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 ask2012 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 Irelands foremost living playwright, so this is a series of events your students should not miss. The Puterbaugh schedule is below, but Im particularly hoping that you can bring your class to the scholarly panels and the performance of Carrs 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 1214 (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 910-10:20am 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 1214 (8pm)
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