Holidays in Shakespeare's England, with Erika T. Lin
Many of us have holiday traditions: we trim trees, spin dreidels, trick-or-treat, set off fireworks, and host parties. People had holiday traditions in Shakespeare’s time too: they crossdressed, rolep...
24 Nov 202132min
Bringing Latinx Voices to Shakespeare, with Cynthia Santos DeCure and Micha Espinosa
Cynthia Santos DeCure and Micha Espinosa both grew up speaking English and Spanish, and they share memories of being made to feel like their voices, dialects, and identities weren’t “good enough” for ...
9 Nov 202132min
Shakespeare's Language and Race, with Patricia Akhimie and Carol Mejia LaPerle
Close reading of Shakespeare is not a new concept. But this kind of close reading is more challenging—and it can help us interpret Shakespeare’s words in new and profound ways. Our guests are two cont...
26 Okt 202132min
Shakespeare in Latinx Communities, with José Cruz González and David Lozano
Theater artists José Cruz González and David Lozano join us in this episode. Their conversation “On Making Shakespeare Relevant to Latinx Communities” appears in the new book Shakespeare and Latinidad...
12 Okt 202136min
Shakespeare and the British Royal Family, with Gordon McMullan
Shakespeare wrote a lot about English kings and queens. Over the last three hundred years, a lot of English kings and queens have gotten really into Shakespeare. Our guest Gordon McMullan is the Prin...
28 Sep 202132min
Mike Lew on Teenage Dick
In Mike Lew's play "Teenage Dick," Richard, a high-school senior with cerebral palsy, is determined to become class president by any means necessary. Commissioned by theater artist Gregg Mozgala and T...
14 Sep 202127min
Mona Awad on All's Well
In her new novel, "All’s Well," author Mona Awad combines elements of Shakespeare's "All’s Well That Ends Well" and "Macbeth" and the 1999 movie "Election" to tell the story of Miranda Fitch, a theate...
31 Aug 202136min
How We Hear Shakespeare's Plays, with Carla Della Gatta
In Shakespeare’s time, people talked about going to hear a play and going to see one in equal measure. So, what exactly do we hear when we hear one of Shakespeare’s plays? What information do we gathe...
20 Jul 202133min
