By popular demand, we’ve added four performances to the run of Staging Old Masters: Saturday, May 9, at 6:30pm and 7:30pm, and Sunday, May 10, at 1:30pm and 2:30pm.
Also: we’ve made a habit of ending every performance with a Q&A, where audience members can ask questions of actors and Staging Old Masters staff. For our final performance, we’re extending this into a full panel discussion—comprising actors, staff, and Staging Old Masters’s organizers—at 3:30pm after Sunday’s show, May 10.
As previously, tickets are free but only available at the door. We’re advising interested audiences to arrive a half hour before the first show of the day to ensure admission.
We’re looking forward to seeing you at the performances!
Posted April 30, 2009 in About the Program
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Backstage at last weekend’s performances, I interviewed a dozen of the actors. I asked them about the employment skills they felt they’d gained from Staging Old Masters, the surprises of working on the show, and something audiences might not know about them personally.
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Posted April 30, 2009 in About the Program, Students
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The scripts for the short theatrical pieces of Staging Old Masters were drawn from hours of observation, theatrical improvisation, and historical research. The language below—standing apart from the performance scripts—is collaged from the actors’ first observations of (and improvisations around) the paintings; it reflects the development of their techniques of seeing. You can click on a painting to be taken to our web catalogue, and see the work in its gallery context.
Corrado Giaquinto, Italian, 1703-1766, St. Helena and the Emperor Constantine Presented to the Holy Trinity by the Virgin Mary, 1741-42, oil on canvas, 137 1/8 x 56 13/16 in. (348.3 x 144.3 cm), Saint Louis Museum Purchase
Lamonte J., Samantha T., Dawn S., 2/24/2009
When stars go up * I should have listened. * The end of an era. Constantine is cleaning up the house, so the Lord can open in some new souls. That’s the depiction of all the new babies. An’ all the old souls an’ all the new souls can come again and start anew. * Holdin’ his head up to God an’ he’s gettin’ all the power * Some bird-a-freedom? Read More
Posted April 26, 2009 in Students
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