Patrick Osteen (The Poet) is the co-founder and Artistic Director of RhinoLeap Productions. He has performed all over the United States in the Broadway National Tour of War Horse and then all over the world in the international tour of Cirque du Soleil’s Toruk. Regional credits include Sweeney Todd, The Glass Menagerie, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Grease, Unnecessary Farce, The Pavilion, Bright Star, Constellations, Sense & Sensibility, A Few Good Men, and Much Ado About Nothing.

There will be a post-show discussion following the Saturday matinee.

Panelists:

Jeremy Skidmore (Co-Director) is the Executive Director of RhinoLeap Productions.  As a director and/or producer he has worked on over 150 productions across the United States, Europe, and Asia. He currently serves as the President of the Board of Directors for the Randolph Arts Council in Randolph County, NC.  Jeremy has a BFA in directing from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and an MBA from American University.

Cat Lambert is Assistant Professor of Classics at Cornell University. She teaches a range of topics in Latin and Greek literature, including Ancient Greek drama and sex and gender in the classical world. Her publications include an article on the ancient entomological bookworm.

Robert Sullivan is a Professor in the Department of Literatures in English at Ithaca College. In his thirty years at Ithaca College, he has taught courses on Classical Literature, Classical Rhetorical Theory, Argumentation, Dramatic Literature, and Poetry and served as the Robert Ryan Professor of the Humanities. He has published widely on Greek literary culture, its reception in the Renaissance, and college pedagogy.