{"id":2280,"date":"2011-11-09T11:16:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T16:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=2280"},"modified":"2011-11-09T11:16:51","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T16:16:51","slug":"8th-annual-don-wilmeth-endowed-lectureship-in-american-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/8th-annual-don-wilmeth-endowed-lectureship-in-american-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"8th Annual Don Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship in American Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2284\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/2011\/11\/09\/8th-annual-don-wilmeth-endowed-lectureship-in-american-theatre\/screen-shot-2011-11-09-at-10-11-28-am\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2284 alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;margin: 1px\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/files\/2011\/11\/Screen-shot-2011-11-09-at-10.11.28-AM-241x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2011\/11\/Screen-shot-2011-11-09-at-10.11.28-AM-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2011\/11\/Screen-shot-2011-11-09-at-10.11.28-AM-100x124.png 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2011\/11\/Screen-shot-2011-11-09-at-10.11.28-AM-150x187.png 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2011\/11\/Screen-shot-2011-11-09-at-10.11.28-AM-200x249.png 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2011\/11\/Screen-shot-2011-11-09-at-10.11.28-AM-300x373.png 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2011\/11\/Screen-shot-2011-11-09-at-10.11.28-AM-450x560.png 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2011\/11\/Screen-shot-2011-11-09-at-10.11.28-AM-600x746.png 600w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2011\/11\/Screen-shot-2011-11-09-at-10.11.28-AM.png 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a>PROVIDENCE, R.I. <\/strong><strong>[Brown University] &#8211; <\/strong>On Monday, December 12, Brown University Library will host <strong>The 8<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Don Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship in American Theatre<\/strong>. For \u201cTwo Great Plays\u2013a Clown\u2019s View,\u201d actor Bill Irwin will explore his experiences performing Samuel Beckett\u2019s <em>Endgame<\/em> and <em>Waiting for Godot<\/em>, interlaced with performance examples\u2013both Beckett and non-Beckett. The event will be held from 7 to 9pm in the Leeds Theater in Lyman Hall followed by a reception.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Irwin is a director and choreographer, playwright, distinguished actor, dancer, and extraordinary clown.\u00a0 A graduate of Oberlin College and Ringling Bros. and Barnum &amp; Bailey\u2019s Clown College, he has been rewarded for his artistry and contributions to the performing arts with numerous recognitions, including Tonys for both his acting and his clowning, NEA Fellowships (in choreography), and Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships.\u00a0 A major player in the revitalization of the circus arts in the 1970s, he was the first performance artist to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (1984). In his various clown shows, he has established the stage persona of the beleaguered but resilient all-American, versions of which appear in much of his work. In 2010 New York\u2019s New Victory Theater presented Irwin with the first ever New Victory Arts Award for \u201cbringing the arts to kids and kids to the arts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The Don Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship <\/strong>was established in honor of Professor Don Wilmeth and his  monumental contribution to the study of theatre at Brown. The lectureship supports an annual  lecture series on American theatre. Past visiting lecturers have included Laurence Maslon (2005), Jim Steinmeyer (2007), Christopher Bigsby (2008), Laura Linney (2008), and Lynn Nottage (2010).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This event is supported by Brown University Library and Friends.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Contact:<\/b> <a href=\"mailto:jennifer_braga@brown.edu\">Jennifer Braga<\/a> |\u00a0 401-863-6913<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] &#8211; On Monday, December 12, Brown University Library will host The 8th Annual Don Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship in American Theatre. For \u201cTwo Great Plays\u2013a Clown\u2019s View,\u201d actor Bill Irwin will explore his experiences performing Samuel Beckett\u2019s Endgame and Waiting for Godot, interlaced with performance examples\u2013both Beckett and non-Beckett. The event will <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/8th-annual-don-wilmeth-endowed-lectureship-in-american-theatre\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  8th Annual Don Wilmeth Endowed Lectureship in American Theatre<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exhibits-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}