Shakespeare at IUPUI

No groans about Shakespeare. Get him away from the teachers and up on stage and he is a lot of fun.

IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI: Signature Events:

"The IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI will welcome the American Shakespeare Center’s Piercing Eloquence Tour to Indianapolis February 25, 2008, through March 2, 2008."

The residency includes performances for the general public and high school students as well as workshops for area students and actors, the American Shakespeare Center (ASC) will present three of William Shakespeare’s most controversial plays: The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, and Henry V.

ASC actors will stage six events: two special free performances for high schools in Indianapolis and Kokomo; three public performances at the Christian Theological Seminary; and a special scene performance, "Shakespeare in the Courtroom" co-sponsored by the IU School of Law-Indianapolis at Inlow Hall on the IUPUI campus.

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Public performances
Tickets are $10 or Free for IUPUI/IU community (ID must be shown at the door)
Christian Theological Seminary, 1000 West 42nd Street, Indianapolis [Map & Parking]

• Henry V, 7 p.m., Thursday, February 28, 2007, and 7 p.m., Saturday, March 1, 2008
  —directed by Giles Block of London’s Globe Theatre
• The Merchant of Venice, 2 p.m., Sunday, March 2, 2008,
  —directed by P.J. Paparelli, artistic director of Alaska’s Perseverance Theater and former associate director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC

Special public performance
Tickets are $10 or Free for IUPUI/IU community (ID must be shown at the door)
Wynne Courtroom, Inlow Hall, IUPUI campus

• Shakespeare in the Courtroom: The Nature of Justice and the Art of Anti-Semitism
  5:30 pm, Tuesday, February 26, 2008
  Featuring the courtroom scene from The Merchant of Venice followed by a panel discussion with actors and faculty. Presented by the Jewish Law Society and the Department of English

High school performances:

• The Taming of the Shrew, (Special free performances for Indiana high schools)
  Monday, February 25, 2008; and Friday, February 29, 2008,
  —directed by the American Shakespeare Center’s Artistic Director Jim Warren.