Kristie Worthey, director of Tacoma's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, to be panelist at London's Globe
Posted By Rosemary Ponnekanti on December 10, 2009 at 10:03 am
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Tacoma's only Shakespeare company is hitting the Globe Theatre, London! Kristie Worthey, director of alt-venue company Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, has been chosen as a panelist at the 2010 Shakespeare Theatre Association of America's annual conference at the Bard's own historic theater.
On Jan. 9th, Worthey will speak on the topic "Shakespeare Outside of the Box," talking about what SITPL does. Never seen a SITPL production? You lily-livered scoundrel, you! Since 1999, Worthey's crew have done modern takes on the Bard (Macbeth as a presidential candidate, Juliet as a texting teen) in venues from bookstores to beauty salons (just not parking lots – too cold and wet.) They aim to "take the fear out of Shakespeare," and while they don't get huge crowds, they get enthusiastic ones.
Worthy's co-panelists include directors from the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, New York Classical Theatre and the Globe itself. They'll talk about how taking Shakespeare into different venues affects both the text and the performance.
"It's like going to Mecca for me," says Worthey, who'll be seeing as many plays as she can during the conference. "It's an honor to have SITPL's out-of-the-box work recognized nationally and internationally."
For it's 10th anniversary, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot will produce a Shakespeare-a-thon festival of eight history plays from April 23-25, 2010, at the Speakeasy Arts Cooperative. More info: www.sitpl.org
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