This program will be held in-person at the Newberry.
Ascending the English throne in a vibrant but turbulent time, Elizabeth I was a brilliant and canny stateswoman, politician, and ruler whose own letters provide a captivating peek into her inner thoughts, desires, heartaches, fears, doubts, and joys. Intertwined with speeches from the plays of Shakespeare, the letters of the Virgin Queen paint a unique portrait of this remarkable and complex woman in this one-act, one-woman play by Carole Levin.
Starring Tamara Meneghini, Elizabeth I: In Her Own Words has played in Denver, New York City, and Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Speakers
Carole Levin, Willa Cather Professor of History Emerita at the University of Nebraska, is the author or editor of twenty books, including The Heart and Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power. She was senior historical consultant on the Newberry Library exhibit, Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend, and a 2015 Fulbright Scholar at the University of York in England.
Tamara Meneghini, actor, voice, stage movement, and intimacy coach, director, and teaching artist, is Associate Professor and head of the BFA in Musical Theatre concentration at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Cost and Registration
This program is free and open to all. Advance registration required.
Registration opens October 1.
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