{"id":2798,"date":"2013-08-07T10:10:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T14:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=2798"},"modified":"2013-08-07T10:10:13","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T14:10:13","slug":"neal-j-freeman-about-the-artist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=2798","title":{"rendered":"Neal J. Freeman: About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2810\" alt=\"headshot_neal_j_freeman\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/headshot_neal_j_freeman-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/headshot_neal_j_freeman.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/headshot_neal_j_freeman.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1 96w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/headshot_neal_j_freeman.jpg?resize=24%2C24&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/headshot_neal_j_freeman.jpg?resize=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/headshot_neal_j_freeman.jpg?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/headshot_neal_j_freeman.jpg?resize=64%2C64&amp;ssl=1 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2811\" alt=\"action_150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/action_150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/action_150.jpg?w=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/action_150.jpg?resize=70%2C70&amp;ssl=1 70w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/action_150.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1 96w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/action_150.jpg?resize=24%2C24&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/action_150.jpg?resize=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/action_150.jpg?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/action_150.jpg?resize=64%2C64&amp;ssl=1 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2812\" alt=\"img_7377\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/img_7377-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/img_7377.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/img_7377.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1 96w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/img_7377.jpg?resize=24%2C24&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/img_7377.jpg?resize=36%2C36&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/img_7377.jpg?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/img_7377.jpg?resize=64%2C64&amp;ssl=1 64w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/img_7377.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/img_7377.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click here to <a title=\"Bloody Shakespeare: The Nightmare Dream\" href=\"http:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=2800\">listen to his interview.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Neal J. Freeman<\/strong>\u00a0(Writer\/Director) is delighted to work with so many old and new friends on <a href=\"http:\/\/bloodyshakespeare.com\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Nightmare Dream<\/a>, particularly Heather Curran with whom he worked at Brooklyn&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/galleryplayers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Gallery Players<\/a> for 8 years, the last 3 as Executive Director and Artistic Director respectively. \u00a0Director of over a dozen Shakespeare productions including favorites The Tempest with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonnetrepertorytheatre.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonnet Rep<\/a> and As You Like It at <a href=\"http:\/\/pma.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cornell University<\/a>. \u00a0For <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fringenyc.org\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">FringeNYC<\/a> in 2006 Neal wrote, directed and produced Fatboy Romeo. \u00a0Neal&#8217;s play A Letter from Bataan has twice been a semi-finalist at the Eugene O&#8217;Neill Center National Playwrights Conference. \u00a0Neal has served as a reader and dramaturg for NYMF since 2009. \u00a0BA Cornell University (Honors Directiong), \u00a0MFA Directing Brooklyn College. Member SDC. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nealjfreeman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.nealjfreeman.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Click here to listen to his interview. Neal J. Freeman\u00a0(Writer\/Director) is delighted to work with so many old and new friends on The Nightmare Dream, particularly Heather Curran with whom he worked at Brooklyn&#8217;s The Gallery Players for 8 years, the last 3 as Executive Director and Artistic Director respectively. \u00a0Director of over a<\/p>\n <a href='https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=2798' class='excerpt-more-append'>[...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2798","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-line-bottom","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2Frfq-J8","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2798"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2895,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2798\/revisions\/2895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}