Terry’s idea of performing pieces from Winedale spin-offs is exciting! I love all of this input. Thank you, Kathy, Madge, Carl, Alice, Clayton, Bruce, Lynn, John, LaVonne, Robert—everyone, for urging enjoyment, inclusiveness, challenge, and general Winedale Wonder. Whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream. Love to all, Susan
Sent from my iPhone > On May 24, 2019, at 3:12 AM, tlgalloway via Shakespeare at Winedale Email > List <[email protected]> wrote: > > Clayton, Everyone > > I love the idea of your kids also being involved in the reunion, Clayton. > > And your suggestion that we ought to celebrate the far reaching influence of > Shakespeare at Winedale. > > Do any of you guys remember a Family Tree of Winedale that Robert F did for > the Chronicle years ago? > > It showed how Winedale was the root for all these other branches of art and > performance and theater. > > The Rudes were one off shoot as was Esther's Follies and Susan GayleTodd's > Weird Sisters as is the MIckee Faust Club. > > I don't remember them all but there were MANY others. > > And if we can take the ideas of Kathy, Madge, Robert, Bruce, Lynn, Clayton, > Alice, John, LaVonne and the rest of us and combine them into a Festival of > sorts that celebrates as Bruce suggested with a play for those who can be > here for that week and then a Festival of sorts as Kathy first suggested . > > But ,to expand Kathy's idea, have it be a day Festival with short > performances representing all of the many groups inspired by Winedale -- > letting them do short excerpts for instance from one of the Weird Sister's > All-Female Shakespeare's, the Rude's Fixing Shakespeare series, a song or > skit from the Mickee Faust Club, a scene by Clayton's kids, something from > John's Urinetown, a scene done by Camp Shakespeare and a scene done by kids > from the Winedale UT classes with maybe a mix of kids taught by Doc and > James directed by Stan, Steve, Robert Matney and and and and. > > And those are just the groups that come immediately to mind. There's just so > much we could pull from. > > The groups that are in Austin will of course be better able to do something > like that. > > I remember two scenes from Shakespeare that we did during the earlier years > of Esther's Follies -- they were the Induction from Taming with Ernie Sharpe > playing Christopher Sly; and the lover's madcap scene from Midsummer. And in > those scene were those of us in Esther's from Winedale. And the audiences > just ate them up. > > Because Clayton is right -- we should be letting the world know how > influential Doc and Winedale have been -- how far reaching. How much > celebration of Shakespeare and community and theater is going on out in the > world because of Doc and Shakespeare at Winedale. > > > Just a thought. Or two. > > Love, Terry > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Clayton Stromberger <[email protected]> > To: Robert Faires <[email protected]> > CC: Alice Gordon <[email protected]>; Terry Galloway > <[email protected]>; carl smith <[email protected]>; Kathy Blackbird > <[email protected]>; LaVonne Carlson <[email protected]>; > Shakespeare Winedale <[email protected]>; > Robin Grace Soto <[email protected]>; Shakespeare at Winedale > 1970-2000 alums <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, 24 May 2019 0:52 > Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] 2020 Reunion > > Attachment available until Jun 22, 2019 > Hey everyone — > > Thank you Doc for kicking this off and I too am enjoying the conversation. > > I love the mix idea as a celebration of Miss Ima’s vision, Doc’s vision, the > hard work and play and sweat and tears of so many people from so many > different backgrounds and life experiences over five decades, the never > ceasing from exploration. I also love the idea of opening this day up to the > broader public and UT community so that they can share in the wonder as well. > As Doc said, this is something that UT should be celebrating, and the world > should take note: Nothing like this program or this place exists anywhere > else and it is going and growing at age 50. If the idea is to celebrate what > Shakespeare at Winedale hath wrought in a half-century, then the amazing > swirl of performers of all ages and experiences and connections is a > resounding answer. Like Alice, I want to see it all. > > I also think what Bruce and Lynn and others are saying is: The tradition of > a week in residence, being stuck together in sometimes challenging and > uncomfortable ways, and working together to delve into the mysteries of a > whole play, is a treasured Anciano experience, and has led every five years > since 1995 to epiphanies and discoveries that might not come in a weekend. > Perhaps there’s a way to keep that tradition going too, for those who have > found it deeply rewarding and want to give it one more go, and for others who > have always wanted to live it (survive it, some of the old-timers might say!) > and haven’t yet. > > Speaking of the mix, the young guys and gals in the clip below, from > yesterday morning in East Austin, want in. Some of them were BORN ready to > rumble. And without Shakespeare at Winedale, and Doc accepting me to the > class of ’83, and David Sharpe inviting me to join his Shakespeare Encounter > squad of high-school-visiting Winedalers in 1985, and a chain of other > moments in time, none of these third graders would have been at Franklin’s > yesterday to startle the folks in the famous long line with a joyful Prologue > to Henry V. These kids, and the 17-years-long roster of Outreach students, > too many for me to count — many of whom, if the word of younger siblings is > anything to go by, still treasure and occasionally squeeze into their > Winedale shirt from a decade or so ago — are part of the story of these 50 > years too. > > love, > > cs > > > > Click to Download > Shakespeare flashmob! - HD 720p.mov > 135.7 MB > >> On May 23, 2019, at 5:56 PM, Robert Faires <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Grateful to hear so many thoughts so far, and I want to say I'm happy to >> join any meetings that take place in Austin. >> >> One thing I'm hoping is that we can find ways to include those folks who >> won't be able to spend a week or even a couple of days at Winedale before >> the reunion or who don't live in a city where there are other alums they >> could spend some time working up a scene or scenes with as the Austin crew >> did in 2010. An idea that's been rattling around in my head is a Sonnet >> Marathon, where people could sign up in advance to perform a particular >> sonnet and at some point during the weekend, all 154 could be performed back >> to back, maybe under the pecans, maybe somewhere else. Or maybe just chunks >> would be scheduled at different places at different times over however many >> days we're there. >> >> In my mind, it's a wide-open format, with ancianos, James' students, and >> past and present Camp Shakespeareans all in the mix, perhaps even performing >> together. I expect a lot of people would perform solo, but why not have two >> people, three, a dozen collaborating on one sonnet the way they would a >> scene? I remember how Doc assigned us the Patchen poems with the idea of >> making a full performance out of each one. It was terrifying, but it worked >> at getting us to prepare alone. (Hey, anyone want to do some Patchen poems?) >> >> Anyway, it would allow people who might be able to show up for only a day to >> have a chance to perform, even as a solo. They sign up in advance, prepare >> on their own, and show up and do their 14 lines. >> >> I'm sure there are complications that haven't occurred to me, but I just >> thought it might be worth thinking about. >> >> Yours in Will, >> Robert >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Shakespeare at Winedale Email List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list/CANoLXMu89U0pyk4Nb%2BQauL9AQ5cPi2u_YC9Y%2B5uE7Epc89cLzA%40mail.gmail.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> This message is from an external sender. 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