AsidesLIVE

AsidesLIVE provides the opportunity for audiences to deepen their relationship with STC’s productions. These morning symposiums will look deeply into both text and production, and encourage audiences to examine the work they see on stage from a well-informed perspective.

Join us for our AsidesLIVE symposiums in the 2012-2013 Season!

The Government Inspector
by Nikolai Gogol
adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
directed by Michael Kahn
Sunday, September 30, 2012, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
The Forum in Sidney Harman Hall

Panels include “Russian Drama: Before and after Gogol” featuring Yury Urnov (Director) and, Marcia Morris (Professor, Department of Slavic Languages, Georgetown University) . “The Clash of Art and Politics” featuring Peter Rollberg (Director, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University) and  Michael David-Fox (Associate Professor, Department of History, Georgetown University).  Plus a special conversation between adaptor Jeffrey Hatcher and director Michael Kahn.

Site-Specific and Immersive Theatre
Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 6:30–9 p.m.
The Forum in Sidney Harman Hall

Over the centuries theatre spaces have transformed and in the 21st century many artists are rethinking where theatrical work can be seen. Join us during the run of The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart for this in-depth look at site-specific, immersive theatre and non-traditional theatre spaces. Featuring conversations on the work of the National Theatre of Scotland, the Capital Fringe Festival, dog & pony dc, Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More and the Shakespeare Theatre Company.

The Hero/Traitor Repertory:
Coriolanus/Wallenstein
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare, directed by David Muse
Wallenstein by Friedrich Schiller, translated and freely adapted by Robert Pinsky, directed by Michael Kahn
Sunday, April 28, 2013, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
The Forum in Sidney Harman Hall

Explore the texts and productions that comprise the Hero/Traitor Repertory.