Carl Steidtmann

I choose to be an ASC Board member because:

It offered me the opportunity to give back to the broader Shakespeare community that, over the years, has given me countless opportunities to watch, study, debate, and understand a body of literature that covers what it means to be human. Shakespeare provides a context to discuss and debate the meaning of and the reasons for love, war, jealousy, marriage, bigotry, power, betrayal, and history. We share a great responsibility to past generations to preserve and pass on to new generations this incredible and irreplaceable legacy.

My all-time favorite ASC moment was:

It was the very first time I walked into Blackfriars in the early summer of 2013 and saw the play Twelfth Night.

I encourage you to support the ASC because:

Shakespeare had the support of the English monarchy. We are not so lucky. So here is your chance to be a king or queen, princess or prince, and help us carry on this timeless fellowship of the human spirit. Shakespeare’s work creates a community that transcends time, geography, and politics. In this time of intense division, not unlike those of the late sixteenth-century England, Shakespeare is a much-needed palliative in our collective search for common ground and shared experience.

Biography:

Carl Steidtmann has been a student of Shakespeare since 1968, when he was captivated by Helen Mirren’s portrayal of Cressida in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Troilus and Cressida. Spending 10 years at the University of Colorado, gaining degrees in history, literature, data analytics, and economics, enabled Carl to experience much of the Shakespeare canon at the annual Colorado Shakespeare Festival. While Shakespeare was not the man who paid the rent for Carl, economics did, spending the last 12 years of his career as Chief Economist for Deloitte, the largest professional services firm in the world.