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Open to current teachers, retired teachers, student teachers, and the teacher-curious. Join us on campus for an afternoon of study featuring Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Throughout the day, there will be opportunities to share teaching strategies with fellow teachers. One to two free tickets to the evening's performance of Much Ado are included with your registration to this community event, made possible by our generous donors.
12:00 pm | Lunch and networking plus "free book sale"
1:00 pm | Welcome and seminar with Julia Lupton (English, UC Irvine)
2:30 pm | Break
2:45 pm | Theater Games with New Swan Resident Scholar Neah Lekan (Johns Hopkins University)
3:30 pm | Adapting Much Ado with New Swan Fellow Saiham Sharif
4:00 pm | Break
4:15 pm | Breakout sessions with lead teachers Ana Dinh and Lori Cardenzo-Starnes
5:00 pm | Workshop with Eli Simon and actors
6:00 pm | Dinner and networking
8:00 pm | Much Ado under the stars
Meet outside theater by 7:40 to pick up your ticket.