Flachmann Seminars
Seminars this season will be taught by several scholars and practitioners we know you won't want to miss including Flachmann favorite Dr. Susan Willis. Since 1985, she has worked with the Alabama Shakespeare Festival as its resident dramaturg, a director on its MFA faculty, a public speaker, and author of study materials and program notes. Her observations at the BBC during production of its 1978-85 Shakespeare’s complete works series led to The BBC Shakespeare Plays: Making the Televised Canon (1991).
Dr. Willis is also Professor Emerita of English at Auburn University at Montgomery, where she specialized in Shakespeare in production. She holds degrees from Emory University and the University of Virginia. She has led Southwest Shakespeare’s Flachmann seminars since 2013.
Other presenters to be announced soon.
All Flachmann Series Seminars will be held at Dobson Lecture Hall at Mesa Arts Center at 9AM on their respective dates. BARD CARD Holders, click HERE to log in and redeem your benefits! For help, call the ticket office at 480-644-6500.
2026-2027 Schedule
AMADEUS
SAT NOV 14, 2026 9:00AM
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GUEST PRESENTER
Josh Atkins, M.M., is a dedicated music educator based in Phoenix, Arizona, renowned for his ability to inspire, unite, and empower students through high-quality music instruction. Josh’s love for Mozart began at age four when his mother bought him his first cassette tape—a performance of The Magic Flute. Throughout his education, he has studied Mozart extensively and presented on topics such as the importance of his wind music, his place among opera composers, and his ties to the Enlightenment and mysticism. Josh has also performed numerous works by Mozart, including his Bassoon Concerto, a complete cycle of his wind divertimenti, several symphonies, and roles both on and off stage in operas like Così fan tutte, Die Zauberflöte, and Don Giovanni.
JULIUS CAESAR
SAT FEB 13, 2027 9:00AM
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TARTUFFE
SAT MAR 20, 2027 9:00AM
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