BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 RDATE:20120311T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 RDATE:20121104T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121113T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121113T203000 LOCATION:Smith Hall GEO:45.451415;-122.668211 SUMMARY:Johnny Stallings Presents "King Lear" DESCRIPTION:This is an encore performance of Johnny Stallings' solo versi on of King Lear. Stallings first performed his solo version of King Lear in the spring of 1978\, thanks to a grant from the Metropolitan Arts Comm ission of Portland. Since then\, he has performed in schools\, theaters\, prisons\, and at the Cornelia Connell Theater in New York. Stallings'&# 160\; performance of King Lear is a no-frills version that will amaze and fascinate. Without trivial things like sets\, props\, costumes\, and oth er actors cluttering up the stage\, you'll find your brain forced to conc entrate on nothing but the words themselves\, which–according to Johnny –is not such a bad thing: "It's arguably the best poetry in any languag e\," he says reverently. It takes great skill to make Shakespeare this ap proachable\, and above all else\, his grasp of the language is impeccable . Stallings glosses over sections of King Lear with summary asides\, and handles the dialogue scenes by simply moving to different parts of the ro om\, distinguishing the different characters with only the smallest varia tions in posture and tone. The result should be clumsy and awkward\, but the precision of his line readings\, combined with his quirky sense of hu mor\, makes it fluid. In prior years\, this has been a standing-room-onl y event. \; Please arrive early to get a seat. \; Refreshments t o be provided. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
This is an encore performance of Johnny Stallings' solo version of King Lear. Stallings first performed his solo version of King Lear in the spring of 1978\, thanks to a grant from the Metropolitan Arts Commission of Portland. Since then\, he has pe rformed in schools\, theaters\, prisons\, and at the Cornelia Connell The ater in New York.
Stallings' \; performance of King Lear is a no-frills version that will amaze and fascinate. Without trivial things like sets\, props\, costumes\, and other actors cluttering up the stage\, you'll find your brain forced to concentrate on nothing but the words th emselves\, which–according to Johnny–is not such a bad thing: "It's a rguably the best poetry in any language\," he says reverently. It takes g reat skill to make Shakespeare this approachable\, and above all else\, h is grasp of the language is impeccable. Stallings glosses over sections o f King Lear with summary asides\, and handles the dialogue scenes by simp ly moving to different parts of the room\, distinguishing the different c haracters with only the smallest variations in posture and tone. The resu lt should be clumsy and awkward\, but the precision of his line readings\ , combined with his quirky sense of humor\, makes it fluid.
In pr ior years\, this has been a standing-room-only event. \; Please arriv e early to get a seat. \; Refreshments to be provided.
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