All the World’s a Stage at The University of Scranton’s Shakespeare Festival
The University of Scranton will present “Shakespeare Lives! A Festival” on the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, Saturday, April 23, on campus. For reservation call 570-941-6206 or email emily.brees@scranton.edu.
Scranton will join cities across the world marking the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death by presenting “Shakespeare Lives! A Festival” Saturday, April 23, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Celebrating Shakespeare’s unique contribution to the world’s literature, the festival will open with a plenary address by noted Shakespearean scholar, Cary Mazer, Ph.D., associate professor of English and theater arts at the University of Pennsylvania. The celebration will continue with presentations by scholars, teachers and performers from Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Additional presentations include: “Performing Shakespeare’s Language” by Michael Friedman, Ph.D., professor of English and Theatre at The University of Scranton; “Shakespeare Lives: Past, Present and Future” by Rosey Hay, co-artistic director for REV Theatre Company; “Will Power: 1616-2016” by Megan Lloyd, Ph.D., professor of English at King’s College; “‘Not of an age, but for all time’: The People’s Shakespeare in the 21st Century” by Rebecca Steinberger, Ph.D., a University of Scranton alumna and professor of English at Misericordia University; and “Shakespeare and Gender,” a panel discussion with presentations by University of Scranton students Cailin Potami and Elizabeth Polishan.
The festival also includes a luncheon presentation entitled “400 and 5: The Scranton Shakespeare Festival” by Michael Bradshaw Flynn, a University of Scranton alumnus and producing artistic director of the Scranton Shakespeare Festival, and performances of scenes from “Hamlet” by Conor O’Brien and Mollie Dooley of the New Vintage Ensemble and Rudy Caporaso and Mark Woodyatt of the REV Theatre Company, among others.
The festival is presented by the English and Theatre and Education departments and the Office of Community and Government Relations at The University of Scranton and the Lackawanna Arts and Culture Department, in collaboration with the Schemel Forum.
The daylong event will take place in Brennan Hall and other locations on campus. A fee of $25 includes a buffet lunch.
To register for “Shakespeare Lives! A Festival,” contact Emily Brees, Schemel Forum assistant, at 570-941-6206 or emily.brees@scranton.edu.
