Housed the College of Arts and Architecture, but working across colleges and disciplines (particularly the departments of English and Theatre), SIA serves to advance and coordinate various activities and initiatives related to the production and exploration of Shakespeare’s work and that of his contemporaries. Its goal is to advance the study and enjoyment of Renaissance/Early Modern drama and culture, particularly through performance, on campus and in the broader Charlotte community. Its goal is to advance the study and enjoyment of Renaissance/Early Modern drama and culture, particularly through performance, on campus and in the broader Charlotte community. SIA brings in guest speakers for lectures and colloquia; integrates live performance into campus learning;provides student scholarships and sponsors special classes, including a summer program in England. SIA orchestrates student and faculty gatherings, is actively engaged in community outreach, particularly through area schools, and is dedicated to fostering dialogue between experts in theatre, literature, history, art, psychology, music, education and other areas of art and material culture relevant to the study of Shakespeare’s works.
36 in 6 Project
On April 23rd, 2016, William Shakespeare will have been dead for 400 years. But UNC Charlotte’s Shakespeare in Action initiative is bringing him back to life… In the next six years SIA will mount six events per year, each devoted to one of Shakespeare’s plays, so that by the target date we will have staged—in some form—all 36 plays in the canon.The events will include major productions, staged readings and the performance of selected scenes, alongside public lectures, colloquia and guest appearances. The "36 in 6" project will bridge the university and city of Charlotte communities, drawing graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, civic leaders, school teachers, high school students, retirees, local media and a full range of groups and individuals from the general public. The events will be held in various locations on campus and throughout the area, involving some which will tour local schools. By the end of the project we will have explored in some manner every single play written by Shakespeare and be poised to launch a new and exciting program of research and performance.
Comedies
- All's Well That Ends Well (1602-1604)
- As You Like It (1599-1600)
- The Comedy of Errors (1588-94)
- Love's Labour's Lost (1588-94)
- Measure for Measure (1604)
- The Merchant of Venice (1594-96)
- The Merry Wives of Windsor (1597)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595-96)
- Much Ado About Nothing (1598-99)
- Taming of the Shrew (1593-94)
- Twelfth Night (1599-1600)
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1592-94)
Tragedies
- Antony and Cleopatra (1606-07)
- Coriolanus (1607-08)
- Hamlet (1600-01)
- Julius Caesar (1599)
- King Lear (1605-06)
- Macbeth (1605-06)
- Othello (1603-04)
- Romeo and Juliet (1594-96)
- Timon of Athens (1605-08)
- Titus Andronicus (1589-94)
- Troilus and Cressida (1601-02)
Poems
Romances
- Cymbeline (1609-10)
- Pericles (1607-08)
- The Tempest (1611)
- The Winter's Tale (1610-11)
- Two Noble Kinsmen (1613)
Apocrypha
Rape of Lucrece
Events
As We Like It
A Celebration of Shakespeare in Honor of the 400th Anniversary of his Death Presented by Shakespeare in Action and the Department of Theatre
7:30 PM | Saturday, April 23 | Belk Theater
Dr. Kent Cartwright
What I Learned About Shakespeare from Editing... The Comedy of Errors
4:00 PM | Thursday, January 21 | Fretwell 290B
Dr. Garrett Sullivan
A Pair So Famous: Memory, Sexuality, and Selfhood in Antony and Cleopatra
4:00 PM | Wednesday, October 14 | Fretwell 290B