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Shakspeare Connects Program

This document provides the schedule for a two-day Shakespeare conference held at Grand Valley State University. The conference includes sessions on teaching Shakespeare, performing Shakespeare, and interpreting Shakespeare plays. Session topics include using Shakespeare in high school and college classrooms, online education, prison performances, and adapting Shakespeare for different audiences and venues. The schedule also includes keynote speakers, performances of Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night, and a wine and cheese reception.

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Shakspeare Connects Program

This document provides the schedule for a two-day Shakespeare conference held at Grand Valley State University. The conference includes sessions on teaching Shakespeare, performing Shakespeare, and interpreting Shakespeare plays. Session topics include using Shakespeare in high school and college classrooms, online education, prison performances, and adapting Shakespeare for different audiences and venues. The schedule also includes keynote speakers, performances of Romeo and Juliet and Twelfth Night, and a wine and cheese reception.

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FRIDAY, October 2

1:00-2:00 Conference Check-in Outside Loosemore Auditorium

2:00-2:45 Welcome Addresses LOOSEMORE


Dr. Benjamin Lockerd, Director of Grand Valley English M.A. Program
Dr. Jim Bell, Director of Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival
Dr. Rachel Anderson, Conference Organizer, Grand Valley State University

3:00-4:30 SESSION I
 “Pigeon Creek and Wayland Union High: The Winter’s Tale and Actor
Apprenticeship” LOOSEMORE
Katherine Mayberry, Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company, and
Rebecca Black, Wayland Union High School
Presider: Jill VanAntwerp

Shakespeare in the College Classroom DEVOS 117E


Presider: Emily García
“‘We would, and we would not’: Teaching Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure
in the Composition Classroom”
Lise Schlosser, Northern Illinois University

“Teaching the Bard in the 21st Century: Pods, Blogs, and More”
Bill Dynes, University of Indianapolis

 Interpreting Shakespeare DEVOS 119E


Presider: Michael Webster
“‘Thy Evil Spirit, Brutus’: Brutus as Aristotelian Incontinent”
Mallory Legg, Ohio University

“‘O for a Muse of Fire!’: What Does that Actually Mean?”


Laura Kasson, Indiana University—Bloomington

“He’s Quite a Shrew, Isn’t He? Performing Gender and Farce in The Taming of
the Shrew”
Nancee Moes, Grand Valley State University (B.A. 2009)

6:00 Dinner at Kirkhof in Allendale KIRKHOF 2215

7:00 Romeo & Juliet Informance with Dr. Jo Miller, Grand Valley State University
Van Solkema Recital Hall, PAC

7:30 Romeo & Juliet (Allendale)* Performing Arts Center

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SATURDAY, October 3

9:00 – 9:30 Coffee/Tea Service

9:30- 11:00 SESSION II


Online Shakespeare DEVOS 109D
Presider: Rob Rozema
“Gen Ed Shakespeare and the Limits of On-Line Education”
Niels Herold, Oakland University

“Using Social Networking Programs to Teach Shakespeare”


Lawrence Reiff, Roslyn School District

“The Play Really Is the Thing”


Lindsay Steenbergen, Portage High School

 “Teaching Shakespeare through Image Theatre” DEVOS 117E


Erin Kaplan
Presider: Rebecca Black

 Shakespeare and Women DEVOS 119E


Presider: Kristina Persenaire
“Helena as ‘good gift’: All's Well and the Marital Politics of Gift Exchange”
Amy Smith, Kalamazoo College

“‘Female’ Stage Properties: The Object of Marriage”


Amy Spearman, Oakland University

 Christina Traister, Michigan State University, Title Forthcoming DEVOS 121E


Presider:

11-12:30 LUNCH Outside Loosemore

12:30-2:00 SESSION III


  Shakespeare and the Captive Audience DEVOS 109D
Presider: Sufen Lai
“‘We are such stuff as dreams are made on’: Shakespeare as a Tool for Personal
Empowerment in Correctional Facilities”
James Croft, Harvard Graduate School of Education

“Deconstructing Hypocrisy with Shakespeare Behind Bars”


Jack Heller, Huntington University

“‘All the World’s a Stage’: Shakespeare Prison Performance and its Connections
to the English Classroom”
Angela Walentovic, Oakland University

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12:30-2:00 SESSION III Continued
Write this Scene: Multiple Genres of Response for Secondary Students (and
Ourselves) DEVOS 117E
A hands-on roundtable sponsored by the Lake Michigan Writing Project
Presider: Christina Bouwens
Rebecca Hawkins, Rogers High School

Lindsay Ellis, Director, Lake Michigan Writing Project, and Assistant Professor of
English at Grand Valley State University

Eric Tower, Grandville High School

 GVSU MA Sponsored Panel DEVOS 119E


Presider: Katy Leedy
“Telling Old Tales New: John Gower's Role in Pericles”
Patrick Prominski (GVSU M.A. expected 2010)

“The Transformation of the Vice: The Morality Play Influences in Shakespeare’s


Richard III”
Elizabeth Shelley, Aquinas College, Grand Valley State University (GVSU M.A.
2007)

“Daughter’s Day: Marina and Perdita as the Central Figures in Pericles and
Winter's Tale”
Brian Karsten, Grand Rapids Christian High School (GVSU M.A. expected 2011)

“Shakespeare Out Loud and In Color” DEVOS 121E


Anna Roseboro, Grand Valley State University
Presider:

2:15-3:15 SESSION IV
 Shakespeare Then and Now DEVOS 109D
Presider: Avis Hewitt
Featured Speaker, Ivo Soljan, Grand Valley State University, Title Forthcoming

“Titus Adronicus: The Most Modern of Tragedies”


Lisa Miller (GVSU M.A. expected 2010)

“Let Us Loosen Up: Unlocking Shakespearean Realization by Setting Aside Old


Shakespearean Paradigms for Enhanced Student Creativity” DEVOS 117E
Michael Harding, Dixie State College
Presider: Heather Gemmen

 “Acting Shakespeare: A First Folio Approach” DEVOS 119E


Chaya Gordon-Bland, Michigan State University
Presider: Patrick Prominski

 Bard to Go: Taking Shakespeare Way Off Campus DEVOS 121E


Frank Boring, Grand Valley State University
Presider: Rachel Anderson

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3:30-5:00 Keynote – Curt Tofteland LOOSEMORE
“Behind Bard-wire: Reflection, Responsibility, Forgiveness, and Redemption –
The Transformative Power of Art, Theatre, and Shakespeare”

5:00-5:30 Wine & Cheese Reception Outside Loosemore

8:00 Twelfth Night* Dog Story Theatre


* One performance included in conference registration. Those wishing to attend both shows may purchase a ticket at the registration table.

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