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Two of my most formative movie-going experiences h Two of my most formative movie-going experiences happened at the Cinerama Dome. In 1968, after my father--a sci-fi fan--retired from the Army and moved my mom and me to Southern California, he took me down to Hollywood to see "2001: A Space Odyssey." I was only five, and I didn't comprehend the film at the time...nor did I understand why a solid fraction of the crowd left their seats at intermission to lay down on the floor in front of the screen for the second half of the film, but experience blew my mind. That screen. The dome. The film itself. Crazy... and that was *before* I figured out that those people on the floor had dropped acid and want to experience the "beyond the infinite" sequence of the film enveloped in that light show. Flash forward eleven years. I was a teen and I was dying to become a filmmaker, I begged my parents to take me to the Dome to see the roadshow presentation of "Apocalypse Now." There were no credits--start or ending--to the film. They handed out these small pamphlets to attendees that had the credits and some introductory remarks. If the film's hallucinatory visuals weren't enough, the soundtrack's split-surround audio mix killed me. I literally ducked as the opening sequence's slow-motion helicopter seemed to fly over our heads. Those were just two of the experiences I had at that theater. Going to college at UCLA, I can't remember how much time was spent there. And in the three-plus decades since, I've returned there and to the Arclight for special movie experiences. And now the Dome is closing for good. I'm sad. I know there are worse things happening in the world, and to feel sad about a theater closing is a bit self-centered. But, damn, it's like a part of the boy in me has died. And I miss the man who--I am only realizing now--fostered my love of movies. Damn.
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Still have a few sonnets left for later in the yea Still have a few sonnets left for later in the year... fill out the form to sign up!!! #Repost @fmshakes1 • • • • • • So, here it is, the month of April. We're a quarter of the way through the project. We've had some great submissions so far, and we've got some great readers lined up... but while quality is high, quantity is low (there are, after all, 154 sonnets), so if... you like the concept but haven't signed up yet or... you're coming to the party a little late Or... you're worried that you don't have a favorite sonnet (don't stress... I'll assign you a good one... I promise!) OR ... you're worried about being swamped and having no time (breathe... if you choose, say, Sonnet 140, the video will be due NOVEMBER) CHECK OUT THE FORM (link in the bio) and SIGN UP! And tell a friend!
Who's got 2 thumbs and a shot in the arm? This gu Who's got 2 thumbs and a shot in the arm? This guy. #modernavaccine
Pretty excited about last night’s first reading Pretty excited about last night’s first reading of @fmshakes1 FireMuse Shakespeare’s inaugural production, 7-Player Cymbeline... cannot wait to present this! Coming (to you) live this summer! #DrivewayTour2021
I am SOOOO in! #Repost @indyshakes • • • • • • 💥SAVE THE DATE!!💥 A very saucy, very entertaining evening is on the horizon - Shakespeare and Chill: The Bawdy Ball! All proceeds benefit ISC because we have big plans, lots of plans to prepare to re-open. Stay tuned for event tickets and details for this May 15 virtual fundraiser. (You're not tired of Zoom yet, are you?) #ShakespeareSetFree
Time to play with props... or at least making them Time to play with props... or at least making them...
Interested in being a rehearsal stage manager for Interested in being a rehearsal stage manager for 7-Player Cymbeline? Contact me! #Repost @fmshakes1 • • • • • • Wanted: a rehearsal Stage Manager for the upcoming production of 7-Player Cymbeline. Responsibilities include: + attending Zoom rehearsals in April and in-person blocking rehearsals in May; + helping to create the prompt book; + being on-book as actors learn their lines; + taking notes for the director. Message for details and to apply!
It's gonna get wild... #Repost @fmshakes1 • • It's gonna get wild... #Repost @fmshakes1 • • • • • • FireMuse Shakespeare is proud to announce the cast of its inaugural live production, 7-Player Cymbeline! Player One: Lauren Rachel Player Two: Scott Blanchard Player Three: Stan McConnell Player Four: Sarah Boughton Player Five: Adam Womack Player Six: Sindy McKay Player Seven: Christopher Rubin Stage Manager: Theresa Secor These talented performers will be taking this 90-minute, stripped-down adaptation of one of Shakespeare's lesser-known works on the road LIVE beginning June 5. We're combining the text from the Bard's late-period romance with George Bernard Shaw's rewrite of the ending, and tossing in a game-show for good measure, all done with seven performers and a stage manager playing twenty-nine roles. It’s going to be wild. Really wild. Running through Labor Day weekend, performances will be on Saturday afternoons this summer, presented FREE for private audiences, outdoors (socially distanced) and at the audience's location. For more information on how to book YOUR performance, contact FireMuse Shakespeare through Facebook and Instagram (@fmshakes1) or at fmshakes1[dot]com!
Please help out AU! My son @coach_walthall is thei Please help out AU! My son @coach_walthall is their head swim coach, and to say this last season has been a challenge is an understatement... #Repost @ashlandswimdive • • • • • • Ashland University Family & Friends today is Ashland University’s Day of Giving! Please consider donating to our AU Swim & Dive Team. If you can’t give financially, every share and click help get our program one step closer to winning an extra $1,000. Our entire program at AU thanks you all for your support! Go Eagles! (In the drop-down box, select Swim & Dive if you would like to donate) The link is in the Bio!
Excited about making this announcement tomorrow... Excited about making this announcement tomorrow... #Repost @fmshakes1 • • • • • • ANNOUNCEMENT THURSDAY AT NOON!!!
This is systemic racism, institutionalized and bui This is systemic racism, institutionalized and built into the system. The system cannot be repaired. It must be rebuilt. From scratch. #Repost @violadavis • • • • • • “We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them, but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. #TwoAmericas #IfYouDontSeeAPatternYoureABigPartOfTheProblem #EndWhiteSupremacy
AUDITIONS BEGIN TOMORROW! link in the @fmshakes1 AUDITIONS BEGIN TOMORROW! link in the @fmshakes1 bio... #Repost @fmshakes1 • • • • • • AUDITIONS BEGIN TOMORROW! link in the bio...
I feel a Pogues marathon coming on... I feel a Pogues marathon coming on...
Happy Ides! Happy Ides!
Happy Pi Day! Signed, Titus Andronicus Happy Pi Day! Signed, Titus Andronicus
Port Hueneme now... Port Hueneme now...
humble-brag time... today's FireMuse Shakespeare s humble-brag time... today's FireMuse Shakespeare sonnet is from a former student of mine, the incredibly talented actor-director Miguel Angel Caballero #Repost @fmshakes1 • • • • • • . Sonnet 30 When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste: Then can I drown an eye, unus'd to flow, For precious friends hid in death's dateless night, And weep afresh love's long since cancell'd woe, And moan th' expense of many a vanish'd sight; Then can I grieve at grievances foregone, And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan, Which I new pay as if not paid before. But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restor'd, and sorrows end. performed by actor and director Miguel Angel Caballero follow FireMuse Shakespeare at fmshakes1.com and @fmshakes1 on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter follow Miguel Angel Caballero at @MigAngel1111 on Instagram and www.MiguelAngelCaballero.com Video courtesy of Cabaldana Alchemy full video at https://youtu.be/99Ia815uJtM
The new project/experiment... let's make some on-t The new project/experiment... let's make some on-the-road theatre! Details below... #Repost @fmshakes1 • • • • • • Our first production will a stripped-down 90-minute version of one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known romances. In a version we’re calling 7-Player Cymbeline, we’ll be combining Shakespeare’s text, George Bernard Shaw’s rewrite of the ending, and a game-show, all done with seven performers and stage manager playing twenty-five roles. It’s going to be wild. Really wild. So, we need performers, ones willing to spend some nights in Zoom rehearsals until May, then blocking rehearsals in our super-secret location, with an optimistic premiere date of Saturday, June 5th. We’ll then run various Saturday matinees through the summer when we’ve got audiences booking us. Zoom auditions will be on March 21 and 22, with callbacks on March 24. CHARACTERS (3 m; 2 f; 3 either) PLAYER 1 Imogen (daughter to Cymbeline); a Briton soldier/jailer (she) PLAYER 2 Posthumus (husband to Imogen); Cloten (son to the present queen); a royal attendant; a Roman captain (he) PLAYER 3 Cymbeline (King of Britain); Cloten’s attendant lord; another royal attendant (he) PLAYER 4 Pisanio/ia (Posthumus’s servant); Philario/ia (Posthumus’s host in Rome); the ghost of one of Posthumus’s brothers; another Roman captain; a gentleman of the court/Briton lord (they) PLAYER 5 Iachimo (friend to Philario); Guiderius/ia (child of Cymbeline by his former queen–living in the woods under the name of Polydor); Sicilius (the ghost of Posthumus’s father); a Briton soldier/captain; a messenger (he) PLAYER 6 Cymbeline’s Queen; Belarius/ia (an exiled noble person–under the name of Morgan); the ghost of Posthumus’s mother; Philarmonus/a (a Roman soothsayer) (she) PLAYER 7 Cornelius/ia (a physician in Cymbeline’s court); Caius Lucius/ia (a Roman general); Arviragus/ia (child of Cymbeline by his former queen–living in the woods under the name of Cadwal); the ghost of another of Posthumus’s brothers; another gentleman of Cymbeline’s court (they) STAGE MANAGER …oh, and the god Jupiter (they) The plan is to have fun… Lots of fun… and to get to play again. Go to the Audition Sign-Up form… [link in our profile]
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