upcoming events: summer 2021
All the World’s a Stage
Released weekly on YouTube Thursdays at 6pm:
July 8, 15, 22, 29 | August 5, 12, 19, 26
A unique New Swan offering: this collection of short films features actors from around the world performing Shakespeare in the language of their choice.
More information will be coming your way as each film is released.
Wherein I See Myself
Saturday, July 17th
6:00 – 7:30pm PDT
Please join us for the premiere of this original New Swan film exploring monologues from Shakespeare’s plays, featuring a cast of Black UCI students and alumni. The film will be followed by a conversation with director Wayne T. Carr and actors Maya Smoot and Tristan Turner.
The Pericles Project
August 21, 2021
6:00-7:30pm PDT
Join us for the premiere of The Pericles Project, directed by Beth Lopes in order to introduce audiences to this beautiful late work by Shakespeare.
Want to learn more about the play? Join the Pericles Reading Group with Julia Lupton, four Mondays in July and August.
upcoming events: summer 2021
All the World’s a Stage
Released weekly on YouTube Thursdays at 6pm:
July 8, 15, 22, 29 | August 5, 12, 19, 26
A unique New Swan offering: this collection of short films features actors from around the world performing Shakespeare in the language of their choice.
More information will be coming your way as each film is released.
Wherein I See Myself
Saturday, July 17th
6:00 – 7:30pm PDT
Please join us for the premiere of this original New Swan film exploring monologues from Shakespeare’s plays, featuring a cast of Black UCI students and alumni. The film will be followed by a conversation with director Wayne T. Carr and actors Maya Smoot and Tristan Turner.
The Pericles Project
August 21, 2021
6:00-7:30pm PDT
Join us for the premiere of The Pericles Project, directed by Beth Lopes in order to introduce audiences to this beautiful late work by Shakespeare.
Want to learn more about the play? Join the Pericles Reading Group with Julia Lupton, four Mondays in July and August.
NEW SWAN CENTER EVENTS
Jos Repertory Theatre, Nigeria
All the World’s a Stage
Sunday, July 18th
2:00-3:30pm PDT
Featuring five short videos in different languages from Jos Theatre Company in Nigeria. After the screening, please join us for a conversation with Patrick-Jude Oteh, Artistic Director of Jos Repertory Theatre.
Educators’ Day
Wednesday, July 14
3:00-6:00pm PDT
Calling all educators and future teachers!
Join us for a day focused on teaching “Romeo and Juliet” and social justice featuring Chris Anthony.
Hamnet Book Club
Wednesday, July 21
5:00-6:30pm PDT
Please join us for a discussion of Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning novel “Hamnet,” led by Dr. Ariane Helou.
Sarah Enloe, American Shakespeare Theater
Wednesday, July 28
5:00-6:30pm PDT
Please join us for this special interactive workshop with Sarah Enloe on how and why actors speak to the audience.
WATCH NOW: HISTORY OF NEW SWAN
“Admit me Chorus to this history;
Who prologue-like your humble patience pray,
Gently to hear, kindly to judge, our plays.”
– Chorus, Henry V
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players:
they have their exits and their entrances;
and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.”
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Education
- Seminar Series
- Community Conversations
- Shakespeare Weekend
- Friday Folios Series
- Apprentice Program
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- 16-ton movable, 130 seat, mini-Elizabethan theater.
- Every seat is very close to the action.
- Winner of Arts Orange County Award 2013: Outstanding Contribution to the Built Environment.
Diversity
Statement
At New Swan, our productions include people with a variance of backgrounds and experiences, celebrating each individual both on stage and off. We allow our differences to affect our productions, manifesting richer and deeper stories. Theater without diversity is meaningless, and diversity without equity is an empty promise.
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Diversity
Statement
At New Swan, our productions include people with a variance of backgrounds and experiences, celebrating each individual both on stage and off. We allow our differences to affect our productions, manifesting richer and deeper stories. Theater without diversity is meaningless, and diversity without equity is an empty promise.
in collaboration with
New Swan Shakespeare Festival is hosted and produced in collaboration with the Drama Department at the University of California at Irvine, the Office of Research, the Claire Trever School of the Arts, and the School of Humanities.
