2022 Symposium
Eco-Shakespeare in Performance Symposium
PROGRAM
18-20 July, 2022
Black Box Theatre, Montana State University campus, 1097 W Grant Street, Bozeman, Montana 59717
Free admission + streaming live on Youtube (click to view our channel!)
All times in MST (eg. 1pm MST = 3pm EST = 8pm GMT)
Day 1: Monday, 18 July
- 9:00-10:00am Session 0: Welcome, Introductions, Presentation
Randall Martin (Project Leader, Cymbeline in the Anthropocene), Rebecca Salazar (Researcher, Cymbeline in the Anthropocene), and Kevin Asselin (Artistic Director, Montana Shakespeare in the Parks)
- 10.00-11.00 am Session 1: Willow Globe Theatre, Powys, Wales, UK
Sue Best and Phil Bowen (Directors), presentation and video clips, followed by Q&A. Introduced by Randall Martin.
- 11.00-11.30 am Coffee Break
- 11.30 am-12.30 pm Session 2: Shakespeare in Yosemite, University of California Merced, Merced, California, USA
Billy Wolfgang (Production Manager and Director, Imogen in the Wild), Katie Brokaw and Paul Prescott (Directors, Shakespeare in Yosemite), presentation and video clips, followed by Q&A. Introduced by Rebecca Salazar.
- 12.30-1.30 pm Lunch break
- 1.30-2.30pm Session 3: Setebos Theatre Company, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mónica Maffía (Director), presentation and video clips, followed by Q&A. Introduced by Rebecca Salazar.
- 4.00 pm Field Trip: MSIP Performs King Lear
Departure of CA project participants from Bozeman. Local audiences can join us in Whitehall, Montana for a live performance of King Lear by Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. Not live streamed.
Day 2: Tuesday, 19 July
- 10.00-11.00 am Session 4: Department of Drama, University of Exeter, Exeter, England, UK
Evelyn O'Malley (Professor and Director), presentation and video clips, followed by Q&A. Introduced by Rebecca Salazar.
- 11.00-11.30 am Coffee break
- 11.30-12.30 am Session 5: Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, Bozeman, Montana, USA
Kevin Asselin (Artistic Director) and Gretchen Minton (Dramaturge), presentation and video clips, followed by Q&A. Introduced by Randall Martin.
- 12.30-1.30 pm Lunch break
- 1.30 am -2.30 pm Session 6: Department of Drama, Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York, USA
Theo Black (Professor and Director), presentation and video clips, followed by Q&A. Introduced by Randall Martin.
- 2:30-3:00 Coffee Break
- 3.00-4.00 pm Session 7: Department of Drama, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Rob Conkie (Director), presentation and video clips, followed by Q&A. Introduced by Rebecca Salazar.
Day 3: Wednesday, 20 July
- 9.00-10.30 am Directors’ Reflections: Closed Session
Closed to public audiences. Not live streamed.
- 10.30-11.00 am Coffee break
- 11.00 am-12.30 pm Session 8: Closing Roundtable and Q&A
Open to online and in-person participants, featuring all collaborating theatres. Live streamed on CA YouTube channel.
Audience Feedback Survey
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