IN 2013: Fill Your Home with
Voices Reading Shakespeare Aloud!
OPTION A: Shakesperience! Location Anchor Host”:
Host Ongoing Monthly Shakesperience! meetings in your home
or similar clean, well-lighted, quiet space for 15—20 people.
OPTION B: Shakesperience! Satellite Host”
Host a One-off Shakesperience! Workshop — Or limited themed series
(a sequential Shakespeare History Plays sequence, or comedies sequence, or major tragedies sequence, etc.
Please contact Clifford Schwartz (shakesperience@gmail.com) for details
Shakesperience!
Voices Reading Shakespeare Aloud!
OPTION A: Shakesperience! Location Anchor Host”:
Host Ongoing Monthly Shakesperience! meetings in your home
or similar clean, well-lighted, quiet space for 15—20 people.
OPTION B: Shakesperience! Satellite Host”
Host a One-off Shakesperience! Workshop — Or limited themed series
(a sequential Shakespeare History Plays sequence, or comedies sequence, or major tragedies sequence, etc.
Please contact Clifford Schwartz (shakesperience@gmail.com) for details
Shakesperience!
Romeo & Juliet
On Sunday February 24, 2013
On Alcatraz Avenue between Shattuck & Telegraph
In Oakland at it’s northern border with Berkeley California
In Oakland at it’s northern border with Berkeley California
RSVP to shakesperience@gmail.com
or 510-859-4604
[11:00 AM: Potluck + Socializing
12 NOON: Start
End time: when we will finish to the end of Act 5!
Usually ending @ about 6:30-6:45 p.m.
unless "extra innings" will occur (see below)
Royal Mistress of Babysitting for Shakesperience! :
Ms. Isabella Miller
[Email: izzymill@gmail.com
Tel: 415-686-3995]
Join us and bring your friends to
Read Shakespeare Aloud
with Camaraderie and Potluck ! ! !
Clifford Schwartz (MA.) invites you to
a facilitated group-reading workshop:
a facilitated group-reading workshop:
William Shakespeare’s
" Romeo & Juliet"
" Romeo & Juliet"
in Berkeley California on Sunday, February 24, 2013
No experience is necessary! This is an afternoon to be enjoyed by
anyone yearning to “play” big, juicy, famous Shakespearean characters.
Each participant will receive a new role assignment at the beginning of
each new act, and both small and mid-sized parts will be available.
Those with all levels of familiarity with Shakespeare are welcome.
Beginners will learn from the more knowledgeable participants. Everyone
will have opportunities to rest and just listen. We will pause to
discuss Shakespeare’s language as we go along. The pace of the reading
will flow successfully throughout the afternoon as we hold a balance
between discussion and digression.
“Raise a hand when you don’t get it!” is The Golden Rule!
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Please call 510-859-4604 to rsvp for Shakesperience! workshops.
Shakesperience! Romeo & Juliet
WHEN: on Sunday, February 24, 2013:
WHERE: On Alcatraz Avenue between Shattuck & Telegraph
In Oakland at it’s northern border with Berkeley California
In Oakland at it’s northern border with Berkeley California
*** Directions + location provided upon confirmed RSVP.
*** Please note: you must RSVP to attend!
RSVP: To Clifford Schwartz at
Tel: 510-859-4604.
Please include in your RSVP :
Name, phone number, number of people you will bring with you, what
potluck dish you will bring (see below). Also, for Carpooling (see
below), please indicate your starting point so that you may be put in
contact with someone in your area.
WHEN: Sunday, February 24, 2013
Cost: Sliding scale , suggested $10—$40 contribution, plus potluck contribution.
For
potluck, please bring substantial “eating-food” , i.e. an entree, soup,
salad, nice dessert (pie, cake, homebaked goods etc.). You may choose
to bring an appetizer or supplemental taste-sensation such as: Grapes
Cheddar-Cheese baggette; Wine, crackers cheese; or, ready-made sushi
platter; or box of truffle chocolates, etc.
When you RSVP please tell us what you will bring.
BRING: Your mind, your money, your adventurous spirit, your potluck dish contribution (see above); and a copy of
" Romeo & Juliet "
by William Shakespeare (any edition)
SCHEDULE:
11:00 am: Potluck lunch /get
to know your fellow participants. Consult privately with Clifford
Schwartz about any aspect of Shakespeare, and/or the History of Poetry.
12 Noon: Workshop Starts
2:30 PM BREAK -- break time may vary slightly
Workshop Ends: When we finish the Last Act of the play!
Mostly, ending time occurs around 6:30—6:45 pm.
WARNING: Shakesperience! sometimes goes into extra innings (like baseball!)
That’s because: 1) the texts of Shakespeare’s plays vary in length;
2) Our “Shakespeare Uncut” experience distinguishes Shakesperience! workshops from other Shakespeare-related events;
3) Heightened Camaraderie
combined with Tremendous Good Cheer the propensity for William
Shakespeare’s “words, words, words” to Agitate the Intellect, Fertilize the Imagination, Nurture Emotions, and Lift the Spirit ——
may pleasurably prolong your Shakesperience! beyond any hard-and-fast ending hour!
THEREFORE — Please plan accordingly: understand that sometimes evening commitments require thatShakesperience! workshoppers will go home during “extra innings” overtime.
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A personal message from Clifford Schwartz :
Shakesperience! is dedicated to the memory of
Victoria Maki (1952—2011)
who
stimulated the Original MacBeth Reading which took place in October,
1983. One day Victoria telephoned Clifford with an idea:"I want people
to read Shakespeare to me all afternoon while I work on my quilting
project. Can you help me find people to do this?"
The
friends who showed up for the October 1983 MacBeth reading had so much
fun that they unanimously declared, "Let's do it again next month!" That
first Shakespeare Reading club went on through 1984, and inspired
Clifford to give birth to later versions in 1986, 1992, 1995, 1999,
2003, 2009, and now!
All this has slowly evolved into Clifford's Lifework:
To organize ordinary people from all walks and stages of human life
to Read Shakespeare Aloud All Day Long.
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IMPORTANT — PLEASE READ !! IMPORTANT — PLEASE READ:
*
These workshops will hold a maximum of 20 participants. To ensure as
many people who wish to attend will have that opportunity, we ask that
your intention is to honor your RSVP. If you need to cancel, please do
so as far in advance as possible so we can add an eager playreader from
the waiting list.
* If the workshop is full when you call or email to RSVP, ask us to put you on the waiting list!
* Please keep in mind there will be no kitchen facilities available to prepare, cook or reheat dishes.
* We respectfully ask that you not wear heavy fragrance.
* These workshops are child-friendly.
Special arrangements can be made for mature children aged 6th grade or older to participate. The child should already have discovered Shakespeare in school or summer camp and loved it! An adult must attend the workshop with the child, and both child and adult must first pass a telephone interview with Clifford Schwartz. For details and to schedule an interview please contact Clifford Schwartz .
Special arrangements can be made for mature children aged 6th grade or older to participate. The child should already have discovered Shakespeare in school or summer camp and loved it! An adult must attend the workshop with the child, and both child and adult must first pass a telephone interview with Clifford Schwartz. For details and to schedule an interview please contact Clifford Schwartz .
Workshop facilitated by Clifford Schwartz, MA
Host: Jonathan Singer
His Majesty’s Royal Shakesperience! Assistants:
Wade Hampton & Cristina Baggese
His Majesty’s Royal Mistresse
of Ye Baby-Sitting for Shakesperience! Parents:
Ms. Isabella Miller — [Email: izzymill@gmail.com / Tel: 415-686-3995]
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Clifford Schwartz describes
his facilitation work for Shakesperience!
Over
time I have developed a special format which allows me to facilitate a
day of learning and growing with reading Shakespeare aloud for whoever
may participate. Shakespeare beginners, Shakespeare aficionados, the
Shakespeare-curious or the Shakespeare-shy all explore together under my
direction as I blend just enough of what Shakespeare actors may do in
rehearsal with just enough of what a Shakespeare professor may do in an
academic setting.
Unlike passively sitting in a theatre watching a performance, we
ourselves make Shakespeare jump off the page. Unlike studying
Shakespeare in school, we avoid homework, deadlines, essays, exams, and
lonely hours of solitary study. Instead, we finish the day with an
entire unabridged Shakespeare play living clearly in our imagination,
and we cherish the connections that spring from our teamwork
investigation into Shakespeare’s words.
When you arrive I’ll welcome you with details of my special format. It
goes far beyond the “round-robin reading circle” that many of us grew up
with. I will have prepared precise notes for myself on the Shakespeare
play chosen, and these notes will enable me to bring out from
Shakespeare’s page whatever you will need to savor the afternoon.
I’m looking forward to meeting you!
