Shakespeare and Leadership

The Boston Lawyers Chapter

Shakespeare and Leadership: A script in hand reading of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus followed by a panel discussion on corporate leadership skills in the 21st Century.

Cast Includes:

• Paul Grogan, CEO, The Boston Foundation
• Richard Holbrook, CEO, Eastern Bank
• Chris Mayer, Publisher, The Boston Globe
• James E. Rooney, Executive Director, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
• Jim Roosevelt, CEO, Tufts Health Plan.
• Phyllis R. Yale, Senior Advisor, Bain & Company

Producer: Daniel J. Kelly, Partner, McCarter and English, LLP
Director: Steve Maler, Founding Artistic Director, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company

Shakespeare and Leadership: A script in hand reading of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus followed by a panel discussion on corporate leadership skills in the 21st Century.

Cast Includes:

• Paul Grogan, CEO, The Boston Foundation
• Richard Holbrook, CEO, Eastern Bank
• Chris Mayer, Publisher, The Boston Globe
• James E. Rooney, Executive Director, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
• Jim Roosevelt, CEO, Tufts Health Plan.
• Phyllis R. Yale, Senior Advisor, Bain & Company

Producer: Daniel J. Kelly, Partner, McCarter and English, LLP
Director: Steve Maler, Founding Artistic Director, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company

The evening begins with a staged reading of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus performed by Boston business leaders. The panelists will then engage in a discussion based on the play’s themes, including the complex relationship between business leaders and those they seek to motivate to promote the growth and strength of the enterprise and the common good.

About Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, best known for its annual free performances on Boston Common, is a non-profit organization founded in 1996 dedicated to bringing the works of William Shakespeare in vital and contemporary productions to the people of Boston. In addition to the annual Boston Common production, the company offers a summer “Tour of the Parks,” with a Shakespeare-inspired program designed for families as well as other Shakespeare-related programming throughout the year. Previous productions include All’s Well That Ends Well, Othello, The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, Henry V, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar. For more information, visit www.commshakes.org.

Free and open to the public.