Arts & Culture 2025

Shakespeare: the Magic of the Word

Thu Jan 23, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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Weekend With Will is presented in partnership with Jill Gordon and is generously underwritten by Jann Ozello Wilcox & John Wilcox, Marla & Stewart Feldman, Richard Mason, Karen Nold & Bob Croteau, Kathy & David Ferguson and other community members.

Clay Jenkinson will be joined by actor and TCC Roper Performing Arts Center Director Paul Lasakow in a performance that features recitation of great moments in Shakespeare, commentary, biographical details, discussions of the great Shakespeare themes, and a practical guide to overcoming “Shakespeare intimidation.”

Witty, probing, and funny, Jenkinson provides an evening of insight and laughter in this  program, an unforgettable tribute to the life and work of the greatest writer in the English language. Jenkinson and Lasakow will include the iconic graveyard scene from Hamlet, with Jenkinson playing Hamlet and Lasakow the gravedigger. Jenkinson and Lasakow strive to make Shakespeare approachable and relevant to today’s audiences.

Lasakow says, “This will be an evening of commentary, laughter and humor. Clay will show Shakespeare’s work to be easily accessible and completely timeless.”

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Event SPEAKER(S)

Paul Lasakow

Paul Lasakow

Executive Director

TCC Roper Performing Arts Center

Clay Jenkinson

Clay Jenkinson

Director

Dakota Sky Education, Inc.