Website: http://playingwithshakespeare.cdh.ucla.edu/
Principal Investigator(s): Prof. Rob Watson, English; Prof. Mel Shapiro, Theater
Profs. Mel Shapiro (Theater) and Rob Watson (English) developed a website, Playing with Shakespeare, to promote interest in and engagement with the works of Shakespeare by allowing the public to easily post videos of themselves performing short segments of Shakespeare’s works, and ideally to interact with the performances of the professional actors who contributed their time. Shortly thereafter, they partnered with HumTech to expand the site’s mission to include promoting “performance study” of Shakespeare in UCLA undergraduate classes