Is all the world a stage?

A loud chorus of voices rang throughout the second floor of the Gibbs Recreation Center Sept. 5 as students in a new Humanities course, Is All the World a Stage?, turned a basketball court into a temporary stage for readings from Euripides’ famous tragedy, Medea. Led by Joe Campana, the Alan Dugald McKillop Professor of English, and Christina Keefe, Professor in the Practice and director of the Rice Theatre Program, this class is the first offering from the new series of Humanities courses called Big Questions.

Is All the World a Stage? asks students to consider the role of drama and theater in their lives and what distinguishes performance from real life. Lectures and learning labs are combined with acting and directing exercises, such as the Medea reading, and the course will include live performances later in the year. Two additional Big Questions courses are planned for the Spring 2020 semester. (Photos by Jeff Fitlow)