Monday, March 23
5:00 p.m. Workshop
“Page to Stage: Turning Theatre Scholarship into Practice”
The Hidden Room's collaborations with scholars from Shakespeare's Globe, the American Shakespeare Center, and, most recently, Oxford University's Tiffany Stern have yielded theatrical events that have won multiple awards, critical acclaim, and international attention. Using Hidden Room's der Bestrafte Brudermord as a model, this discussion hopes to illuminate ways that theatre practitioners might build successful working relationships with scholars and use their research to infuse old plays with new life.
6:30 p.m. Scholarly Talk
Professor Zachary Lesser, University of Pennsylvania
“Uncanny Hamlets: The Mystery of der Bestrafte Brudermord”
7:30 p.m. Performance of der Bestrafte Brudermord followed by artist talk-back
Tuesday, March 24
5:00 p.m. Workshop
“The Business of Playing Professionally: Making a Living in the Theatre”
The Hidden Room's artistic director/theatrical deviser, Beth Burns, has worked as an actor, writer, director, stage manager, teacher, lighting board operator, publicist, grant consultant, tour manager, box officer, usher, house manager, dresser, personal assistant, talent wrangler, and janitor. Burns invites you to learn from her mistakes as she details her successes, stumbling blocks, and ways into the future with a focus on a creating a sustainable economic model for a theatrical company.
7:30 p.m. Performance of der Bestrafte Brudermord followed by artist talk-back
