Obermann "Lady Macbeth and Her Pal, Megan" talkback with Megan Gogerty features Deborah Whaley and Miriam Gilbert

Monday, March 20, 2017

Deborah Whaley
Deborah Whaley

The Obermann Center for Advanced Studies sponsored a talkback after the performance of the Mar. 4 performance of Lady Macbeth and Her Pal, Megan at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City.

Deborah Whaley, UI Professor of American Studies and African American Studies, and Miriam Gilbert, UI Professor of English (Emerita), were joined in conversation by Megan Gogerty, UI Theatre Arts lecturer, who wrote and starred in the play. The three discussed the use of Shakespeare in the play and being a woman in a male-dominated field. This event was the third in a series of Obermann-sponsored talkbacks during Riverside Theatre’s 2016-17 season.

Miriam Gilbert
Miriam Gilbert

Dedicated to advancing the research mission of the UI, the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies offers a neutral space outside departments and colleges where scholars and can take risks and wrestle with the challenges that genuinely collaborative and interdisciplinary work demands. The Center falls under the auspices of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, and serves many scholars from the departments of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, particularly within the humanities disciplines.

The Departments of American Studies, English, and Theatre Arts, and the African American Studies Program, are all part of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Lady Macbeth and Her Pal, Megan poster
Megan Gogerty in Lady Macbeth and Her Pal, Megan

 


The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.