The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 20.0213 Wednesday, 6 May 2009
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Date: Saturday, 2 May 2009 17:18:43 -0600
Subject: May and June Events in Manhattan
THE SHAKESPEARE GUILD is delighted to announce May and June programs
that place the spotlight on two of our nation's leading regional
theaters, one in the Windy City, the other in the Berkshires.
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BARBARA GAINES
MONDAY, MAY 11, at 7:30 p.m.
NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, 15 Gramercy Park South
Members $25, Non-Members $30
Each year a special Tony Award goes to an outstanding regional company,
and 2008's worthy recipient of that honor was the CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE
THEATER, one of the cultural gems in a "Second City" that regularly
graces New York with productions that earn Broadway's highest accolades.
As the GUILD's John Andrews converses with CST's Artistic Director,
BARBARA GAINES, and her Education and Marketing Director, MARILYN
HALPERIN, attendees will hear about such triumphs as Pacific Overtures,
a show that went to London and won a coveted Olivier Award in 2004, and
a two-part Henry IV that thrilled British audiences in 2006 as part of
the Royal Shakespeare Company's unprecedented Complete Works Festival.
As prologue to the discussion, we'll be treated to inspiring vignettes
by three students who excelled in this spring's Shakespeare Competition,
an activity of THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION.
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TINA PACKER
MONDAY, JUNE 8, at 8:00 p.m.
NATIONAL ARTS CLUB
15 Gramercy Park South
Members $25, Non-Members $30
We conclude our 2008-9 Speaking of Shakespeare season with the head of
another globally recognized institution. Born and trained in England,
TINA PACKER established SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY in 1978, seeking to create
an ensemble that would be rooted in the ideals of Elizabethan acting.
For much of its history, Ms. Packer's troupe performed at novelist Edith
Wharton's grand turn-of-the-century estate in Lenox, Massachusetts. She
and her associates now occupy a new home in the Berkshires, where
they're building a replica of The Rose, the Bankside arena in which
Shakespeare's earliest works were first presented. An acclaimed educator
as well as a gifted actress and director, Ms. Packer is the co-author of
Power Plays, an analysis of the dramatist's insights about leadership,
and she and Mr. Andrews will talk about that as well as about a variety
of other topics.
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