Amanda Dehnert

Love's Labor's Lost The Hudson Valley Shakespeare FestivalJuly 12, 2023(Photo by John Nordell/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images)Ask Amanda Dehnert what she does for a living, and she’ll laughingly say she “imagines things.”  As a visionary theatre creator, she has worked with some of the most exciting theatre companies to emerge over the last 25 years.  Ms. Dehnert brings her unique talents to bear in the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s new production of Love’s Labors Lost, for which she both directed and co-composed an original pop-rock score.  Love's Labors Lost Photo Credits:  T. Charles Erickson

Love's Labor's Lost The Hudson Valley Shakespeare FestivalJuly 12, 2023 (Photo by John Nordell/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images) Ask Amanda Dehnert what she does for a living, and she’ll laughingly say she “imagines things.”  As a visionary theatre creator, she has worked with some of the most exciting theatre companies to emerge over the last 25 years.  Ms. Dehnert brings her unique talents to bear in the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s new production of Love’s Labors Lost, for which she both directed and co-composed an original pop-rock score.   Love's Labors Lost Photo Credits: T. Charles Erickson

Hamlet; Act 2, Scene 2 HamletMay 26, 2023When it comes to Shakespeare's secrets, "meaning" and "sense" stand separate, yet actors must master both. So asserts Dakin Matthews: actor extraordinaire, seasoned stage savant of 250+ productions, and the scribe behind Shakespeare Spoken Here. Delving daringly into Hamlet's "Is it not monstrous..." soliloquy (Act II, scene 2), Daikin declares that in the realm of Shakespearean performance, rules crumble, crushed by the audacious.Click here to follow along with the text.Click here for a First Folio version of the text. Click here for a Scanned Version of the text.

Hamlet; Act 2, Scene 2 HamletMay 26, 2023 When it comes to Shakespeare's secrets, "meaning" and "sense" stand separate, yet actors must master both. So asserts Dakin Matthews: actor extraordinaire, seasoned stage savant of 250+ productions, and the scribe behind Shakespeare Spoken Here. Delving daringly into Hamlet's "Is it not monstrous..." soliloquy (Act II, scene 2), Daikin declares that in the realm of Shakespearean performance, rules crumble, crushed by the audacious. Click here to follow along with the text. Click here for a First Folio version of the text. Click here for a Scanned Version of the text.

Dakin Matthews

Miriam Laube

The Winter's Tale; Act 3, Scene 2 HermioneMarch 23, 2023Photo: Jenny Graham.Photo: Jenny Graham.For Miriam Laube, 16 is a magic number.  16 years at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and 16 years away from court in Winter's Tale (for her featured character, Hermione).  With a dash of humor and a fierce sense of self, Miriam has breathed life into countless Shakespeare characters both on stage and through Play On Podcasts.  Finding the honor in Hermione was both a professional and personal journey.  Click here to follow along with the text.Click here for a First Folio version of the text.Click here for a scanned version of the text.Below are two songs from Miriam inspired by Shakespeare!https://vimeo.com/472695614/28291ad3f3 https://vimeo.com/414838224/52084c59e3

The Winter's Tale; Act 3, Scene 2 HermioneMarch 23, 2023 Photo: Jenny Graham. Photo: Jenny Graham. For Miriam Laube, 16 is a magic number. 16 years at Oregon Shakespeare Festival and 16 years away from court in Winter's Tale (for her featured character, Hermione). With a dash of humor and a fierce sense of self, Miriam has breathed life into countless Shakespeare characters both on stage and through Play On Podcasts. Finding the honor in Hermione was both a professional and personal journey. Click here to follow along with the text. Click here for a First Folio version of the text. Click here for a scanned version of the text. Below are two songs from Miriam inspired by Shakespeare! <a href="https://vimeo.com/472695614/28291ad3f3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/472695614/28291ad3f3</a> <a href="https://vimeo.com/414838224/52084c59e3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/414838224/52084c59e3</a>

Chukwudi Iwuji

Hamlet; Act 3, Scene 1 HamletFebruary 28, 2023Drop in!   All Chukwudi Iwuji needs is the language, how the words resonate in him, their sounds and meanings and rhythms. Using these, how is he affecting the listener?  When you listen, you will know.Click here to follow along with the text.Click here for a First Folio version of the text.

Hamlet; Act 3, Scene 1 HamletFebruary 28, 2023 Drop in!   All Chukwudi Iwuji needs is the language, how the words resonate in him, their sounds and meanings and rhythms. Using these, how is he affecting the listener?  When you listen, you will know. Click here to follow along with the text. Click here for a First Folio version of the text.

Ian Gould

Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 4, Scene 1 BottomJanuary 27, 2023What does it mean to be “smartly stupid,” and how might this approach help an actor reveal delightfully unexpected moments in well-worn texts?  Ian Gould credits his training at the Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy in Washington DC for this technique, which he demonstrates in his fresh take on “Bottom’s Dream” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.Click here to follow along with the text.Click here for a First Folio version of the text.Watch Ian Gould perform Bottom's Monologue from the interview!

Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 4, Scene 1 BottomJanuary 27, 2023 What does it mean to be “smartly stupid,” and how might this approach help an actor reveal delightfully unexpected moments in well-worn texts?  Ian Gould credits his training at the Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy in Washington DC for this technique, which he demonstrates in his fresh take on “Bottom’s Dream” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Click here to follow along with the text. Click here for a First Folio version of the text. Watch Ian Gould perform Bottom's Monologue from the interview!

Brian Carroll

Shakespeare's Sceptered Isle November 30, 2022What did it mean to be “English” in Shakespeare’s day?   How may Shakespeare’s most patriotic play, Henry V, have shaped notions of English identity ever since?  Brian Carroll’s new book, Shakespeare’s Sceptered Isle: Finding English National Identity in the Plays examines hints in Shakespeare’s text about what his audiences might have thought being “English” was – and perhaps more revealingly, what (or who) wasn’t.Click here to follow along with the text.Click here for a First Folio version of the text.

Shakespeare's Sceptered Isle November 30, 2022 What did it mean to be “English” in Shakespeare’s day?   How may Shakespeare’s most patriotic play, Henry V, have shaped notions of English identity ever since?  Brian Carroll’s new book, Shakespeare’s Sceptered Isle: Finding English National Identity in the Plays examines hints in Shakespeare’s text about what his audiences might have thought being “English” was – and perhaps more revealingly, what (or who) wasn’t. Click here to follow along with the text. Click here for a First Folio version of the text.

Lynn Robert Berg

Julius Caesar;  Act 2, Scene 1 Brutus October 11, 2022With double digit years at a trio of theaters, Lynn Robert Berg is on the move. The self-proclaimed character actor has moved from intern to company leader with a skill set most actors would kill for (especially after listening to his reading of Brutus’ bloody-minded monologue from Julius Caesar.). A man of many hats, Lynn Robert Berg delights in his motley assortment of roles.    Click here to follow along with the text.Click here to see a First Folio version of the text.Click here for a scanned version of the text.Click here for Information about Idaho Shakes, Tahoe Shakes and Great Lakes Shakes.

Julius Caesar; Act 2, Scene 1 Brutus October 11, 2022 With double digit years at a trio of theaters, Lynn Robert Berg is on the move. The self-proclaimed character actor has moved from intern to company leader with a skill set most actors would kill for (especially after listening to his reading of Brutus’ bloody-minded monologue from Julius Caesar.). A man of many hats, Lynn Robert Berg delights in his motley assortment of roles.   Click here to follow along with the text. Click here to see a First Folio version of the text. Click here for a scanned version of the text. Click here for Information about Idaho Shakes, Tahoe Shakes and Great Lakes Shakes.

Kurt Rhoads

Nance Williamson

Romeo and Juliet;  Act 3, Scene 5 Romeo and Juliet August 23, 2022After a lifetime in the theatre, what does Shakespeare still have to teach us about life and love?  Long-time stage veterans (and real-life couple0 Nance Williamson and Kurt Rhoads take on the titular roles in Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s “age-blind” production of Romeo and Juliet.   Having shared the stage together in seventy (70!) productions spanning more than 30 years, they may well be the most seasoned star-crossed young lovers Verona has ever met.      Click here for more information about HVSF.

Romeo and Juliet; Act 3, Scene 5 Romeo and Juliet August 23, 2022 After a lifetime in the theatre, what does Shakespeare still have to teach us about life and love? Long-time stage veterans (and real-life couple0 Nance Williamson and Kurt Rhoads take on the titular roles in Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s “age-blind” production of Romeo and Juliet.   Having shared the stage together in seventy (70!) productions spanning more than 30 years, they may well be the most seasoned star-crossed young lovers Verona has ever met.     Click here for more information about HVSF.

Kurt Rhoads and Nance Williamson

Kevin Rich

The Book of Will Colorado Shakespeare FestivalAugust 1, 2022Who were the men and women who miraculously rescued half of Shakespeare’s plays from being lost forever – and what mystery, tragedy, romance, and drama raged around them as they struggled against greed, politics and their own mortality in order to grant immortality to a few precious words?   Kevin Rich and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (currently celebrating its 65th season) bring these forgotten heroes vividly to life in Lauren Gunderson’s, The Book of Will, a play about the birth of Shakespeare’s First Folio, which was published seven years after the Bard’s death and which Kevin Rich describes as a "love letter to the Theater".    Click here for more information about CSF.

The Book of Will Colorado Shakespeare FestivalAugust 1, 2022 Who were the men and women who miraculously rescued half of Shakespeare’s plays from being lost forever – and what mystery, tragedy, romance, and drama raged around them as they struggled against greed, politics and their own mortality in order to grant immortality to a few precious words?   Kevin Rich and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (currently celebrating its 65th season) bring these forgotten heroes vividly to life in Lauren Gunderson’s, The Book of Will, a play about the birth of Shakespeare’s First Folio, which was published seven years after the Bard’s death and which Kevin Rich describes as a "love letter to the Theater".   Click here for more information about CSF.

Kevin Rich 2.0

Carl Cofield

Twelfth Night Act 1, Scene 5July 8, 2022PHOTO CREDIT - Richard TerminePHOTO CREDIT - Richard TermineSomething special is happening in Harlem.  The Classical Theater of Harlem is bringing its unique brand of Shakespeare to Marcus Garvey Park.  Associate Artistic Director Carl Cofield is directing an Afro-Futuristic version of Twelfth Night - complete with VR and the ambient sounds of NYC.  Carl stops by to talk about all things Shakespeare, Education and Twelfth Night.  Click here to follow along with the text.Click here for a First Folio version of the text.Click here for more information about CTH.

Twelfth Night Act 1, Scene 5July 8, 2022 PHOTO CREDIT - Richard Termine PHOTO CREDIT - Richard Termine Something special is happening in Harlem. The Classical Theater of Harlem is bringing its unique brand of Shakespeare to Marcus Garvey Park. Associate Artistic Director Carl Cofield is directing an Afro-Futuristic version of Twelfth Night - complete with VR and the ambient sounds of NYC. Carl stops by to talk about all things Shakespeare, Education and Twelfth Night. Click here to follow along with the text. Click here for a First Folio version of the text. Click here for more information about CTH.

Great Interviews with Great Artists.  We’re talking Shakespeare.

I’ve been listening to this podcast since September when it was introduced to me. Not only is it informative, it’s honest and authentic. Jim Elliott and Gerritt VanderMeer allow the audience access to so many Shakespeare scholars and working Shakespearean actors with years and years of experience. I am grateful for Them State of Shakespeare’. It’s my favorite podcast on The Bard!

Best Shakespeare Podcast our there

Great stuff! Love the discussions and insight. Keep it up. And thanks!

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The State of Shakespeare

Scott Newstok

How to Think Like ShakespeareMay 31, 2020What can we learn about the state of modern education by taking a look back at how young pupils were schooled during Shakespeare’s day?   Our guest Scott Newstok shares some collected wisdom from his book How to Think Like Shakespeare, which has us wondering: when education policy makers prioritize standardized testing, digital instruction and virtual learning environments over more traditional methods, could today’s students be losing more than they are gaining?  Click here to visit Scott Newstok's webpage.

How to Think Like ShakespeareMay 31, 2020 What can we learn about the state of modern education by taking a look back at how young pupils were schooled during Shakespeare’s day?   Our guest Scott Newstok shares some collected wisdom from his book How to Think Like Shakespeare, which has us wondering: when education policy makers prioritize standardized testing, digital instruction and virtual learning environments over more traditional methods, could today’s students be losing more than they are gaining?   Click here to visit Scott Newstok's webpage.

David Hammond

Henry V: PrologueChorusMay 31, 2018Like a great Jazz Musician, Shakespeare uses Iambic pentameter as the underlying time signature to his rhetorical flourishes.  David Hammond explores this and many other ways of approaching the first playwright to give his characters language that pursues objective actions.Click here to follow along with the text.Click here for a First Folio version of the text.Click here for a scanned version of the text.

Henry V: PrologueChorusMay 31, 2018 Like a great Jazz Musician, Shakespeare uses Iambic pentameter as the underlying time signature to his rhetorical flourishes.  David Hammond explores this and many other ways of approaching the first playwright to give his characters language that pursues objective actions. Click here to follow along with the text. Click here for a First Folio version of the text. Click here for a scanned version of the text.

Macbeth; Act 1, Scene 7 MacbethJuly 20, 2016Photograph © T Charles Erickson tcepix@comcast.net Something wicked this way comes!  Maria-Christina Oliveras and Nance Williamson are two-thirds of a three woman Macbeth playing at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.  They explore how Macbeth's "vaulting ambition" resonates today, the challenges of doing a three woman play and how the weather changes everything!Click here to follow along with the speech.Click here for the First Folio Version.Click here for a scanned version.

Macbeth; Act 1, Scene 7 MacbethJuly 20, 2016 Photograph © T Charles Erickson tcepix@comcast.net Something wicked this way comes!  Maria-Christina Oliveras and Nance Williamson are two-thirds of a three woman Macbeth playing at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.  They explore how Macbeth's "vaulting ambition" resonates today, the challenges of doing a three woman play and how the weather changes everything! Click here to follow along with the speech. Click here for the First Folio Version. Click here for a scanned version.

Maria-Christina Oliveras and Nance Williamson

Liz Wisan

Liz Wisan is a member of the New Neighborhood, a theater company in NYC.  She also works seriously as a clown.  Although she admits that sometimes it feels like she is in a cult, she finds the clown work extremely rewarding as an actor.  Check this short interview out!And here is her full interview about working on Kate in Taming of the Shrew!

Liz Wisan is a member of the New Neighborhood, a theater company in NYC.  She also works seriously as a clown.  Although she admits that sometimes it feels like she is in a cult, she finds the clown work extremely rewarding as an actor.  Check this short interview out! And here is her full interview about working on Kate in Taming of the Shrew!

Liz Wisan: Clown

Scott Kaiser

Love's Labour's WonWar/PrologueApril 10, 2015Why does everybody hate Rhetoric but love wordplay?  Scott Kaiser, author and Oregon Shakespeare Festival Director of Company Development, can't repeat it often enough: take my epizeuxis please!Click here to follow along with the text.Click here for a scanned version of the text.

Love's Labour's WonWar/PrologueApril 10, 2015 Why does everybody hate Rhetoric but love wordplay?  Scott Kaiser, author and Oregon Shakespeare Festival Director of Company Development, can't repeat it often enough: take my epizeuxis please! Click here to follow along with the text. Click here for a scanned version of the text.

John Patrick lays out a bold new vision for the future of training actors.  Could we all be Acting Teachers?Listen to his full interview here.

John Patrick lays out a bold new vision for the future of training actors.  Could we all be Acting Teachers? Listen to his full interview here.

A New Approach to Actor Training

Bill Brochtrup

The Antaeus Theater Co.                       April 21, 2015                  Bill Brochtrup joins the State of Shakespeare to talk the 99 seat theater plan and it's future in Los Angeles, The Antaeus Company and the benefits of partner casting.Antaeus is a cooperative theater ensemble founded to empower the actor and to bring classical theater to Los Angeles. The company exists to create a family of artists and audiences and is dedicated to exploring stories with enduring themes. Taking their company name from the Titan who gained strength by touching the Earth, Antaeus members — many of whom are familiar to film and television audiences — regain their creative strength by returning to the wellspring of their craft: live theater. Members of the company span a wide range of age, ethnicity and experience; they have performed on Broadway, at major regional theaters across the country, in film, television and on local stages, and are the recipients of numerous accolades including Tony, Los Angeles and New York Drama Critics Circle, Ovation, LA Weekly, and Back Stage Garland nominations and awards. Audiences, who never see an understudy due to Antaeus’ trademark “partner casting,” frequently return to see the same play in the hands of an equally excellent but very different set of actors.

The Antaeus Theater Co. April 21, 2015 Bill Brochtrup joins the State of Shakespeare to talk the 99 seat theater plan and it's future in Los Angeles, The Antaeus Company and the benefits of partner casting. Antaeus is a cooperative theater ensemble founded to empower the actor and to bring classical theater to Los Angeles. The company exists to create a family of artists and audiences and is dedicated to exploring stories with enduring themes. Taking their company name from the Titan who gained strength by touching the Earth, Antaeus members — many of whom are familiar to film and television audiences — regain their creative strength by returning to the wellspring of their craft: live theater. Members of the company span a wide range of age, ethnicity and experience; they have performed on Broadway, at major regional theaters across the country, in film, television and on local stages, and are the recipients of numerous accolades including Tony, Los Angeles and New York Drama Critics Circle, Ovation, LA Weekly, and Back Stage Garland nominations and awards. Audiences, who never see an understudy due to Antaeus’ trademark “partner casting,” frequently return to see the same play in the hands of an equally excellent but very different set of actors.

Jenny Bennett

Shakespeare in Taiwan                       April 12, 2019                  Shakespeare in AmericaJenny Bennett, a fourth generation theater creator, has been doing #Shakespeare since she was knee high to a grasshopper.  From Harlem, to Staunton, Virginia, all the way to Taiwan, she listens with her eyes and looks with her ears while she explores the intersection between communication and language.

Shakespeare in Taiwan April 12, 2019 Shakespeare in America Jenny Bennett, a fourth generation theater creator, has been doing #Shakespeare since she was knee high to a grasshopper. From Harlem, to Staunton, Virginia, all the way to Taiwan, she listens with her eyes and looks with her ears while she explores the intersection between communication and language.

Michael Urie

Alone on stage and getting laughs, Michael Urie had a question.  The answer is not what he expected.Click here to listen to his interview on Hamlet.

Alone on stage and getting laughs, Michael Urie had a question.  The answer is not what he expected. Click here to listen to his interview on Hamlet.

Michael Urie: Origin Story

William Downes

Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 7MacbethSeptember 27, 2019What do you get when you take the First Folio, add a little Original Practice and stir in a smattering of cue scripts?  You get William Downes.  The Artistic Director of Classics on the Rocks joins us to discuss all things Shakespeare.  We surprise him with a lightning round of questions, the answers to which surprised even us!  Click here to follow along with the text.Click here for a First Folio version of the text.Click here for a scanned version of the text.

Macbeth: Act 1, Scene 7MacbethSeptember 27, 2019 What do you get when you take the First Folio, add a little Original Practice and stir in a smattering of cue scripts? You get William Downes. The Artistic Director of Classics on the Rocks joins us to discuss all things Shakespeare. We surprise him with a lightning round of questions, the answers to which surprised even us! Click here to follow along with the text. Click here for a First Folio version of the text. Click here for a scanned version of the text.

Angus Vail

The Container Globe Falstaff:  Henry IV, Part I January 29, 2019Angus Vail Rocks! While running the business office for the band Kiss, Angus is building the Container Globe: a modern Globe Theater from re-purposed shipping containers.  As entertaining as he is determined, Mr. Vail talks all the possibilities and obstacles he sees in this brilliant way of bringing Shakespeare to life. Oh, and he also does a pretty brilliant Falstaff!Click here to follow along with the text.

The Container Globe Falstaff: Henry IV, Part I January 29, 2019 Angus Vail Rocks! While running the business office for the band Kiss, Angus is building the Container Globe: a modern Globe Theater from re-purposed shipping containers. As entertaining as he is determined, Mr. Vail talks all the possibilities and obstacles he sees in this brilliant way of bringing Shakespeare to life. Oh, and he also does a pretty brilliant Falstaff! Click here to follow along with the text.

Devon Glover

Sonnet 29October 6, 2014"The words you talk, that'll be the words you walk"  Devon Glover is spreading the Shakespeare word in a unique and refreshingly new way.  As The Sonnet Man, Devon is introducing Shakespeare to students by turning the Sonnets into hip hop masterpieces.  Putting Shakespeare to a beat connects young students to the text and teaches them about the verse at the same time.  It all adds up to one amazing interview as he discusses and performs Sonnet 29.Click here to follow along with the text.Click here for a scanned version of the text.Links to The Sonnet Man:www.SonnetMan.comwww.twitter.com/thesonnetmannycwww.facebook.com/TheSonnetManwww.instagram.com/teedome

Sonnet 29October 6, 2014 "The words you talk, that'll be the words you walk"  Devon Glover is spreading the Shakespeare word in a unique and refreshingly new way.  As The Sonnet Man, Devon is introducing Shakespeare to students by turning the Sonnets into hip hop masterpieces.  Putting Shakespeare to a beat connects young students to the text and teaches them about the verse at the same time.  It all adds up to one amazing interview as he discusses and performs Sonnet 29. Click here to follow along with the text. Click here for a scanned version of the text. Links to The Sonnet Man: <a href="http://www.SonnetMan.comwww.twitter.com/thesonnetmannycwww.facebook.com/TheSonnetManwww.instagram.com/teedome" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.SonnetMan.comwww.twitter.com/thesonnetmannycwww.facebook.com/TheSonnetManwww.instagram.com/teedome</a>

Devon Glover: The Sonnet Man

Ray Dooley

The Tempest: Act 1, Scene 2ProsperoDecember 22, 2018JulieBillEngagementIf you have a lot of words, you have a lot of need.  Ray Dooley has a lot to say.  After over 40 years in the business his insights are second to none.  Breaking down Act 1 of the Tempest, Ray makes a leap into acting principles that every actor needs to hear. Click here to follow along with the text

The Tempest: Act 1, Scene 2ProsperoDecember 22, 2018 JulieBillEngagement If you have a lot of words, you have a lot of need. Ray Dooley has a lot to say. After over 40 years in the business his insights are second to none. Breaking down Act 1 of the Tempest, Ray makes a leap into acting principles that every actor needs to hear. Click here to follow along with the text

Dr. Paul Prescott Dr. Paul Edmondson September 5, 2014It's a British Invasion!  Dr. Paul Edmondson and Dr. Paul Prescott have realized a true Shakespeare Midsummer dream.‘Shakespeare on the Road’ is the story of Shakespeare in contemporary North America told through an epic road trip in the summer of 2014.   In July and August, the team visited a range of Shakespeare festivals across the length and breadth of the US and Canada. Over 60 days, they traveled roughly 10,000 miles, saw dozens of Shakespeare productions and met hundreds of the people who – year in, year out – make Shakespeare happen across the continent.  Join us to hear the story of this fantastic journey of discovery and entertainment.Click here to visit the official Shakespeare on the Road website.

Dr. Paul Prescott Dr. Paul Edmondson September 5, 2014 It's a British Invasion!  Dr. Paul Edmondson and Dr. Paul Prescott have realized a true Shakespeare Midsummer dream. ‘Shakespeare on the Road’ is the story of Shakespeare in contemporary North America told through an epic road trip in the summer of 2014.   In July and August, the team visited a range of Shakespeare festivals across the length and breadth of the US and Canada. Over 60 days, they traveled roughly 10,000 miles, saw dozens of Shakespeare productions and met hundreds of the people who – year in, year out – make Shakespeare happen across the continent.  Join us to hear the story of this fantastic journey of discovery and entertainment. Click here to visit the official Shakespeare on the Road website.

Shakespeare on the Road

Patrena Murray

The Winter's Tale; Act 3, Scene 2 Paulina December 15, 2017Have Bard, Will Travel!  The Public Theater's Mobil Unit brings Shakespeare all over the 5 boroughs of NYC.  Patrena Murray, playing Paulina in the Mobile Unit's production of The Winter's Tale, talks the audiences, the impact and of course what is going on in one of Shakespeare's most beloved "problem" plays.Click here to follow along with the text.Click here for a First Folio version of the text.Click here for a scanned version of the text.

The Winter's Tale; Act 3, Scene 2 Paulina December 15, 2017 Have Bard, Will Travel!  The Public Theater's Mobil Unit brings Shakespeare all over the 5 boroughs of NYC.  Patrena Murray, playing Paulina in the Mobile Unit's production of The Winter's Tale, talks the audiences, the impact and of course what is going on in one of Shakespeare's most beloved "problem" plays. Click here to follow along with the text. Click here for a First Folio version of the text. Click here for a scanned version of the text.

Deborah Voorhees

Billy Shakespeare - The Movie November 17, 2014What if William Shakespeare were alive and writing today?  For writer/director/producer Deborah Voorhees, this curious question led to a feature length film.  Billy Shakespeare - The Movie is an irreverent tale about a modern day Shakespeare.  The film trifles with Shakespeare's sexuality, slings arrows at his misogyny and toys with the term "lack-beard".  Join the fun from inspiration to final cut on this episode of the State of Shakespeare.Links to Billy Shakespeare - The Movie.www.billyshakespearethemovie.comIMDBAmazon

Billy Shakespeare - The Movie November 17, 2014 What if William Shakespeare were alive and writing today?  For writer/director/producer Deborah Voorhees, this curious question led to a feature length film.  Billy Shakespeare - The Movie is an irreverent tale about a modern day Shakespeare.  The film trifles with Shakespeare's sexuality, slings arrows at his misogyny and toys with the term "lack-beard".  Join the fun from inspiration to final cut on this episode of the State of Shakespeare. Links to Billy Shakespeare - The Movie. <a href="http://www.billyshakespearethemovie.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.billyshakespearethemovie.com</a> IMDB Amazon

JaMeeka Holloway-Burrell

Twelfth Night November 27, 2018Shakespeare in Detroit, Black Ops Theater CompanyJaMeeka Holloway Burrell is on the rise.  The founder and Artistic Director of Black Ops Theater Company  just directed Twelfth Night at Shakespeare in Detroit.  Having discovered Shakespeare at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, JaMeeka approaches her work with fresh eyes, frank questions and aims to bring Shakespeare into the 21st Century.

Twelfth Night November 27, 2018 Shakespeare in Detroit, Black Ops Theater Company JaMeeka Holloway Burrell is on the rise.  The founder and Artistic Director of Black Ops Theater Company  just directed Twelfth Night at Shakespeare in Detroit.  Having discovered Shakespeare at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, JaMeeka approaches her work with fresh eyes, frank questions and aims to bring Shakespeare into the 21st Century.

Dave Hitz

The Play On! ProjectJuly 18, 2021Kenneth Cavender said, translations are like lovers.  The faithful ones aren’t beautiful, the beautiful ones aren’t faithful.  Dave Hitz is putting this quote to the test with his ambitious Play On! Project - translating all of Shakespeare's plays to modern English.  Mr. Hitz makes a compelling argument for the project, one that has stirred controversy wherever it goes.  Click here to visit the Play On! Site.

The Play On! ProjectJuly 18, 2021 Kenneth Cavender said, translations are like lovers.  The faithful ones aren’t beautiful, the beautiful ones aren’t faithful. Dave Hitz is putting this quote to the test with his ambitious Play On! Project - translating all of Shakespeare's plays to modern English. Mr. Hitz makes a compelling argument for the project, one that has stirred controversy wherever it goes. Click here to visit the Play On! Site.

Marion Adler

Much Ado About Nothing: Act 1, Scene 1BeatriceDecember 9, 2014Do the math!  What do you get when you cross "It's a Wonderful Life" with "His Girl Friday?"  It's a very merry Much Ado.  Actress Marion Adler joins us from the rehearsal hall at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's holiday-themed production of Much Ado About Nothing (begins December 6th at the F. M Kirby Shakespeare Theatre.)   Join us in a celebration of Beatrice from Act 1, Scene 1 of Much Ado About Nothing.Click here to follow along with the text.Click here for the First Folio version of the text.

Much Ado About Nothing: Act 1, Scene 1BeatriceDecember 9, 2014 Do the math!  What do you get when you cross "It's a Wonderful Life" with "His Girl Friday?"  It's a very merry Much Ado.  Actress Marion Adler joins us from the rehearsal hall at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's holiday-themed production of Much Ado About Nothing (begins December 6th at the F. M Kirby Shakespeare Theatre.)   Join us in a celebration of Beatrice from Act 1, Scene 1 of Much Ado About Nothing. Click here to follow along with the text. Click here for the First Folio version of the text.

Twelfth Night: Act 4, Scene 3SebastianJuly 31, 2019“If it is poetry, it’s music.”  Deaon Griffin-Pressley has gone from Florida to New York, BADA and finally landed at Shakespeare and Company.  His travels have given him a unique perspective on Shakespeare, Acting and how his Art will change the world.Click here to follow along with the textClick here for a First Folio Version of the textClick here for a Scanned Version of the text.

Twelfth Night: Act 4, Scene 3SebastianJuly 31, 2019 “If it is poetry, it’s music.” Deaon Griffin-Pressley has gone from Florida to New York, BADA and finally landed at Shakespeare and Company. His travels have given him a unique perspective on Shakespeare, Acting and how his Art will change the world. Click here to follow along with the text Click here for a First Folio Version of the text Click here for a Scanned Version of the text.

Deaon Griffin-Pressley

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