David Hammond

May 302018
 

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Henry V: Prologue
Chorus
May 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.

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Terry Tamminen

Apr 242018
 

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The Lost Letters of William Shakespeare

April 24, 2018

Years ago, Terry Tamminen was given a treasure trove of letters, reported as written by Shakespeare.  Are they real?  If so, they give a never before seen insight into the life of the playwright we know as William Shakespeare.

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Lee Nishri-Howitt

Mar 282018
 

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Othello; Act 2, Scene 3
Iago
March 28, 2018

“What’s he then that says I play the villain?”  Iago may be the baddest of Shakespeare’s bad guys, so what’s the trick to keeping the audience on your side when you’re clearly up to no good?  According to our guest Lee Nishri-Howitt, the answer lies in the structure.  Join us for a conversation with Lee about his journey from a non-native speaker of English, to becoming a professional vocal and dialect coach.

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Michael Urie: Origin Story

Mar 152018
 

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Alone on stage and getting laughs, Michael Urie had a question.  The answer is not what he expected.

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Michael Urie

Feb 282018
 

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Hamlet; Act 2, Scene 2
Hamlet
February 27, 2018

Is Hamlet the Paragon of animals or a Quintessence of dust? For Michael Urie, appearing at the Shakespeare Theater of DC, Hamlet is mentally and emotionally ambidextrous and has more than a few tricks up his sleeve.  Mr. Urie, who is directed by Michael Kahn, brings clarity to Hamlet’s journey by trusting the text and using himself to the fullest.

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Benjamin Curns

Jan 262018
 

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Macbeth; Act 3, Scene 1
Macbeth
January 25, 2018

Benjamin Curns has been with the American Shakespeare Center for 16 years.  In this interview with a recent black belt, Ben describes the magic of ASC, the perspective he has gained over the years and dives deep into an oft overlooked speech from Macbeth.

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Patrena Murray

Dec 152017
 

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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.

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Blaine Swen

Nov 152017
 

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Improvised Shakespeare Company
November 15, 2017

Shakespeare as Socrates? … The founder and AD of the Improvised Shakespeare Company, Blaine Swen cozies up to the mic to drop some knowledge.  It’s anything but Greek philosophy as Blaine shares some tricks of the trade and recites a never before heard Shakespeare Prologue.

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Aditi Kapil and Liz Engelman

Oct 062017
 

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Oregon Shakespeare Festival Play On! Project
Measure for Measure
October 6, 2017

Just in time for Halloween… How do you make a 400-year-old laugh?  (Tickle his funny bone.)  Aditi Kapil and Liz Engelman are digging up ways to breathe life into some of Shakespeare’s (ahem) “mustier” laugh lines for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s “Play On! 36 playwrights translate Shakespeare” project.  Aditi and Liz talk about teaming up on Measure for Measure,  and the problem with Pompey’s posthumous punch-lines.

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Elise Thoron and Julie Felise Dubiner

Aug 282017
 

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Oregon Shakespeare Festival Play On! Project
The Merchant of Venice
August 28, 2017

Play On! Playwright Elise Thoron and Dramaturg Julie Dubiner have teamed up to take on the tricky business of “translating” The Merchant of Venice for The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On Project.  Find out how Thoron and Dubiner are tackling one of the most ambitious, talked-about, and controversial projects in the world of contemporary Shakespeare performance – and get a taste of what a modern translation of The Merchant of Venice might sound like.

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