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Romeo and Juliet
Prologue
March 15, 2015
Louis Colaianni, co-author (with Cal Pritner) of How to Speak Shakespeare, takes us on the most delightful deconstruction of the famous “Two Households” prologue we’ve ever heard.
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The Winter’s Tale: Act 3, Scene 2
Hermione
February 12, 2015
How does an actor give voice to unspeakable grief? Don’t fake the funk. Jolly Abraham, appearing as Hermione in The Winter’s Tale at New York’s Pearl Theater, breathes life into Shakespeare’s most *ahem* “statuesque” heroine.
The Winter’s Tale begins previews at the Pearl Theater on February 10th and runs through March 15th. Click here for more information and tickets.
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Hamlet; Act 4, Scene 4
Hamlet
January 14, 2015
Choose the words! Eric Tucker, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Bedlam, lets us in past the velvet ropes for a look at a company that is being lauded as one of the best in New York City. Performing a piece from Act 4, Scene 4 of Hamlet, Mr. Tucker moves his audience with questions. What does Hamlet have to say about honor and would Shakespeare agree? To pause or not to pause? Is there a method to the madness, or is it just bedlam?
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Much Ado About Nothing: Act 1, Scene 1
Beatrice
December 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.
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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.
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Sonnet 29
October 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.
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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.
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Richard III Act 4, Scene 4
Richard III
August 21, 2014
What do Frank Underwood and Oscar Pistorius have in common? The answer: Richard III. Recently returned from a turn as the famously crippled monarch, Actor Drew Cortese digs down to the bones of this rhetorical monster. Drew descants on his process, the art of laying the plot one word at a time, and how to avoid louring in the role after the curtain falls. Come caper with us through the most unlikely seduction in Shakespeare’s cannon (hint: it isn’t the “Lady Anne” scene!)
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Much Ado About Nothing; Act 4, Scene 1
Beatrice
July 28, 2014
What means the word Honor in a world of lies and broken promises? Rebecca Watson straps on her armor and drops one of the deadliest ultimatums in the history of the war of the sexes. It’s the delicious “Kill Claudio” zinger from Act 4, Scene 1 of Much Ado About Nothing. Man up!
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Twelfth Night: Act 1, Scene 1
Duke Orsino
July 1, 2014
“High fantastical?” What in Illyria is that supposed to mean? We pack our gypsy trunk and catch up with Grant Goodman to find out. Come along as we hop a mid stop, ride the text and listen as Jim schools Gerritt in a scansion smackdown. Grant Goodman plays the lovesick Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, opening July 2nd, 2014.
Click here to read Twelfth Night: Act 1, Scene i – First Folio.
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