{"id":7750,"date":"2021-12-13T10:42:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=7750"},"modified":"2021-12-13T10:42:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:42:46","slug":"aditi-kapil-about-the-artist-21","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=7750","title":{"rendered":"Paul Alan Ruben: About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-columns\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:43.61835%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Paul-Alan-Ruben-792x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Paul-Alan-Ruben-792x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900&#038;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Paul-Alan-Ruben-792x1024.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1200&#038;ssl=1 1200w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1552\" data-id=\"7743\" data-link=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=7743\" data-url=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Paul-Alan-Ruben-792x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Paul-Alan-Ruben-792x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:56.38165%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Macbeth-art-for-Dreamscape.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"600\" data-id=\"7745\" data-link=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=7745\" data-url=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Macbeth-art-for-Dreamscape.jpg\" data-width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Macbeth-art-for-Dreamscape.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=7742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Paul Alan Ruben and Scott Brick\">listen to his interview.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winner of two Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word&#8211; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them<\/span>, by Al Franken, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Always Looking Up<\/span>, by Michael J. Fox\u2014Paul has produced and directed multiple award-winning audiobooks, and continues to teach storytelling to emerging and professional narrators in New York City and across the country.  Paul&#8217;s audiobook narrator&#8217;s blog has provided him a platform for a national following.  This is his first Shakespeare Audio Book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Tragedy of Macbeth<\/em>, which Paul directed for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamscapepublishing.com\/catalog\/audiobooks\/detail\/?the-tragedy-of-macbeth\/william-shakespeare+\/&amp;id=00011319\">Dreamscape Audio<\/a>, was released on March 18, 2021. The play features ten actor\/audiobook narrators, including some of our industry\u2019s most notable performers: Scott Brick, Simon Vance, Dion Graham and Kathe Mazur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to listen to his interview. 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