The front porch is where we gather to talk with our friends, family, and neighbors. Join us Saturday mornings from 10:30am–12:00pm. Each Front Porch Event is $15. Advance ticket purchase recommended. All events take place in WSU’s Science Atrium except Dr. Peter Saccio’s conversation, which takes place in the WSU Performing Arts Center.
June 29th: Gale Childs Daly – What Is A Verse Detective And How Can I Become One: Secrets of a Text Coach Revealed |
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| For 35 years Gale Childs Daly has worked as a text coach with directors, actors, and designers, helping them use language to make creative choices which are true to the script and tell a clear story. Gale reveals how she uses her skills as a “verse detective” to follow clues and solve the mystery of language in Shakespeare’s plays. She will also talk about what Shakespeare and rap music have in common, what the job of a text coach is, and the process of analyzing text (giving people a hands-on shot at doing it). | |
July 6th: Frozen River Film Festival Muse of Fire Preview Screening |
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Please note: this is a change from the printed brochure. This unique feature documentary follows two actors, Giles Terera and Dan Poole, as they travel the world to find out everything they can about tackling the greatest writer of them all. Together they have directed and produced an inspiring film that aims to demystify and illuminate Shakespeare’s work for everyone: from actors, directors and students of all disciplines, right through to the “man on the street”. Featuring: Dame Judi Dench, Ewan McGregor, Sir Ian McKellen, Jude Law, Tom Hiddleston, Sir Derek Jacobi, Julie Taymor, Dominic West, Fiona Shaw, Alan Rickman, Baz Luhrmann, Zoe Wanamaker, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Christopher Eccleston, Simon Russell Beale, Sir Nick Hytner, Peter Hall, Melvyn Bragg, Toby Stephens, Frances Barber, Rory Kinnear, Dominic Dromgoole, Sandy Foster and many more. Website: www.museoffirefilm.co.uk |
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July 13th: Shakespeare Unlocked — Twelfth Night
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Engaging conversations aiming to put GRSF’s productions in performance and literary context. Led by GRSF education staff and faculty from Winona State University and Saint Mary’s University. |
July 27th: Peter Saccio — Going to War in King Henry V |
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Dr. Peter Saccio (Ph.D., Princeton University) is the Leon D. Black Professor of Shakespearean Studies and Professor of English Emeritus at Dartmouth College. Professor Saccio is the author Shakespeare’s English Kings (1977), which has become a classic in its field. He will shed light on King Henry V in a compelling 90 minute conversation. |
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Aug. 3rd: Annual Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest Reception (free) |
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| Join us for a reading of this year’s winning sonnets and meet some of the poets. Details on how to enter at GRSF.org/SONNET. | |
 King Lear, 2012 | Photo by Michal Daniel |
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