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Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Best of Nashville Voting Ends Soon!

We know you love us! Now tell the rest of Nashville - please! We promise to keep loving you right back with more of the theater you want from Naked Stages. Click on the icon below to vote by 5 PM Wednesday, September 10. And thanks, thanks and ever thanks for your support!
 
 

 

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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

A Regrettable Omission

I want everybody who gets our newsletter to know how much we appreciate the great folks at Nashville Shakespeare Festival. Denice Hicks, Nancy VanReece, Claire Syler, Robert Marigza and the rest of the gang are terrific artists and professionals and it’s been delightful collaborating with them on CORIOLANUS. We sent out our monthly newsletter today [...]

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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

FIVE QUESTIONS WITH … Coriolanus’ Anne Willingham and Billy Ditty

Lighting Designer Anne Willingham and Costume Designer Billy Ditty are members of the extraordinary design team (along with Set Designer Jonathan Hammel and Fight Choreographer Roy Cox) who collaborated with Director Mark Cabus and the acting ensemble of CORIOLANUS, a Nashville Shakespeare Festival production in collaboration with Naked Stages. They recently talked about their theatrical [...]

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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

City Paper’s Amy Stumpfl Casts Her Vote For CORIOLANUS!

Another review and more praise for CORIOLANUS! Amy Stumpfl had this and more to say in Friday’s City Paper :
“Known for his thoughtful and often unadorned stage work, Naked Stages’ Mark Cabus directs this production with a clear vision and plenty of action.”
“Roy Cox’s fight choreography is outstanding, complemented by Anne Willingham’s smart lighting. And [...]

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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

NPT Arts Break Spotlights CORIOLANUS!

CORIOLANUS on NPT Arts Break

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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

A thumbs up from the Nashville Scene for CORIOLANUS!

Martin Brady had some good things to say about CORIOLANUS, which he called “…a strong production, for this or any other year.” Here’s an excerpt:
Director Mark Cabus was originally planning to stage this drama with his own Naked Stages ensemble, but a fortuitous meeting with NSF artistic director Denice Hicks resulted in the companies joining [...]

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Sunday, August 10th, 2008

CORIOLANUS Cover Story in Today’s Tennessean!

Today’s Tennessean Arts and Entertainment section has a cover story on CORIOLANUS! Click here to read it online!

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Saturday, August 9th, 2008

FIVE QUESTIONS WITH … Christopher Brown

Christopher Brown plays the title role in Coriolanus which is presented by the Nashville Shakespeare Festival in collaboration with Naked Stages. He is a member of Naked Stages‘ ensemble who has worked with Nashville’s Mockingbird Public Theater, the GATE conservatory in New York City and The Shakespeare Theater in Washington, D.C. Brown is currently a [...]

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Thursday, August 7th, 2008

CORIOLANUS: Thoughts from the Director

Last October, when Nashville Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Denice Hicks telephoned me to ask if I really intended to produce CORIOLANUS in Naked Stages’ 08-09 season, I answered yes. I knew that in an election year Shakespeare’s rugged play about power and politics was a perfect fit. Denice agreed. She agreed so [...]

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

CORIOLANUS on Out and About Today!

Click here to see Denice Hicks and Christoper Brown talking about CORIOLANUS on the NewsChannel 5+ program Out and About Today.

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