Posts by Sara Malabar

2025 Auditions

Shakespeare in the Ruins is holding auditions for our 2025 outdoor repertory productions with directors Emma Welham and Rodrigo Beilfuss. Audition dates: December 17 & 19, 2024 Rehearsals begin: April 21, 2025 Productions dates: June 05 – July 06, 2025 🎭 The season will be officially announced to the public early in the new year. Here are the audition details: – The productions are a riveting Shakespearean tragedy, and a 20th century masterpiece. – 9 actors will be cast for the season, working in repertory between both productions. Not all actors will appear in both shows. – Character breakdowns/roles will
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The Amazing Spooky Shakespeare Race II

This November 1st explore spooky Winnipeg in our city-wide, scavenger hunting, riddle solving, trivia knowing, Macbeth acting, race…thingy. Register Below! FIRST PLACE PRIZE  2 Tickets to Outside Jokes, A Christmas Miracle Book & Games Prize Package from McNally Robinson Prize Pack of Products Courtesy of Sobr Market 2 SIR Season Tickets for each team member with pre-show VIP experience (Charcuterie & Prosecco) 1 SET SIR pint glasses for each team member 1 SIR Tee for each team member 1 SIR Boozy Sippy Cup for each team member  SECOND PLACE   2 Tickets to Outside Jokes, A Christmas Miracle Book & Games
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“O that I were a man!”

Gender, Evolution, and Adaptation in Shakespeare’s Plays By Lauren Chochinov   Heather Russell-Smith gender-occupies the role of Hamlet, 2019 (photo by Leif Norman)   During Shakespeare’s lifetime, women were famously not allowed to act on stage. This is not to say that women didn’t act at all – there are records of aristocratic women performing in private pantomimes, for example – but women could not be paid actors in public venues. Curiously, no law existed that outright banned women from public performance. Yet it was a rule socially enforced throughout the period. This is, perhaps, due to the homosocial environs
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We’re Hiring!

  Box Office & Volunteer Coordinator   This is a term position between April 22 and July 7 (an 11-week contract). Renumeration is $600/ per week for (on average) 35 hours per week. Hours of employment will vary and include Weekdays, Evenings and Weekends. Locations include working remotely, at the SIR offices in downtown Winnipeg, and at Trappist Monastery Provincial Heritage Park   Job Description The Box Office & Volunteer Coordinator is an integral part of our Front of House team. This is a contract/seasonal position which reports directly to the General Manager. The Box Office & Volunteer Coordinator is
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