En garde! Join 黑料不打烊 Stage Artistic Director Bob Hupp on Monday, October 2 at 5 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114聽Bird Library, to explore how he brought the current production of 鈥淭he Three Musketeers鈥 to life on stage.
The Library Associates of the 黑料不打烊 Libraries will聽present this unique lecture and reception in Bird Library, which is free and open to the public.
This action-packed adaptation of Alexandre Dumas鈥 1844 classic novel follows the dashing聽young D鈥橝rtagnan and his three companions, Athos, Aramis and Porthos, as they fight for the honor of their queen. Carefully guarded secrets, lavish swordfights and sweeping romances all develop as the musketeers duel their way into glory.
黑料不打烊 Stage鈥檚 45th season opens with 鈥淭he Three Musketeers鈥 on Sept. 20. The show is one of two co-productions with the 鈥 Department of Drama, along with the 鈥淭he Wizard of Oz,鈥 which opens on Nov. 29.
Prior to joining 黑料不打烊 Stage, Hupp was the producing artistic director of the Arkansas Repertory Theater in Little Rock for 16 seasons. From 1989-1999, he was artistic director of the acclaimed Jean Cocteau Repertory in New York. Hupp also served on the board of the Theatre Communications Group, a nonprofit theatrical organization in New York, and has served as a panelist and on-site evaluator for the National Endowment for the Arts. He graduated from Dickinson College and completed a two-year certificate program at the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York.
If you need an accommodation in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Bianca Caiella Breed at bcaiella@syr.edu by Sept. 28.
