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Montgomery College’s Arts Institute, Department of Speech, Dance, and Theatre, and Department of English Composition, Literature, and Professional Writing present:
WILL POWER!
A weeklong festival celebrating the world of William Shakespeare!!!
*M A R C H 24th - 28th , 2 0 0 8*
Rockville Campus Schedule
(All Rockville events will be held in the Theatre Arts Arena)
Monday, March 24th
12:00-12:40 p.m. Opening Ceremonies (Humanities Amphitheatre -- rain location: Theatre Arts arena)
1:00-1:50 p.m. Lecture: “Our lances are like straws”: Irony, Rhetoric, and The Taming of the Shrew" (Dr. Mike Eckert)(TA Arena)
7:30-10:00 p.m. PERFORMANCE: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (American Shakespeare Center) (TA Arena)
Tuesday, March 25th
9:30-10:45 a.m. Workshop: “Shakespeare on Your Feet” (ASC)(TA Arena)
11:00-12:15 p.m. Lecture: “Structure of the Verse” (Ms. Becky Kemper, Maryland Shakespeare Festival) (TA Arena)
12:30-1:45 p.m. Adrian Webber Memorial Lecture-- ""If you prick us do we not bleed?" The complexity of Shakespeare's Shylock" (Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller, George Washington University) (TA Arena)
Wednesday, March 26th
10:00-10:50 a.m. Workshop: “’Sound and Fury’: Exploring Shakespeare’s Text through Sound and Movement” (Prof. Sasha Olinick) (TA 148)
11:00-11:50 a.m. Workshop: “The Taming of the Shrew: ‘If she and I be pleased, what’s that to you?’” (ASC) (TA 148)
1:00-2:15 p.m. Workshop: “Directing Shakespeare” (ASC) (TA 148)
7:30-10:00 p.m. PERFORMANCE: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (ASC) (TA Arena)
Thursday, March 27th
9:30-10:45 a.m. Workshop: “Marriage and other ‘Binding’ Contracts in Shakespeare’s Comedies" (Prof. Andrew Borthwick-Leslie, Temple University) (TA Arena)
11:00-12:15 p.m. Workshop: “‘Suit the action to the word, the word to the action’: Acting Shakespeare” (Prof. Andrew Borthwick-Leslie, Temple University) (TA Arena)
2:00-3:15 p.m. Workshop: “’Sound and Fury’: Exploring Shakespeare’s Text through Sound and Movement” (Prof. Sasha Olinick) (TA Arena)
Friday, March 28th
10:00-10:50 a.m. Lecture/Demo: “Blood & Bile with the Bard: Elizabethan Beliefs on Health and Balance as Shown in the Plays of William Shakespeare” (Prof. R. Scott Hengen) (TA Arena)
11:00-11:50 p. m. Workshop: “Stage Combat: Fisticuffs with Lewis Shaw” (Baltimore Shakespeare Festival) (TA Arena)
6:30-9:30 p.m. THEATRECAFE!: Renaissance banquet and screening of the film STAGE BEAUTY (2004), with Mistress of Revels Ms. Cam Magee of the Folger Shakespeare Library discussing gender-bending in Renaissance theater (TA Arena).
Cost: $15.00 per person. Reservation required. To reserve a space or make a reservation, contact Rachael.Wilson@montgomerycollege.edu or 240.567.4008.
E V E N T S A R E F R E E A N D O P E N T O T H E P U B L I C*
*One event, the TheatreCafe on 3/28, costs $15 and requires a reservation.
For information about the TheatreCafe, contact Rachael Wilson.
For more information concerning WILLPOWER! or Montgomery College’s Theatre Program (Rockville) please visit http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/willpower http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/willpower or call 240.567.4001.
For persons requiring special accommodations please visit www.montgomerycollege.edu or call 240.567.5250.
Support for WILLPOWER was generously provided by The Webber Family Foundation.
Additional support was provided by the Fine, Performing, and Visual Arts and the Humanities.
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The Montgomery College Will Power! Festival
presents a unique TheatreCafe:
A Riotous Renaissance Repast and a Screening of Stage Beauty
with Mistress of Revels Ms. Cam Magee of the Folger Shakespeare Library
who will lead the merriment and discuss “boys playing girls playing boys”
Friday, March 28, 2008, at 6:30 p.m. Rockville Campus
Dinner: Theatre Arts Arena -- Movie: Theatre Arts Arena
$15 per person includes food and non-alcoholic beverages. The movie is free.
Set in 1660s England, Stage Beauty follows the fortunes of “Ned” Kynaston, a leading actor, and Maria, his dresser. Since women cannot appear on stage, Kynaston has made the great female stage roles his own. But King Charles II is tired of watching the same old actors -- so he decides to allow real women on stage, and announces that men may no longer play women's parts. This is good news for the talented Maria, who has been secretly performing in a tavern--and for the King's mistress, the stage-struck Nell Gwynne.
But the King’s decrees cause Kynaston to plummet from his position as one of London's most desirable females. He becomes a nobody and is headed for obscurity until Maria takes it upon herself to make a “man” of him again. The film is fictional, but includes historical figures such as “Ned” Kynaston, Samuel Pepys, Charles II and his mistress, Nell Gwynne. Directed by Richard Eyre. Adapted by J. Hatcher from his own play, Compleat Female Stage Beauty. Rated R: includes nudity, some sexual content. 2004. 105 min.
Renaissance Recipes Prepared by Renowned Caterer Anna Saint John
- Parade of All-English Cheeses with an Assortment of Crackers and Grapes
- Mushroom Caps Stuffed with Sage Sausage
- Sliced Roast Turkey with Giblet Gravy
- Whole Poached Salmon, Decorated and Served with Cucumber-Dill Coulis and Horseradish Cream Sauce
- Assortment of Roasted Root Vegetables (Carrots, Red and Golden Beets, Parsnips and Rutabaga)
- Hearty Winter Greens and Mushrooms
- Dark Beer Bread with Fresh Whipped Butter
- Dried Fruit Compote
- Gingerbread
- Assortment of Petite Cookies
- Hot Mulled Cider
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Got something to say?
Raise you voice on 4/24/08
at MC’s Annual Poetry Slam!
- Win a cash prize!
- Meet famous slammers!
- Get free coaching!
Organizational Meetings (attend one):
- Friday, April 4th, 12 - 1 p.m., Theatre Arts, Rm. 153
- Thursday, April 7th, 2 - 3 p.m. Theatre Arts, Room 153
For more information about this event sponsored by Arts, Humanities, and Student Life, call Professor KenYatta Rogers at 240-567-4001 or Professor Rachael Wilson at 240-567-4008. |
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