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Our Second Season...
1996/97
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Mellissa Marlowe
1203 Artspace
August/September 1996
"With it's latest outing the...(SSC) proves once again that it can live up to its
name without compromising quality."
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- Diane Windeler, San Antonio Express-News.
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Two
Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare
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Directed by John Poole
Alamo Street Theatre
October 1996
"This...company continues to impress, not just for the resourceful ways
in which it lives up to its name, but also because it boasts some fresh
young talent. Production values are solid, staging is unfussy and
natural (including fight choreography), and the acting generally follows
suit..."
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Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Jeff Tribbitt
Alamo Street Theatre
October 1996
"...The essence of both plays remains, despite their 50-minute miniaturizations,
and the juxtaposition reveals interesting similarities in texts."
- Diane Windeler, San Antonio Express-News.
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Oedipus Rex
by Sophocles (adapted by Bob Dennis)
Directed by Bob Dennis & John Poole
The Woodlawn Theatre
January 1997
"Sophocles' drama...is chilling and starkly ritualistic in a gutsy
...production...Masks are used in the classic style, while the set is
simple and minimalistic...The final scene isn't for the squeamish."
- Dan R. Goddard, San Antonio Express-News
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The Queens
by Normand Chaurette
Directed by Laurie Dietrich
Watson Fine Arts Center
St. Philip's College
May 1997
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"A superb all-female cast makes...The Queens an impressive re-telling of
Richard III from a woman's point of view in a powerful and surrealistically
lyrical...production...One of the most intellectually intoxicating productions
of the year."
- Dan R. Goddard, San
Antonio Express-News
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Richard III
by William Shakespeare
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Directed by John Poole
Watson Fine Arts Center
St. Philip's College
May 1997
"Poole says 'we paired these plays together because it presents the
entire spectrum of how Shakespeare is done today - deconstructionist
and surreal to the very straight."
- Kristina Paledes, San Antonio
Express-News
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The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Mellissa Marlowe
Alamo Street Theatre
August 1997
"A production that - like a spider web - balances unusual strength
with delicacy."
- Diane Windeler, San Antonio Express-News
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