!!! Will Power Festival 2013 !!!
Montgomery College’s Arts Institute, Department of Speech, Dance, and Theatre and
Department of English Composition, Literature, and Professional Writing present
WILLPOWER!
A weeklong festival of master classes, performances, lectures, and workshops
celebrating the world of William Shakespeare!!!
*A P R I L 1st - 5th , 2 0 1 3*
Rockville Campus
(All Rockville events will be held in the Theatre Arts Arena)
ROCKVILLE CAMPUS
Monday, April 1st
11:00am - 11:50am Lecture “Medicine in Shakespeare's Time” (Dr. Barbara Hoberman, Biology)
12:00 - 12:50pm Lecture “Love, where are thou?”: The Evolution of Black Love in the Media (Prof. Rebecca Portis, English)
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. Workshop “Directing Shakespeare” (John Bollomo, Maryland Shakespeare Festival)
Tuesday, April 2nd
9:30 – 10:45 a.m. Workshop “ 'I thank you for your voices - thank you -Your most sweet voices' –
Exploring Sound and Movement in Shakespeare's Poetry” (Professor Sasha Olinick, Theatre)
11:00 – 12:15 p.m. Workshop “ 'I thank you for your voices - thank you -Your most sweet voices' –
Exploring Sound and Movement in Shakespeare's Poetry” (Professor Sasha Olinick, Theatre)
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. Lecture "Romeo and Juliet: A Tragedy of Four Loves" (Dr. Bill Soderberg, Philosophy)
Wednesday, April 3rd
10:00 – 10:50 a.m. Workshop “ 'Be not afeard' – Demystifying Shakespeare's Poetry and Prose”
(Taffety Punk Theatre Company)
11:00 – 11:50 a.m. Workshop “ 'Be not afeard' – Demystifying Shakespeare's Poetry and Prose”
(Taffety Punk Theatre Company)
1:00 – 1:50 p.m. Adrian Webber Memorial Lecture “Becoming Juliet”
(Dr. Gerard Passannante, University of Maryland)
2:30 - 4 p.m. Poetry/ Spoken Word Workshop “Riffing Off the Bard”
(Drop in anytime) (Professors Stephen Bess, Genevieve Carminati, and Swift Dickison, English)
Thursday, April 4th
9:30 – 10:45 a.m. Workshop “Commedia Dell Arte” (Faction of Fools)
11:00 – 12:15 p.m. Workshop “Shakespeare: The Actor’s Journey” (National Players)
2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Lecture “Is Love Enough?: The Science of Intimate Relationships”
(Dr. Deborah Stearns, Psychology)
7:00 – 9:30 p.m. PERFORMANCE ROMEO AND JULIET (National Players)
Friday, April 5th
10:00 – 10:50 a.m. Workshop “Stage Combat: Fisticuffs with Lewis Shaw”
(Certified Fight Instructor, Vulcan’s Forge)
11:00-11:50 a.m. Workshop “Stage Combat: Fisticuffs with Lewis Shaw”
(Certified Fight Instructor, Vulcan’s Forge)
GERMANTOWN CAMPUS
Monday, April 1st
11:00 – 11:50 p.m. Workshop “ 'I thank you for your voices - thank you -Your most sweet voices' –
Exploring Sound and Movement in Shakespeare's Poetry” (Professor Sasha Olinick, Theatre)
1:00 - 2:15 p.m. Workshop “ 'I thank you for your voices - thank you -Your most sweet voices' –
Exploring Sound and Movement in Shakespeare's Poetry” (Professor Sasha Olinick, Theatre)
TAKOMA PARK CAMPUS
Tuesday, April 2nd
11:00 - 12:15 p.m. Workshop “ 'Be not afeard' – Demystifying Shakespeare's Poetry and Prose”
(Taffety Punk Theatre Company) (Black Box Theatre, Cultural Arts Center)
Thursday, April 4th
11:00 - 12:15 p.m. Workshop “Commedia Dell Arte” (Faction of Fools) (Black Box Theatre, Cultural Arts Center)
A L L L E C T U R E S , W O R K S H O P S, F I L M S, A N D P L A Y S A R E
F R E E A N D O P E N T O T H E P U B L I C
For more information concerning WILLPOWER! please visit http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/willpower or call 240.567.4001.
For persons requiring special accommodations please visit www.montgomerycollege.edu or call 240.567.4001
Support for WILLPOWER was generously provided by The Webber Family Foundation.
Additional support was provided by the Fine, Performing, and Visual Arts and the Humanities.
For special accommodations or program questions, contact: rachael.wilson@montgomerycollege.edu or kenyatta.rogers@montgomerycollege.edu