1) Chalk Repertory Theatre: Twelfth Night
Directed by Jerry Ruiz
February 5-28, 2010
Twelfth Night is Shakespeare's classic play about confusion, love and mistaken identity. The Chalk Rep theatre in California has a new wave take on the show. This production is unconventional because of the venue that it is set in. The show is at the Masonic Lodge on Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
http://www.chalkrep.com/#/twelfth-night/4537665104
Faust, photo: www.jezekacizek.cz
2) Majak Theatre Group: Faust
Directed by: Jakub Capka
August 2007
Faust is a story about a mans' journey and struggle with himself to repent. Its a classic story of right and wrong. The Majak Theatre Group in Prague performed this epic tale using only homeless actors and actors that have previously lived on the street. And, it was completely staged outdoors. This is different from other productions because usually actors are in paid unions; and this play is set indoors because of the nature of the script.
http://www.radio.cz/en/article/94499
Rough play? References to wine, sex prompt BYU to cancel U of U production of Greek play
3)University of Utah: The Bakkhai
Directed by Larry West
September 2009
This production was controversial as well as unconventional. Its display of sex and spirits caused the university to relocate the festival to a different venue. The administrators at BYU felt that the staging was too vulgar to be performed on campus. This production of The Bakkhai used a classic rock and roll score as music for the show.
http://www.standard.net/topics/news/2009/09/24/rough-play-references-wine-sex-prompt-byu-cancel-u-u-production-greek-play
Teens Denica Baltimore as Oberon, Miriam Kuzbary as Titania and Isaac Fullinwider as a young Krishna-like Puck in Junior Players' Bollywood adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
4) Junior Players: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Directed by Valerie Hauss-Smith
A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of the most widely produced of Shakespeare's plays. It is written in verse and the Junior Players put a spin on it by creating a Bollywood adaptation of it.
Edgar Oliver, Brian Barnhart, David Guion, and Jim Sterling in Frankenstein
photo by Dixie Sheridan
5) Axis Theatre Company : Frankenstein
May 25- June 24, 2000
Directed by Randy Sharp
Frankenstein is, traditionally, the science fiction tale of a doctor gone crazy. Axis theatre company in New York took the story of Frankenstein and fused it with the stories of Frank Lloyd Wright and HH Holmes to create a whole new tale of murder and visciousness. The show includes aspects from all three men's story.
