Meetings will be two-hour moderated group discussions--not classes or lectures. We will take a close look at six of Shakespeare’s plays: The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Othello, King Lear and The Tempest. 

We will read the play in advance for each meeting in order to ground our discussions, and there will be a few suggested supplemental readings. Most of all, we’ll have fun and build a community of Shakespeare enthusiasts!

Connelly Akstens has taught Shakespeare at the university level for decades and has published articles and contributed to books about Shakespeare and his contemporaries.