While Shakespeare’s acclaimed tragedy speaks volumes about society, politics, and philosophy, it is also a family drama about a son working out his complex feelings about his parents.
Beyond the Stage: Fathers, sons, and ghosts
Unit: Beyond the Stage
Beyond the Stage interview: From revenge to public justice
Festival dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm spoke with director Vanessa Stalling, M.F.A. ’14, about the upcoming production of Hamlet at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF).
Beyond the Stage interview: A call to action to find joy
Festival dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm spoke with director Kim McKean about the upcoming production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF).
Beyond the Stage: Shakespeare’s summer festivities
Festival dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm discusses English holiday festivities and the influence on Shakespeare’s “festive comedies.”
Beyond the Stage interview: A perfectly constructed comedy
Festival dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm spoke with director Robert Quinlan about the upcoming production of The Importance of Being Ernest at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF).
Beyond the Stage: ‘Isn’t That Dandy’
Festival dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm discusses self-fashioning and the dandyism movement and its reflection in Oscar Wilde’s work and personal style.
Beyond the Stage interview: Adapting Jane Austen’s voice
Festival dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm spoke with director Quetta Carpenter about the upcoming production of Sense and Sensibility at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF).
Beyond the Stage: On the picturesque
Festival dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm discusses “the picturesque” in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility.
Beyond the Stage Interview: The other side of a leader
Festival Dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm spoke with director Corey Allen about the upcoming production of Macbeth at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (ISF).
Beyond the Stage: The goddess of witchcraft
Festival Dramaturg Kee-Yoon Nahm discusses the godess Hecate and her role in Shakespeare’s play Macbeth.
