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Please forward: The Theatre Library Association announces its third Symposium, Holding Up the Mirror: Authenticity and Adaptation in Shakespeare Today, which will be held at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Bruno Walter Auditorium on April 22, 2011. This Symposium consists of a fascinating day of presentations on the challenging art of staging Shakespeare in our time, offered by leaders of four of America's most celebrated theatre organizations: Oskar Eustis -- Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival [Keynote Speaker] Ralph Alan Cohen, Paul Menzer and Colleen Kelly -- American Shakespeare Center Jeffrey Horowitz -- Theatre for a New Audience Diane Paulus -- American Repertory Theater All of these artists are renowned for the originality of their approaches to Shakespeare's works. Their presentations -- enlivened with performance excerpts -- will give insight into the ways each company interprets the Shakespearean tradition and its sources. The American Shakespeare Center adapts Renaissance theatrical practices to enable contemporary audiences to experience Shakespeare's works as Elizabethan playgoers might have. Theatre for a New Audience seeks to uncover connections between Shakespeare and the contemporary world. American Repertory Theater's recent Shakespeare Exploded festival encouraged audiences to derive new meanings in Shakespeare through a series of imaginative adaptations. For an additional perspective, Dr. Francesca Marini -- recently appointed Archives Director at Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival -- will offer closing remarks. To register - please consult: www.tla-online.org/events/symposiumthree/ Holding Up the Mirror: Authenticity and Adaptation in Shakespeare Today is made possible by the generous support of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and the Shubert Foundation. ----- End forwarded message -----