<p><span><em>This discussion is presented by the University of Washington Graduate School's Office of Public Lectures.</em><br><br>At the start of the pandemic, we watched arts and cultural organizations shutter their doors to the public. And even though these doors were closed, creative minds were still at work. Ten months later, as some of these same organizations are beginning to slowly and carefully re-open, we what new and interesting things will we find? How will art reflect these last ten months?

<p><strong>TICKET SALES FOR THIS PRODUCTION ARE NOW CLOSED.</strong><br><br>What is the experience of living in America today? It’s a question most of us are asking ourselves constantly these days, as we look out over an American landscape almost no one could have imagined. It’s also a foundational question in the work of celebrated devising theatre company the TEAM, of which director Libby King has been a member since 2006.

<p><strong>Aren’t we better than our worst crimes? Are we just going to go on trading blood endlessly back and forth? What is the sense of that? Aren’t we tired? </strong></p>

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<p><span>Please join us for a special post-show Q&A with director Andrew Coopman and cast members Diana Trotter, Gretchen Hahn, and Antonio Mitchell.</span><strong> Sunday May 9, 2021 at 4:30 PM PDT<span> </span></strong><span>after the closing night performance. <strong><a href="https://www.uwdramalabs.com/rosmersholm-qa">Please RSVP here</a></strong></span><strong>.</strong></p>

<p>Join us for a virtual Q&A with new School of Drama faculty member, Libby King and s<span>cenographer and</span> MFA design student Annie (Da Hye) Bang. Learn about the process of devising, designing, and producing the first show in our 2020-21 Season.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, we have had to cancel our planned undergraduate production of Darrah Cloud’s <strong><em>The Stick Wife</em></strong> because we did not have enough students audition to fill the cast. Although we are disappointed, we know that you join us in supporting our students in prioritizing their health and wellbeing during this difficult year. <br><br>We hope you will join us for an upcoming event: A new play reading of undergraduate Darby Sherwood's <strong><em>Zurich to Petersburg.

<div>A clinic on theater education, workshopping, and strategies for young actors. </div>
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<p>For our final Coffee & Concepts of the 2020-2021 academic year, Dr. Rashida Shaw McMahon from <span>Wesleyan College in Connecticut will present a talk entitled "Meditations on Captive Performances of Denmark’s Colonial Children circa 1905," on <strong>Friday, May 7 from 2 - 4 PM</strong>. This talk, which will be presented via Zoom, is free and open to all. <br><br>Dr. McMahon teaches African American and Black transnational performance in the English Department at Wesleyan College.

<div><strong>Avant-Garde Geographies: Race, Policy, and <span color="#000000" face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Experimentation</span> in the Urban Frontier</strong></div>