SFSS News:
Here’s what’s happening this weekend at The Santa Fe Summer Shakespeare (SFSS) center.
Play Reading:
William Shakespeare’s Tragical History of Frankenstein
by Ian Doescher
- Co-produced by Jean Cocteau Cinema, &Sons Theatre, & ISC Santa Fe
- Doors open at 6 pm, Show at 7 p.m. July 10
- Jean Cocteau Cinema
- 418 Montezuma Ave.
- Tickets are $20
- Click here to purchase tickets!
Join SFSS for a celebration of Mary Shelley’s revolutionary sci-fi novel adapted by William Shakespeare. The Tragical History of Frankenstein will be brought back to life by a stitched together ensemble of local actors.
Suggested attire: Gothic Victorian, Mad Scientist, recycled Hallows-Eve finery.
Worshops. Classes and Talks:
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Movement Toolbox: How outside action informs and reveals inner truth
produced by Santa Fe Playhouse • instructor: Ariana Karp
1-4 p.m. July 9 • Santa Fe Playhouse Studio • 1235 Siler Road • $75 • Register here for classes
How does your character move? How can you use movement to tell the story of a relationship or a scene?
In this three-hour intensive, you will learn how to utilize a diverse group of physical theater and movement techniques, including Lecoq tension work, Complicite stick work, Laban motion factors, and status and spatial relationship work. Each technique will give you a tool to explore a scene or a character. Please wear comfortable clothes and be prepared to move.
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Pivotal Relationships in Shakespeare: Prince Hal, Falstaff, and Hotspur
produced by New Mexico Actors Lab
7:30 pm • July 11 • The Lab • 1213 Parkway Dr • $10 – $20 suggested donation at the door
Robert Benedetti, Nicholas Ballas, and Kent Kirkpatrick will be reading scenes from Henry IV and discussing with the audience the structure of relationships as Hotspur and Falstaff embody the choice facing Hal as he moves toward the throne.
July 2022 Community Close-Reads:
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The Winter’s Tale:Ongoing Community Close-Read
produced by iRead Shakespeare
Sessions are led by Dr. Robin Williams, $6 per session, Click the link to RSVP
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. • June 4 (and ongoing every Saturday morning) • Online over Zoom
The Winter’s Tale is a beautiful, disturbing, and charming play with plot lines of terrible tragedy and antic comedy. It begins with a royal marriage gone wrong, the horrifying madness of King Leontes, and seemingly irreparable consequences, shifting abruptly to music and foolery and a potentially tragic pastoral love story. The two parts come together in an astonishing end.
Our group reads very slowly and carefully, and with much discussion. It’s fascinating to see what shows up on a close read that otherwise gets glossed over. No one is required to read—feel free to come along and just join the discussion.
Visit SFSS’s website for a full list of events!