We love a bold and daring theatrical reimagining of a Shakespeare play, and this one is currently getting productions across the country. Let’s read!
Ruff Reads Conversation: Teenage Dick by Mike Lew
Thursday, April 27th at 8pm on Zoom
We’re kicking off our Ruff Reads season with a classic crime novel that’s been called “the book that launched a thousand Ricardians.” Let’s read!
Ruff Reads is Back!
Happy 2023, Ruff Readers!
To those of you who read along with us last season, welcome back! And to those who are just learning about Ruff Reads now, we hope you’ll join us!
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For our final installment of Ruff Reads for the season, we’re discussing a piece that has been called “a decolonization of the novel” and a “fierce reclamation of Anishnaabe aesthetics”. We can’t wait to get into it.
Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Thursday July 28th at 8pm on Zoom
DM us or contact ruffreads@shakespeareintheruff.com for the Zoom link. (Don’t have time to read the book but still interested in the conversation? Join us anyway!)
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Turning away from Shakespeare’s original and towards our summer production, Ruff Reads delves into a book that has had great influence on playwright PJ Prudat and Otîhêw, her Indigenous, fur trade-era reimagining of Othello.
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What happens when Shakespeare’s Othello is transposed to a suburban Washington middle school in the 1970s? Let’s find out.
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There have been many theatrical adaptations, reinterpretations, and explorations of Othello over the years, including this legendary Canadian play which premiered 25 years ago.
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We invite you to read along with us for the next few months and participate in an ongoing conversation about the themes and history of Shakespeare’s Othello, what it means to adapt or reimagine that story today, and some context for our summer production of OtÎhêw.