A Midsummer Night's Dream: Montana Shakespeare in the Schools Final Tech Rehearsal
Meets: W from 2:40 PM to 4:45 PM
Location: MSU - Black Box Theater
There are still openings remaining at this time.
Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2024-2025 OLLI at MSU Membership
Description
Montana Shakespeare in the Schools presents "A Midsummer Night's Dream," directed by Kerry Bishé. OLLI invites members to attend the last tech rehearsal before this production departs to perform before 50 school audiences across Montana and Wyoming. Montana Shakespeare in the Schools offers this slightly abbreviated production to viewers in the way it was meant to be presented - in a fun, engaging live performance.
This opportunity to preview "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a tech rehearsal, which means that the director may pause throughout the performance to give notes, adjust staging and cues, or have actors repeat certain sections. Afterward, the actors and director will hold a discussion/talkback session where audience members can ask questions and learn more about bringing this remarkable production to life. This event is an excellent opportunity to enjoy one of Shakespeare's most famous plays and to get a little peek into how the magic is made.
Montana Shakespeare in the Parks' mission is to engage and enrich rural and underserved communities with professional productions of Shakespeare and other classics and, through educational outreach, inspire creative expression and appreciation of the arts in young audiences.
Guest parking is available on the first two levels of the parking garage for a fee for registrants who do not have a MSU parking permit. Please arrive by 2:40. The tech rehearsal will run from 3:00-4:45 PM, including the discussion session.
Space is limited to 50 people.
Course Takeaways
- Enjoy live Shakespeare in the intimate setting of the MSU Black Box Theatre.
- Meet the actors and crew who produce this MSIP production.
- Discuss the play with the actors and the director in a lively discussion session to gain insight into production choices and processes.
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Kerry Bishé
Director Kerry Bishé is a theatre, film and television actor. She made her professional debut with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks in 2004, performing in "Romeo and Juliet" and "Tartuffe." Other theatre credits include "My Name Is Rachel Corrie" (Minetta Lane), "An American Daughter" (Williamstown) and "Barefoot in the Park" (Old Globe) and on Broadway in "Pygmalion" (Roundabout Theatre Company). She played computer engineer Donna Clark on AMC's "Halt And Catch Fire" and appeared in the movie "ARGO," for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award. Other film and television credits include "Scrubs: Med School," "Narcos," "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels," Steven Spielberg's anthology "Amazing Stories," "The Romanoffs," "The Evening Hour," "Super Pumped" and "Happily." She hosted the science fiction podcast "HyperThetical." Kerry is an ardent science enthusiast who works to communicate science to a broad audience.