Time to Talk: About Shakespeare

Whether we are looking at the arts pages or the headlines, there is no better time than now to talk about Shakespeare. In this special panel, Marjorie Garber will moderate a discussion between and Shakespeare scholars from the Washington area. How can Shakespeare’s plays generate empathy and understanding, when speaking across the divide of centuries? How do some of his most profound plays resonate when translated into a 21st century context in which differences of gender, race and class challenge early modern categories?

Panelists:

Drew Lichtenerg - Associate Director and former Resident Dramaturg at Shakespeare Theater Company.

Carla Della Gatta - Visiting Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Maryland. Author of Latinx Shakespeares: Staging US Intracultural Theater.

Alexa Alice Joubin - Professor of English, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Theatre, International Affairs, and East Asian Languages and Literatures, George Washington University (GWU) Inaugural recipient of the bell hooks Legacy Award.