The Wicked Wilde Shakespeare Festival in June, 2010, featured a 3-actor
all-male "Macbeth", a mixed-gendered "The Importance of Being Earnest", and
an adaptation of "The Winter's Tale" featuring - gasp! - women playing women
and men playing men! Now we can say we have truly done it all!
Lisa Wolpe's Shakespeare Master Class Performance Troupe in action,
performing for a lovely audience at Barnes and Noble - our third appearance
there! Fun, free Shakespeare for everyone, a great experience! Lisa teaches
all levels from beginners to professionals.
Pix from Othello, presented in 2008 as a co-production with the Theatre @
Boston Court; starring Fran Bennett as Othello, Nell Geisslinger as
Desdemona, Lisa Wolpe as Iago, Kimberleigh Aarn as Cassio, Linda Bisesti as
Roderigo, Katrinka Wolfson as Emilia, Kate Roxburgh as various characters,
Cynthia Beckert as Cassio and Bianca, Mary Cobb as Brabantio; directed by
Lisa Wolpe, fights by Edgar Landa.
We were delighted to have Mr. John Achorn appear with us in "The Importance
of Being Earnest" as Lady Bracknell - he was definitely a major reason why
this show sold out so often! What a hoot! The cast included Lisa Wolpe as
Jack, Cynthia Beckert as Algernon, Laura Covelli as Cecily, Linda Bisesti as
Ms. Prism, Katrinka Wolfson as Gwendolyn, Mark Bramhall as Rev. Chasuble and
Kevin Vavasseur as Lane and Merriman. This is one we will have to remount
someday!. Directed by Lisa Wolpe with Cate Caplin.
Trailer from The Tyrant
"The Tyrant's Tale", adapted and directed by Lisa Wolpe from Shakespeare's
"The Winter's Tale", featured Heidi Robbins as Hermione, Laura Covelli as
Perdita, Andrew Heffernan as Polixenes, Scott McRae as Leontes, Lisa Wolpe
as Paulina, and David Glasser as Florizel.
Trailer from MacBeth3
Here is a glimpse of what "Macbeth3" looked like, performed by Kevin
Vavasseur as the Lady, Andrew Heffernan as Himself, and Scott McRae as 5
other guys! This is a fast, dark, one-hour adaptation of the Scottish play
for three actors, first produced by Kate Roxburgh and Dogsbody with LAWSC
for the Hollywood, CA, Edinburgh Festival and London run in 2008, directed
by Lisa Wolpe with support from Natsuko Ohama and Edgar Landa, performed by
Kate Roxburgh, Lisa Wolpe and Gavin MacLure; it also played with a different
cast and director in Pittsburg for UnSeam'D Shakespeare to great acclaim in
2009.
Trailer from Othello
Lisa Wolpe as Iago in the 2008 LAWSC/Theatre @ Boston Court co-pro of
Othello, starring Fran Bennett as the Moor, directed by Lisa Wolpe.
