Athanata Arts

Arcadia - Review & Reflections

If you haven't seen it already, catch Tom Stoppard's theatrical masterpiece, Arcadia, on Broadway before it closes on June 19th. Then join me for an afternoon of review, reflections, and comments on this classic of contemporary theatre.

Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Time: 12 Noon - 3pm

Location: Manhattan location will be emailed to you following registration

Tuition: $65.00 (includes light lunch)

We're sold out! 

Fall Classes - Shakespeare & the Revenge Play

Fall Classes with Peter Arcese:

Shakespeare & the Revenge Play: Why So Much Blood, Guts & Gore?

What kind of a person would write such bloody plays & why?

• Was Shakespeare pandering to the insatiable Elizabethan appetite for blood?
• Was Shakespeare inciting racism for profit?
• Or was Shakespeare trying to show us a better way to live?

We can learn more about Shakespeare from reading his plays than by reading his biographies. By saturating his audience with visions of violence, he prompted them (and us) to imagine paths to peace and justice. Reading the following three plays, we can discover Shakespeare as a humanitarian who used the conventions of bloody entertainment to overcome the basic human desire for vengeance and the destructive distortions of prejudice.

Titus Andronicus (1593/94): a tragedy of human depravity
The Merchant of Venice (1596/1600): a sinister comedy of cold reason
The Tempest (1610/23): a romance of cruelty & compassion

Five sessions, Tuesdays 2-4pm: 9/21, 10/12, 10/26, 11/16, 12/7
Location: NYC Bar Association, 42 West 44th St (between 5th & 6th Avenues)

$145 for the series, $35 per individual session

Course Selections

All 5 sessions $145.00 Session 1 - 9/21 $35.00 Session 2 - 10/12 $35.00 Session 3 - 10/26 $35.00 Session 4 - 11/16 $35.00 Session 5 - 12/7 $35.00

August Classes!

SOLD OUT! - PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR ADDITIONAL CLASSES

Save the dates if you'll be in town! For two Monday evenings this August 17th & 24th, I will be offering a special private class in Midtown, from 6:30 - 8:30pm. Attendance in strictly limited to 5 members.

The topic for 8/17 is: 5 Big Questions Every Great Book Answers 
The topic for 8/24 is: Literature as a Life Practice I

Registration

Descriptions, details, & tuition info to follow. If you are certain right now that you would like to attend and wish to reserve a seat, please email me at pvarcese@athanata.com. I will reply with information and a registration link. I will honor registrations in the order received and completed. Hope to see you this month! -Peter Arcese

Relearn your ABC's

Coming up next, we will be presenting a course of study following Ezra Pound's classic ABC of Reading. The course will be hosted by Peter Arcese & Ray Hammond online combined with in-person class meetings.

Check back for dates, times, location and registration information.