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ANGELIQUE ARCHER

Ophelia in Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's Production of Hamlet!

3/26/2022

Ophelia is the most difficult role that Angelique has ever played. Which is crazy because she had the opportunity to play her one time before in college. Her first Shakespeare role in college.

Coming back to this role 4 years later, after doing 10 more Shakespeare plays and learning A LOT, she wanted to do her justice. She has grown so much in the two months that she has worked on this show. She learned so much about herself and learned from the wonderful people that she was in the room with and have the privilege to watch shine every single night.

And while she knows that what makes theatre so great is its ephemerality. That plays “are the abstract and brief chronicles of the time.” This one is going to live in her memory for a long time.

Intimacy Director for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom!

1/21/2022

Angelique served as the Intimacy Director for Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's production of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson.

She is fiercely passionate about advocacy for artists and spreading consent practices through theatre and circus communities. She couldn’t be prouder of the opportunities to empower artists with this work.

Angelique hopes that this is just the beginning of her work as an intimacy director.

Adapted William Shakespeare's Cymbeline Into a Radio Play

11/12/2021

November 14th, 2021

Angelique Archer adapted William Shakespeare's Cymbeline into a 60-minute radio play for Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's Second Sunday Shakespeare Series on WVXU.

Cymbeline is about the secret marriage of a king's daughter that sets off a chain reaction of slander, jealousy, and divine intervention in this quirky romance. With a cast that includes an evil stepmother, scheming suitor, and devoted lovers, the drama is heightened by duels, kidnappings, and disguised identities. “Cymbeline” offers captivating storytelling that is crowned by the beauty of its language. A moving story of loss and redemption, “Cymbeline” promises that a leap of faith can lead to miracles.

Listen to it on Sunday, November 14th, 2021 at 7 PM.

How to Listen:
Radio 91.7 FM
WVXU App
WVXU.org/listen

You can listen to Cymbeline anytime after Nov. 14 on cincyshakes.com/WVXU in Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's Listening Library.

Benvolio in Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's Production of Romeo and Juliet

10/13/2021

October 8th, 2021 to November 13th, 2021

In August 2021, Angelique was cast as Benvolio in CSC's production of Romeo and Juliet. This production will serve as the company's grand re-opening of their Mainstage season.

She has enjoyed the opportunity to work with Darnell again as he was her director for both touring productions of Macbeth and has loved laughing and joking around with Crystian Wiltshire and Geoffrey Barnes--Romeo and Mercutio, respectively.

Angelique looks forward to the next six weeks of learning and growing with the cast.

Mackenzie Manley of City Beat had this to say of Angelique's performance:

"played by Angelique Archer, Romeo’s cousin Benvolio radiated kindness; she infuses every scene with a sense of tender calm."

Read the full review here.

Another Year Touring with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company!

6/30/2021

June 2021 to June 2022

Angelique has decided to stay with the touring company of CSC for another year!

She has enjoyed the past year with the company so much that she has decided to stay on for another year, as both an actor in the touring company and as the tour manager. She looks forward to continuing to perform in the touring productions of Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream in parks and schools throughout the year. She also looks forward to hopefully being a part of CSC's grand reopening in the Fall and to the moment when audiences can come back into the Otto M. Budig theatre!

A Touring Production of Julius Caesar

5/28/2021

March 2021 to May 2021

In March of 2021, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company decided to add another show to the tour Julius Caesar! Angelique was cast as Portia, Octavius Caesar, and Decius Brutus. Through this rehearsal process, Angelique explored her range as an actor and dived into the physicality of each character to make these three roles unique and specific. Angelique was also given the opportunity to begin exploring her interest in intimacy direction as Crystian Wiltshire, the director of Julius Caesar, allowed her to choreograph the moments of intimacy between the two couples in the play (Portia and Brutus and Calpurnia and Julius Caesar).

While the rehearsals for the show took place in March, Julius Caesar did not open until May, when the weather was warm enough for the tour to perform outside again. The run for this show was short-lived as the contract for the 2020-2021 Touring Company ended on May 23rd. Despite it being a very short run, Angelique enjoyed the entire process and will miss this show very much.

8 Residencies in 4 Months!

4/30/2021

January 2021- April 2021

Over the past four months, Angelique has taught residencies at eight different schools in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. Due to the pandemic, seven of these residencies were virtual, but this pivot has taught her how to engage students in theatre in a multitude of ways.

Through these residences, she has worked with students grades K-12. With her younger students, she used games like WOOSH! and songs that connect to certain characters to have the students identify and understand the story of Romeo and Juliet. With her older students she has helped them create set and costume designs for King John, write sonnets, and even analyze gender and performance through Shakespeare's text.

Some of her favorite projects include the 30-minute version of Richard III she directed with the wonderful students of Covedale Elementary (see picture to the left) and working with the design students of Gallatin County High School to design their own productions of King John.

Completed Level 2 Certification in Intimacy Direction with IDC!

4/5/2021

February 2021 to April 2021

Angelique was first introduced to intimacy direction in 2019 when Gaby Labotka and Tom Ringberg taught intimacy direction workshops at the Great River Shakespeare Festival. But she did not begin her journey towards being certified until the pandemic. Over the past five months, she has taken Level 1 and Level 2 certification courses with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators, as well as over 15 hours of courses in intimacy direction with Theatrical Intimacy Education. Angelique has fallen in love with intimacy direction and aspires to bring this consent-based practice to every room that she is in.

Actor and Tour Manager in Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's 2020-2021 Tour Co.

6/22/2020

June 2020 to May 2021

In March of 2020 Angelique accepted a position to be a part of Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's 6 person Tour Co! The tour would perform three different Shakespeare shows (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet) in parks and schools for an entire year, while also doing workshops in local schools and being a part of Cincinnati Shakespeare Company's Mainstage Season. She was cast as Oberon/Egeus/Snug the Joiner in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth in Macbeth, and Friar Lawrence/Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet.

Then Covid-19 hit.

Luckily she is still working as an actor and tour manager for CSC's 2020-2021 Tour Company. However, things look a little bit different. The tour still performs three shows in parks and in other socially distant locations, but CSC's Mainstage Productions are not happening this season. So the tour is now a part of creating online and radio productions for the company as well as being teaching artists in different residency programs (both virtual and in-person) throughout the tri-state area so they can still provide free/affordable theatre and theatre education to communities that need it.

Graduation from Hamilton College

5/24/2020

May 2020

Angelique graduated summa cum laude from Hamilton College on May 24th, 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Economics.

A zoom graduation was definitely not how she expected to graduate from college, but she was so happy to be surrounded by her family and still be able to celebrate this accomplishment.