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Nothing like Venmo and CashApp to make one feel li Nothing like Venmo and CashApp to make one feel like a theatrical mogul... @fmshakes1 #freeshakespeare #paidactors
Wanted to try something a little different with th Wanted to try something a little different with this one... so many times, we focus on the writer/speaker of the poem... this one really calls for a real-time depiction of the object of the sonnet... especially as it goes south! Thank you so much, @aileenmariescottacts , for being such of wonderful object of "praise"!!! #Repost - @fmshakes1 . Sonnet 69 Those parts of thee that the world's eye doth view Want nothing that the thought of hearts can mend; All tongues, the voice of souls, give thee that due, Uttering bare truth, even so as foes commend. Thy outward thus with outward praise is crown'd; But those same tongues, that give thee so thine own, In other accents do this praise confound By seeing farther than the eye hath shown. They look into the beauty of thy mind, And that in guess they measure by thy deeds; Then, churls, their thoughts, although their eyes were kind, To thy fair flower add the rank smell of weeds: But why thy odour matcheth not thy show, The soil is this, that thou dost common grow. read and performed by actor, director and educator Bill Walthall and actress and director Aileen-Marie Scott follow FireMuse Shakespeare at fmshakes1.com and @fmshakes1 on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter follow Bill at @billwalthall on instagram and billwalthall.com full video at https://youtu.be/u1Po7xMJXgg
Join me as I understudy Pisania, Philario, and the Join me as I understudy Pisania, Philario, and the rest of Player Four's roles at this weekend's FREE Moorpark performance of 7-Player Cymbeline by @fmshakes1 ... tix at Eventbrite!
Mood today. Mood today.
Pretty dammed proud, exhausted, thrilled, and happ Pretty dammed proud, exhausted, thrilled, and happy. To my 7-Player Cymbeline team, thank you for making a dream come true. Have Bard, will travel, baby! To the folks who came out to Hueneme to see our mad scientist experiment, thanks and I hope you had half the fun I did! And see you next week on Moorpark! #Repost - @fmshakes1 Huzzah! Yesterday's opening of 7-Player Cymbeline in Port Hueneme's Bubbling Springs Park was a rousing success! Don't miss out on the #drivewaytour2021 as we play in a city near you! Visit our tour page (link below in the comments) for dates, locations, and Eventbrite links to these FREE shows...
430am... wide awake. Must be excited... and why? 430am... wide awake. Must be excited... and why? 7-Player Cymbeline opens today! This cast has worked so hard... and this is a project I've been planning now for -- jeez -- over a year now. Shakespeare for free, on the road. Two months ago, I was fearing that there would be no hosts, maybe no audience, for this wacky idea or relatively unknown play; but it now looks like we'll have at least six shows in the next 2 months. What will audiences be like? Especially after a year and a half of not being in front of actors in person, live and not Brady Bunch-ed into Zoom boxes? I don't know. What I do know is that I am so very excited to get this show before an audience. So much so I can't even sleep.
Look out, Simi Valley... here we come! #Repost - Look out, Simi Valley... here we come! #Repost - @fmshakes1 FireMuse Shakespeare is thrilled to announce ANOTHER upcoming performance of its inaugural production, 7-Player Cymbeline, will take place in Simi Valley at 2pm on Saturday, July 24... AND this FREE performance will be open to the PUBLIC ! This FREE production stars Lauren Rachel, Scott Blanchard, Stan McConnell, Sarah Boughton, Adam Womack, Sindy McKay, Christopher Rubin, and Theresa Secor. These talented performers are taking this 90-minute, stripped-down adaptation of Shakespeare's infrequently produced late-period romance (and its subsequent play-fragment, "Cymbeline Refinished" by George Bernard Shaw) on the road live beginning June 5. Running through Labor Day weekend, additional performances will be on Saturday afternoons this summer, presented FREE for private audiences, outdoors (socially distanced) and at the audience's location. July 24th's performance, at a TBA location in Simi Valley, are open to the public! You may reserve up to 5 tickets/seats. Seating is limited to maintain a wicked combination of intimacy AND social distancing. Please do not overbook. You will receive an email within three days of the performance, informing you of the exact location for YOUR FREE performance of 7-Player Cymbeline! On the day of performance, please attempt to be at least 15 minutes early with your low-profile chair, a sun-hat, sunscreen and water, because this debut performance will start on-time (and in the sun)!
Did you miss out on getting seats for next weekend Did you miss out on getting seats for next weekend's SOLD OUT debut performance of 7-Player Cymbeline? Well, now you've got a second (and third) chance! #Repost - @fmshakes1 FireMuse Shakespeare is thrilled to announce that TWO upcoming performances of its inaugural production, 7-Player Cymbeline, will take place at a private Thousand Oaks home at 2pm on Saturdays, July 3 and July 17... AND these FREE performances will be open to the PUBLIC ! This FREE production stars Lauren Rachel, Scott Blanchard, Stan McConnell, Sarah Boughton, Adam Womack, Sindy McKay, Christopher Rubin, and Theresa Secor. These talented performers will be taking this 90-minute, stripped-down adaptation of Shakespeare's infrequently produced late-period romance (and its subsequent play-fragment, Cymbeline Refinished by George Bernard Shaw) on the road live beginning June 5. Running through Labor Day weekend, additional performances will be on Saturday afternoons this summer, presented FREE for private audiences, outdoors (socially distanced) and at the audience's location. July 3rd and 17th's performances, at a TBA location in Thousand Oaks, are open to the public! You may reserve up to 4 tickets/seats. Since this is a private home, seating is extremely limited to maintain a wicked combination of intimacy AND social distancing. Please do not overbook. You will receive an email within three days of the performance, informing you of the exact location for YOUR FREE performance of 7-Player Cymbeline! On the day of performance, please attempt to be at least 15 minutes early with your low-profile chair, a sun-hat, sunscreen and water, because this debut performance will start on-time (and in the sun)! Ticket links in the comment thread below...
Keep your eyes peeled! #Repost - @fmshakes1 Fir Keep your eyes peeled! #Repost - @fmshakes1 FireMuse Shakespeare is prepping a MAJOR announcement regarding additional performances of 7-Player Cymbeline. Watch our social media platforms in the next day or... and find out where and when these FREE shows will take place (SPOILER: July is going to be a HOT month for Cymbeline!). Oh, and there will be limited seats for the general public!
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Someday, when I get to do a visceral (as opposed t Someday, when I get to do a visceral (as opposed to abstract) splatter-vision version of Titus... Courtesy from the guys at @incamerafx
Cymbeline has everything you love from Shakespeare Cymbeline has everything you love from Shakespeare... + a British king and a scheming queen + a princess, a potion and prophecies + a goofy suitor and a faithless husband + a scheming seducer and a stealer of children + a Roman ambassador and a soothsayer + ghosts and gods + bets and banishments + long-lost siblings and forbidden love + disguised journeys into the woods and parent-child reunions AND a revelation-filled ending (this one goes to eleven)! Still looking for hosts for FREE outdoor performances of 7-Player Cymbeline, beginning in June. Driveway, backyard, deserted parking lot, park... you provide the space, we'll bring the Shakespeare ABSOLUTELY FREE! Contact us for more details...
self-tape yesterday, self-tape today, rehearsals f self-tape yesterday, self-tape today, rehearsals for 7-Player Cymbeline all week, still tracking down a chiro for this pinched nerve...all while trying to teach my online English college class ... livin' the life, babies...
#Repost - @fmshakes1 Greetings, theatre lovers (e #Repost - @fmshakes1 Greetings, theatre lovers (especially lovers of FREE theatre)! The show is almost blocked, and we have one scheduled performance, but we're still looking for hosts. You provide the playing area, we'll handle ticketing (we'll give you a private Eventbrite link to handle your private invite list), and we'll bring the Bard. ABSOLUTELY FREE! It's going to be a fun show! Contact FireMuse Shakespeare for more details and to book your FREE private performance. #spreadtheword #freetheatre #freeshakespeare #DrivewayTour2021
My name is Caius Martius... and I'm an audition pi My name is Caius Martius... and I'm an audition piece.
I've just come home after our third in-person bloc I've just come home after our third in-person blocking rehearsal for @fmshakes1's #7playerCymbeline ... to say I'm hyped is an understatement. Come see this show when it debuts in just over two weeks... you will be entertained! Limited FREE reservations available... get 'em while you can!
because it's his birthday... seriously, I think th because it's his birthday... seriously, I think this is one of the greatest cover songs of all time... I wrote this a few years back, but it still applies... OK, yes, I know. It's a cover version: Louis Armstrong did a pretty famous version in 1967 (used most effectively in Good Morning, Vietnam)... but even Armstrong didn't write it (that credit goes to George Weiss & Bob Thiele). But that doesn't bother me: some of the Ramones' greatest songs were covers ("Needles and Pins" and "California Sun" come immediately to mind). In fact, the existence of such a well-known version is what makes this version so great. While Armstrong's is soft and incredibly lilting (and lifting), Joey' starts with a bang, crunching guitars setting up an insistent rhythm. Then a short burst of drums, another, then an almost syncopated rhythm. The guitar drops to a basic shuffle rhythm and the drums sort themselves out as well, and then his voice, as always, almost snarling, but always completely vulnerable, kicks in: I see trees of green, red roses too. I see them bloom, for me and you. And I say to myself... what a wonderful world. I see skies of blue, and clouds of white. Bright sunny days, dark sacred nights And I think to myself, what a wonderful world... And it's hope, pure hope. And with each chorus-line, the guitars get racheted up with power chords and the syncopated beat reenters. Then as the power chords take over, the refrain kicks in: The colors of the rainbow Are so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces Of people walking by I see friends shaking hands Sayin' how do you do They're really sayin'......I love you. The guitars and drums, swirling and unstoppable, run counterpoint to the softness of the lyrics here. To hear Joey sing "so pretty in the sky" sounds almost ironic--the "so pretty" sung over such raucous music--but remember that Joey was Punk's romantic (check out the Ramones' "I Wanna be your Boyfriend" if you need further proof). And while the tone is happy, so is the sentiment (the colors of the rainbow are on the faces of people... a truly international statement... [continued in comments]
Almost looks like the bloom of some wild flower... Almost looks like the bloom of some wild flower... Almost. #alasPoorCloten #7playerCymbeline #aPlayToLoseYourHeadOver
Limited tickets... reserve your FREE seats now! Limited tickets... reserve your FREE seats now! #Repost - @fmshakes1 https://fb.me/e/5oGfxZkW0
Come see our first production! #Repost - @fmshak Come see our first production! #Repost - @fmshakes1 by FireMuse Shakespeare is thrilled to announce the opening of its inaugural production, 7-Player Cymbeline, will take place in a FREE PUBLIC show at 2pm on Saturday, June 5, in Port Hueneme! This FREE production stars Lauren Rachel, Scott Blanchard, Stan McConnell, Sarah Boughton, Adam Womack, Sindy McKay, Christopher Rubin, and Theresa Secor. These talented performers will be taking this 90-minute, stripped-down adaptation of Shakespeare's infrequently produced late-period romance (and its subsequent play-fragment, Cymbeline Refinished by George Bernard Shaw) on the road live beginning June 5. Running through Labor Day weekend, subsequent performances will be on Saturday afternoons this summer, presented FREE for private audiences, outdoors (socially distanced) and at the audience's location. June 5's debut performance at TBA location in Port Hueneme, is open to the public! You may reserve up to 5 tickets/seats. As seating is limited to maintain a wicked combination of intimacy AND social distancing, please do not overbook. You will receive an email within three days of the performance, informing you of the exact location for June 5's Port Hueneme performance of 7-Player Cymbeline! On June 5, please attempt to be at least 10 minutes early with your low-profile chair, sunscreen and sweatshirt (you never know about Port Hueneme's ever-changing weather) because this debut performance will start on-time! Seating for this daytime, outdoor performance is extremely limited... get your tickets now at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/7-player-cymbeline-port-hueneme-tickets-154746511983!
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