{"id":9106,"date":"2026-04-29T12:35:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=9106"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:48:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:48:05","slug":"drew-lichtenberg-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=9106","title":{"rendered":"Jessie Berger and McKinley Belcher III"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7850\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9106-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/RedBull.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/RedBull.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/RedBull.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p 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class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:21% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"488\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image.png?resize=488%2C680&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6891 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image.png?w=488&amp;ssl=1 488w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/image.png?resize=50%2C70&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\" style=\"font-size:27px\"><strong>Titus Andronicus;  Act 5, Scene 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\" style=\"font-size:27px\"><strong>Aaron<br>April 29, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RBT-LOGO.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RBT-LOGO.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=769&#038;ssl=1 769w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"353\" data-id=\"9370\" data-link=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?attachment_id=9370\" data-url=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RBT-LOGO.jpg\" data-width=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RBT-LOGO.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div 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Together, we carve into why Shakespeare&#8217;s notoriously blood-soaked tragedy serves the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redbulltheater.com\/?gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=21645293754&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADJMYohO8exLL1C3gam9G3aUYpQLW&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwtcHPBhADEiwAWo3sJg5LDWIpu9ExathEzN0Cn-NKUC8pKQ9fmvc1I1xnhNas4SzoMX4xLhoCi6IQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">information about Red Bull Theater<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">follow along with the text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here for a <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Folio Version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here for a <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=6012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">scanned version<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/stateofshakespeare\/www.stateofshakespeare.com\/TSS\/Media\/RedBull.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | Youtube Music | RSS Titus Andronicus; Act 5, Scene 1 AaronApril 29, 2026 \u201cI have done a thousand dreadful thingsAs willingly as one would kill a fly,And nothing grieves me heartily indeedBut that I cannot do ten thousand more.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n <a href='https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?p=9106' class='excerpt-more-append'>[...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","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,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,5,254],"tags":[96,218,1076,217,1073,22,979,14,66,71],"class_list":["post-9106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-interviews","category-podcasts","tag-acting","tag-gerritt-vandermeer","tag-jesse-berger","tag-jim-elliott","tag-mckinley-belcher-iii","tag-playing-shakespeare","tag-red-bull-theater","tag-shakespeare","tag-the-state-of-shakespeare","tag-theater","category-10-id","category-5-id","category-254-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-line-bottom","fix"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateofshakespeare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RBT-LOGO.jpg?fit=769%2C353&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Frfq-2mS","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=9106"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9399,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9106\/revisions\/9399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}