DIALOGUES ABOUT THE GLOBE’S LEADING PLAYWRIGHT AND HIS UNIQUE POSITION IN OUR WORLD TODAY

PRESENTED BY The Shakespeare Guild IN ASSOCIATION WITH The English-Speaking Union

“Mrs. Theater” – Extraordinary Performer, Director, and Writer ZOE CALDWELL Shares Highlights from her Lively Memoir, I WILL BE CLEOPATRA

Our next guest and her eminent husband, producer ROBERT WHITEHEAD, were Monday, May 20 once referred to by the New York Times as “Mr. and Mrs. Theater.” ZOE CALD- WELL is one of the most charismatic and versatile artists of our time. An ac- Program 8:00 p.m. claimed director as well as a remarkable stage actress, she has worked with Reception 9:00 p.m. such legends as Judith Anderson, Edith Evans, Tyrone Guthrie, Charles Laugh-

NATIONAL ARTS CLUB ton, Christopher Plummer, and Paul Robeson. She holds four Tony Awards, including one for the title part in Medea (1982) and another for her Maria 15 Gramercy Park South Callas in Terrence McNally’s Master Class (1993). She’ll join us for this chat New York City and book-signing party in her newest capacity, as a mesmerizing prose stylist.

Michael Kahn – Celebrating his 15 Years in the Nation’s Capital One of the Globe’s Foremost Directors Discusses Shakespeare and Other Classics

During the last four decades few artists have exercised the kind of influence that MICHAEL KAHN has had upon the American stage. As director of Broadway Tuesday, May 21 revivals like his acclaimed 1974 production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, as head of Luncheon 12:30, Program 1:00 such prestigious institutions as the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut, and McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey, and as dean of the WOMAN’S NATIONAL drama division at New York’s famous Juilliard School, Mr. Kahn has supervised DEMOCRATIC CLUB the work of such stars as William Hurt, Stacy Keach, Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, 1526 New Hampshire Avenue Richard Thomas, and Robin Williams. Since 1986 he’s transformed The Shake- Washington speare Theatre into one of the world’s finest ensembles.

Ben Cameron – One of America’s Most Prominent Arts Leaders An Engaging Exchange with the Head of America’s Largest Theater Association

In a recent issue of American Theatre, the executive director of that superb Monday, June 10 magazine’s publisher, the Theatre Communications Group, observed that in many ways the most challenging dramatist in today’s repertory is a 438-year- Program 8:00 p.m. old genius who’s currently enjoying another resurgence as cinema’s hottest Reception 9:00 p.m. screenwriter. What is it about Shakespeare that keeps him perpetually in the NATIONAL ARTS CLUB vanguard? This will be one of the topics that BEN CAMERON addresses in a con- versation with Guild president JOHN F. ANDREWS. Before he arrived at TCG in 15 Gramercy Park South 1988 Mr. Cameron managed the theatre program at the National Endowment New York City for the Arts, and he’s now a key board member for the American Arts Alliance.

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