Slog - Comments on Wooden O and Seattle Shakes Merge http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/wooden_o_and_seattle_shakes_merge The city's minor and major Shakespeare companies merged last Wednesday, which makes total sense—they've shared missions, audiences, and aesthetics since forever. Wooden O (budget around $90,000, operating in the black) was the smaller, outdoor-Shakespeare company that served as a kind of farm team for Seattle Shakes. A few actors and directors (like Sheila Daniels, now at Intiman) did a few Wooden O productions before graduating to Shakes. Seattle Shakespeare Company (budget around $900,000, also in the black) is the permanent company living in a theater on the bottom floor of Seattle Center. Seattle Shakes managing director John Bradshaw says Wooden... Copyright 2008 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:50:10 -0800 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:06:57 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball I'd like to see Charles shot out of the Mudede canon, actually...

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/wooden_o_and_seattle_shakes_merge#c992344 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/wooden_o_and_seattle_shakes_merge#c992344 Theater Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:58:35 -0800 Comment by COMTE I don't know that the minor league/major league analogy is completely accurate, since quite a few actors have gone back-and-forth between the two companies for a number of years, but regardless, it does make perfect sense, and I for one wish the "new" company (I presume they'll continue to operate under the Seattle Shakespeare Company monicker) well.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/wooden_o_and_seattle_shakes_merge#c992441 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/wooden_o_and_seattle_shakes_merge#c992441 Theater Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:22:19 -0800 Comment by Ben Rapson This is a super good idea. Many young actors, friends of mine included, move straight from UW Drama as grads or undergrads into the small-to-medium-role river of Wooden O, and it looks like those opportunities will now lead to a much bigger river, so to speak. Great job, Bradshaw!

]]> Ben Rapson http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/wooden_o_and_seattle_shakes_merge#c993196 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/wooden_o_and_seattle_shakes_merge#c993196 Theater Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:06:57 -0800