Bear Country
by kleph on Jun 7, 2009 8:39 PM CDT
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It isn't football but might be enough to hold us over during the stretch run to the season. The Alabama Shakespeare Festival is bringing their hit play about the life of legendary Alabama Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, Bear Country, to Birmingham this August.
Set on Coach Bryant’s final day before retirement, Bear Country tells the story of the legendary coach’s life and career through a series of flashbacks. The performance requires four people playing about 15 different roles.
Michael Vigilant, the chief operating officer at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, penned the play on the suggestion of another official with the organization. In writing the work he relied on the substantial literature available Coach Bryant’s life as well as personal interviews with his former players.
Bear Country premiered at ASF’s Octagon Stage in Montgomery last January and was a major hit, becoming the venue's highest grossing play ever during its six week run.
Almost the entire cast from the Montgomery performances will be taking part in the Birmingham production. Tim Rhoze will also return as the director. The look of the play will be similar to the Montgomery production as well (photos of that set under construction can be found here).
Bear Country will run from August 6 through 30 at the Virginia Samford Theatre at Caldwell Park in Birmingham.
Click here for Nico2.0's review of the Montgomery performance.
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Sounds like a good one!
And what’s a Michigan St. fan writing a play about Bear? Whatever the circumstances, that’s just hella cool. And Nico, I loved the fact that you took a “football apathetic” girl with you on your viewing/reviewing of the play. Great touch on your part, my man. (awesome review too. almost felt like I went with you myself. . . . . .HEY NOW! i’m mucho macho, i ain’t insinuatin’ nothing! :- )
Hopefully Bear Country has as good a run in Birmingham, as it did in Montgomery. Thanks kleph.
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Re: Michigan State fan
Vigilant will get his chance someday to write Michigan State into a script when he pens a play about Saban and all of his NCs at The Capstone.
Aces!
Now that’s. . . . . FUNNY! (and you betcha, Saban’s setting us up for a damn good run coming up. Julio ain’t leaving until he get’s one, and when that time comes. . . .we’ll be good for another, then another. . . I actually had a dream about this (’Bama winning it all) about 2 weeks ago. It was weird though, because I was with some family members at the game (the NC game) and in it- a little girl fell off an upper deck during the game and I froze trying to help administer medical assistance. . . .? Weird.
Comer4tide to Nico2.0: "How come I've never heard of any of your random songs?"
Todd to Comer: "Because if you had, he wouldn't listen to it. BOOM. Roasted."
Nico to Todd: "Shouldn't you be off voguing somewhere?"
by BixBeiderbecke on Jun 8, 2009 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
looks like the associated press has picked up the story. according to rodney clark, the actor portraying bryant, the reception to the performances was a lot like gameday.
“We had people tailgating,” he told the AP. “For a theater to have people tailgating, that’s a dream.”
You know BAMA fans...
…will use ANY and EVERY excuse to tailgate. I’m looking forward to seeing the play.
You had me at "ROLL TIDE"!!!
Please go and support this!
Rodney is my cousin, and a super guy. The play is fantastic; I plan on going again now that it is in Birmingham.
"When people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears their people, there is liberty" - Thomas Jefferson
and for those of you curious like i was...
chris over at smart football was kind enough to informs us that the play diagrammed there is a triple option (veer) with a lead back. The near halfback leads while the fullback dives, quarterback steps around and backside halfback is the pitch.
I did my own review over at Track Em Tigers
I think that the Shakespeare Festival is really on to something there…
by War Eagle Atlanta on Jun 8, 2009 11:21 PM CDT reply actions
I got to the the part where you wrote about Coach Saban doing some directing. . .
. . . .and I stopped.
Don’t get me wrong, I like myself some funny stuff and all. But you see. . . .
1. Your name (hate it)
2. Your team (hate hate ‘em)
3. Those are two coaches I righteously dig (Bear and Nicktator)
4. You ain’t THAT funny
5. Did I already tell you how much I hate your team?
I give it: GONG!
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by BixBeiderbecke on Jun 9, 2009 7:58 AM CDT up reply actions
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