Lit Fest 2017

Newman students along with special speakers will give presentations ranging from a variety of topics. There will also be drama events from the Theatre Department.

Partial Schedule of Events Literary Festival 2017

THU April 20

Jabara Flexible Theatre, De Mattias Hall

• 7 p.m.              Dr. Tiffany Stern, Keynote Address

FRI April 21

Jabara Flexible Theatre, De Mattias Hall

• 9 a.m. – Panel: Elizabethan Elaborations
• 10 a.m. – Elizabethan Sonnets & Monologues
• 1 p.m. – Dr. Tiffany Stern, Royal Halloway – Master Class
• 2 p.m. – Panel: Shakespeare & Performance
• 3 p.m. A – Panel: Donut Stand for Racism room DM275
• 3 p.m. B – Panel: Shakespeare & Editing (Tiffany Stern, Fran Connor, Ed Belsan)
• 4 p.m. – Poetry Reading (Bryan Dietrich)
• 7 p.m. – Sloppy Joes Improv Performance
• 8:30 p.m. – Screening of Short Film (Written & Directed by N.U. staff member)

SAT April 2

Jabara Flexible Theatre, De Mattias building

• 11 a.m. – Short play: Perditi inter Astra/ Lost in Space
• 1 p.m. – Panel: Learning to Unlearn: Unpacking Your Diversity Story
• 2 p.m. – English alumni panel: Shakespeare Beyond College
• 3 p.m. – Shakespeare Scenes
• 4 p.m. – Coelacanth Literary Journal Annual Debut (Readings from the Newman student literary journal, 2017 issue)
• 7 p.m. – A Shakespeare Evening (Bill & Sanda Coleman)