Theatre Lectures

Informative and moving, these lectures look at their subjects through the eyes of an actor and director. Using a unique blend of monologue performance and lecture, these talks offer poignant insight to classic works in a way that no lecture alone can provide. Lectures include:

  • Shakespeare Through Performance: A Look at the Clues Shakespeare Left Actors and Directors

  • A Brief History of Acting: Ancient Greek to Modern Day

  • Our Town: Wilder’s Misunderstood Classic

  • The Crown and Compass: Leadership Lessons from Shakespeare’s Kings

  • Macbeth

  • Henry V: Shakespeare’s War Play

  • Hamlet: Inaction and the Tragedy of Thought

  • As You Like It

  • The Tempest

  • Much Ado About Nothing and the Birth of the Rom-com

  • The Greeks: Comedy, Tragedy and the Birth of Western Theatre

  • Blood and Magic: A Journey Into Jacobean Theatre

  • From Liberty to Legacy: Exploring American Ideals in the Musicals 1776 and Hamilton

Upcoming Lectures

January 9: “From Liberty to Legacy” - Narragansett Library, Narragansett, RI

January 11: “From Liberty to Legacy” - Granby Public Library, Granby, CT

January 17: “From Liberty to Legacy” - Ridgefield Public Library, Ridgefield, CT

January 31: “From Liberty to Legacy” - Ashaway Public Library, Ashaway, RI

February 4: “From Liberty to Legacy” - New London Public Library, New London, CT

February 18: “From Liberty to Legacy” - Southington Public Library, Southington, CT

February 26: “From Liberty to Legacy” - Westerly Public Library, Westerly, RI

March 5: “From Liberty to Legacy” - Durham Public Library, Durham, CT

March 14: “From Liberty to Legacy” - East Hampton Public Library, East Hampton, CT

March 18: “From Liberty to Legacy” - Woodbridge Public Library, Woodbridge, CT

March 23: “From Liberty to Legacy” - Thomaston Public Library, Thomaston, CT

March 26: “From Liberty to Legacy” - Portland Public Library, Portland, CT

March 28: “From Liberty to Legacy” - Kent Public Library, Kent, CT


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