Celebrated Actor Faran Tahir And Prominent Business Leaders Share The Stage

Now in its fourth season, Shakespeare & Leadership is a performance series created by Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) and co-sponsored by BabsonARTS. the event features prominent business leaders and CEOs in a staged reading of one of Shakespeare’s plays followed by a panel discussion of leadership issues raised within the text. This year they will take on Shakespeare’s OTHELLO. “’Tis within ourselves that we are thus or thus, " Jealousy rules the motives of nearly every character in Othello, and creates a world where what people are and what they seem to be become indistinguishable. Directed by CSC’s Founding Artistic Director Steven Maler and featuring celebrated actor Faran Tahir as Othello, confirmed participants include Kerry Healey, President, Babson College; Priscilla Douglas, PHDouglas & Associates; Cheryl Kiser head of Lewis institute at Babson College; Josh Kraft, President Boys and Girls Club’s of Boston and Rick Musiol, Regional Director of Public Affairs at Citizens Bank. The event will take place Wednesday, March 9 (7pm) at Carling-Sorenson Theatre at Babson College in Wellesley, MA. The event is free with reservations required. For more information visit, commshakes.org or 617 426-0863. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company is dedicated to bringing the works of William Shakespeare in vital and contemporary productions to the people of Boston and to exploring Shakespeare’s plays with local youth in innovative and creative ways. Best known for its annual free performances on Boston Common, CSC also presents several free play-reading events during the year—Theatre in the Rough, Shakespeare & Law, and Shakespeare & Leadership. The Company fulfills its educational mission with training programs for both high school students and pre-professional actors through its Summer Academy. Throughout the year, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company partners with area high schools and Boys & Girls Clubs to provide in and after-school theatre activities to inner-city youth. Commonwealth Shakespeare Company is the Theatre in Residence at Babson College. For more information visit, commshakes.org. BabsonARTS Creativity and innovation have long been hallmarks of Babson College’s focus on entrepreneurship—and what better way to enrich the Babson experience than with an array of challenging and engaging arts events? BabsonARTS presents performances, exhibitions, films, and conversations designed to be entertaining and to shine a spotlight on global issues, social and environmental concerns, the creative process, and the arts as a business. The generosity of Richard W. ’68 and Sandra L. Sorenson makes our programming possible. For more information visit babsonarts.org or call [phone].

Shakespeare & Leadership: Othello 2016, presented by Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and BabsonARTS

Courtesy Commonwealth Shakespeare Company

Directed by CSC’s Founding Artistic Director Steven Maler and featuring celebrated actor Faran Tahir as Othello, confirmed participants include Kerry Healey, President, Babson College; Priscilla Douglas, PHDouglas & Associates; Cheryl Kiser head of Lewis institute at Babson College; Josh Kraft, President Boys and Girls Club’s of Boston and Rick Musiol, Regional Director of Public Affairs at Citizens Bank.