The Public’s Public Forum series will re-launch at Central Park’s Delacorte Theater June 15 at 8 PM with Quick, Bright, Things Come to Confusion, or What We Do For Love, an event offering a star-studded free performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream plus a talkback.
Frankie J. Alvarez, Grantham Coleman, Micaela Diamond, J. Harrison Ghee, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Matty Maggiacomo, and Christian Slater will lead Shakespeare’s beloved comedy.
Audiences will also hear insights from Kwame Anthony Appiah, the NYU philosopher who writes the weekly Ethicist column in The New York Times Magazine and serves as Public Theater trustee; James Shapiro, Public Theater Shakespeare Scholar in Residence since 2012 and Larry Miller Professor of English at Columbia University; Ayanna Thompson, Public Theater Shakespeare Scholar in Residence and Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University; and Logan Ury, Hinge’s Lead Relationship Scientist and author of How to Not Die Alone.
Quick, Bright, Things Come to Confusion, or What We Do For Love is curated by Alexa Smith and Jeremy McCarter.
Monday nights at the Delacorte typically serve as the night off/dark day for the Public’s free Shakespeare in the Park series (currently offering Romeo and Juliet), but going forward, Mondays will feature the Public Forum series.
Upcoming Public Forum series events include American Sublime June 22, which will feature participants James Ijames, Niles Luther, and Anna Deavere Smith; Cities Under Siege June 29; Division and Renewal: An Evening with Michael Sandel August 10; and Summer Book Club Celebration With the New York Public Library on August 17.
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