'Revisit' Classics - Then See Them On Stage!
By: Beau Higgins Jan. 13, 2007
Revisit Classics in Theatre Seminar
Before Seeing Them On StageIf the Montagues and Capulets, Jane Eyre and Chaucer's Knight are characters that exist only in your cloudy memories of a high school literature class, the Kravis Center will reacquaint you with these old friends when it presents a series of theatre seminars beginning January 23.As part of its ArtSmart series of continuing arts education, the Kravis Center will present Theatre Seminar: A Closer Look at Three Classics on Tuesday, January 23; Wednesday, January 24 and Monday, March 26. The 90-minute seminars begin at 1:30 pm and are being held in conjunction with this season's Kravis Center presentations of The Canterbury Tales (January 25 & 26), Romeo & Juliet (January 27 & 28) and Jane Eyre (March 30 through April 1) in the Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse. Drawing on her vast experience as an educator and lover of literature, instructor Lee Wolf will shed new light on these chestnuts, including some things that you didn't learn in high school.
"Trust me," Mrs. Wolf says. "For The Canterbury Tales, I'll be concentrating on the Miller's Tale, which is the bawdiest piece. It's usually not covered when Canterbury Tales is studied in school. It is funny and it's the kind of humor we all had when we were adolescents, but it's bathroom humor. You couldn't imagine that in the 14th century that someone would be writing in quite that way." Mrs. Wolf intends to highlight modern interpretations of the classics, exploring, for example, the new feminist interpretation of Jane Eyre. Ultimately, the seminars are intended to enrich audience members' understanding and enjoyment of these time-honored treasures. Aquila Theatre Company will present Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales on Thursday and Friday, January 25 and January 26 at 8 pm, followed by William Shakespeare' s Romeo & Juliet on Saturday, January 27 at 8 pm and Sunday, January 28 at 1:30 pm. The Acting Company will present Jane Eyre Friday through Sunday, March 30 through April 1.
Show times are 7:30 pm. There will also be a 2 pm matinee on Saturday. Tickets for all performances are $35.
Tickets for Theatre Seminar: A Closer Look at Three Classics are $10 per lecture. The seminars will be held in The Picower Foundation Arts Education Center on the second floor of the Kravis Center's Cohen Pavilion, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. For tickets, call the Kravis Center's box office at (561) 832-7469 or (800) 572-8471, or log on to http://www.kravis.org.
Before Seeing Them On StageIf the Montagues and Capulets, Jane Eyre and Chaucer's Knight are characters that exist only in your cloudy memories of a high school literature class, the Kravis Center will reacquaint you with these old friends when it presents a series of theatre seminars beginning January 23.As part of its ArtSmart series of continuing arts education, the Kravis Center will present Theatre Seminar: A Closer Look at Three Classics on Tuesday, January 23; Wednesday, January 24 and Monday, March 26. The 90-minute seminars begin at 1:30 pm and are being held in conjunction with this season's Kravis Center presentations of The Canterbury Tales (January 25 & 26), Romeo & Juliet (January 27 & 28) and Jane Eyre (March 30 through April 1) in the Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse. Drawing on her vast experience as an educator and lover of literature, instructor Lee Wolf will shed new light on these chestnuts, including some things that you didn't learn in high school.
Show times are 7:30 pm. There will also be a 2 pm matinee on Saturday. Tickets for all performances are $35.
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