The Shakespeare Theatre Company explores William Congreve's The Way of the World through its discussion series Classics in Context.  This podcast features STC Director of Education Gregory Smith; Amanda Maddox, Associate Curator at the Corcoran; blogger John Aravosis from AmericaBlog; and Peter DiMuro, Director of Dance/MetroDC.  The Way of the World runs September 30 to November 16, 2008.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company explores William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet through its discussion series Classics in Context.  This podcast features STC Director of Education Gregory Smith; Amanda Maddox, Associate Curator at the Corcoran; blogger John Aravosis from AmericaBlog; and Christopher Morgan, Resident Choreographer at CityDance.  Romeo and Juliet ran September 9 to October 18, 2008.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company explores Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid through its discussion series Classics in Context.  This podcast features James Collins, Professor of History, Georgetown University, and Heather Nathans, Associate Professor of Theatre, University of Maryland.  The Imaginary Invalid ran June 10 to August 2, 2008.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company Windows program offers audience members background information on the play by inviting local scholars and members of the artistic staff to discuss their connections to the production. Discussion participants for Windows on The Imaginary Invalid were: Akiva Fox (STC Literary Associate), director Keith Baxter and Peter Shoemaker (Associate Professor of French at the Catholic University of America). The Company's production of The Imaginary Invalid runs June 10 to August 2, 2008.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company's Theological Discussions provide audience members another lens through which to examine the plays of our season. This discussion explores George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara in a discussion titled Blessed Are the Poor. The discussion features STC Literary Associate Akiva Fox with Reverend Roger A. Ferlo, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Lifetime Theological Education at Virginia Theological Seminary. The discussion was presented in conjunction with the Company's production of Major Barbara, which ran February 19 to March 23, 2008.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company Windows program offers audience members background information on the play by inviting local scholars and members of the artistic staff to discuss their connections to the production. Discussion participants for Windows on Major Barbara included: STC Literary Associate Akiva Fox; Ethan McSweeny, director of Major Barbara; and Christopher Wheatley, Professor of English, Catholic University of America. The Company's production of Major Barbara ran February 19 to March 23, 2008.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company's Classics in Context program explores Argonautika. This podcast features STC Literary Associate Akiva Fox; Victoria Urubshurow, Associate Professor of Humanities, University of Maryland University College; and Joseph Scholten, Associate Professor of Classics, University of Maryland. The Company's production of Argonautika ran January 15 to March 2, 2008.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company's Windows program offers audience members background information on the play by inviting local scholars and members of the artistic staff to discuss their particular connection to the production. Discussion Participants for Windows on Argonautika were: STC Literary Manager Akiva Fox; Argonautika writer/director Mary Zimmerman; and Alexander Sens, Professor of Classics, Georgetown University. The Company’s production of Argonautika runs January 15 to March 2, 2008.

 

The Shakespeare Theatre Company's Classics in Context program explores playwright Christopher Marlowe in a discussion titled The Man of Fame.  This podcast features STC Literary Associate Akiva Fox; Jennifer Paxton, Medieval Historian, Georgetown University; and Professor Marshall Grossman, Expert Renaissance Literature, University of Maryland. This discussion was presented in conjunction with the Company’s Marlowe Repertory. Featuring productions of Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine and Edward II, the Marlowe Repertory ran October 27, 2007, through January 6, 2008. 

Classics in Context explores the Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of The Taming of the Shrew in depth, as a literary text, a performance script and in production. Through the discussion, learn about production histories, social and cultural contexts, and approaches while examining the relevancy of the production in its own time and ours. Participants included:

Shakespeare Theatre Company Literary Associate Akiva Fox

Deborah Tannen, Professor of Linguistics, Georgetown University

Amy Froide, Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland Baltimore County

This production of The Taming of the Shrew ran from September 25 to November 25, 2007, at the Lansburgh Theatre (450 7th St. NW, Washington D.C.).

Windows offers a lively discussion and introduction to the current production on the Sunday afternoon of preview week. Windows discussions offer audience members background information on the play by inviting local scholars and members of the artistic staff to discuss their particular connection to the production.

Discussion Participants for Windows on Ibsen were:

Dawn McAndrews, Director of Education, discussion moderator

Akiva Fox, Literary Associate

Kjetil Bang-Hansen, Director An Enemy of the People

 

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