Teacher Name: Scott Westerman
School: The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts)
Artist Statement: Scott Westerman is cocreator and director of “Hamlet & Ophelia”, a web series based on “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare. He also plays Polonius.
“Hamlet & Ophelia” is a love letter to live performance made during a time when performance could not be live. Denmark Circus has necessarily gone virtual. Skip-jumping along Shakespeare’s text, Ophelia’s story is unveiled in short digestible episodes. She is a silks aerialist. Hamlet is a clown who has lost all his mirth. The two conspire in hopes of finding out what really happened to their former ringleader.
The entire series can be seen on YouTube.