Your Westmont by Scott Craig (photography by Brad Elliott) Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College
The Bard’s Complete Walk Arrives on Campus
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anta Barbara celebrates the remarkable life and work of Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of his death by hosting a series of performances, including three plays, by an international coalition of theaters and arts organizations November 17-20. “Shakespeare@400.SantaBarbara” includes the Complete Walk, 37 specially made short films commissioned and created by Shakespeare’s Globe London, originally shown in London last April. Westmont screens these 10-minute films, starring some of England’s finest actors, Saturday, November 19, from 10 am to 5 pm in multiple spaces and locations at Westmont. Admission is free, and lunch is available for purchase. “This is the only U.S. site that has attempted to show the entire Complete Walk project,” says John Blondell, Westmont professor of theater arts. “I knew I wanted to host it as soon as I heard it described. I attended the London event in late April, and the energy and enthusiasm were palpable. In some cases, more than a hundred people gathered at screens along the Thames. The project is truly expansive, visionary, and epic in scope, but it is also very intimate and human.” Each film explores one of Shakespeare’s plays and includes scenes shot in the locations Shakespeare imagined when he wrote them, as well as footage from the British Film Institute’s “Silent Shakespeare” series and “Globe on Screen” filmed stage productions. At Westmont, all 37 films will be shown in six separate venues grouped in chronological order relative to Shakespeare’s creation of the plays. Audiences can watch the plays in chronological order or choose their own adventure, dropping in and out of screenings, and watching in any order they wish. “I’m thrilled to show this and am grateful to be part of a theater community that values the contributions of Shakespeare and honored to be part of the Westmont community with visionary leaders such as provost Mark Sargent, who saw the potential of such a project and wanted to provide these films as a gift to the greater Santa Barbara community,” Blondell says. “Shakespeare@400.SantaBarbara” opens with a sonnets-inspired new work, Pop-Up Shakespeare, co-produced by Lit Moon and the National 17 – 24 November 2016
Theatre of Macedonia on Thursday, November 17, at 5 pm in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Admission is free. As You Like It, staged by the Westmont College Festival Theatre, is Friday, November 18, at 7:30 pm in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. Tickets cost $12 for general admission, $7 for students, seniors, and children. Julius Caesar, staged by Lit Moon, is a timely political tragedy on Saturday, November 19, at 7:30 pm in Porter Theatre. Tickets cost $20 for general admission, $15 for students, seniors, and children. Anthony and Cleopatra, staged by the Bitola (Macedonia) National Theatre and featuring actors from Europe speaking Macedonian, is Sunday, November 20, at 5 pm in the Santa Barbara Sunken gardens. Admission is free.
No. 10 Westmont Women’s Soccer opens the National Tournament on November 19 at 1 pm on Thorrington Field
the others in their pool once. At the end of pool play, the two teams from each pool with the best records will advance to a 16-team, single elimination bracket that will be conducted over two days.
Assignment to pool play will not be announced until after the opening round matches take place. The national champion will be crowned Saturday, December 3, with the first serve set for 5 pm on ESPN3. •MJ
National Tourney Update
No. 10 Westmont women’s soccer (15-3-2) hosts Carroll (Montana) on Saturday, November 19, at 1 pm in the opening round of the 2016 NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championship. Despite losing the Golden State Athletic Conference Tournament, the Warriors earned an at-large bid to the tournament. The Carroll Saints (12-3-5), who have not lost since August 31, earned an automatic bid to the tournament by winning the Cascade Conference Tournament Championship. If the Warriors win, they advance to the second round November 28-29 at Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama. No. 20 Westmont men’s soccer (115-1), regular season GSAC co-champions, did not earn an at-large bid. The Warriors lost the GSAC Tournament Championship 2-1 to No. 25 Menlo on November 12. No. 1 Westmont women’s volleyball (31-0) begins its quest for a National Championship Tuesday, November 29, at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa. The NAIA National Tournament opening rounds are November 19, but the Warriors are the No. 1 seed in the tournament field of 44 teams and received an opening-round bye. After a 24-day lay-off, the Warriors will take the court again for three-days of pool, which consists of 32 teams divided into eight pools of four teams each. Each team will play
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