Friday, May 2
Participants arrive in Cincinnati.
For those who are able to arrive early, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is offering a special deal on tickets to 10:00 AM performance:
Join the CSO for their Star-Crossed Season Closer, the culmination of their “Shakespeare for Your Ear” series celebrating the Bard’s 450th birthday. On this program: Berlioz’s King Lear Overture and Prokofiev’s Suite from Romeo and Juliet, during which our star-crossed lovers are brought to life in dramatic vignettes by the CCM Drama Department. Symposium special: use promo code 2998 for 25% off tickets!
Saturday, May 3
Click here for paper abstracts.
8:00am: Registration, check-in, coffee, and pastries. Xavier University, The Conaton Learning Commons, CTE Faculty Lounge
9:00am: Roundtable: Shakespearean and Other Contexts for The Two Noble Kinsmen
Moderator: Niamh J. O'Leary, Xavier University
Participants: James M. Bromley, Katharine Gillespie, and Kaara Peterson, Miami University
10:30am: Coffee break. CTE Faculty Lounge
11:00am: Panel: Gender, Amazons, and Madness
Chair: Stephen Yandell, Xavier University
Jim Casey, Arcadia University, "'The victor has the loss': Courting and Competition in The Two Noble Kinsmen"
Niamh J. O'Leary, Xavier University, "Amazonian Revisions: Female Community in The Two Noble Kinsmen"
Kendra Preston Leonard, Silent Film Sound & Music Archive, "Music, Class, Communication, and the 'Talking Cure' in The Two Noble Kinsmen"
12:30pm: Lunch. CTE Faculty Lounge
2:00pm: Address by Sara Clark, Artistic Development Associate & Ensemble Member, and Jeremy Dubin, Artistic Associate & Ensemble Member, of the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.
3:00pm: Coffee break.
3:30pm: Panel: The Two Noble Kinsmen's Intertexts: Chaucer, Fletcher, and Jonson
Chair: Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich, Ohio State University
Bonnie Erwin, Wilmington College, "Chivalry is (Un)Dead"
J. F. Bernard, University of Montreal, "Sharp weapons, soft sheaths, and The Two Noble Kinsmen's Melancholic Pivot"
Richard Dutton, Ohio State University, "‘Tales, Tempests and such-like drolleries’: Two Noble Kinsmen and Bartholomew Fair"
5:00pm: Dinner.
6:50pm: Shuttle bus takes participants from Xavier's campus to The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 719 Race St.
7:30 pm: Participants attend The Two Noble Kinsmen at The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and participate in a post-show Q & A with the actors. Shuttle bus will return participants to Xavier's campus.
Sunday, May 4
Participants depart, or partake in (as spectator or athlete) Cincinnati's famous Flying Pig Marathon.
Participants arrive in Cincinnati.
For those who are able to arrive early, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is offering a special deal on tickets to 10:00 AM performance:
Join the CSO for their Star-Crossed Season Closer, the culmination of their “Shakespeare for Your Ear” series celebrating the Bard’s 450th birthday. On this program: Berlioz’s King Lear Overture and Prokofiev’s Suite from Romeo and Juliet, during which our star-crossed lovers are brought to life in dramatic vignettes by the CCM Drama Department. Symposium special: use promo code 2998 for 25% off tickets!
Saturday, May 3
Click here for paper abstracts.
8:00am: Registration, check-in, coffee, and pastries. Xavier University, The Conaton Learning Commons, CTE Faculty Lounge
9:00am: Roundtable: Shakespearean and Other Contexts for The Two Noble Kinsmen
Moderator: Niamh J. O'Leary, Xavier University
Participants: James M. Bromley, Katharine Gillespie, and Kaara Peterson, Miami University
10:30am: Coffee break. CTE Faculty Lounge
11:00am: Panel: Gender, Amazons, and Madness
Chair: Stephen Yandell, Xavier University
Jim Casey, Arcadia University, "'The victor has the loss': Courting and Competition in The Two Noble Kinsmen"
Niamh J. O'Leary, Xavier University, "Amazonian Revisions: Female Community in The Two Noble Kinsmen"
Kendra Preston Leonard, Silent Film Sound & Music Archive, "Music, Class, Communication, and the 'Talking Cure' in The Two Noble Kinsmen"
12:30pm: Lunch. CTE Faculty Lounge
2:00pm: Address by Sara Clark, Artistic Development Associate & Ensemble Member, and Jeremy Dubin, Artistic Associate & Ensemble Member, of the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.
3:00pm: Coffee break.
3:30pm: Panel: The Two Noble Kinsmen's Intertexts: Chaucer, Fletcher, and Jonson
Chair: Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich, Ohio State University
Bonnie Erwin, Wilmington College, "Chivalry is (Un)Dead"
J. F. Bernard, University of Montreal, "Sharp weapons, soft sheaths, and The Two Noble Kinsmen's Melancholic Pivot"
Richard Dutton, Ohio State University, "‘Tales, Tempests and such-like drolleries’: Two Noble Kinsmen and Bartholomew Fair"
5:00pm: Dinner.
6:50pm: Shuttle bus takes participants from Xavier's campus to The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, 719 Race St.
7:30 pm: Participants attend The Two Noble Kinsmen at The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and participate in a post-show Q & A with the actors. Shuttle bus will return participants to Xavier's campus.
Sunday, May 4
Participants depart, or partake in (as spectator or athlete) Cincinnati's famous Flying Pig Marathon.