Solo plays written and
performed by Keir Cutler,
with year of premiere.

2010--Rant Demon

1999--Teaching Shakespeare

2001--Teaching Detroit
(Teaching Shakespeare 2)

2002--Is Shakespeare Dead?

2003--Teaching Witchcraft

2004--Lunatic Van Beethoven

2006--Teaching As You Like It
(Teaching Shakespeare 3)

2008--Teaching the Fringe

French Translation of
Teaching Shakespeare:
Fou de Shakespeare

TEACHING SHAKESPEARE SYNOPSIS

Teaching Shakespeare is a parody of a college Shakespeare class, and a portrait of a frustrated actor turned frustrated professor struggling to keep his teaching position, despite terrible student evaluations.

He is condemned for idolizing Shakespeare, racing off on tangents, never completing the assigned scene during class, and finally and most damningly, always electing to perform for the class rather than teach.

He tries desperately, during this 50 minute monologue, to cover the assigned material, but his flaws again get the better of him. Class time runs out before he can complete the day's scene and as he realizes he will soon be denied tenure and forced off the faculty, he quotes Shakespeare: "When we are born, we cry, that we are come to this great stage of fools."

TEACHING SHAKESPEARE -- video clip of live performance