Suffolk University’s Ford Hall Forum and Theatre Department, Front Porch Arts Collective, and the Actors’ Shakespeare Project present:
Reimagining Shakespeare through the Black Lens
Join us for a spirited conversation with Stevie Walker-Webb acclaimed Tony-nominated director of Ain’t No Mo’, actor, playwright, activist, and director of the play Fat Ham, Dawn M. Simmons, Associate Director of Fat Ham and Co-Producing Director of Front Porch Arts Collective, and Regine Vital, theatre artist, educator, and Actors’ Shakespeare Project Associate Producer. The evening’s moderator is Pascale Florestal, Director of Education, Front Porch Arts Collective, and Visiting Guest Artist Professor in Practice, Suffolk University.
The evening’s panel will discuss the evolution of Shakespeare’s work and how race and other intersections influence these stories and reflect on the world today. The panel will explore fresh new perspectives and distinct voices offered in two upcoming Boston theater productions, Fat Ham and The Taming of the Shrew.
Fat Ham, a Huntington Theatre production in partnership with Front Porch Art Collective and Alliance Theater, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning new play that is a smart and sharp reinvention of Shakespeare’s masterpiece, which took Broadway by storm this spring.
In The Taming of the Shrew, premiering at the Modern Theatre this fall, Artistic Director Christopher Edwards and the talented cast turn this beloved play inside out, flip it upside down and stretch it to the limits in a way that only Actors’ Shakespeare Project can – to find what truly sits at the heart of this hilarious and contentious comedy. Audience Q&A will follow this moderated conversation.
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
6:00 p.m.
Suffolk University’s Modern Theatre
525 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111
This event is free and open to the public.
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