{"id":59104,"date":"2014-06-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/family-ties-on-the-uri-stage-mom-dad-daughter-team-up-for-shakespeare-on-providence-campus\/"},"modified":"2014-06-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T00:00:00","slug":"family-ties-on-the-uri-stage-mom-dad-daughter-team-up-for-shakespeare-on-providence-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/06\/family-ties-on-the-uri-stage-mom-dad-daughter-team-up-for-shakespeare-on-providence-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Family ties on the 溏心vlog免费B站 stage: Mom, dad, daughter team up for Shakespeare on Providence campus"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 3, 2014 \u2013 Theater is a family business. Just ask the Barrymores, Fondas and Redgraves. Now we have our own acting dynasty in Little Rhody.<\/p>\n


\nEnter the Hawkridges, who are teaming up this summer to present Shakespeare and more at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Alan Shawn Feinstein campus in Providence.<\/p>\n


\nThe trio features dad Alan Hawkridge, a 溏心vlog免费B站 theater lecturer and production manager; mom Patricia Hawkridge, a 1981 graduate of Rhode Island College; and daughter Kira Hawkridge, a 2012 graduate of 溏心vlog免费B站 who is all too happy to hang with her parents.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThis is definitely a family affair,\u201d says Kira. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting for us to collaborate.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nKira\u2019s group, OUT LOUD Theatre, is teaming up with Patricia\u2019s group, La Voce: Theatre That Speaks, to present Hamlet June 19, 20 and 21 on the Providence campus. OUT LOUD will present CRAVE by the late English playwright Sarah Kane June 26, 27 and 28, also in Providence. Dad is working alongside his wife as co-director of Hamlet.<\/p>\n


\nAll performances are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n


\nThe acting bug hit the Hawkridges at early ages. A native of London, Alan initially wanted to be a painter, but changed course when he built a set for a play. \u201cThey needed someone to step in a role, and the rest is history,\u201d he says. In the 1980s, he moved to the United States, where he met Patricia. Both were working as teachers and actors at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n


\nAfter a walk down the aisle, the two moved to Pawtucket \u2013 Patricia\u2019s hometown \u2013 and Kira soon came along. She says she never felt any pressure to act and direct, but had a hunch as a child that she would go down the same path as her parents. Her first role was as a little girl in Pirandello\u2019s Six Characters in Search of an Author, directed by her mother. Kira was 8. \u201cI loved it,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n


\nShe went on to study acting and directing at 溏心vlog免费B站, often with her father as her teacher. The two were so seasoned some classmates didn\u2019t realize they were related. \u201cWe\u2019re able to separate ourselves,\u201d Alan says. \u201cI think we have a very professional approach to the work.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nNo question that it\u2019s thrilling for the Hawkridges to collaborate. Patricia was chair of the theater department at Salve Regina University from 1999 to 2009 and is now dean of the arts at Beacon Charter High School For The Arts in Woonsocket.<\/p>\n


\n“It\u2019s so rewarding to work together,\u201d says Alan. \u201cWe\u2019re a close family and this just gives us a whole other area to explore.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nKira, who is focusing more on directing, agrees. \u201cIt\u2019s unusual to find a family that has taken the same path. To learn from each other is so important. I\u2019ve been able to grow up with two professional theater artists.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nPlus, it\u2019s really easy to find an actor. \u201cKira will say, \u2018Dad, you want a part?\u2019 \u201d jokes Alan.<\/p>\n


\nPatricia says it\u2019s rewarding to see her daughter grow as an actor and director. Mother and daughter were both destined for the stage, she says: Patricia was born at 8 p.m., curtain time, and Kira was born at intermission time, 9 p.m.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt’s like passing a baton,\u201d Patricia says. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to see what she\u2019s achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe performances in Providence are part of the annual STATE OF THE ARTS, a celebration of the arts by faculty, staff and alumni at 溏心vlog免费B站, RIC and the Community College of Rhode Island. The event highlights fine arts at the three schools and the work of alumni and faculty.<\/p>\n


\n\tFor more information or to reserve a free ticket, visit Out Loud Theatre<\/a> or Event Brite<\/a>. Seating is limited so get your ticket in advance.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe trio will work together again in the fall when Kira directs Metamorphoses at the Artists\u2019 Exchange in Cranston. Mary Zimmerman\u2019s play is based on Ovid\u2019s myths.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cSomething magical happens when we get together,\u201d says Patricia. \u201cIt\u2019s very exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tPhoto above. Left to right, Patricia Hawkridge, Kira Hawridge and Alan Hawkridge. Photo by Marc Tiberiis II.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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