Feminist Lens Contributor Cecilie O’Reilly @ Theatre Symposium
LEAD SHEET: THEATER BEAT
From Jamie O’Reilly
Creative/Communications Director
Women’s Media Group
The Feminist Lens Theater Contributor (Toast to Ageless Women, Seeing Peace) Cecilie O’Reilly, Associate Professor, Columbia College Chicago, is a presenter at the International Symposium on Chicago Theatre May 18-21.
Cecilie’s presentation “We Hold for Planes: The University of Chicago’s Drama Program and the Development of Court Theatre under James O’Reilly and Robert Benedetti”, is May 19th 3:15-4:30 PM “Chicago Theatre in the 1950s and 1960s,” at Columbia College Film Row Center 1104 S Michigan, Rm 801A
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COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO TO HOST
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CHICAGO THEATRE
MAY 18-21, 2011
The Theatre Department of Columbia College Chicago, with the support of Columbia’s School of Fine and Performing Arts, will host “Chicago: Theatre Capital of America—Past. Present. Future,” a scholarly symposium on the development of Chicago theatre from grassroots movement to global phenomenon. May 18–21, 2011, the event will bring scholars and professionals from around the country and overseas to Chicago for four days of presentations, panels, and performances.
Don’t Miss Cecilie O’Reilly May 19 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM Chicago Theatre in the 1950s and 1960s: We Hold for Planes: The University of Chicago’s Drama Program and the Development of Court Theatre under James O’Reilly and Robert Benedetti.
Robert Benedetti and James O’Reilly ran the drama program at the University of Chicago from the late 1950s through the turbulent 1960s, bringing such internationally famous artists as Tyrone Guthrie and the Living Theatre to Mandel Hall and the Reynolds Club. They developed the Hutchinson Commons outdoor stage into “The Court Theatre,” and mounted some of Chicago’s most innovative and spirited “firsts,” including Romeo and Juliet with a white Romeo and a black Juliet strategically placed among the Civil Rights and SDS demonstrations of the time. By assembling professional level acting, directing, production and design elements, period research and original music, they developed an audience that supported a theatre that would move beyond university walls. Court Theatre, in its current form as a leading professional theatre in the city, has its roots in their efforts at combining both tradition and originality.
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To register for the Symposium:
http://www.colum.edu/Academics/School_of_Fine_and_Performing_Arts/theatresymposium/
OR Email:chitheatresymposium@colum.edu
Posted by admin on Tuesday, May 10, 2011
