Classics in Context
To create a new approach to dialogue and an innovative method of exchange,
the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Director of Education, Samantha Wyer
invited some of the city’s leading players in many disciplines to respond
to the work created onstage at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Classics
in Context fulfills the audience’s desire for discussion with
a new perspective and approach toward criticism. The panel will consist
of four regular contributors and on occasion guest speakers specific to the
production. All will be reacting to the work of the company in a roundtable
format with our audience.
The 2010/2011 panelists include:
Mitch
Menchaca is the director of local arts advancement at Americans
for the Arts, the nation's leading organization dedicated to representing
and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American
to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. Before coming to
Washington DC, he served as the senior director of programs at the Arizona
Commission on the Arts and provided oversight for agency grantmaking; program
development; and managed grants and services for festivals, museums, art
service organizations, and local arts agencies. Mitch studied theater at
Central Arizona College, earned a B.L.S. with concentrations in the arts
and public administration at Arizona State University, and he completed a
festival and event management certificate at the University of Minnesota
Tourism Center. He is a 2009 fellow and current faculty coach for the Center
for Progressive Leadership, a national political training institute that
develops diverse leaders who can effectively advance progressive political
and policy change.
Pastor
Ruth Hamilton is
Co-Pastor with her husband, Brian, of Westminster Presbyterian in SW DC, known
by many as “the Jazz Church,” where they have served since 1996. Rev.
Hamilton is known for her creative, progressive leadership in the church and
SW community. She is chair of the Near SE-SW Community Benefits Coordinating
Council and co-chair of the National Capital Presbytery’s Church Transformation
Team. She and Brian have two sons, Erik and Roman.
Norman
Sandridge is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Howard University. He
teaches courses on Greek Literature, Greek Comedy and Tragedy, and Leadership
in the Ancient World. He holds a Ph.D. in Classics from the University
of North Carolina—Chapel Hill and also holds Master’s Degrees in
Greek and Latin as well as a B.S. in Physics and Mathematics. In 2009-2010
he was a fellow at Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington,
DC. His scholarly interests include the emotions and leadership in ancient
Greece. His forthcoming book, Loving Humanity, Learning, and Being
Honored, is a study of the Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus in
terms of the fundamental traits of leadership exhibited by Cyrus the Great,
the first king of the Persian Empire..
Rebecca
Sheir hosts and produces Metro Connection on WAMU 88.5. She comes to the nation's
capital by way of Alaska, where she traveled amongst the moose and mountains
as the host of "AK," the award-winning weekly program on the Alaska
Public Radio Network. Rebecca's radio stories have won numerous awards – including
the Third Coast International Audio Festival Directors' Choice Award – and
have aired on a number of venues and programs including All Things Considered,
Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The Splendid Table, XM Radio, the BBC, Only a
Game, Here & Now, Latino USA, Interfaith Voices, Voice of America, Chicago
Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio and Iowa Public Radio. She has taught
her original radio essay/commentary course, "Radio Voices," at the
University of Iowa and University of Alaska Anchorage. Rebecca received her
BA from Columbia University in New York City, where she also worked in Off-Broadway
theater production: first with Stephen Sondheim's Young Playwrights Inc., then
with Naked Angels Theatre Company. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction
from the University of Iowa.
Dates
All discussions occur at 5:00 p.m. in the Forum
in Sidney Harman Hall.
The Heir Apparent – Saturday, October 1, 2011
Much Ado About Nothing – Saturday, December
17, 2011
The Two Gentlemen of Verona – Saturday, February
18, 2012
Strange Interlude – Saturday, April 21, 2012
The Servant of Two Masters – Saturday, June
9, 2012
The Merry Wives of Windsor – Saturday, July
7, 2012
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