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Imogen in The Wild featured in Merced County Times

By Cymbeline Anthropocene on Feb 08, 2022 in Project News

A recent article by UC Merced writer Juan Flores, featured in the Merced County Times, announces an exciting update about Imogen in the Wild: mainly, the film is now available with full subtitles!

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"Cimbelino en Patagonia": Rehearsal notes, part 2

By Cymbeline Anthropocene on Jan 29, 2022 in Project News

In Fall of 2021, Argentinian playwright and director Mónica Maffía began rehearsing an adaptation of Cymbeline with her fledgling company, Setebos. Beginning during her artistic residency at El Cultural San Martín in Buenos Aires, Mónica has shared installments from her rehearsal notes to give Cymbeline in the Anthropocene a glimpse at the productions progress and reflections. To read part 1 of these thematic sneak peeks, click here, and read below for part 2. The text is presented in Mónica’s original Spanish, with an English translation below. 

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Reflections on Imogen in the Wild, Part 2: “Finding the Ways Home”

Reflections on Imogen in the Wild, Part 2: “Finding the Ways Home”
By Cymbeline Anthropocene on Dec 02, 2021 in Project News

In this second instalment of this two-part review, Randall Martin considers the original music and genre-diversity of Shakespeare in Yosemite's recently released film adaptation, Imogen in the Wild.

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Reflections on Imogen in the Wild: Part 1

By Cymbeline Anthropocene on Nov 25, 2021 in Project News

This is the first of a two-part blog review on Shakespeare in Yosemite's recently released film adaptation, Imogen in the Wild. In this first installment, Cymbeline in the Anthropocene Project Leader Randall Martin considers the film’s adapted plots and characters.

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Performance Announcement: Imogen in the Wild

Performance Announcement: Imogen in the Wild
By Cymbeline Anthropocene on Nov 18, 2021 in Project News

The eagerly awaited debut of Shakespeare in Yosemite’s feature film, Imogen in the Wild, takes place this Saturday, 20 November, at 16.00 Pacific Time/19.00 Eastern/01.00 GMT (21 November).

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Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Robert Hunter Bry as Posthumus

Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Robert Hunter Bry as Posthumus
By Cymbeline Anthropocene on Nov 08, 2021 in Project News

Our interviews with the cast of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks' Cymbeline concludes with Robert Hunter Bry, who played the touring production’s Posthumus. Read on for Robert’s perspectives on Posthumus’ relationships to power, masculinity, and his adoptive family, and about the performance locations Robert found truly unforgettable. 

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Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Interview with Chelsea David as Philaria and Belaria

Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Interview with Chelsea David as Philaria and Belaria
By Randall Martin on Oct 29, 2021 in Project News

Our interviews with actors in this season's Montana Shakespeare in the Parks' Cymbeline continues with Chelsea David, who played the gender-flipped roles of Philaria and Belaria, and talks about the challenges and rewards a woman's perspective brings to the parts, and to the environments she interacts with.

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Shakespeare in Yosemite: Scott Gediman

By Cymbeline Anthropocene on Oct 27, 2021 in Project News

While filming Imogen in the Wild, Shakespeare in Yosemite’s research assistant Monica Perales interviewed the cast and crew about their experience adapting Cymbeline. This final interview presents Monica in conversation with Scott Gediman of Yosemite National Park’s Public Affairs Office. 

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Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Interview with Riley O’Toole playing Cloten

Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Interview with Riley O’Toole playing Cloten
By Cymbeline Anthropocene on Oct 21, 2021 in Project News

Continuing our series of interviews with actors in this summer's Montana Shakespeare in the Parks' Cymbeline, we talked to Riley O'Toole, who played Cloten and Dr Cornelius. Riley discusses Cloten's absent birth-father, negotiating wildfire smoke, 100F heat, thunderstorms, uninvited children invading the stage, and more. He explains how negotiating emerging Anthropocene instability in Montana shapes a theatrically dynamic "practice of presences."   

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Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Brandon Burditt as Cymbeline  

Montana Shakespeare in the Parks: Brandon Burditt as Cymbeline  
By Cymbeline Anthropocene on Oct 15, 2021 in Project News

Continuing our series of interviews with actors in this summer's Montana Shakespeare in the Parks' Cymbeline, we talked to Brandon Burditt, who played Cymbeline.

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