The Wooden O Symposium is a cross disciplinary conference that explores Medieval and Renaissance Studies through the text and performance of Shakespeare's plays. Scholars from all disciplines are encouraged to submit papers that offer insights and new ideas springing from the era of William Shakespeare.

Cedar City and SUU host the Utah Shakespearean Festival, recipients of the 2000 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theater. The conference coincides with the Festival's summer season: Measure For Measure, Much Ado About Nothing and Richard III. Priority for papers/presentations at the conference will be given to research relating to one or more of these specific works. Scholars attending the conference will have the unique opportunity of immersing themselves in research, text and performance in one of the most beautiful natural settings in the western U.S.