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Scholarship. Stagecraft. Shakespeare. | Offering MLitt and MFA degrees in Shakespeare and Performance at Mary Baldwin University.
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Give a warm welcome to three more of our first-year MLitt students: Pippin, Virginia, and Zach! by @mbushakespeare
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This Thesis Thursday we're highlighting Leah and Carlyle! Our thesis writers are now a quarter of the way through their writing process, and it's been a joy to watch how these projects have been developing! If you want to hear more about our 2nd year MLitt student's thesis projects, come on down to the Blackfriars Playhouse November 1st and 2nd to celebrate our annual Thesis Festival! 📚 by @mbushakespeare
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Program co-director Dr. Pete Kirwan gave a keynote address for the biennial conference of Resurgens Theatre in Atlanta, GA, at the end of September. The conference, "Apocrypha Now!", coincided with the theatre doing a year-long season of plays of disputed Shakespearean authorship, and conference attendees were treated to productions of Mucedorus and Gary Taylor's reconstructed version of Cardenio. Dr. Kirwan's paper, "Performing in the Shadow of Shakespeare", talked about the value of apocryphal plays for foregrounding theatre artists' own work, profiling our program's 2023 Ren Show of The Birth of Merlin. Pete's reviews of Resurgens' productions of Mucedorus and Cardenio can be found on his blog: https://drpeterkirwan.com/2026/09/27/the-history-of-cardenio-resurgens-theatre-company-pythagoras-masonic-temple/ https://drpeterkirwan.com/2026/09/26/mucedorus-resurgens-theatre-company-pythagoras-masonic-temple/ by @mbushakespeare
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Our next Thesis Thursday highlight for our second year MLitt students are Marguerite and Analise! While their topics seem very different, both scholars are looking at authorship in the early modern canon! If you'd like to hear more from Marguerite, Analise, or any of our other thesis writers, come on down to the Blackfriars Playhouse November 1st-2nd for our annual thesis fest! 📚 by @mbushakespeare
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Happy Friday! Give a warm welcome to Brayden, Asa, and Kelly from our first-Year MLitt cohort! by @mbushakespeare
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It's that time of the week again! We're thrilled to highlight second year MLitt student Kassidy and Sam for this week's edition of Thesis Thursday! While we aren't able to share all of the interesting facts that Kassidy and Sam are finding throughout their research, Thesis Festival on November 1st-2nd provides ample time for them to show off their work! Mark your calendars and come on out to support our second year MLitt students! 📚 by @mbushakespeare
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Meet three more of our brilliant first-year MLitt students: Chris, Spade, and Rypli! by @mbushakespeare
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Our second year MLitt students are hard at work researching and writing their thesis topics! To kick off our Thesis Thursday highlights this academic year are Bianca and Caitlyn! Swipe through to read a little bit about their research thus far! 📄📚🎭 If you want to hear more about their thesis topics (as well as several other projects we'll be highlighting throughout the year), mark November 1st and 2nd on your calendar and attend our annual Thesis Festival! 🎉 by @mbushakespeare
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Join Mountain Laurel Shakespeare Ensemble for a double feature of our Education Productions on September 28th and 29th! The night kicks off at 6pm with a 25-minute retelling of CYMBELINE called PRINCESS IMOGEN AND THE ENCHANTED BEARS. After a brief interlude, the fun continues at 7:30pm with THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. Directors Rachael Klein and Haleigh Acosta enliven this old tale of love and betrayal with a blend of fantastical costuming and nineties sparkle. Best friends Proteus and Valentine are parting for a while, one staying home with his beau and the other continuing his singlehood abroad. But with a change of travel plans, their bonds soon begin to strain. In Milan, Sylvia and her lover get engaged behind her father’s back, only for her lover’s friend to rat him out and try to woo her instead. On top of this, the new suitor’s girlfriend is in town to surprise him, and is about to receive an unpleasant surprise herself. Acosta and Klein focus on the way characters use each other as interchangeable proxies to critique cultures of toxic masculinity and highlight female solidarity.  Registration for tickets can be found in our bio! PLEASE NOTE: due to the time gap between performances and the varied nature of the intended audiences of these productions, tickets for these shows are NOT being grouped into one event. If you plan to see both performances you MUST register for both events! We hope to see you there! taken in Mary Baldwin University Shakespeare and Performance by @mbushakespeare
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Join Mountain Laurel Shakespeare Ensemble for a double feature of our Education Productions on September 28th and 29th! The evening will kick off at 6pm with PRINCESS IMOGEN AND THE ENCHANTED BEARS, a devised retelling of CYMBELINE in which Emmet Temple, Kelsey Rich, Sam M Acosta, and Sarah Clayton have adapted Shakespeare’s little-known romance, but not unfamiliar to our company, into a twenty-five-minute tale for elementary-age audiences. The story follows the journey of the princess Imogen after the loss of her mother. Struggling to come to terms with her new reality and the scope of her feelings, Imogen travels into the woods near her home. The woods are as unfamiliar to her as life without her mother, but the forest’s denizens include friendly forces who can help her on her way forward. The production focuses on helping young viewers build emotional skills to manage big feelings, process grief, and develop resilience. PRINCESS IMOGEN AND THE ENCHANTED BEARS will be followed by a brief interlude before a 60-minute production of THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA plays at 7:30pm in the same space. Registration for tickets can be found in our bio! PLEASE NOTE: due to the time gap between performances and the varied nature of the intended audiences of these productions, tickets for these shows are NOT being grouped into one event. If you plan to see both performances you MUST register for both events! We hope to see you there! taken in Mary Baldwin University Shakespeare and Performance by @mbushakespeare
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We're thrilled to highlight the first of many incoming First Year MLitt students here at S&P! Meet Takyia, DJ, and Emilie! by @mbushakespeare
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As we prep to open our Education shows in a little over a week, we want to reflect back on APOGEE, our devised production, and thank @ariel_tat for their guidance in the rehearsal room and for capturing these stunning photos! 🚀 Thank you for everyone who joined us for Mountain Laurel’s MFA maiden voyage and for S&P’s first production in New Place. Any guesses about which characters from our season made an appearance on our journey into orbit? 🪐 Check back later for more of our company and tomorrow for more info on our Education shows, which open September 28th! 👽 APOGEE, a Devised Production 🚀 Directed by Doreen Bechtol and Molly Seremet 🔭 Photos by Ariel Tatum (@ariel_tat) 🪐 Cast 🪐 Haleigh Acosta Samuel M Acosta Rebecca Bailey Xander Burdette Sarah Clayton Madeleine Cook Austin Cox Che Flory CJ Helt Irene Keeney Rachael Klein Lora Lassiter Maggie Lengerich Katie Mitchell Sage Kelsey Rich Austin Sweatman Emmet Temple Riane Mia Tolliver Nick Trusty Larisa M West Susanna Lyne Wilson by @mbushakespeare
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