Aubrey Whitlock

Director of Education Programs

Favorite Shakespeare Play:

All’s Well That Ends Well

Shakespeare Character that best describes me:

Beatrice

Favorite Shakespeare quote:

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.

Favorite Play that isn’t by Shakespeare:

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard

Hogwarts House:

Slytherin

All-time favorite ASC Moment:

Greg Phelps’ final time as Bottom in 2015. He was leaving the company and it was the closing show of the Fall Season. He must have died as Pyramus 100 different ways. He checked with everyone else on stage for permission to ham it up, they all nodded (or rolled their eyes), some wiping away tears, and he just went for it. By the time he was done everyone was crying, and some of us continued to sob through curtain call. Such a sweet moment.

Biography:

Aubrey Whitlock is the Director of Education Programs at the American Shakespeare Center, where she joyfully combines her passions for Shakespeare and pedagogy. She holds a BA in Theatre Arts from UC Santa Cruz, an MA in Teaching from Chapman University, and an MLitt and MFA in Shakespeare & Performance from Mary Baldwin University. A former English and Drama teacher, she has also worked as an actor, stage manager, director, and dramaturg. Aubrey co-created The Hurly Burly Shakespeare Show! podcast and champions accessible public scholarship through initiatives like Lights ON Blackfriars and No Kidding Programs for Adults, making Shakespeare and the Blackfriars Playhouse more approachable for all.