Hi Gail....like the idea!😘 Lynn
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On May 30, 2019, at 8:59 AM, Gail McDonald
<gail.mcdonald100@gmail.com<mailto:gail.mcdonald100@gmail.com>> wrote:
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@gmail.com<mailto:susangayletodd@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
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On May 24, 2019, at 3:12 AM, tlgalloway via Shakespeare at Winedale Email List
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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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From: Clayton Stromberger
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To: Robert Faires
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CC: Alice Gordon
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LaVonne Carlson <lavonnehope@gmail.com<mailto:lavonnehope@gmail.com>>;
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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
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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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