Preliminary Schedule

FRIDAY, October 2

1:00-2:00 Conference Check-in (Outside Loosemore Auditorium)

2:00-2:45 Welcome Addresses

Dr. Benjamin Lockerd, Director of Grand Valley English M.A. Program

Dr. Jim Bell, Director of Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival
Dr. Rachel Anderson, Conference Organizer, Grand Valley State University

3:00-4:30 SESSION I

 “Pigeon Creek and Wayland Union High: The Winter’s Tale and Actor
Apprenticeship”
Katherine Mayberry, Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company, and
Rebecca Black, Wayland Union High School
Presider:

Shakespeare in the College Classroom

Presider:
“‘We would, and we would not’: Teaching Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure
in the Composition Classroom”
Lise Schlosser, Northern Illinois University

“Teaching the Bard in the 21st Century: Pods, Blogs, and More”
Bill Dynes, University of Indianapolis

 Beyond Shakespeare
Presider:
“‘Thy Evil Spirit, Brutus’: Brutus as Aristotelian Incontinent”
Mallory Legg, Ohio University

Laura Kasson, Indiana University, Title Forthcoming

Nancee Moes, Grand Valley State University (B.A. 2009), Title Forthcoming

6:00 Dinner at Kirkhof in Allendale

7:00 Romeo & Juliet Informance with Dr. Jo Miller, Grand Valley State University

7:30 Romeo & Juliet (Allendale)*

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SATURDAY, October 3

9:00 – 9:30 Coffee/Tea Service

9:30- 11:00 SESSION II (DeVos Classrooms)

 “Teaching Shakespeare through Image Theatre”

Erin Kaplan
Presider:

Online Shakespeare
Presider: Rob Rozema
“Gen Ed Shakespeare and the Limits of On-Line Education”
Niels Herold, Oakland University

“Using Social Networking Programs to Teach Shakespeare”

Lawrence Reiff, Roslyn School District

“The Play Really Is the Thing”

Lindsay Steenbergen, Portage High School

 Shakespeare and Women

Presider: Avis Hewitt
“Helena as ‘good gift’: All's Well and the Marital Politics of Gift Exchange”
Amy Smith, Kalamazoo College

“‘Female’ Stage Properties: The Object of Marriage”

Amy Spearman, Oakland University

 Christina Traister, Michigan State University, Title Forthcoming

Presider:

11-12:30 LUNCH (Outside Loosemore)

12:30-2:00 SESSION III (DeVos Classrooms)

  Shakespeare and the Captive Audience

Presider:
“‘We are such stuff as dreams are made on’: Shakespeare as a Tool for Personal
Empowerment in Correctional Facilities”
James Croft

“Deconstructing Hypocrisy with Shakespeare Behind Bars”

Jack Heller, Huntington University

“‘All the World’s a Stage’: Shakespeare Prison Performance and its Connections
to the English Classroom”
Angela Walentovic, Oakland University

Writing and Shakespeare (Lake Michigan Writing Project)

Presider:

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12:30-2:00 SESSION III Continued
 GVSU MA Sponsored Panel
Presider:
“Telling Old Tales New: John Gower's Role in Pericles”
Patrick Prominski, (GVSU M.A. expected 2010)

“The Transformation of the Vice: The Morality Play Influences in Shakespeare’s

Richard III”
Elizabeth Shelley, Aquinas College, Grand Valley State University (GVSU M.A.
2007)

“Shakespeare Out Loud and In Color”

Anna Roseboro, Grand Valley State University
Presider:

2:15-3:15 SESSION IV (DeVos Classrooms)

 The Critical Reception of Shakespeare
Featured Speaker, Ivo Soljan, Grand Valley State University
Presider:

“Let Us Loosen Up: Unlocking Shakespearean Realization by Setting Aside Old

Shakespearean Paradigms for Enhanced Student Creativity”
Michael Harding, Dixie State College
Presider:

 “Acting Shakespeare: A First Folio Approach”

Chaya Gordon-Bland, Michigan State University
Presider:

 Bloody Shakespeare
Presider: Sufen Lai
“‘An Act of Tragic Violence’: The Pattern of Violence in Early Modern Drama”
Caroline Gaddy

Lisa Miller (GVSU M.A. expected 2010), Title Forthcoming

3:30-5:00 Keynote – Curt Tofteland (Loosemore)

“Behind Bard-wire: Reflection, Responsibility, Forgiveness, and Redemption –
The Transformative Power of Art, Theatre, and Shakespeare”

5:00-5:30 Wine & Cheese Reception (Outside Loosemore)

8:00 Twelfth Night (Dog Story Theatre)*

* One performance included in conference registration. Those wishing to attend both shows may purchase a ticket at the registration table.

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