New Swan Seminar Series - Schedule for Summer 2014


 Office of the Dean     Jul 18 2014 - Aug 30 2014 | 8:00 AM - 8:00 AM New Swan Theater

Pre-Performance Seminars @ New Swan - These informative talks are held at 6:45pm, adjacent to the theater,  No RSVP required.

Friday, July 18:  Playing Shakespeare's Leading Ladies with Rosemary Brownlow (Viola) and Leslie Land (Juliet)

Saturday, July 19: "What Country, Friends, Is This?" Siting Twelfth Night with Ian Munro, Associate Professor of Drama, UCI Dramaturg, NSSF

Saturday, July 26: Why Shakespeare? Why Romeo and Juliet? And, Why UCI? with Julia Lupton, Professor of Englosh and Georges Van Den Abbeele, Dean, School of Humanities, UCI

Saturday, August 2: Love and Lovesickness in Twelfth Night with Matthew Smith, Assistant Professor of English, Azusa Pacific University

Sunday, August 3: Romeo and Juliet and California's Open Air Theaters with Martin Harries, Chair of the Department of English, UCI

Friday, August 8: "If Music Be the Food of Love": Composing for Twelfth Night with Alan Terricciano, Professor of Dance, UCI, and Composer, NSSF

Saturday, August 9: "Put up Your Swords": Masculinity in Romeo and Juliet with Amy Kenny, Lecturer, UC Riverside; former dramaturg, Globe Theatre London

Saturday, August 16: Women in Public and Private in Twelfth Night with Martine van Elk, Professor of English, Cal State Long Beach

Saturday, August 23: Rosaline and Paris: The Other Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet with Jeffrey Kahan, Director of the University of La Verne Shakespeare Experience

Saturday, August 30:  Twins in Twelfth Night with Kent Lehnhof, Associate Professor of English, Chapman University