2022 Symposium

Eco-Shakespeare in Performance Symposium 

Events

List of July 2022 Performance Symposium video titles and companies

  • Two Cymbeline adaptations: “Gold and Silver Turned to Dust” and “Does the World Go Round?” University of Exeter Department of Drama students. Director: Evelyn O’Malley
  • Cymbeline, Willow Globe theatre company. Artistic Directors: Sue Best and Phil Bowen. 
  • Cimbelino en la Patagonia. Setebos theatre company. Artistic Director: Mónica Maffía
  • “Once Upon a Time in the Anthropocene.” Cornell University Department of Drama students. Director: Theo Black
  • Cymbeline. Montana Shakespeare in the Parks. Artistic Director: Kevin Asselin. Dramaturge: Gretchen Minton
  • Imogen in the Wild. Shakespeare in Yosemite theatre company. Directors: Katie Brokaw, Paul Prescott, Billy Wolfgang.
  • Cymbeline. La Trobe University Department of Drama students. Director: Rob Conkie.

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

    To fill out an audience feedback survey and share your thoughts and experience of the symposium, please follow the link below. We thank you for your thoughts and participation!

    https://forms.gle/6jDoMNxViBGtL9BDA