Alaska's Premier Educational Touring Theatre Company
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About Edgeware Productions
Edgeware Productions was founded in 1990
and has produced plays and educational
performances in its home state of Alaska,
throughout the contiguous United States and
in several European countries. Productions
by the artists associated with Edgeware
Productions have received critical and
popular acclaim and many have won
regional awards for excellence. The
educational productions have toured to
schools throughout Alaska, and Edgeware's
educational workshops have brought
Shakespeare and live theatre into remote
classrooms. Managed by David Edgecombe
and Elizabeth Ware, this company has
proven to be a respected addition to the
Alaska performing arts community.
Elizabeth Ware and Paul Schweigert perform in
Edgeware's A War of Wills
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Edgeware Productions
Edgeware Wins National Grant
For the second time Edgeware, in cooperation
with Cyrano's Theatre Company, is the
recipient of a grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts Shakespeare for a
New Generation. You'll remember our raucous
A Midsummer Night's Dream, which toured
Southcentral Alaska in 2005. This time around
we'll produce Othello set in Russian America in
the 1850's. In February 2008 we'll run for four
weeks at Cyrano's in downtown Anchorage and
then "hit the road" to tour Othello to
communities in Southcentral. Of course,
attendant to our tour, we'll offer of menu of
workshops and the school performances
described above. Let us know if you would be
interested in having Shakespeare visit your
community.
To find out more about the Shakespeare in
American Communities initiative, go to
www.ShakespeareinAmericanCommunities.org
Edgeware Wins Alaska
Education Award
Paul Schweigert and Elizabeth Ware
win the "Friend of Education Award"
from the Anchorage Education
Association for their work producing
Shakespeare with "high risk"
students at Avail School in
Anchorage. Over the past several
years Elizabeth and Paul have
worked residencies and directed
students in a myriad of projects from
acting workshops to the production
of plays by Shakespeare. They will
return to Avail this year to produce
another play with these inner city
students.
