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Charles Newell
Charles Newell has been Artistic Director of Court Theatre since 1994, where he has directed over thirty productions. He made his Chicago directorial debut in 1993 with The Triumph of Love, which won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Production. Directorial credits at Court include Arcadia, Uncle Vanya, Raisin, The Glass Menagerie, Man of La Mancha, The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Cyrano, Guys and Dolls, James Joyce’s “The Dead,” Hamlet, Piano, The Invention of Love, The Little Foxes, The Cherry Orchard, and Nora. Mr. Newell has also directed at the Guthrie Theatre, Arena Stage, John Houseman’s The Acting Company, the California and Alabama Shakespeare Festivals, Juilliard, and New York University. His production of Man of La Mancha at Court was the recipient of six Jeff Awards, including Best Director—Musical.
Hollis Resnik
Hollis Resnik last appeared at Court in Man of La Mancha, which won the 2006 Jeff Awards for Best Musical and Best Ensemble. Other Court appearances include James Joyce’s “The Dead,” The Little Foxes (After Dark Award), The Misanthrope, An Ideal Husband, The Play’s the Thing, Travesties, Hay Fever, Celemine and the Cardinal, The Chairs, and The Learned Ladies. Hollis also spent more than a year as Mrs. Meers in the Broadway tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie. In addition, she has sung for the CSO, the Lyric Opera, and Ravinia. She has also appeared at the Public Theatre in NYC, Milwaukee Rep, Indiana Rep, and Santa Fe Stages; and she toured as Fantine in Les Miserables for almost two years. She is the recipient of eight Joseph Jefferson Awards, three After Dark Awards, and the Sarah Siddons Award.
Please join Charles Newell for his lecture on:
William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus
On January 10, 2008, Court Theatre will open Charles Newell’s production
of Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare’s earliest tragedy. Mr. Newell will explain
why this work suggests to him a modern saga of privilege and responsibility
full of aggression that is just for show…or is it? With actress Hollis Resnik,
star of Court’s production, Mr. Newell will use three speeches of Tamora,
Queen of the Goths, to illustrate the contrast between a straight reading of
the play and the depth the text takes on when we place it in a contemporary
“envelope.”
| When: | Tuesday, December 4 |
| Location: | The Chicago Club |