Stanford Summer Theater Symposium: The Bawdy Politic - Stages in the Restoration
The Bawdy Politic: Stages in the Restoration Stanford Summer Theater (SST) joins Continuing Studies in a daylong symposium to explore theater in late 17th-century England — and its counterpart in France — as it grappled with the political, sexual, and social conflicts of the day: a restored monarchy, re-opened theaters, women on stage, libertines on the loose, the 'commons' dissatisfied. Stanford Professors Rush Rehm, Alice Rayner, Bill Eddelman, Jean-Marie Apostolides, California College of Arts' William Littmann, and others join playwright Amy Freed and SST company members in a series of lectures, panel discussions, and performances, including a luncheon of rakish proportions, elegantly presented for your delectation on the "Left Bank" of Memorial Hall.
Lunch included.
SPEAKERS:
Jean-Marie Apostolides
William Bonsall Professor of French and Drama
Jean-Marie Apostolides is the author of several books dealing with classical or contemporary literature. He has recently issued a new volume on contemporary civilization, Héroïsme et victimization, as well as essays on comics strips (Tintin et le mythe du surenfant). He is also a theater director and a playwright.
William Eddelman
Associate Professor, Drama Department
William Eddelman received his PhD in Theater History and Design from Stanford. He has taught courses in theater history, musical theater, the psychology of dress, dramatic literature, and cultural history. He recently taught courses on performance in the Weimar era, and on modernism in Berlin, at the Stanford Berlin Center. He is an expert in international theatrical design.
Amy Freed
Lecturer in Drama
A former actress, playwright Amy Freed is the author of The Beard of Avon which received major regional productions last season, and was produced off-Broadway in 2003. Her most recent play is Safe in Hell, which will be presented by New York Theater Workshop next season. Her other plays include Freedomland (1997 Pulitzer finalist), The Psychic Life of Savages (Joseph Kesselring award), and the critically acclaimed Claustrophilia. Her work has been produced at American Conservatory Theater, Chicago's Goodman Theater, Seattle Rep, South Coast Rep, New York's Playwright's Horizons, and many other venues across the country. She is currently on the faculty of the Stanford Drama Department, where she teaches undergraduate acting.
William Littmann
Lecturer, Continuing Studies
William Littmann received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. He teaches architectural history at UC Berkeley and the California College of the Arts. He is currently working on a book about the architecture and landscape of past and present El Camino Real.
Alice Rayner
Associate Professor of Drama
Rush Rehm
Associate Professor of Classics and Drama and founder of Stanford Summer Theater
Rush Rehm has a PhD in Drama and Humanities from Stanford, and has written extensively on Greek theater. He is the founder of Stanford Summer Theater and has directed Euripides' Suppliant Women (Stanford Lively Arts/Folger Theater), The Wanderings of Odysseus (Mark Taper Forum/Getty Museum, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses (TheaterWorks).