The 49th annual meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America runs between March 30-April 4. Cymbeline in the Anthropocene will take part in a panel entitled "Performing Shakespeare in a Time of Ecological Crisis: A Global Roundtable," featuring international drama teachers and theate directors as well as project leader Randall Martin.  

Performing Shakespeare in a Time of Ecological Crisis: A Global Roundtable

Saturday, April 3, 10 am Central Time / 11 am Eastern Time / 3 pm GMT

What does Shakespeare in performance, and more recently, within a global pandemic with human-animal-environmental origins, offer for thinking through and living with contemporary ecological crises? This roundtable addresses this question through environmental, racial, social, and other kinds of intersections. It will begin with pre-recorded introductions and 10-minute presentations by the participants, followed by a live panel discussion.

Organizer:

Katherine Steele Brokaw, University of California Merced

Chair:

Robert Watson, University of California Los Angeles

Participants:

Nicolette Bethel, University of The Bahamas,
“Tyrants and Tempests: Hurricanes & Shakespeare in The Bahamas”

Evelyn O’Malley, University of Exeter,
“Windy Dramaturgies: Atmospheric Theatre, Pericles and the Open-Air”

Katherine Steele Brokaw, University of California Merced,
“Eco-Collaborations: Shakespeare in Yosemite and the #EarthShakes Alliance”

Randall Martin, University of New Brunswick,
“Cymbeline in the Anthropocene: vernacular ecodramaturgy”

To attend the SAA's annual meeting, you can join the association's membership and register on the SAA website; discounted membership and registration fees are available for students and low-income scholars. After the conference, join us again on this blog for a summary of the roundtable. As always, you can join the discussion on Twitter and Instagram by tagging @ecocymbeline or using the hashtag #cymbelineanthropocene.