During the run of The Comedy of Errors, a team of scholars present pre-performance talks that bridge the worlds of scholarship and performance—examining the play and interpretive choices made by the director and design team. Pre•Ambles are scheduled at least one hour before the curtain on selected weekend dates. No reservations are necessary. Dates, times, and scholars subject to change.
Saturday, March 18, 2023 – 1:30 p.m., Regina Buccola
Saturday, March 25, 2023 – 1:30 p.m., Stephen Bennett
Sunday, March 26, 2023 – 1:00 p.m., Stephen Bennett
Saturday, April 1, 2023 – 1:30 p.m., Stephen Bennett
Saturday, April 8, 2023 – 1:30 p.m., Regina Buccola
Saturday, April 15, 2023 – 1:30 p.m., Stephen Bennett
Sunday, April 16, 2023 – 1:00 p.m., Regina Buccola
Part of the John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Inquiry and Exploration Series
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Regina Buccola, Ph.D.
Regina Buccola, Ph. D., is a Professor of English and Interim Dean of the College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences (CHESS) at Roosevelt University in Chicago. She specializes in Shakespeare, Non-Shakespeare early modern drama, and Women’s and Gender Studies. She has published several books on early modern British drama and culture, most recently Haunting History Onstage: Shakespeare in the USA and Canada for Cambridge Elements, as editor of A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Critical Guide and co-editor of Chicago Shakespeare Theater: Suiting the Action to the Word. Recent journal publications include Shakespeare Bulletin, Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England, and Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation. She serves as scholar in residence at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Her poetry has appeared in Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal and in Elia Magazine. In July 2022, a piece of her creative non-fiction appeared in Glacial Hills Review.
Stephen Bennett, Ph.D.
Stephen Bennett, Ph.D., is a scholar, professor, and special education teacher at CPS’s Eli Whitney Elementary who has taught at Roosevelt University, New York University, and the University of Utah. His dissertation, Reading Elizabeth: Menopause and the Cult of the Virgin Queen, explores how and why representations of Elizabeth I changed at her menopause and at her death. During a nearly 20-year career teaching literature and writing at the college level, he became increasingly fascinated with how a K-12 education prepares students for college, which lead him to his current position where he also mentors new teachers. Stephen earned his Ph. D. in English and American Literature at New York University, where he was a Dean’s Dissertation Fellow.