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Beauty and the Beast Around the World
Beauty and the Beast is a very old story that has been told many times, >search in many different ways, and in many different places. Sometimes what the beast looks…
Read MoreGreat Characterizations
In this adaptation, six actors play over 40 characters to bring Dickens’ novel to life. That requires actors with broad range who are capable of making each character distinctive and…
Read MoreCharles Dickens in the City of Brotherly Love
On an 18 degree January night in Philadelphia in 1868 people lined up on Chestnut Street before midnight, cure bringing tents and blankets, prepared to camp out in order to…
Read MoreA Peek Backstage
by Sally Ollove, Arden Literary Manager NOTE: Best read after seeing La Bête. At the beginning of La Bête, Elomire and Bejart have left their troupe at dinner to discuss unwelcome dinner…
Read MoreThe Inside Jokes of ‘La Bête’
by Sally Ollove, Arden Literary Manager With its rhyming couplets, sale clever wordplay, door-slamming farce, boors and know-it-alls, David Hirson’s La Bête is a fabulous homage to the writing of…
Read MoreMeet Olga
Olga Responsible. Assured. Nurturing. Tired. Olga Prozorov is the oldest sister at 28 when the play starts; she is the matriarchal figure. She starts the play as a schoolteacher, a job…
Read MoreLetters from the Rehearsal Room Part Six
Dear Audience- At intermission of our Thursday night preview, I overheard a young man say “Chekhov is like an old time reality show.” I couldn’t agree more. When I was…
Read MorePinocchio Sketch – a Creative Response
By Dajah Dale Grades 5-8 This is a finalist in our Pinocchio Creative Response Contest in collaboration with Philadelphia Stories, Jr. From August 5-16, leave a comment on this post or like the link on…
Read MoreTolya – A Pinocchio Creative Response
Tolya By Catherine Mosier-Mills Grade 9-12 In the fading light of the setting sun, Luka Yeshevsky sketched a face. Luka drew the model’s lips, so carefully pursed around a…
Read MoreToddlers for Breakfast – A Pinocchio Creative Response
Toddlers for Breakfast By Shanyah Holt Grade 3 Hippo was looking for his breakfast. He likes to eat toddlers for breakfast. Hippo is always greedy. He is careless. One day…
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