King's Crown Shakespeare Troupe - Revision history

Darpa: Updated productions to 2012

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Updated productions to 2012

Cam2171 at 21:49, 24 February 2011

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‎Traditional Rules & Spin-Offs

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‎List of productions

98.218.4.44: /* History */

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‎History

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‎List of productions

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‎List of productions

72.14.228.138 at 17:30, 11 June 2010

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 King's Crown's "official" and "unofficial" rules are nebulous, often resulting in "traditions" that are enforced to varying degrees. KCST almost always categorically rejects plays performed on-campus within the last five years. Despite criticism of "amateurism," KCST's board traditionally requests its directors and producers aim to be open to the entire community, voting down proposals it sees as "closed" in nature. Rancorous arguments have erupted at proposal meetings over issues of projects with ostensibly "clearer visions" being tagged as "designed for only a small circle of theater kids to have a shot at participating." The trade-off, resulting in well-known student actors, technicians, producers and directors frequently making their "starts" in KCST and often remaining "loyal" despite later offers from the [[Varsity Show]] or other teams, while groups such as [[CU Players]] permit their project leaders to exert nearly-autonomous control over their productions, causes no end of hand-wringing amongst the board during proposals season.
-As KCST grew more established, attempts at building continuity gradually became traditions: the Fall One-Act Extravaganza, held every other year, is entering its seventh season, while the [[Egg and Peacock]] Festival, brainchild of [[Abigail Broberg]] and [[Rosalind Grush]], occurred nearly every spring the pair were present at Columbia, with followers and admirers pushing for a lift on [[SDA]]'s moratorium on new performing arts groups to permit Egg and Peacock's independent continuation in 2008 without surrendering KCST's invaluable slot in the Lerner Black Box for the Spring semester.
+As KCST grew more established, attempts at building continuity gradually became traditions: the Fall One-Act Extravaganza, held every other year, is entering its seventh season, while the [[Egg And Peacock]] Festival, brainchild of [[Abigail Broberg]] and [[Rosalind Grush]], occurred nearly every spring the pair were present at Columbia, with followers and admirers pushing for a lift on [[SDA]]'s moratorium on new performing arts groups to permit Egg and Peacock's independent continuation in 2008 without surrendering KCST's invaluable slot in the Lerner Black Box for the Spring semester.
 == List of productions ==

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+| The Taming of the Shrew; Egg and Peacock 24-Hour Play Festival VI
 | Coriolanus; Macbeth
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	Although, at the time, KCST set itself up in direct opposition to the Varsity Show, with a smaller budget and bigger heart, relations between the two groups have since become amicable, due to actor crossover and a general breakdown in the cliquishness of Columbia theater, e.g. [[2009]]'s Julius Caesar featured [[Tobin Mitnick]] and [[Will Snider]], actors from the previous year's Varsity Show, while the 115th Varsity Show was directed by [[Thomas Anawalt]] and co-written by [[Sam Reisman]], both of whom have performed in KCST productions.		Although, at the time, KCST set itself up in direct opposition to the Varsity Show, with a smaller budget and bigger heart, relations between the two groups have since become amicable, due to actor crossover and a general breakdown in the cliquishness of Columbia theater, e.g. [[2009]]'s Julius Caesar featured [[Tobin Mitnick]] and [[Will Snider]], actors from the previous year's Varsity Show, while the 115th Varsity Show was directed by [[Thomas Anawalt]] and co-written by [[Sam Reisman]], both of whom have performed in KCST productions.
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		+	KCST's alums have gone on to varied careers, and many of them are very successful members of the theater scene downtown, Julliard/Yale Drama grads, high-powered lawyers, etc (although, perhaps ironically, their most famous members were bit players in 2003's "Romeo & Juliet": Ezra and Rostam of [[Vampire Weekend]]).

	While KCST has been criticized for its commitment to producing Shakespeare, in recent years, they have produced works by such diverse playwrights as Charles Mee, Steve Martin, and Tom Stoppard. However, [[CU Players]] was established following frustration with the lack of a non-specialized straight drama group on campus, citing KCST as the prime example, since their budget is always primarily devoted to the spring [[outdoor show]] and it often balks at straight drama, preferring experimental works such as bobrauchenbergamerica or the black comedy WASP to pair off with the major shows.		While KCST has been criticized for its commitment to producing Shakespeare, in recent years, they have produced works by such diverse playwrights as Charles Mee, Steve Martin, and Tom Stoppard. However, [[CU Players]] was established following frustration with the lack of a non-specialized straight drama group on campus, citing KCST as the prime example, since their budget is always primarily devoted to the spring [[outdoor show]] and it often balks at straight drama, preferring experimental works such as bobrauchenbergamerica or the black comedy WASP to pair off with the major shows.

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 == List of productions ==
-As its name suggests, KCST is devoted primarily to producing plays written by William Shakespeare. To date, KCST has performed ten tragedies, nine comedies, two romances, and one history. Despite the breadth of the Shakespearean cannon, some of the better known plays have seen multiple productions. "Hamlet," "Much Ado About Nothing," "King Lear," "Romeo & Juliet," and "As You Like It" have all been performed twice.
+As its name suggests, KCST is devoted primarily to producing plays written by William Shakespeare. To date, KCST has performed eleven tragedies, nine comedies, two romances, and one history. Despite the breadth of the Shakespearean cannon, some of the better known plays have seen multiple productions. "Hamlet," "Much Ado About Nothing," "King Lear," "Romeo & Juliet," "As You Like It," and "Macbeth" have all been performed twice.
 In all fifteen years of its existence, KCST has only performed one full history: "Richard III" in 2006. (An abridgment of "King John" was part of the One-Act Extravaganza in the Fall of that year.) Its drought of romances, or "late-era" Shakespeare where distinctions between comedy and tragedy become blurred, ended in the Fall of 2008 when "The Winter's Tale" joined "The Tempest"; this continued into 2010, when KCST produced "Measure for Measure" for the first time, and it can be said now that such late-era plays have become a normal part of KCST's rotation. (The famously vexing "Pericles" has never been proposed according to extant records; "Cymbeline" was considered and rejected several times.)
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 | All's Well That Ends Well
-| Coriolanus
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 == External links ==
 * [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/shakespeare/ KCST website]
 [[Category:Performance clubs]]

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 |Executive board=4, all positions inherited, shows chosen by all members who participated in 2 or more plays in any capacity
 |Allocation=
-|Website=none
+|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/shakespeare/
-|Contact=usually at [[La Negrita]] on Wednesdays<br>
+|Contact=usually at [[1020]] on Wednesdays<br>
 |Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}