April 5, 2016, Filed Under: Film, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsFellows Find: Hear inside Stella Adler’s studio Scott Balcerzak is Associate Professor of film and literature at Northern Illinois University. He was supported by the Dorot Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Jewish Studies and is currently writing a book on Stella Adler and male movie stars.
April 4, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Research + Teaching, Theatre + Performing ArtsShowing the audience some love On a sunny spring afternoon at The University of Texas at Austin, you may happen to see college students rehearsing Shakespeare in one of the courtyards on the south mall. “Shakespeare Through Performance” is a class that combines
April 1, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Research + TeachingTo quarto, or not to quarto? Andrew Carlson, Clinical Assistant Professor and Managing Director of the Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History and Criticism at The University of Texas at Austin, has worked extensively with Shakespeare’s plays through critical analysis and performance.
March 30, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsStage materials shine spotlight on centuries of Shakespeare “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.” — As You Like It (Act II, Scene VII) For four centuries, Shakespeare’s comedies, histories, and tragedies have held up a mirror… read more
March 29, 2016, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsBardolatry reaches a fever pitch in Nigel Cliff’s The Shakespeare Riots Nigel Cliff is a full time author and historian, holding an English degree from Oxford University. His 2007 book The Shakespeare Riots was released to high acclaim, earning recognition as one of the best nonfiction books of the year by
March 25, 2016, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyMarco Breuer on the photograph as object A photograph is commonly understood to act as a window, crystallizing a subject or moment in time. Artist Marco Breuer, however, subverts this traditional understanding of the medium, exploring the inherent limitations of photographic materials rather than using them to record the world outside. His work employs radical techniques that… read more
