Word: winerman
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...idea behind the group began when Winerman heard about a group called the Old Cambridge Shakespeare Association. Founded in 1880, the Association’s members also meet once a month to read a play. A casting committee notifies them of their roles beforehand so that they can prepare if they wish...
...Winerman thought the idea was great, “but they don’t let anyone in under like, 40,” he says. Instead, with the help of graduate student Jon D. Stainsby, he organized a student version of the illustrious organization. E-mails go out with role assignments, Kirkland House provides refreshments, the Harvard Theater Collection subsidizes scripts...
...It’s very important that everyone be reading from the same edition,” says Frederic Wilson, the collection’s curator. Wilson, himself a member of the Old Cambridge group, was the person that Winerman originally went to for help in getting the project off the ground. “Andrew’s group is modeled very closely on [the Association],” he says, “and it’s a worthwhile thing...
With logistics out of the way, Winerman and Stainsby are now focusing on reaching a wider audience. “It would be great if more people from across the university could come, especially freshmen,” Winerman says...
...Winerman says he has no immediate plans of going to the university to make the group official. “I really like this as a chill organization,” he says. “Maybe next year, to assure that it’s continued, but for now I don’t want to get into the bureaucracy...