Freestyle Labs return in August!

Find us making the rounds of all five boroughs in August, October, and November

Last presented at the 53rd Street NYPL branch (2018-20) and virtually (2021-22), Freestyle Labs are community conversations hosted by NYSX on a variety of topics. Each lab begins with a brief performance of excerpts from Shakespeare that highlight the topics to be discussed, then the performers are joined by additional non-performer experts for a moderated discussion on those topics. Finally, we will open up the discussion for questions or observations from the audience.

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This year, we are planning to tour all five boroughs with Labs on the following theme:

Ages & Stages

How Shakespeare helps us think about youth, experience, inter-generational relationships, and the many ways we "come of age" in a lifetime

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Next up:

August 29th
2:30-4pm
Brooklyn Heights Library Branch
Brooklyn, NY

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Dates, times, and locations for the labs in Manhattan, Queens, and The Bronx are TBA - stay tuned!

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Past dates in this series:

August 1st
Everything Goes Book Café
Staten Island, NY

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For upcoming labs, we are currently seeking:

• Actors to perform in the first section of the Lab and join the panel discussion for the rest of the event. We are seeking actors in the following age ranges:
  • Actors under 30 - to play roles such as Juliet, Romeo, Regan, Prince Hal
  • Actors over 40 - to play roles such as Capulet, Lady Capulet, Cleopatra, Marc Antony, Beatrice, Benedick
  • Actors over 50 - to play roles such as Lear and King Henry IV 
• Non-actor panelists to join the discussion and offer points of view based in personal expertise and experience. We are especially interested in panelists who may represent the following fields/professions:
  • Education
  • Health Care (physical and/or mental)
  • Social Services
  • Politics and/or Community Organizing
  • Physical Therapy/Personal Training
  • Doulas (birth, post-partum, or end-of-life)
  • HR Professionals

If you are interested in participating as either an actor or a non-actor panelist: please email us with a brief message about yourself and the perspective you bring to this conversation!

Even if you're not a fit for either of those roles, you're surely a fit for the most important role - AUDIENCE! These community discussions need a robust community to be a success, so we do hope you'll plan to join us for one of more of the five labs in the series.

 

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