Marissa Fenley (PhD Student, English/TAPS) & Sharvari Sastry (PhD Student, SALC/TAPS)
Byron: A Play
Respondent: Leslie Danzig
(Assistant Professor of Practice, TAPS)
Logan 801
Monday, Jan 22, 4:30-6pm
Project Abstract: This shadow play piece is an attempt to render into performance one of Gertrude Stein’s numerous ‘unstageable’ plays, Byron: A Play. Working in the medium of shadow puppetry, this performance experiment explores how, if at all, Stein’s words may be expressed performatively. For the workshop, Marissa and Sharvari will perform a small excerpt from the piece, and share a video of the performance.
The full text of Byron: A Play may be found here. The performance piece is based on pgs 333-340.
This Workshop is co-sponsored by the 20th/21st Century Workshop.
If you have any questions, need accommodations, or would like to be added to the listserv, please contact the coordinator at sharvarisastry@uchicago.edu.