Festival Playhouse invites you to meet some extraordinary women, real and imagined.<\/p>\n
Senior and junior directors Arshia Will \u201914<\/strong> and Jane Huffman \u201915<\/strong> will share their work (Maria Irene Fornes\u2019 Mud<\/em> and a compilation of Shakespeare scenes titled What She Wills<\/em>) at Festival Playhouse\u2019s Senior Performance Series, presented in Kalamazoo College\u2019s Dungeon theatre February 13-16. The works offer two highly contrasting portrayals of women\u2014one places Shakespeare\u2019s female characters in a new setting with fresh voices; the other portrays a woman\u2019s uncompromising effort to carve out her own life amidst severe poverty and abusive relationships.<\/p>\n Huffman chose to direct Mud<\/em> in part because she sees the character Mae as a later-day Antigone: \u201cCunningly and aggressively, she subverts the paradigms that oppress her. She is a mirror. She is a call to action. She is a singular voice that resounds with that of countless women who have been rendered voiceless.\u201d<\/p>\n In What She Wills<\/em>, Will\u00a0 has provided an opportunity for Shakespeare\u2019s female characters to be heard from a woman\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n \u201cShakespeare may not have written roles for women actors since every role in Shakespeare\u2019s time was played by men, but the women characters he created are complex and compelling,\u201d says Will.\u00a0 \u201cThe characters are so rich they can be found throughout history and today. We have seen countless Juliets and Lady Macbeths, and they will continue to live on. What She Wills<\/em> takes these famous Shakespearean women and puts them in new environments and under \u2019new lights.\u2019 It illustrates how enduring and relevant Shakespeare is today.\u201d<\/p>\n The Senior Performance Series also features the work of three senior designers: Kelly Eubank<\/strong> (costumes), David Landskroener<\/strong> (sound), and Mary Mathyer<\/strong> (set). Sophomore Katie Lee<\/strong> is the lighting designer.<\/p>\n The show will open on Thursday, February 13, at 7:30pm, and run Friday and Saturday, February 14 and 15, at 8pm. The show closes on Sunday, February 16, at 2pm. Tickets are $5 and may be purchased at the door. For more information about these and the remainder of Festival Playhouse\u2019s golden anniversary season (including The Firebugs and Peer Gynt), call 269.337.7333 or visit www.kzoo.edu\/theatre.<\/p>\n The Senior Performance Series continues the tradition of featuring the work of Kalamazoo College students creating their own theatre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Festival Playhouse invites you to meet some extraordinary women, real and imagined. Senior and junior directors Arshia Will \u201914 and Jane Huffman \u201915 will share their work (Maria Irene Fornes\u2019 Mud and a compilation of Shakespeare scenes titled What She Wills) at Festival Playhouse\u2019s Senior Performance Series, presented in Kalamazoo College\u2019s Dungeon theatre February 13-16. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[42,38,58],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-3901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-students","tag-arts","tag-students","tag-theatre"],"yoast_head":"\r\n