Love and Madness at the Shakespeare Convention

Carl Lumbly

The Shakespeare Theatre Association, which includes Shakespeare Companies from around the nation and around the globe, held its annual convention in San Francisco this year, hosted by the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. Organizers reached out to SAG-AFTRA for a keynote speaker, and Carl Lumbly, a consummate actor of both stage and screen and a member of our community, fit the bill perfectly. 

Lumbly gave an engaging, warm, amusing and inspirational speech to the assembled theater producers at the January event. He spoke of love and madness, and effortlessly interwove those themes into stories about life and art. Love and madness are qualities that make our craft possible: Madness to dare to create the impossible. Love of the art, of the work, of the audience. Sharing our hearts and touching others.

We want to thank Lumbly for graciously sharing his time and providing a beautiful keynote speech.

This item was originally featured in the August 2015 local newsletter.