Bonnie J. Monte and Isaac Hickox-Young

Sep 022025
 

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Romeo & Juliet; Act 1, Scene 4
Romeo
September 3, 2025

From forth the fatal loins of civil strife springs a bold new Romeo and Juliet. The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey presents this re-envisioned classic, starring Isaac Hickox-Young and directed by Bonnie J. Monte. Is it love, lust, or something more sinister that propels the star-crossed lovers to their untimely end?

Romeo and Juliet runs from September 10th to October 5th at the Shakespeare Theater of NJ.

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Tracy Michelle Arnold

Aug 052025
 

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King John; Act 3, Scene 1
Constance
August 5, 2025

Words, words, words. A love of words makes Tracy Michelle Arnold the perfect candidate to run the Language Project at American Player’s Theater. With the focus on language, words, syntax, punctuation, Arnold is the perfect guest for the State of Shakespeare. The Language Project is the latest innovation that this gem of theater in Spring Green, Wisconsin has brought us.

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Mei Ann Teo

Jun 182025
 

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Twelfth Night
Folger Theater
June 18, 2025

“Most wonderful!” Olivia’s (ahem) climactic outburst isn’t just a line, it’s the line that catches the spirit of director Mei Ann Teo’s current production of Twelfth Night at the Folger Theatre. Teo, who also serves as Artistic Leader at Ping Chong and Company, teases how to treat Shakespeare’s classic as if it’s a new love (er… play.)

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Gideon Rappaport

May 292025
 

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Shakespeare, Appreciated
Hamlet; Act 5, Scene 2
May 29, 2025

Gideon Rappaport, author of Appreciating Shakespeare, has released a newly annotated edition of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Can modern readers and actors truly grasp Shakespeare’s work as he intended? Rappaport believes they not only can, but they must.

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Derek Hunter

Mar 312025
 

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Anonymous Agnostic Antichrists

March 31, 2025

The Authorship Question may ebb and flow in popularity, but the mystery behind the origins of the Bard’s works remains endlessly intriguing. What better way to explore the rich world of Shakespeare’s contemporaries than by investigating who might have truly penned the plays? Our guest, author Derek Hunter, has spent over thirty years pursuing the possibilities. His tetralogy, Anonymous Agnostic Antichrists, presents four compelling theories.

Amazon: Anonymouse Agnostic Antichrists

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Drew Lichtenberg

Feb 242025
 

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Shakespeare in the U.S.
February 24, 2025

As the Artistic Producer and Dramaturg at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., Drew Lichtenberg has a front-row seat to the unfolding drama at one of the globe’s most powerful artistic and political nexuses. In a recent essay for The New York Times, he shared hard truths about the state of Shakespeare in contemporary America. Over the past half-decade, the number of Shakespeare productions has declined steeply. What might be driving this trend, and is it likely to change?

New York TImes: Who’s Afraid of William Shakespeare

New York TImes: Cancel Shakespeare

Shakespeare in the Theatre: Shakespeare Theatre Company.

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John Ahlin

Feb 082025
 

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Graham Stevens

Sep 202024
 

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Vanessa Morosco

Jul 312024
 

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Jasmine Bracey

Jun 282024
 

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