Shakespeare Fest 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
8:45 am to 4:30 pm

Adele H. Stamp Student Union
University of Maryland

Act * Clown * Fight * Dance * Move* Listen *Learn

Shakespeare Fest is open to the University of Maryland community and the general public. Area teachers are especially encouraged to bring their students.

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Registration is $10
($5 for UMS students who register by February 18!)

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Tentative Program

8:30 am 
Coffee & Registration
Colony Ballroom, Second Floor

8:45 am
Welcome & Introduction
Colony Ballroom, Second Floor

9:00 am to 10:30 am
Keynote Address
“Alchemy in Shakespeare’s Time”
Katherine Eggert, University of Colorado, Boulder
Colony Ballroom, Second Floor

10:45 am to 12:15 pm
Concurrent Workshops Session A

Session A.1
"Shakespeare's Text into Action"
Acting/Directing Workshop
Leigh Smiley, University of Maryland
Colony Ballroom, Second Floor

Sessions A.2 & A.3
For  Students Only: Acting/Directing Workshops
David Markey and Madeleine Burke
Imagination Stage
A.2 Carroll Room, Second Floor
A.3 Jimenez Room, Second Floor

12:15 pm to 1:00 pm
Lunch
Food Court, Ground Floor

1:00 pm to 2:20 pm
Concurrent Workshops Session B

Session B.1
“Designing Shakespeare”
Costume Design Workshop
Helen Q. Huang, University of Maryland
Atrium, First Floor

Session B.2
“Gallants, Gulls, and Groundlings: Playhouses and Playgoing in Shakespeare’s City”
Anita Sherman
American University, Washington DC
Nanticoke Room, First Floor

Sessions B.3 & B.4
For Students Only: Stage Combat Workshops
Lewis Shaw and Michael Jerome Johnson
B.3 Jimenez Room, Second Floor
B.4 Prince George’s Room, First Floor

Session B.5
"Renaissance Dance in Shakespeare's Plays"
Dance/Movement Workshop
Cheryl Stafford, Court Dancers
Carroll Room, Second Floor

2:30 pm to 3:45 pm
Concurrent Workshops Session C

Session C.1
“Women in Shakespeare’s Plays”
Jane Donawerth, University of Maryland
Atrium, First Floor

Session C.2
“ 'Do you bite your thumb at me?': Shakespearean Insults”
Workshop for Students
Jasmine Lellock, University of Maryland
Nanticoke Room, First Floor

Session C.3
“Illustrated Shakespeare”
William Pressly, University of Maryland
Carroll Room, Second Floor

Session C.4
Single Sword Stage Combat Workshop
Michael Jerome Johnson, University of Maryland
Jimenez Room, Second Floor

4:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Performance
Scenes from Shakespeare’s Plays
Students of Montgomery Blair High School
Directed by Kelly Newman O’Connor
Atrium, First Floor

Adjourn

Transportation and Parking

LOCAL TRANSPORTATION

Metro: www.wmata.com, Metro's website allows you to enter your departure address and your destination, and it will calculate for you the best metro/bus routes, along with fare information and walking directions. Enter "CAMPUS DRIVE & UNION DRIVE (in Prince George's County)” as your final destination.

 

PARKING

Park in the Union Lane Garage, adjacent to the Stamp Student Union, for a fee ($2.00 for the first hour, $1.00 for every hour thereafter, with a $10.00 per day maximum).
OR, park in Lot 1 beyond Cole Field House for free, but check the signs CAREFULLY to be sure that you are, indeed, in a Lot that bears a sign, on the end of the row in which you are parked, that says “You are welcome to park without a permit before and after above posted hours.”

Click on the link to the Parking Map and then follow the link to the Adele H. Stamp Student Union Building (163)

 

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

From Baltimore and Points North

From Virginia and Points South

From Bowie, Annapolis, and Points East, Via U.S. 50 West

From Washington, D.C.

 
 
From Baltimore and Points North
 

From Baltimore and Points North, via I-95 South

Recommended:

  1. Take I-95 South to the Capital Beltway East (I-495).
  2. I-95 South will merge to the left, joining I-495.
  3. Take Exit 23 "201 Kenilworth Avenue Bladensburg Greenbelt".
  4. Proceed south on 201 in the direction of "Greenbelt Road and Bladensburg".
  5. At second light, turn right onto Paint Branch Parkway.
  6. Proceed approximately two miles to U.S. Route 1.
  7. Cross U.S. Route 1 and enter the campus.  As you enter campus, Paint Branch Parkway becomes Campus Drive
  8. Follow Campus Drive, go 180 degrees around the M, and continue on Campus Drive.
  9. Pass the Student Union and turn right onto Union Lane.  Paid parking ($2.00 for the first hour, $1.00 every hour thereafter, maximum $10.00 per day) should be available at the Union Lane Garage.
  10. If the Union Lane garage is full or closed for some reason, continue downhill on Union Lane.
  11. Turn left at the bottom of the hill onto Field House Drive.
  12. Turn right at the half-circle onto Valley Drive, and enter the Stadium Lane Garage.  Here, too, paid parking is available for the same rates mentioned above.

Alternate:

  1. Take I-95 south to the Capital Beltway (I-495).
  2. Take exit 27 (to the right at the split) and then follow signs to Exit 25 (left exit), "U.S. 1 South, College Park".
  3. Proceed approximately two miles on U.S. Route 1 South.
  4. Turn right on Campus Drive to enter the campus.  
  5. Follow Campus Drive, go 180 degrees around the M, and continue on Campus Drive.
  6. Pass the Student Union and turn right onto Union Lane.  Paid parking ($2.00 for the first hour, $1.00 every hour thereafter, maximum $10.00 per day) should be available at the Union Lane Garage.
  7. If the Union Lane garage is full or closed for some reason, continue downhill on Union Lane.
  8. Turn left at the bottom of the hill onto Field House Drive.
  9. Turn right at the half-circle onto Valley Drive, and enter the Stadium Lane Garage.  Here, too, paid parking is available for the same rates mentioned above.

From Baltimore and Points North, or Washington DC and points South, Via 295 (the Baltimore/Washington Parkway):

  1. Take 295 to its Northern intersection with the Capital Beltway (I-95/I-495).
  2. Exit at I-95 / I-495 North.
  3. Stay in right lane.
  4. Take Exit 23 "201 Kenilworth Avenue Bladensburg Greenbelt".
  5. Proceed South on 201 in the direction of "Greenbelt Road and Bladensburg".
  6. At 3rd light, turn right onto Paint Branch Parkway.
  7. Proceed approximately two miles to U.S. Route 1.
  8. Cross U.S. Route 1 and enter the campus.  As you enter campus, Paint Branch Parkway becomes Campus Drive.
  9. Follow Campus Drive, go 180 degrees around the M, and continue on Campus Drive.
  10. Pass the Student Union and turn right onto Union Lane.  Paid parking ($2.00 for the first hour, $1.00 every hour thereafter, maximum $10.00 per day) should be available at the Union Lane Garage.
  11. If the Union Lane garage is full or closed for some reason, continue downhill on Union Lane.
  12. Turn left at the bottom of the hill onto Field House Drive.
  13. Turn right at the half-circle onto Valley Drive, and enter the Stadium Lane Garage.  Here, too, paid parking is available for the same rates mentioned above.
 
 
From Virginia and Points South
 

From Virginia and Points South, Via Maryland Side of Capital Beltway (I-495)

Recommended:

  1. Take I-95 North to the Capital Beltway (I-495).
  2. Follow I-95/I-495 North toward BaltimoreTake Exit 23 "201 Kenilworth Avenue Bladensburg Greenbelt".
  3. Proceed South on 201 in the direction of "Greenbelt Road and Bladensburg".
  4. At 3rd light, turn right onto Paint Branch Parkway.
  5. Proceed approximately two miles to U.S. Route 1.
  6. Cross U.S. Route 1 and enter the campus.  As you enter campus, Paint Branch Parkway becomes Campus Drive.
  7. Follow Campus Drive, go 180 degrees around the M, and continue on Campus Drive.
  8. Pass the Student Union and turn right onto Union Lane.  Paid parking ($2.00 for the first hour, $1.00 every hour thereafter, maximum $10.00 per day) should be available at the Union Lane Garage.
  9. If the Union Lane garage is full or closed for some reason, continue downhill on Union Lane.
  10. Turn left at the bottom of the hill onto Field House Drive.
  11. Turn right at the half-circle onto Valley Drive, and enter the Stadium Lane Garage.  Here, too, paid parking is available for the same rates mentioned above.

Alternate:

  1. Take I-95 North to the Capital Beltway (I-495).
  2. Follow I-95/I-495 North toward Baltimore.
  3. Take exit 25, "U.S. 1 South, College Park".
  4. Proceed approximately two miles on U.S. Route 1 South.
  5. Turn right on Campus Drive to enter the campus.  
  6. Follow Campus Drive, go 180 degrees around the M, and continue on Campus Drive.
  7. Pass the Student Union and turn right onto Union Lane.  Paid parking ($2.00 for the first hour, $1.00 every hour thereafter, maximum $10.00 per day) should be available at the Union Lane Garage.
  8. If the Union Lane garage is full or closed for some reason, continue downhill on Union Lane.
  9. Turn left at the bottom of the hill onto Field House Drive.
  10. Turn right at the half-circle onto Valley Drive, and enter the Stadium Lane Garage.  Here, too, paid parking is available for the same rates mentioned above.

From Virginia and Points South, Via Virginia Side of Capital Beltway (I-495)

Recommended:

  1. Take I-66 East or I-270 South to the Capital Beltway (I-495).
  2. Go East on I-495 toward "Baltimore".
  3. Take Exit 28B "650 South New Hampshire Avenue Takoma Park"
  4. Go South on New Hampshire Avenue, approximately 1/2 mile.
  5. At the second traffic light, turn left onto Adelphi Road.
  6. Proceed approximately 2.3 miles.  Turn left onto University Boulevard, MD route 193.
  7. At the first traffic light, turn right onto Stadium Drive.
  8. When you reach the traffic circle, travel 1/4 of the way around to make a right turn onto Valley Drive.
  9. Turn left into the Stadium Lane Garage.  Paid parking is available here ($2.00 for the first hour, $1.00 for evey hour thereafter, maximum $10.00 per day).

Alternate:

  1. Take I-66 East or I-270 South to Capital Beltway (I-495)
  2. Go East on I-495 toward "Baltimore"
  3. Take Exit 25, "U.S. 1 South, College Park"
  4. Proceed approximately two miles on U.S. Route 1 South.
  5. Turn right on Campus Drive to enter the campus.  
  6. Follow Campus Drive, go 180 degrees around the M, and continue on Campus Drive.
  7. Pass the Student Union and turn right onto Union Lane.  Paid parking ($2.00 for the first hour, $1.00 every hour thereafter, maximum $10.00 per day) should be available at the Union Lane Garage.
  8. If the Union Lane garage is full or closed for some reason, continue downhill on Union Lane.
  9. Turn left at the bottom of the hill onto Field House Drive.
  10. Turn right at the half-circle onto Valley Drive, and enter the Stadium Lane Garage.  Here, too, paid parking is available for the same rates mentioned above.
 
 
From Bowie, Annapolis, and Points East
 

From Bowie, Annapolis, and Points East, Via U.S. 50 West

Recommended:

  1. Take U.S. 50 West to the Capital Beltway (I-495).
  2. Go North on I-95/I-495 toward Baltimore.
  3. Take Exit 23 "201 Kenilworth Avenue Bladensburg Greenbelt".
  4. Proceed South on 201 in the direction of "Greenbelt Road and Bladensburg".
  5. At 3rd light, turn right onto Paint Branch Parkway.
  6. Proceed approximately two miles to U.S. Route 1.
  7. Cross U.S. Route 1 and enter the campus.  As you enter campus, Paint Branch Parkway becomes Campus Drive.
  8. Follow Campus Drive, go 180 degrees around the M, and continue on Campus Drive.
  9. Pass the Student Union and turn right onto Union Lane.  Paid parking ($2.00 for the first hour, $1.00 every hour thereafter, maximum $10.00 per day) should be available at the Union Lane Garage.
  10. If the Union Lane garage is full or closed for some reason, continue downhill on Union Lane.
  11. Turn left at the bottom of the hill onto Field House Drive.
  12. Turn right at the half-circle onto Valley Drive, and enter the Stadium Lane Garage.  Here, too, paid parking is available for the same rates mentioned above.

Alternate:

  1. Take U.S. 50 West to the Capital Beltway (I-495).
  2. Go North on I-95/I-495 toward Baltimore.
  3. Take Exit 25, "U.S. 1 South, College Park".
  4. Proceed approximately two miles on U.S. Route 1 South.
  5. Turn right on Campus Drive to enter the campus.  
  6. Follow Campus Drive, go 180 degrees around the M, and continue on Campus Drive.
  7. Pass the Student Union and turn right onto Union Lane.  Paid parking ($2.00 for the first hour, $1.00 every hour thereafter, maximum $10.00 per day) should be available at the Union Lane Garage.
  8. If the Union Lane garage is full or closed for some reason, continue downhill on Union Lane.
  9. Turn left at the bottom of the hill onto Field House Drive.
  10. Turn right at the half-circle onto Valley Drive, and enter the Stadium Lane Garage.  Here, too, paid parking is available for the same rates mentioned above.
 
 
From Washington, D.C.
 

From Washington, D.C. (Northwest/Southwest) Via 16th Street North

  1. Take 16th St. North 16th St. becomes Georgia Ave. North at Maryland/D.C. line.
  2. Go East on the Capital Beltway (I-495) toward "Baltimore".
  3. Take Exit 28B "650 South New Hampshire Avenue Takoma Park"
  4. Go South on New Hampshire Avenue, approximately 1/2 mile.
  5. At the second traffic light, turn left onto Adelphi Road.
  6. Proceed approximately 2.3 miles.  Turn left onto University Boulevard, MD route 193.
  7. At the first traffic light, turn right onto Stadium Drive.
  8. When you reach the traffic circle, travel 1/4 of the way around to make a right turn onto Valley Drive.
  9. Turn left into the Stadium Lane Garage.  Paid parking is available here ($2.00 for the first hour, $1.00 for evey hour thereafter, maximum $10.00 per day).

From Washington, D.C. (Northeast/Southeast), Via U.S. 1 North

  1. Take Rhode Island Ave. (U.S. 1 North)
  2. Rhode Island Ave. (U.S. 1 North) becomes Baltimore Ave. North at the Maryland/D.C. line
  3. Proceed through the city of College Park
  4. Turn left at Campus Drive, which is called "Paint Branch Parkway" for those turning right.
  5. Follow Campus Drive, go 180 degrees around the M, and continue on Campus Drive.
  6. Pass the Student Union and turn right onto Union Lane.  Paid parking ($2.00 for the first hour, $1.00 every hour thereafter, maximum $10.00 per day) should be available at the Union Lane Garage.
  7. If the Union Lane garage is full or closed for some reason, continue downhill on Union Lane.
  8. Turn left at the bottom of the hill onto Field House Drive.
  9. Turn right at the half-circle onto Valley Drive, and enter the Stadium Lane Garage.  Here, too, paid parking is available for the same rates mentioned above.
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Last updated July 1, 2008