| 2006 |
August
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August 31, 2006
Deadline for applications for
graduate student travel grants, Attending
to Early Modern Women--and Men |
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September
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September 13, 2006
Rehearsed
Table Reading: Kafka's Dick (1986),
by Alan Bennett
Directed by Michael
Olmert, Department of English
3:30 p.m.
1120 Susquehanna Hall
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor
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September 15, 2006
Submission deadline for Volume Two, Early
Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal |
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September 21, 2006
Lecture: “Cracking Up: American Humor in a Time of
Conflict”
Paul Lewis, Boston College
Organized by the Department of American Studies and the
Art Gliner Center for Humor Studies
4:00 p.m.
0106 Holzapfel Hall
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor |
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September 22,
2006
Symposium: Jim Henson / Puppetry
Organized by the Department of Theatre, the Michelle Smith
Performing Arts Library, and the Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center
Day-long activities at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center
For more information, see www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu or
call (301) 405-ARTS
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor
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September 28, 2006
Lecture: “Behind the Happy End
of Comedy: Aesthetics, Politics, and Closure in Drama”
Brian Richardson, Department of English
3:30 p.m.
1117 Susquehanna Hall
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor
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October
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October 4, 2006
Rehearsed
Table Reading: The Rehearsal (1671;
printed 1675), by George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Directed by Michael
Olmert, Department of English
3:30 p.m.
1120 Susquehanna Hall
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor |
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October 12, 2006
Performance: Commedia
dell’arte
Con Licenza di Rappresentazione (License in Performance),
written and directed by Tonino Tosto
Performed by Gruppo Teatro Essere of Rome, Italy
Sponsored by the Department of French and Italian, the
Department of Theatre, and the School of Languages, Literatures,
and Cultures
7:30 p.m.
Robert and Arlene Kogod Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor
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October 14, 2006
Crossing
Borders/Breaking Boundaries
The Arts and Artistic Legacies of the West African
Empires, 700-1600 CE
Follow-up Session
Sponsored by the Maryland
State Department of Education |
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October 19, 2006
Homecoming Comedy Show and Pep Rally
Organized by Student Entertainment Events and the Student
Homecoming Committee
8:00 p.m.
Cole Student Activities Building
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor
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October 27, 2006
Performance: Bang
on a Can All-Stars with Don Byron, clarinet
8:00 p.m.
Ina and Jack Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center
Tickets $35/$7 for students
For tickets, see www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu or
call (301) 405-ARTS
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor
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November
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November 1 , 2006
Performance: International Humor Day
Organized by the Office of International Programs and the
Art Gliner Center for the Study of Humor
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor |
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November 8 , 2006
Film Screening and Discussion: “Ethos and Pathos
in Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights”
Lawrence Mintz, Department of American Studies, and the
Art Gliner Center for the Study of Humor
3:30 p.m.
0102 Francis Scott Key Hall
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor
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November 8 , 2006
Board Meeting
Early Modern
Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal |
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November 9-11, 2006
Symposium: Attending to Early Modern Women--and Men
For information, see www.crbs.umd.edu/atw/atw6/
Adele
H. Stamp Student Union and Samuel
Riggs IV Alumni Center |
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November 9-10, 2006
Performance: College
Park: The Opera
Performed by the Squonk Opera Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
8:00 p.m.
Ina and Jack Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center
Tickets $30/$7 for students
For tickets, see www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu or
call (301) 405-ARTS
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor |
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November 10, 2006
Performance: Choregraphie Antique and the Towson Early
Music Ensemble
8:00 pm
Co-sponsored by the Department of Dance
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November 13-16,
2006
Comic Actor-in-Residence
Floyd King, The Shakespeare Theatre
Sponsored by the Departments of English and Theatre and
the Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor
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November 14, 2006
Panel Discussion: Renaissance Comedy
Speakers include Floyd King, The Shakespeare Theatre; Theodore
Leinwand, Maynard Mack, Jr., and Michael Olmert, Department
of English; and Heather Nathans, Department of Theatre
Organized by the Department of English and the Center for
Renaissance & Baroque Studies
3:30 p.m.
1120 Susquehanna Hall
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor |
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November 30 through
December 3, 2006
Performances: 500
Clown Macbeth
500 Clown Theatre Company of Chicago, Illinois
8:00 p.m. Thursday through Saturday evenings, 3:00 p.m.
matinee Saturday and Sunday
Robert and Arlene Kogod Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center
Tickets $30 / $7 for students
For tickets, see www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu or
call (301) 405-ARTS.
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor |
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December
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December 5, 2006
Discussion: Edith Hamilton Day
Edith Hamilton's 1927 essay “Comedy” and its
application to readings of Plautus and Terence
Organized by the Department of Classics
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor |
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December 9 and 10,
2006
Performance: Voice/Opera
Comedy Cabaret
School of Music
8:00 p.m. Saturday, 3:00 p.m. Sunday
Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center
Tickets $25 / $7 for students
For tickets, see www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu or
call (301) 405-ARTS
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor |
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December 11 , 2006
Reading: Plautus, Pseudolus (in Latin)
Organized by the Department of Classics
3:30 pm
2407 Marie Mount Hall
An event in support of A
Semester on Comedy and Humor |
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| 2007 |
January
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February
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February 7, 2007
Shakespeare Feast
3:45-5:45 p.m.
Rehearsed Table Reading: Shakespeare and Dr. Lopez (2004),
written and directed by Michael Olmert, Department of English
Susquehanna 1120
Sponsored by the Department of English and the Center for
Renaissance
& Baroque Studies
6:00-7:00 p.m. Buffet Reception
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
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February 14 , 2007
Film Series: Shakespeare in Love
Hoff Theater, Adele H. Stamp Student Union
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
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February 15, 2007
2:30-4:00 pm
ShakesFest2007: Shakespeare Monologue Competition for Students
Grades 6-9
Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD
Sponsored by the Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies,
Imagination Stage, the English-Speaking Union, and the
Washington Episcopal School
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
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February 21, 2007
3:45-5:45 pm
Rehearsed Table Reading: Bingo: Scenes of Men & Death (1974),
by Edward Bond
Directed by Michael Olmert, Department of English
1120 Susquehanna Hall.
Sponsored by the Department of English and the Center
for Renaissance
& Baroque Studies
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
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March
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March 2 , 2007
Davenant and Cromwell: Closed Theaters and Singing
Bards
A
mini-symposium featuring scenes from Davenant and Dryden’s The Tempest,
introduced by Marshall Grossman and Virginia Vaughan, Clark University
Joseph & Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center
Organized by Marshall Grossman, Department of English;
Leon Major, School of Music; and the Center for Renaissance & Baroque
Studies
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
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March 7, 2007
3:45-5:45 pm
Rehearsed Table Reading: The Herbal Bed (1996),
by Peter Whelan
Directed by Michael Olmert, Department of English
1120 Susquehanna Hall
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
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March 10, 2007
Shakespeare Fest
Includes a performance by the students of DuVal High School,
Lanham MD, Directed by Carol Jordan
Supported in part by grants from the Office of Undergraduate
Studies and the Pepsi Fund for Campus Enhancement
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
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March 29 , 2007
6:30-8:00 pm
Authentic
Shakespeare?
Mini Symposium in Honor of Sam Schoenbaum
Presenter, Franklin J. Hildy, Department of Theatre
3732 Schoenbaum Rehearsal Studio
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Sponsored by Department of Theatre, Shakespeare Globe Center
(USA), and Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies.
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
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April
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April 4, 2007
3:45-5:45 pm
Rehearsed Table Reading: Fortinbras (1991), by
Lee Blessing
Directed by Michael Olmert, Department of English
1120 Susquehanna Hall
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
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April 4, 2007
7:00-9:00 pm
Film Series: Hamlet (2000)
Hoff Theater, Adele H. Stamp Student Union
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
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April 18, 2007
3:45-5:45 pm
Rehearsed Table Reading: Cressida (2000), by Nicholas
Wright
Directed by Michael Olmert, Department of English
1120 Susquehanna Hall
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
| |
April 18, 2007
7:00-9:00 pm
Film Series: Stage Beauty (2000)
Hoff Theater, Adele H. Stamp Student Union
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
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April 20, 2007
8:00 pm
Performance: Digging Into Shakespeare
Performance by Jon Spelman
Joseph & Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center
Tickets are
$30 general public / $7 students. Contact (301) 405-ARTS, www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
| |
April 25, 2007
4:00-5:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Shakespeare Undressed
Moderated by Gillian Knoll and Christine Maffuccio, Department
of English
Please note: No one under age 18 will be admitted due
to graphic content and nudity.
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
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April 26, 2007
7:00-9:00 pm
A Singing Shylock: Adapting The Merchant of Venice and
Playing with Jewish Identity in the New Nation, by
Heather Nathans
Lab Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
FREE and open to the public
Sponsored by the Department of Theatre and the Center for
Renaissance
& Baroque Studies
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
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April 28, 2007
Crossing
Borders/Breaking Boundaries
The Arts and Artistic Legacies of the West African
Empires, 700-1600 CE
Follow-up Session
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
University of Maryland campus, College Park |
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April 28, 2007
Maryland Day |
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May
|
May 3, 2007
Directors’ Forum: Shakespeare’s
Legacy in 21st-Century Washington
Sponsored by the Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
| |
May 11 and 12, 2007
8:00 pm
Performance: Dancing Henry Five , directed by
David Gordon and Ain Gordon
Pick Up Performance Co(s).
Ina & Jack Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center
Tickets
are $30 general public / $7 students. Contact (301) 405-ARTS, www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu
An event in support of Shakespeare
in Washington |
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June
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Monday,
June 18, and Monday, June 25, 2007
Six
Degrees of Hamlet
Music
Aperta
Ignacio Alcover, Artistic Director
Written by Juan Uriagereka, Department of Linguistics,
and Allyson Currin
Conducted by Mariano Vales
Directed by Joe Banno
Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th St., NW, Washington, DC.
(202) 360-4971
Tickets: $15 - $45 |
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July
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July 2-13, 2007 (session
one)
Shakespeare
Summer Camp
For students ages 11 to 14.
Co-sponsored with the Department of Theatre and the Maryland-National
Capital Park and Planning Commission, Prince
George's County, Department of Parks and Recreation
Bowie Center for the Performing Arts |
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July 16-27, 2007 (session
two)
Shakespeare
Summer Camp
For students ages 11 to 14.
Co-sponsored with the Department of Theatre and the Maryland-National
Capital Park and Planning Commission, Prince
George's County, Department of Parks and Recreation
Clarice Smith Center for Performing Arts |
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July 16-24, 2007
Crossing Borders/Breaking
Boundaries VII
A multidisciplinary summer
institute for arts educators
Sponsored by the Maryland
State Department of Education |
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August
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