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.

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.