Name: Artists in Dialogue: African Art and Shakespeare Theatre Company
Start: 2025-09-08T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-08T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Smithsonian National Museum of African Art

Artists in Dialogue: African Art and Shakespeare Theatre Company

Hear from Shakespeare Theatre Company's "Merry Wives" Director and Choreographer!
About this Event

The National Museum of African Art and Shakespeare Theatre Company present a conversation with director Taylor Reynolds and choreographer Ashleigh King about their work on Merry Wives by Ghanian-American playwright Jocelyn Bioh. Bioh’s adaptation of The Merry Wives of Windsor reimagines Shakespeare's classic farce with two West African wives set in a vibrant Harlem setting, celebrating Black joy and community. Heran Sereke Brhan, National Museum of African Art Deputy Director, and LeeAnét Noble, Shakespeare Theatre Company Director of Belonging, join the dialogue.

Monday, September 8, 2025

6PM to 7PM, Light Refreshments, Mezzanine (Sublevel 1)

7:30PM to 9PM, Panel Discussion, Sylvia Williams Gallery (Sublevel 1)