The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 26.553 Wednesday, 9 December 2015
From: Joe Stephenson <
Date: December 7, 2015 at 5:51:03 PM EST
Subject: CFP Blackfriars X SW. Deadline Dec 15
The Blackfriars by Southwest Conference will take place April 8-10 in Austin, Texas, at the beautiful Curtain Theatre, an outdoor, Elizabethan-style wooden O. The conference is modeled after the biennial Blackfriars Conference in Staunton, Virginia, in which short (10 minutes—or 13 minutes if actors are included) papers are delivered in an all-plenary format.
The keynote speaker for the event is Ralph Alan Cohen of the American Shakespeare Center. The conference will also feature the participation of several stalwarts of the Austin theater scene: James Loehlin and his Winedale group, Beth Burns and The Hidden Room, and—our featured event—a full-scale production of Richard III by The Baron’s Men, directed by ASC alum Joe Falocco.
The theme chosen for the conference is “Performing Histories.” Papers that deal with history plays, with the performance of early modern plays in their historical context, and/or with the performance history of a play are especially encouraged, but abstracts on any topic dealing with early modern drama will be considered.
The organizers encourage submissions from scholars, graduate students, actors, directors, and theater impresarios. The special joy of the Blackfriars brand of conference is the intersection of scholarship and practice.
Use this link to submit your abstract by Dec. 15:
http://americanshakespearecenter.formstack.com/forms/blackfriars_conference_2015cfp_copy
Thank you.
Joe Stephenson
Associate Professor of English
Abilene Christian University