Arts District: Community Shakespeare Read: Hamlet

Embark on a close reading of Shakespeare’s longest and well-loved play alongside fellow lifelong learners. Through physical, vocal, text, discussion, and performance-based exploration, students will analyze, critique, interpret, and deepen Shakespeare’s words and characters on literary, performance, and personal levels.

Gil Mitchell (Artistic Director) is a multi-hyphenate artist and educator currently based out of Washington, DC. He has a BA in Performing Arts and an MLitt in Shakespeare and Performance from Mary Baldwin University, an MFA from the George Washington University and the Academy at the Shakespeare Theatre Company, and a certificate in Contemporary Circus Arts from the Musik og Teaterhøjskolen in Toftlund, Denmark.

He is an award-winning director, actor, and choreographer, and has collaborated with institutions such as The Shakespeare Theatre Company, The American Shakespeare Center, and Harvard University. He works as a freelance educator, and is a faculty member at NewU University, where he teaches rhetoric. In his free time, he plays amateur chess, and excellent gin rummy. He takes his coffee black and frequently.

*No class on November 26th.