Second Issue of The Playhouse Insider -- Now on Sale!

I'm pleased to announce that the second issue of The Playhouse Insider is now available for purchase online. You can purchase access to the downloadable PDF or you can request a mail order print copy. Print copies will soon be available for purchase in our box office at the Blackfriars Playhouse as well.

Inside This Issue:

• Introducing the Summer and Fall Seasons and the Almost Blasphemy Tour.
• Nick Hutchison, director of our 2004 The Importance of Being Earnest, discusses the challenges and opportunities presented by producing an 1895 play on an early modern stage.
• Ralph Alan Cohen, the ASC's Director of Mission and director of this season's Henry V, shares his thoughts about the play as Shakespeare's essay on the theatre and imagination.
• Touring actors Denice Burbach and Rick Blunt talk about the unique life they live on the road with the ASC on Tour.
• Christina Sayer Grey examines the storytelling structure of Shakespeare's romances, specifically the devices at work in The Tempest and The Winter's Tale.
• Eminent Marlovian scholar Roslyn Knutson discusses why Tamburlaine is her personal hero.
• Teachers Kerry Kisa and Linda Nicholson share tales of what makes trips to the Blackfriars Playhouse such a transformative experience for their students.

I hope you enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at the Summer and Fall Seasons and the Almost Blasphemy Tour. I've already begun putting together the articles for our Winter-Spring issue, which will highlight the shows in the 2012 Actors' Renaissance Season, and which will also check back in with the Tour in preparation for their Spring Season residence in the Blackfriars Playhouse.