will power festival 2009

Montgomery College’s Arts Institute, Department of Speech, Dance, and Theatre and
Department of English Composition, Literature, and Professional Writing present
WILLPOWER!
A weeklong festival of master classes, performances, lectures, and workshops
that celebrate the world of William Shakespeare!!!

*M A R C H 2 3rd - 2 7th , 2 0 0 9*

Rockville Campus
(All Rockville events will be held in the Theatre Arts Arena)

Monday, March 23rd
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. Lectureà “‘Give it an understanding but no tongue:’ Speech, Silence and Hamlet”
(Dr. Mike Eckert)

Tuesday, March 24th
9:30 – 10:45 a.m.        Lecture/Demo à “Shakespeare’s Theatre/Shakespeare’s Language”
(Ms. Becky Kemper, Maryland Shakespeare Festival)
11:00 – 12:15 p.m.     Workshop à “‘PLAY ON!’ – Bringing Shakespeare’s Poetry to Life”
(Ms. Becky Kemper, Maryland Shakespeare Festival)
12:30 – 1:45 p.m.       Workshop à “‘Sound and Fury’: Exploring Shakespeare’s Text through Sound and
         Movement”(Profs. KenYatta Rogers and Sasha Olinick)
2:00 – 3:15 p.m.         Workshop à “‘PLAY ON!’ – Bringing Shakespeare’s Poetry to Life”
(Ms. Becky Kemper, Maryland Shakespeare Festival)

Wednesday, March 25th
10:00 – 10:50 a.m.      Workshop à “‘Sound and Fury’: Exploring Shakespeare’s Text through Sound and
          Movement”(Profs. KenYatta Rogers and Sasha Olinick)
11:00 – 11:50 a.m.      Workshop à Shakespeare on Your Feet (ASC)
1:00 – 2:15 p.m.          Adrian Webber Memorial Lecture à “Did Shakespeare Hate Women? Love Them? – and                                              Why Do We Care?” (Ambassador Connie Morella)
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.         PERFORMANCE à COMEDY OF ERRORS (American Shakespeare Center)

Thursday, March 26th
9:30 – 10:45 a.m.        Workshop à All the World’s a Stage: Shakespeare’s Staging Conditions (ASC)
11:00 – 12:15 p.m.      Workshop à All the World’s a Stage: Shakespeare’s Staging Conditions (ASC)
2:00 – 3:15 p.m.          Lecture à “The Four Humours: Medicine in the Time of Shakespeare”
(Dr. Barbara Hoberman)
7:30 – 10:00 p.m.       PERFORMANCE à HAMLET (American Shakespeare Center)

Friday, March 27th
10:00 – 10:50 a.m. Workshop à “Stage Combat: Fisticuffs with Lewis Shaw” (Baltimore Shakespeare Festival)
11:00-11:50 a. m. Workshop à “Stage Combat: Fisticuffs with Lewis Shaw” (Baltimore Shakespeare Festival)

Takoma Park Campus
(All Takoma Park events will be held in CA 103)
Monday, March 23rd
9:00 – 10:15 a.m.          Workshop à “’Sound and Fury’: Exploring Shakespeare’s Text through Sound and
           Movement”(Profs. KenYatta Rogers and Sasha Olinick)
Thursday, March 26th
9:30 – 10:45 a.m.          Workshop à “‘PLAY ON!’ – Bringing Shakespeare’s Poetry to Life”
(Ms. Becky Kemper, Maryland Shakespeare Festival)

Germantown Campus
(All Germantown events will be held in HT 122)
Monday, March 23rd
12:00 – 12:50 p.m.        Lecture/Demo à “Shakespeare’s Theatre/Shakespeare’s Language” (Ms. Becky Kemper,                                                 Maryland Shakespeare Festival)
1:00 – 2:15 p.m.           Workshop à “‘PLAY ON!’ – Bringing Shakespeare’s Poetry to Life” (Ms. Becky Kemper,                                                 Maryland Shakespeare Festival)

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For more information concerning WILLPOWER! or Montgomery College’s Theatre Program (Rockville)
please visit http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/willpower or call 240.567.4001
For persons requiring special accommodations please visit www.montgomerycollege.edu or call 240.567.5058.
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.