The Batavia Theatre Project

02/21/2017

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/02/13/508978540/using-improv-to-help-kids-with-autism-show-and-read-emotion

Communicating and interacting socially can be hard for some children with autism. Researchers are looking at how improv classes may help these kids do better day to day.

02/07/2017

William Shakespeare's "Richard II" was presented at the Globe on this day in 1601.

"God's is the quarrel; for God's substitute,
His deputy anointed in His sight,
Hath caused his death: the which if wrongfully,
Let heaven revenge; for I may never lift
An angry arm against His minister."
―John of Gaunt from "The Life and Death of Richard II" (Act 1, Scene 2)

William Shakespeare arrived at his splendid maturity as an artist in his second cycle of history plays. With their superb battle scenes; their magnificent major and minor characters; their stories of ambition, usurpation, guilt, and redemption; and their profound ideas about the social order, these plays represent the Elizabethan historical drama in its full glory. And thanks to parts one and two of Henry IV our literature is graced—in the figure of the dissolute and boastful knight Sir John Falstaff—with one of the greatest comic creations in the history of the stage. This volume contains Richard II; Henry IV, Part One; Henry IV, Part Two; Henry V; and Henry VIII. The texts, authoritatively edited by Sylvan Barnet, are supplemented with textual notes, a bibliography, a detailed chronology of Shakespeare’s life and times, a helpful family tree of the Houses of Lancaster and York, and a substantial introduction in which acclaimed scholar Tony Tanner discusses each play individually and in the context of Shakespeare’s oeuvre. READ an excerpt here: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/164691/histories-vol-2-by-william-shakespeare/ #

02/06/2017

What four actors with disabilities say about the roles they are always offered.

01/30/2017

Wonderful advice given by Lin-Manuel Miranda to BroadwayCon attendees this week.

http://www.playbill.com/article/lin-manuel-miranda-surprises-broadwaycon-and-answers-7-burning-questions

01/20/2017

Why teach theatre in our schools?

11/17/2016

10/25/2016

Iambic pentameter has transformative powers.

10/20/2016

Want to dress up as Malvolio from Twelfth Night? Or one of the witches from Macbeth? We've got classic and creative Shakespeare costume ideas for Halloween.

05/11/2016

Honesty is always the best policy - and padding your resume can hurt your chances for real work.

Chris Peterson A couple of years ago, I was holding auditions for a play I was set to direct. A young man came in the room and handed me his resume. Sticking out among his long list of experience was a production of Bat Boy at a certain theatre company in 2010, where he played the role of Thomas Par...

07/03/2015

Disney Theatrical is casting an immediate Broadway replacement for Young Simba and future replacements for Young Simba and Young Nala on Broadway and the National Tour.

04/20/2015

Great internship opportunity in NYC for young people interested in careers in the arts!

Broadway Artists Alliance Media, Music, and Administrative/Educational Summer Internships BAA provides professional level training for promising young musical theatre artists ages 8-21, right in the heart of New York City! Students have the opportunity to study voice, acting, and dance with TONY Awa…

04/01/2015

What a great idea! I hope our followers that will be in in NYC will take part, at least as audience members!

Read one of the Bard’s sonnets in Central Park April 24 at Shakespeare’s Birthday Sonnet Slam! Shall I compare thee to a spring day?