Join the discussion series with local scholars and ensemble members in the relaxed setting of a neighborhood café.
Sunday, February 21, 6:00 PM
Examine Hamlet from a theological perspective.
Guest lecturer: Ann Keeler Evans, M.Div.
Read an excerpt from Ann Keeler Evans' lecture here.
Sunday, February 28, 6:00 PM
The evening discussion offers insight into composer Quinn Collins'
approach to creating the score for Hamlet.
Sunday, March 7, 6:00PM
Examine the psychology and social context of Hamlet.
Guest Lecturer: Todd Borlik, Ph.D.
Sunday, March 14, 6:00PM
This evening discussion offers insight into director Gerard Stropnicky's
approach to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Cost: $8 per lecture, $5 for BU Students
Paid in advance or pay at the door!
No need to pre-register; just show up and be a part of the fun!
Location: Kristy's Pub
Refreshments & gratuity are the responsibility of the participant.
Download the registration form.
Please contact Education Director Nina Winter at (570) 784-5530 or nwinter@bte.org with questions.
About the lecturers
Ann Keeler Evans' (M.Div.) life has been a series of opposites. She has lived in small towns and large cities, on the East Coast and the West. She lived in the U.S. and in Europe; in cultures where she knew the rules and language and in cultures where she had to find her way. Ann has lived in republican states, socialist countries and democratic cities. She studied in a mainstream Christian Seminary, read with a friend as she prepared for her bat mitzvah, explored emerging spiritualities and sat with indigenous elders. She has lived alone and in community. Ann insists on the value of intimate conversation and thrives in cyberspace. She has balanced her life by taking long sabbaticals and then working endlessly pursuing her dreams. Through it all, she has successfully woven an integrated life. Sometimes she moves quietly and carefully between these disparate worlds. Other times she invites everyone to a party or a ritual in whatever small home she's living, knowing everyone will have a good time! These days you'll find Ann living quietly in a rural Pennsylvania farming community or dashing around the metropolitan Bay Area. Profoundly extroverted and wildly reflective. Deeply reverent and laughingly iconoclastic? It's all Ann. Simply Inspirational!
Quinn Collins grew up in Eastern Pennsylvania and currently resides there. Graduating in 2005 with a B.M. in Composition from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, Collins studied with Ellen Ruth Harrison, Darrell Handel, Frederic Rzewski, Christopher Bailey, and (primarily) Michael Fiday. He completed his M.M. in Composition from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009 where he studied composition with Zack Browning and Erik Lund and electroacoustic music with Scott Wyatt. Two Hour Ride, composed for the orkest "de ereprijs" for the 12th Annual Young Composers' Meeting in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, was performed at the International Gaudeamus Music Week 2006 in Amsterdam. Other music has been featured in dance pieces at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee; as part of Trimpin's Klavier Nonette Project in Seattle; in plays at the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, Bloomsburg, PA; in collaboration with artist Aaron Kent at the Semantics Art Gallery in Cincinnati; and in short films. His works have also been performed in venues such as Music 03-05 and '08 at the University of Cincinnati; the 2006 Bang on a Can Summer Music Institute at MASS MoCA; the 2007 and 2008 f (x) marathons in Miami; the University of Miami; William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ; the Art Academy of Cincinnati; the University of Illinois; the University of California at Fresno; the Manhattan School of Music; the 2009 Oregon Bach Festival Composers' Symposium; and others. Collins has been commissioned by musicians and ensembles such as Absolute Percussion, the f (x) ensemble, Kyklos, percussionist Justin Wolf, trumpeter Andrew Kozar, and Cadillac Moon Ensemble.
Todd Borlik, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of English at Bloomsburg University. He received his Ph.D. in English with a concentration in Shakespeare studies from the University of Washington in 2008. Dr. Borlik teaches courses in Shakespeare and early modern English literature. His writing has appeared in the Shakespeare Bulletin, Shakespeare Newsletter, Early Theatre, Early English Studies, and Literature/Film Quarterly. His essay on Philip Sidney was recently published in the collection Early Modern Ecostudies.
Gerard Stropnicky appeared last season as Postman/Glyn in BTE's A Child's Christmas in Wales, and wrote and directed last summer's large-scale community performance event in Town Park, Flood Stories. Included among well over a hundred BTE roles since his debut in 1978 are Ralph in A Christmas Story, Carl in Opus, Dr. van Helsing in Dracula, Don in Rounding Third, and Lady Throckmortonshire in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A Strange Comedy. Among 31 productions he directed at BTE are King Lear, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew, Lebensraum, Human Hearts, and Noises Off! He conceived and directed Letters to the Editor, which became a book published by Touchstone/Simon & Schuster. Away from BTE, Jerry works with communities to create shows using local stories in places such as Harlan, Kentucky, Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia. He is the director of the renowned Swamp Gravy in Colquitt, Georgia. With his wife Kathy Baas, he is founder and director of CampEmerge, a camp for families touched by autism. He is the father of William, now at Lycoming College, and step-father of Diane, a freelance lighting designer. A founding member, Jerry currently serves BTE as Producing Ensemble Director.
