Sample Schedule: 2026 Seminar Schedule
We will announce seminar schedules for 2027 as soon as details become available from the Stratford Festival.
To give new members a sense of what the seminar schedule looks like, here is the schedule for the 2026 Seminars.
To give new members a sense of what the seminar schedule looks like, here is the schedule for the 2026 Seminars.
Monday. August 3
1:30 pm: Registration open in the Dinner-Rooney Workshop at the Tom Patterson Theatre
2 – 3 pm: Orientation session
6 -8:30 pm: Welcome Dinner at the Festival Theatre Marquee with special guest Janine Pearson, voice and text coach and director of the Festival’s Birmingham Conservatory
Tuesday, August 4
9:20 – 10 am: Overview of the week
10 – 10:50 am: Liz’s presentation on The Tao of the World
11 am – 12 pm: Guest: Lorenzo Savoini, set designer of The Tao of the World, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Hobbit
2 pm: The Tao of the World at the Tom Patterson Theatre
Wednesday, August 5
9:20 – 10 am: Discussion
10 – 10:50 am: Peter’s presentation on Othello
11 am – 12 pm: Guest: Jovanni Sy, playwright and director of The Tao of the World
2 pm: Othello at the Tom Patterson Theatre
8 pm: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Tom Patterson Theatre
Thursday, August 6
9:20 – 10:05 am: Discussion
10:15 – 11:15 am: Guests: Evan Buliung, who plays Iago in Othello and Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and André Sills, who plays Othello in Othello and Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
11:30 am – 12 pm: Guest: Antoni Cimolino, artistic director of the Stratford Festival
2 pm: The King James Bible Play at the Studio Theatre
8 pm: Saturday, Sunday, Monday at the Avon Theatre
Friday, August 7
9:20 – 10 am: Discussion
10 – 10:55 am: Guest: Rose Napoli, who plays Donna Rosa in Saturday, Sunday, Monday and appears in The Tempest
11:10 am – 12 pm: Peter’s presentation on Death of a Salesman
2 pm: Death of a Salesman at the Avon Theatre
8 pm: The Importance of Being Earnest at the Avon Theatre
Saturday, August 8
9 – 9:30 am: Seminar Society Meeting
9:30 – 10 am: Discussion
10 – 11 am: Guest: Joe Perry, who plays Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman and John Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest
11:10 – 12 pm: Liz’s presentation on The Tempest
8 pm: The Tempest at the Festival Theatre
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