Dear Doc and Everybody,
I have the germ of an idea for the 50th reunion, not so much for
performance or for things that will happen on the day(s) of the celebration
but something about creating a record of the half-century of Winedale's
(and Doc's and Shakespeare's) influence on our lives. I'm thinking of
things like music Carl has written, an excerpt from books like Claire's,
essays like Alice's, the best photographs from the archives, short memory
pieces from anyone who wants to contribute, descriptions of theater
programs and performances that germinated first at Winedale (Esther's
Follies, Rude Mechs, etc., Robert Faires's one-man shows, Mickey Faust),
and so on. In short, some sort of book, maybe real or maybe virtual. Is
anything like that in the works? I can offer writing and editing skills.
It's not the same as playing, I know, but it would be lovely to have a sort
of souvenir program.
Would love to hear reactions.
Gail
On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 9:26 AM <susangayletodd(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Terry’s idea of performing pieces from Winedale
spin-offs is exciting! I
love all of this input. Thank you, Kathy, Madge, Carl, Alice, Clayton,
Bruce, Lynn, John, LaVonne, Robert—everyone, for urging enjoyment,
inclusiveness, challenge, and general Winedale Wonder. Whenever I want you,
all I have to do is dream.
Love to all,
Susan
Sent from my iPhone
On May 24, 2019, at 3:12 AM, tlgalloway via Shakespeare at Winedale Email
List <shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list(a)googlegroups.com> wrote:
Clayton, Everyone
I love the idea of your kids also being involved in the reunion, Clayton.
And your suggestion that we ought to celebrate the far reaching influence
of Shakespeare at Winedale.
Do any of you guys remember a Family Tree of Winedale that Robert F did
for the Chronicle years ago?
It showed how Winedale was the root for all these other branches of art
and performance and theater.
The Rudes were one off shoot as was Esther's Follies and Susan
GayleTodd's Weird Sisters as is the MIckee Faust Club.
I don't remember them all but there were MANY others.
And if we can take the ideas of Kathy, Madge, Robert, Bruce, Lynn,
Clayton, Alice, John, LaVonne and the rest of us and combine them into a
Festival of sorts that celebrates as Bruce suggested with a play for those
who can be here for that week and then a Festival of sorts as Kathy first
suggested .
But ,to expand Kathy's idea, have it be a day Festival with short
performances representing all of the many groups inspired by Winedale --
letting them do short excerpts for instance from one of the Weird Sister's
All-Female Shakespeare's, the Rude's Fixing Shakespeare series, a song or
skit from the Mickee Faust Club, a scene by Clayton's kids, something from
John's Urinetown, a scene done by Camp Shakespeare and a scene done by
kids from the Winedale UT classes with maybe a mix of kids taught by Doc
and James directed by Stan, Steve, Robert Matney and and and and.
And those are just the groups that come immediately to mind. There's just
so much we could pull from.
The groups that are in Austin will of course be better able to do
something like that.
I remember two scenes from Shakespeare that we did during the earlier
years of Esther's Follies -- they were the Induction from Taming with Ernie
Sharpe playing Christopher Sly; and the lover's madcap scene from
Midsummer. And in those scene were those of us in Esther's from
Winedale. And the audiences just ate them up.
Because Clayton is right -- we should be letting the world know how
influential Doc and Winedale have been -- how far reaching. How much
celebration of Shakespeare and community and theater is going on out in the
world because of Doc and Shakespeare at Winedale.
Just a thought. Or two.
Love, Terry
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Sent: Fri, 24 May 2019 0:52
Subject: Re: [Winedale-l] 2020 Reunion
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Hey everyone —
Thank you Doc for kicking this off and I too am enjoying the conversation.
I love the mix idea as a celebration of Miss Ima’s vision, Doc’s vision,
the hard work and play and sweat and tears of so many people from so many
different backgrounds and life experiences over five decades, the never
ceasing from exploration. I also love the idea of opening this day up to
the broader public and UT community so that they can share in the wonder as
well. As Doc said, this is something that UT should be celebrating, and
the world should take note: Nothing like this program or this place exists
anywhere else and it is going and growing at age 50. If the idea is to
celebrate what Shakespeare at Winedale hath wrought in a half-century, then
the amazing swirl of performers of all ages and experiences and connections
is a resounding answer. Like Alice, I want to see it all.
I also think what Bruce and Lynn and others are saying is: The tradition
of a week in residence, being stuck together in sometimes challenging and
uncomfortable ways, and working together to delve into the mysteries of a
whole play, is a treasured Anciano experience, and has led every five years
since 1995 to epiphanies and discoveries that might not come in a weekend.
Perhaps there’s a way to keep that tradition going too, for those who have
found it deeply rewarding and want to give it one more go, and for others
who have always wanted to live it (survive it, some of the old-timers might
say!) and haven’t yet.
Speaking of the mix, the young guys and gals in the clip below, from
yesterday morning in East Austin, want in. Some of them were BORN ready to
rumble. And without Shakespeare at Winedale, and Doc accepting me to the
class of ’83, and David Sharpe inviting me to join his Shakespeare
Encounter squad of high-school-visiting Winedalers in 1985, and a chain of
other moments in time, none of these third graders would have been at
Franklin’s yesterday to startle the folks in the famous long line with a
joyful Prologue to *Henry V.* These kids, and the 17-years-long roster
of Outreach students, too many for me to count — many of whom, if the word
of younger siblings is anything to go by, still treasure and occasionally
squeeze into their Winedale shirt from a decade or so ago — are part of the
story of these 50 years too.
love,
cs
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On May 23, 2019, at 5:56 PM, Robert Faires <rfaires(a)austinchronicle.com>
wrote:
Grateful to hear so many thoughts so far, and I want to say I'm happy to
join any meetings that take place in Austin.
One thing I'm hoping is that we can find ways to include those folks who
won't be able to spend a week or even a couple of days at Winedale before
the reunion or who don't live in a city where there are other alums they
could spend some time working up a scene or scenes with as the Austin crew
did in 2010. An idea that's been rattling around in my head is a Sonnet
Marathon, where people could sign up in advance to perform a particular
sonnet and at some point during the weekend, all 154 could be performed
back to back, maybe under the pecans, maybe somewhere else. Or maybe just
chunks would be scheduled at different places at different times over
however many days we're there.
In my mind, it's a wide-open format, with ancianos, James' students, and
past and present Camp Shakespeareans all in the mix, perhaps even
performing together. I expect a lot of people would perform solo, but why
not have two people, three, a dozen collaborating on one sonnet the way
they would a scene? I remember how Doc assigned us the Patchen poems with
the idea of making a full performance out of each one. It was terrifying,
but it worked at getting us to prepare alone. (Hey, anyone want to do some
Patchen poems?)
Anyway, it would allow people who might be able to show up for only a day
to have a chance to perform, even as a solo. They sign up in advance,
prepare on their own, and show up and do their 14 lines.
I'm sure there are complications that haven't occurred to me, but I just
thought it might be worth thinking about.
Yours in Will,
Robert
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