The Department of Theatre is hosting a gathering for the upcoming production of FAT HAM, a reinvention of Hamlet, at The Public Theater in NYC. Join Antonio Ocampo-Guzman, Chair of the Department of Theatre, as we celebrate the careers of Nancy Kindelan and Janet Bobcean. Also support the work of Saheem Ali, AMD’03, the Public’s Associate Artistic Director and Pablo Hernandez Basulto AMD’18, the Public’s Public Works Manager of Community Impact. The night will include a pre-show reception at The Library, a preview performance of FAT HAM, and a post-reception gathering at The Wren.
What does Henry David Thoreau’s retreat into the natural world at Walden Pond have to do with our modern culture of distraction and technological immersion? We learned how Thoreau’s interest in the peace of nature was fueled by his distress at the information culture of the 19th century when the telegraph brought news to Americans […]