Chris Vinsonhaler is a translator, storyteller, and medievalist whose work bridges scholarship and live performance. A retired Professor of English at The City University of New York, she brings Beowulf to life as both text and event, recovering the poem’s riddling structure, irony, and moral complexity through translation, commentary, and performance. Her approach treats the poem not as a relic of the past but as a living narrative shaped by voice, repetition, and ethical pressure.
Vinsonhaler’s performance-based Beowulf projects have received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a CUNY Faculty Development Grant, and her work has been presented nationally and internationally at universities, conferences, and festivals. Beowulf: An Epic Enigma is the culmination of decades of scholarship, memorization, and live performance, offering a radical new translation that challenges heroic nostalgia and reveals the poem’s unsettling moral design.
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
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We recommend arriving early to grab a drink and find your spot; please keep in mind that we stop seating 30 minutes after the show starts. We do not do refunds or exchanges.