Actress Greta Lambert, one of the great things to happen to American regional theater, is finally getting a chance to perform her one-person adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in front of a live audience. It was commissioned by Alabama Shakespeare Festival in 2020 as a streaming event prompted by the public-gathering risks associated with the COVID-19 … Read Full Article→
Simply put, Greta Lambert is one of the great things to happen to regional theater. If you don’t know her work, you’re in luck: The veteran Alabama actress who has spent 35 years working with Alabama Shakespeare Festival is coming directly into your home this holiday season via ASF’s taped-for-streaming world premiere of her own solo-actor adaptation of … Read Full Article→
Alabama Story, the six-actor drama cited by The Washington Post for its “national relevance” — trafficking in racial tensions, bullying politicians, persecuted but persistent women, Civil Rights issues, and the continuing controversy over the Old South’s legacy — is seeing a surge of interest in the 2020 presidential election year, even as three planned productions were sidelined … Read Full Article→
Of the many gratifying experiences I’ve had witnessing the regional life of my play Alabama Story since 2015, I’m uniquely touched by the college and high school productions that have surfaced. I love that kids are using their hearts and minds to create characters that are new to the American theater, and that a younger generation is learning … Read Full Article→
Alabama Shakespeare Festival has announced casting for its March 2020 production of Kenneth Jones’ six-actor social justice drama Alabama Story — the Montgomery premiere of the acclaimed play that has appeared in more than 30 cities around the nation. ASF veteran actress and associate artistic director Greta Lambert will play the embattled, real-life librarian Emily Wheelock Reed opposite … Read Full Article→
