Online solo performances feature pieces by Greta Lambert, Carrie Preston, Rodney Clark, Philip Pleasants, and more.
Published: April 24, 2020
By: Lori Chandler Pruitt
With audiences and artists alike separated from live performing arts by the COVID-19 pandemic, actors who have appeared on stage at Alabama Shakespeare Festival have shared their favorite Shakespeare monologues online.
“Your Favorite Actors, Their Favorite Shakespeare” is Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s virtual Shakespeare monologue project where ASF alumni perform their favorite Shakespeare monologues and share anecdotes of their experiences with the state theatre. The project is part of ASF’s extensive “Play On!” initiative to provide theatre lovers of all ages with performance and educational content online.
“This crisis has affected so many of us, particularly theatre artists. ‘Play On!’ allows ASF to advance its mission to create transformative theatrical programming in the wake of canceled and postponed productions,” said Artistic Director Rick Dildine. “With a nearly 50-year history, Alabama Shakespeare Festival has welcomed thousands of artists and actors into our family.”
You can see them all at ASF.net/favoriteactors.
Despite the obstacles that not-for-profit arts organizations like ASF is facing, ASF is providing this content free of charge. However, donations of any size to help ASF “Play On!” are welcome at ASF.net/donate.