Comments on: At Home With Shakespeare

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:33:47 +0000

That was great!! We went for the penultimate show on Saturday night and had a great time. That updated venue is just so fantastic — the sun going down over the lake behind the amphitheater, the trees, the frogs chorusing. The joint was packed. All different kinds of people–tattoos, toddlers, shy dates, dogs, golf shirts, Gandalfs. If Wilmington has a better quintessence than that swampy, bring-your-own, outdoor Shakespeare, I don’t know about it.

Audio problems we were warned about did show up, maybe because it was pretty windy on Saturday, but the actors were in general pretty good at projecting. Some lines were dropped, jokes fell dead. Who cares? We chatted briefly with the director afterwards, who’s a friend of a friend, and saluted Petrucchio who, incredibly, was out in a t-shirt coiling video cables and breaking down the show literally seconds after the bow.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:37:39 +0000

Also this review on Creative Wilmington:

Shakespeare goes green

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:51:38 +0000

Great piece, Gordon. I’m sorry to hear it’s winding down so soon! We’re going to try and go this next weekend, which I think is the last.

By: Cherri McKay

Cherri McKay — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:27:59 +0000

What a wonderful article. Thankyou for capturing the true creative vision behind our production of Shrew.
Just a correction for all to know. The ongoing agreement with the city of Wilmington is actually a proclamation giving May and June of each year to the Shakespeare on the Green festival. These two months will enable us to continue furthering education intiatives with our Shakespeare Youth Company productions who performed to record breaking numbers this year.
Again thankyou for this article.
Sincerely
Cherri McKay
Artistic Director/Managing Producer

By: Tanya

Tanya — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:52:43 +0000

I was very touched by your article. Thank you for giving us a peek behind the curtain. It is always interesting to hear feedback from the director. I enjoyed this performance very much and the audience seemed to be in agreement from the comments I overheard. I feel extremely fortunate to live in a community where artists are so dedicated to their craft. If Grove Project readers are interested in making a donation or volunteering next year please check out the web site: http://www.myspace.com/shakespeareonthegreen or contact directly: 910-762-6393 or shakespeareonthegreen03@yahoo.com