Most of the Guild's 2013 programs occurred at the NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, but
events also took place at PACE UNIVERSITY, at the JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH
in Greenwich Village, at THE PLAYERS, at the ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION, and
at two venues in Santa Fe.
We opened at Pace's MICHAEL SCHIMMEL CENTER in January with JULIE
TAYMOR, who reflected not only on The Lion King and on the
controversies occasioned by her dramatization of Spider-Man, but
on her feature films and onher seminal work with Theatre for a New Audience.
After a consideration of Words from the White House with writer
PAUL DICKSON, we proceeded to a
commemoration of Tennessee Williams' 102nd birthday with scholar
THOMAS KEITH. Next up was an exploration of Women of Will with
director TINA PACKER. Following that
gathering we explored a new anthology of comments about Shakespeare by
SUSANNAH CARSON. In May we chatted with Artistic Director JESSE
BERGER of the Red Bull Theater, and enjoyed an evening with eminent
artist EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER, who
talked about some of the atars whose Kinstler portraits are on display at
THE PLAYERS.
During the summer we co-produced a charming medley of scenes and songs at
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE in Santa Fe. We then
returned to Manhattan for an unforgettable September evening with Zoe
Caldwell. Next on our calendar were November programs with JEFFREY
HOROWITZ and TED ROGERS, who were looking forward to opening Theatre
for a New Audience's new Polonsky Shakespeare Theatre in Brooklyn, and with
ADAM GOPNIK of the New Yorker,
who talked with the Guild's John Andrews about the 50th anniversary of the
Kennedy assassination. In early December Mr. Andrews joined JOE
ILLICK of the Santa Fe Concert Association for a music and discussion
program about Shakespeare and Verdi. The Guild then concluded its 2013 season
at the NAC with Edwin Booth biographer ALAN
W. BLOOM.
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