I checked in with a non-Winedale-alum who's listed as a cast member, and
neither of us remembers an actual performance of Burning Pestle, although
we both vaguely remember some kind of big meetup in Calhoun 200 (or was it
100? it was the big lecture hall, at any rate) with a lot of the faces
listed on the cast sheet. (I have clearer memories of Doc giving the Spring
1979 class the play early on, and of us--including me and another person on
this cast list--not knowing what to do with it, despite which several of us
Spring Class members went on to join the 1979 summer class.)
I think it was brainstormed but didn't come together. At any rate I'd have
loved playing Humphrey.
Mike
On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 11:44 PM David Sharpe <dpsharpeaustin(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Parallel universes must be a real thing, because
it's the only explanation
I can think of for why my name was on the stellar cast list for "Knight of
the Burning Pestle" in 1984, but I don't recall being involved in the
production or - I'm embarrassed to admit - having even read the play. Ah,
but I did notice the absence of the letter "e" on my last name in the cast
list. Obviously, some other dude, named Dave Sharp, was playing the
"tapster." Boy, the temerity and nerve of him! He should be arrested.
David Sharpe
On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 7:06 PM Robert Faires <robert.faires2787(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
What a wonderful group of people engaged in what
could have been a
wonderful production. I knew most everyone on that list at the time and
would have dearly loved to have seen them all playing together in that
world.
Such a long time ago that was … long enough that all those phone numbers
listed by the cast members' names were for landlines.
Robert
On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 4:43 PM Clayton Stromberger <
cstromberger(a)austin.utexas.edu> wrote:
As a footnote in the book of Winedale lore
related to “Knight of the
Burning Pestle”: In the fall of 1984 a group of Winedalers from the early
‘80s classes – along with some of their friends from the worlds of Austin
music and theater – came together to work on a production of the play, with
evening sessions spent playing on the little stage in Calhoun 100. I seem
to recall that there was no director; it was to be ensemble-led. The cast
list, courtesy of the Steve Price archives:
[image: A paper with writing on it Description automatically generated]
I have fond memories of James’s sweet and winning Rafe… Mark and Elise
were as funny as you would imagine… I remember Steve’s exuberant
Merrythought… Sadly the warning at the bottom of the sheet – “Opening
night is sooner than you think” – did not prove true. Opening night never
came; the company dissolved a few weeks into rehearsals after a few key
players left for various reasons and no one had the extra time that
semester to plug the gaps and rebuild momentum. I remember a somber final
meeting in Calhoun Hall, with all of us sitting around on benches and on
the floor outside Doc’s basement office, as the group decided to let the
idea go.
It still gives many of us a pang that we never had a chance to see this
Winedale-inspired “Pestle” in its full potential glory… What a cast list!
Best,
cs
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*Date: *Friday, March 15, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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*Subject: *Knight of the Burning Pestle at Winedale
Hi, friends!
Do we know if there are any photos from the Winedale Knight of the
Burning Pestle that are shareable on here? What year was that? 1980s? KOBP
and Shoemaker’s Holiday were the first non-Shakespeare plays out at
Winedale once y’all started doing full plays, is that right? Or no?
I’m writing a chapter dedicated to KOBP for my book on citizenship with
Arden/Bloomsbury press and I’ve already given a talk based on my work using
pics from the ASC Blackfriars production. I’d love to incorporate/celebrate
some images from Winedale as well in future presentations!
Doc, how did y’all stage the citizen and wife when they say they’ll sit
down on stage? Did you use benches on stage?
Cheers, all!
Casey
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