In 2012 the Guild focused most of its efforts on programs at the NATIONAL
ARTS CLUB on Gramercy Park, but one of our events took place next door at
THE PLAYERS, and a second occurred at the DICAPO OPERA THEATRE on the Upper
East Side. Meanwhile, in Santa Fe the Guild joined forces with the NEW MEXICO
MUSEUM OF ART and the NEW MEXICO HUMANITIES COUNCIL for a series of "CENTENNIAL
FRIDAYS" to commemorate a century of statehood for the Land of Enchantment.
We opened the year in January with JEFFREY
HOROWITZ, whose company, Theatre for a New Audience, had just broken
ground on a new complex in Brooklyn. We then proceeded to a conversation
with DAVID KASTAN, who had moved
from Columbia to a distinguished professorship at Yale. Next up was an intimate
evening at THE PLAYERS with four-time Tony laureate ZOE
CALDWELL. We then enjoyed a delightful conversation with stage and film
star STACY KEACH, who was completing
an enthusiastically received Broadway stint in Other Desert Cities.
The following evening we chatted with three leaders of The Shakespeare Society,
MADELEINE AUSTIN, ANN MCDONALD, and MICHAEL
SEXTON.
In April we listened as the Folger Shakespeare Library's
GEORGIANA ZIEGLER offered details about an exhibition she'd curated
about female writers in early modern England. And in June we conversed with
actor DAKIN MATTHEWS about the classic
roles he'd played on stage and screen. After a brief summer interval, we
returned to the NAC in September for a delightful evening with New Yorker
critic JOHN LAHR, who discussed
his profiles of such stars as Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Mike Nichols,
and Dame Helen Mirren. We then proceeded to engaging conversations with
Hunter College scholar IRENE DASH,
director and playwright NAGLE JACKSON,
and popular Columbia professor JAMES
SHAPIRO.
For details about offerings that have been presented in other seasons, click
on the years that follow: 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001,
2002, 2003,
2004, 2005,
2006, 2007,
2008, 2009,
2010, 2011,
2013, 2014,
2015, 2016,
2017, 2018,
2019, and 2020.
And for information about upcoming programs, visit our Current
Events page.