From: Robert Con Davis-Undiano <[log in to unmask]>

Date: February 13, 2012 7:04:33 AM CST

To: Deborah <[log in to unmask]>

Subject: Favor to ask—2012 Puterbaugh Festival

Reply-To: Robert Con Davis-Undiano <[log in to unmask]>

Dear Deborah: I would like to invite you and your whole class to attend the events of the 2012 Puterbaugh Festival of International Literature and Culture from 6-10 March 2012.  This remarkable Festival will feature the campus visit of Irish playwright Marina Carr.  Carr is Ireland’s foremost living playwright, so this is a series of events your students should not miss. The Puterbaugh schedule is below, but I’m particularly hoping that you can bring your class to the scholarly panels and the performance of Carr’s play By the Bog of Cats, as follows:   Thursday 8 March 2012 10-10:50am          A Roundtable Discussion: Women in Classical Greek and Modern Irish Theater •Nancy Finn (UMass Boston), Ellen Greene (OU Classics), and Jody Allen Randolph (Westmont College) • Moderated by Daniel Simon • Meacham Auditorium (OMU 242) 11-11:20am          By the Bog of Cats, by Marina Carr • Selected scenes performed by the cast under the direction of Susan Shaughnessy • Meacham Auditorium 11:30-12:30         A Roundtable Discussion: Marina Carr in the Context of Contemporary Irish Literature • Mark Cuddy (Geva Theatre), George Cusack (OU Expository Writing), and Susan Shaughnessy (OU School of Drama) • Moderated by Kae Koger • Meacham Auditorium (OMU 242)   Saturday 10-14  March 2012 8pm                        Oklahoma Premiere of By the Bog of Cats, by Marina Carr • Directed by Susan Shaughnessy • Lab Theatre – Old Science Hall 200 • Reception following on 10 March• For tickets call 405-325-4101 With additional performances March 11 (3pm) and March 12–14 (8pm) The entire Puterbaugh schedule is below.  Please let me know what I can do to help you involve your students in these exciting events.   Regards, RC Robert Con Davis-Undiano Executive Director World Literature Today Neustadt Professor Presidential Professor of English The University of Oklahoma 630 Parrington Oval, Suite 110 Norman, OK 73019-4033 USA www.ou.edu/worldlit Fax: 405/325-7495   Tuesday, March 6 7:30-9pm              Opening Night • Reception, musical performances, and storytelling • Performing Arts Studio / Norman Depot   Wednesday, March 7 10:30-11:30am    Norman Public Schools Day • Storytelling, acting, and musical sing-along for 4th and 5th grade students • Meacham Auditorium  (OMU 242)   Thursday, March 8 10-10:50am          A Roundtable Discussion: Women in Classical Greek and Modern Irish Theater •Nancy Finn (UMass Boston), Ellen Greene (OU Classics), and Jody Allen Randolph (Westmont College) • Moderated by Daniel Simon • Meacham Auditorium (OMU 242) 11-11:20am          By the Bog of Cats, by Marina Carr • Selected scenes performed by the cast under the direction of Susan Shaughnessy • Meacham Auditorium 11:30-12:30         A Roundtable Discussion: Marina Carr in the Context of Contemporary Irish Literature • Mark Cuddy (Geva Theatre), George Cusack (OU Expository Writing), and Susan Shaughnessy (OU School of Drama) • Moderated by Kae Koger • Meacham Auditorium (OMU 242) 1-4:00pm              Irish Film Festival • Featuring Once (2006, dir. John Carney, 85 min.), The Crush (2010, dir. Michael Creagh, 15 min.), and The Commitments (1991, dir. Alan Parker, 118 min.) • Hosted by Andrew Horton • Meacham Auditorium  (OMU 242) Friday, March 9 10-10:20am          By the Bog of Cats, by Marina Carr • Selected scenes performed by the cast under the direction of Susan Shaughnessy • Meacham Auditorium (OMU 242) 10:30-11:30am    The 2012 Puterbaugh Keynote, by Marina Carr • Meacham Auditorium (OMU 242)   Saturday, March 10 8pm                        Oklahoma Premiere of By the Bog of Cats, by Marina Carr • Directed by Susan Shaughnessy • Lab Theatre – Old Science Hall 200 • Reception following • For tickets call 405-325-4101   With additional performances March 11 (3pm) and March 12–14 (8pm)

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