Duke Performances

Founded in 2007, this six-person company is already renowned for its dynamic, actor-focused style and lapidary productions of Shakespeare, whose elaborately plotted romance Cymbeline sings out with utter clarity in Fiasco’s capable hands. Over a swift-moving 150 minutes, with plenty of witty music and dynamic action, the “lucid, modest performances let the comedy, poignancy, and unlikely magic surface” (NY Times).

Sarah Beckwith is Professor of English and Theater Studies at Duke University where she works on late medieval religious writing, medieval and early modern drama, and ordinary language philosophy. Her book, Shakespeare and the Grammar of Forgiveness (Cornell University Press, 2011) traces the conversation on shifting religious conventions that occurred during the English Reformation. Through studying Shakepeare's post-tragic plays, including Cymbeline, Beckwith reveals Shakespeare’s profound understanding of the importance of language as the fragile basis of our relations with others.

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Fiasco Theater Residency Schedule

FIASCO THEATER • 'CYMBELINE' BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Thursday, February 2, 2012 | 8:00 pm
Friday, February 3, 2012 | 8:00 pm
Saturday, February 4, 2012 | 8:00 pm
Reynolds Industries Theater

Conversation:
ON FIASCO THEATER: CAREERS IN THE THEATER
Followed by a reception
Monday, February 6, 2012 | 7:00 pm
Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street, Durham

Class Visit:
SENIOR COLLOQUIUM
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 | 2:50 pm
Bryan Center 127, Duke's West Campus

Open Rehearsal:
FIASCO THEATER: OPEN REHEARSAL NO. 1
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Sheafer Lab Theater, The Bryan Center, Duke's West Campus
Followed by Q&A.

Conversation:
ON FIASCO THEATER'S CYMBELINE
Moderated by Prof. Sarah Beckwith
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 | 12:00 pm
John Hope Franklin Center, Rm. 240, 2204 Erwin Road
Lunch with be provided. 

Class Visit:
SHAKESPEARE AFTER 1600 & SHAKESPEARE: COMEDIES/ROMANCES
Thursday, February 9, 2012 | 10:05 pm
Bryan Center 127, Duke's West Campus

Master Class:
ACTING INTENSIVE WITH FIASCO THEATER
Saturday, February 11, 2012 | 12:00 pm
Brody Theater, Duke's East Campus

Class Visit:
VOICE/BODY GESTURE THEATER
Monday, February 13, 2012 | 1:15 pm
Bryan Center 127, Duke's West Campus

Class Visit:
ADVANCED ACTING: CONTEMPORARY & MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN DRAMA
Monday, February 13, 2012 | 2:50 pm
Brody Theater, Duke's East Campus

Class Visit:
THEATER TODAY
Monday, February 13, 2012 | 4:30 pm
Brody Theater, Duke's East Campus

Class Visit:
AUDITION TECHNIQUE
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 | 1:15 pm
Brody Theater, Duke's East Campus

Open Rehearsal:
FIASCO THEATER: OPEN REHEARSAL NO. 2
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 | 6:00 pm
Sheafer Lab Theater, Duke's West Campus
Followed by Q&A.

WORKSHOP READING: FIASCO THEATER • 'MEASURE FOR MEASURE' BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Friday, February 17, 2012 | 8:00 pm
Saturday, February 18, 2012 | 8:00 pm
Sheafer Lab Theater