Friday, September 11, 2015
Shakespeare Theatre Company goes Jeopardy with 'That Is the Question'
DC Theatre Scene: Trivia buffs – brush up your Shakespeare. Shakespeare Theatre Company invites you to show off your knowledge Saturday, September 19th at its Shakespeare Trivia Challenge, ‘That Is the Question’.
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This seems like a very fun way for the Shakespeare Theatre Company to promote both their season, but education on Shakespeare as well. I definitely can see CMU having a similar event, not even for prizes necessarily, but just as a fun outing that is themed in both drama and trivia. Plus, this event is definitely giving back to the community, as it is providing 100 high school students with the opportunity to see one of the company’s productions, and the function is in fact free for high school students to attend. This is an important aspect of theatrical education to me, as the teachings of drama and theatrics are so easily carried into the lessons that we should all learn to go through our everyday life as informed people. There’s a lot more to be gained from knowing how to read and understand Shakespeare than just the ability to read and understand Shakespeare. Articulation of thought, abstract thinking, understanding complicated narratives, just to name a few are all that are developed through the study of Shakespeare’s work, and in a small way, this event is helping promote that among high school students.
An event like this can really do a great deal to promote theatre education, especially when sponsored by such a prominent area theatre. In appealing to both adults and students alike, this jeopardy one-off really targets the community at large, and fosters a sense of intergenerational cooperation that is critical to the continued advancement of theatre as a whole.
In addition, Shakespeare naturally provides excellent material for people to "nerd out" about. An event like this is sure to foster key relationships among community members through the commonality of a shared passion. As a DC-area native, it is wonderful to see such efforts. DC truly houses a vibrant theatre community, and outreach and community building programs like this are critical to its continued excellence and success. I myself was able to benefit greatly from several outreach programs sponsored by established theaters, and know firsthand how meaningful such involvement can be.
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