Course Schedule – Spring 2024 / Old Courses / WORLD OF THEATER
Coordinators: Yona Rogosin, Mary Ann Donnelly, Panny Mitchell, Nan McNamara
Theater has been present for 2,500 years and today Questers are fortunate to live at its epicenter. We will address the history of theater and the national, racial and cultural characteristics that can be found in the works of major playwrights and traditions.
This includes Western and Eastern forms and those considered uniquely African American. At each session, Questers will give mini-reviews of current productions.
A WEEK / TUESDAY / 10:30 PM – 12:00 PM
WORLD OF THEATER | ||
Date | Presenter | Title |
Sep 05 | Roy Clary | The History of Theater from Antiquity to Modern: An Overview |
Sep 19 | Lynnel Garabedian, Mary Ann Donnelly | Theater Across the Pond: The Royal Theater of England; Irish Playwrights |
Oct 03 | Ruth Ward | American Theater: The Dramatic Work of Eugene O’Neill and Its Significance |
Oct 17 | Nan McNamara, Sandy Gordon | African American Theatrical Traditions: The Art of Minstreling; The Work and Influence of Playwright August Wilson |
Oct 31 | Ellen Shapiro | Japanese Theater: From Its Beginnings to Noh, Kabuki, and Butoh |
Nov 14 | Michele Mackey | American Musicals: The Work and Influence of Rogers and Hammerstein |
Dec 05 | Yona Rogosin, Moderator | Panel Discussion: The Theatrical Experience from the Perspective of The Creators of Theater |
Other Classes:
- JAZZ AT NOON
- THE SCARLET LETTER
- THE GREAT GATSBY
- TOCQUEVILLE’S DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: A CLASSIC FOR OUR TIME
- MEXICO: SOUTH OF OUR BORDER
- HISTORY OF MEDICINE
- THEATER TALKBACK
- SOCIAL EVENTS
- FOOD: BEYOND JUST CALORIES
- TONI MORRISON: THE LEGEND
- INVISIBLE MAN BY RALPH ELLISON
- SIXTIES
- ELIZABETH GASKELL
- WEEK IN PARIS
- CREATIVE WORKSHOP
- EMILY DICKINSON CIRCLE
- SYMPOSIUM
- RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY
- CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CULTURE
- AUSTRALIA – THE LAND DOWN UNDER
- HUCKLEBERRY FINN
- AGING
- FASCINATING ISLANDS
- BLACK WOMEN’S VOICES
- THE NOBEL PRIZES
- READING EDITH WHARTON
- WOMEN IN GREEK DRAMA
- THE NEAR EAST
- HISTORY OF GERMANY
- A PASSAGE TO INDIA
- INDIE FILMS
- SLAVERY’S ROLE IN U.S. CAPITALISTIST DEVELOPMENT
- RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
- READING THE RABBIS
- RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
- MYTHOLOGY
- LITERARY HEROINES
- HOWARDS END
- HOUSE OF MIRTH
- FABULOUS FIFTIES
- COMEDY CENTRAL
- READING BLACK LIVES
- BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
- MOZART’S WOMEN
- ANTISEMITISM: PAST, PRESENT, FACTS, MYTHS
- AFRICAN CONTINENT
- PRESENTER’S SHOWCASE
- INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
- ACTING CLASS
- LAW & ORDER
- POINT OF VIEW
- MODERN OPERA
- MOVERS & SHAKERS
- SOCRATES AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY
- GREAT CONVERSATIONS
- ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY