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We Have To Look Outside Ourselves
SDC Journal
“I am looking for new ways to make theatre with those who choose or are drawn to the American South, a place people often describe as ‘complicated.’ … This feels like an opportunity to bridge divides and cross borders.”
36 Hours in Montgomery, Ala.
The New York Times
“Its new artistic director, Rick Dildine, aims to make the state’s biggest theater, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, even bigger by expanding its offerings.”
Playwrights Board a Minivan With a Mission to Redefine the South
American Theatre magazine
Montgomery: Alabama's Capital Is On The Move
Forbes
Known for roles in TV hits, theatre stalwart Carrie Preston is directing a show about RSC director Buzz Goodbody
The Stage
“In the way that Shakespeare used his history plays to make allegorical comments about his time, Susan [Ferrara] is doing the same thing with Buzz,” the director says. “It’s very much about every woman striving to be seen, to be heard and to be remembered. So it’s very relevant to what women are going through today, not just in America, but everywhere.”
The Privilege of Power: Promise Over Trauma in Alabama
Incite/Insight
Terror, Strength, Pain, Brilliance, and Children in Four Little Girls
HowlRound
Journey through American History in Montgomery, Alabama
NEWSWEEK
Sudbury woman is at center of restoration and reconciliation in Montgomery, Ala.
Boston Globe
“‘Montgomery is going through this moment,’ said Todd Schmidt, the new executive director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. The company had just staged a production of Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963, about those four young girls killed in the Birmingham church. ‘We have to own up to our history, understand it, embrace it, and learn from it,’ he said.”
Alabama Shakespeare Festival Aims to Update Southern Canon
The New York Times
Brace Yourself in Act II: Trigger Warnings Come to the Stage
The New York Times
During this intermission, we play on.
At the onset of the pandemic, with theaters closed, ASF presented a virtual Shakespeare project that invited actors to perform their favorite monologues.
The State of the South Documentary
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