Events
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Humanities Collaboration Discussion of “Keeping Hollywood Relevant”
Orono High School 14 Goodridge Drive, Orono, ME, United StatesThis discussion, led by Adam Barr, writer and producer of hit聽shows including聽The New Adventures of Old Christine聽and聽Will & Grace, will address topics such as how ideas age and how television can adapt to address changing attitudes towards social issues. Barr, using clips from the original seasons of聽Will & Grace聽(from 1999-2000) and the 2018-19 reboot, will […]
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Stephen E. King Chair Lecture: “Made for TV: Writing to Keep Hollywood Relevant”
Wells Conference Center University of Maine, 91福利, United StatesAdam Barr is a writer and producer of film and television in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Lewiston, Maine, where he attended Lewiston High School, then went on to study American History & Literature at Harvard University. For nearly 30 years, he has written for a number of shows, including聽The New Adventures […]
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鈥淲ill and Grace鈥 writer Adam Barr on 鈥淲riting to Keep Hollywood Relevant鈥
Foster Center for Innovation 5798 Student Innovation Center, Orono, ME, United StatesCurious about how television gets made? Do you like to write or act? Have you ever watched television? Come join Emmy Award-winning television writer and Executive Producer of Will & Grace Adam Barr as he leads a hands-on workshop on the essentials of creating an original episode of TV. In a fun, three-hour session, you鈥檒l […]
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Lisa Klein on her novel “Ophelia: ‘Hamlet鈥檚 Girlfriend Gets a Life'”
Neville HallLisa Klein, author of the young adult novel Ophelia, discusses her reinterpretation of聽Hamlet聽as a tale told from Ophelia's point of view. Klein will talk about the process of transforming the heroine from Shakespeare's stage to her page, and now to the screen in the forthcoming major motion picture based on her novel and starring Daisy […]
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Professional Actor Cordell Cole and American Shakespeare Center education director Sarah Enloe on Others, Othering, and “Othello”
Cyrus Pavilion Theatre 6 Sebago Rd., Orono, ME, United States -
Professional Actor Cordell Cole and American Shakespeare Center education director Sarah Enloe on Others, Othering, and “Othello”
Cyrus Pavilion Theatre 6 Sebago Rd., Orono, ME, United StatesIn this performance-based workshop, we will explore the characters of聽Othello, and the ways in which they 鈥淥ther鈥 one another. How do race, gender, religion, and class function in the play, and what can we learn by getting on our feet and exploring some scenes from one of Shakespeare鈥檚 greatest tragedies together? We will dig into […]
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Rebecca Traister, cultural critic and writer, on her book “Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women鈥檚 Anger”
Pre-register at:聽http://our.umaine.edu/king-chair-lecture-series
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Susan Choi, National Book Award-winner, on her novel “Trust Exercise”
Susan Choi's first novel, The Foreign Student, won the Asian American Literary Award for fiction. Her second novel, American Woman, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize. In 2019, […]
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Ken Belson, New York Times journalist, on 鈥淚nvestigating the N.F.L.鈥
Neville HallPublic Lecture by Ken Belson, New York Times Sports and Business Reporter New York Times journalist Ken Belson writes about the business of sports. He reports on the teams and […]
