Description:

Play the Knave videogame creator Gina Bloom (Associate Professor of English, UC Davis) talks about the game’s development and use as a pedagogical tool with moderator Elizabeth Bradley Hunter (doctoral candidate in Northwestern's Interdisciplinary PhD in Theatre and Drama program).

Professor Bloom will discuss how engaging users in the labor of dramatic production helps them understand and enjoy Shakespeare plays.

Note: Directly preceding the talk, there will be drop-in gameplay from 4 to 7pm. Players receive a free video of their digital performance!

Play the Knave description
Play the Knave is an interactive digital game that allows you to stage and act in a Shakespeare play, Karaoke-style. A motion-capture camera maps your movements onto a 3-D avatar to mirror your gesture as you "act" on the videoscreen stage after planning the dramatic production. For all ages! Play the Knave was conceived + created by Gina Bloom + the ModLab, University of California, Davis.

Presented by the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities as part of The ShakespeaRevel, a festival celebrating 400 years of Shakespeare's legacy.