -
The young actors of Shakespeare on the Cape continue to do what they do so well: take the plays of Shakespeare, give them a thorough makeover and toss them out [...]
July 24, 2008
FREE @ MASHPEE COMMONS! AUG. 1ST
Free Performance by Shakespeare on the Cape at Mashpee Commons
Submitted by: Lissa Daly | Jul 10, 2008 04:00 PM
Shakespeare on the Cape at Mashpee Commons
Lissa Daly
Enjoy the bard outdoors with performances by Shakespeare on the Cape on Friday, August 1st at Mashpee Commons. Kiddie Shakes, their ½ hour narrated version of The Tempest for kids of [...]
July 23, 2008
Barnstable Patriot: “School for Wives a timeless lesson in comedy”
School for Wives a timeless lesson in comedy
Written by John Watters
Cotuit Center offers frolicsome farce
If you have a preconceived notion that a 400-year-old French play might be a little musty, or perhaps a bit too highbrow for your taste, then by all means catch Moliere’s School For Wives on July 22 and 29, at the Cotuit [...]
July 21, 2008
The Boston Globe: ‘Triumph of Love’ is buoyed by youthful energy
STAGE REVIEW
‘Triumph of Love’ is buoyed by youthful energy
Ariel Dumas (left) and Amanda Fuller in the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater production of “Triumph of Love.” (JIM DALGLISH)
By Louise Kennedy
Globe Staff / July 14, 2008
WELLFLEET – Costumes of brocade and denim, music Baroque and rock, attitudes sincere and silly: These are the invigoratingly contrasting elements of the young [...]
July 6, 2008
Provincetown Banner: “Love is in the air at WHAT this summer”
Photo By Jim Dalglish
By Melora B. North
Fri Jul 04, 2008, 08:54 AM EDT
WELLFLEET -
Whoever said that women should rule the world must have seen Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux’s “Triumph of Love,” now playing at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater.
Written in 1732, it is a brilliant tale of love and unadulterated brainpower, all pulled [...]
July 4, 2008
The Barnstable Patriot: “Shakespeare on the Cape makes a Triumphant return”
Written by Bethany Gibbons
JIM DALGLISH PHOTO
GOOFY BUT GREEDY – Dimas (right, played by Elliott Eustis) is a silly schemer dealing with the overblown Harlequin (Ben Griessmeyer) in Triumph of Love at WHAT.
Company’s Marivaux farce a labor of love at WHAT
There is something fascinating about a troupe of twenty-something actors, based in Provincetown, who fill their summer [...]
July 4, 2008
Cape Cod Times: “‘Tempest’ full of Mischief”
By KATHI SCRIZZI DRISCOLL
kdriscoll@capecodonline.com
July 04, 2008
NORTH TRURO — There’s magic in Shakespeare on the Cape’s production of “The Tempest” that goes well beyond what comes from conjurer Prospero’s staff.
The troupe has created a fantasy that is light as air, a low-tech version of the Shakespearean comedy that is romantic, silly and fun, with only a few [...]
July 3, 2008
Cape Cod Times: “‘School’ a lesson in stage presence”
By TED RICKARD
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
July 03, 2008
PROVINCETOWN — When Molière’s “The School for Wives” premiered in Paris on Christmas 1662, it was found “wanting in sound morality and undermining the principles of religion.”
Whatever — it remains a funny story, and Shakespeare on the Cape tells it well. This is a highly professional troupe founded by former students [...]
