Shakespeare's Shadows

shakespeares-shadows-episode-11-brian-grey-andre-martin-martine-kei-green-rogers-2.png [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a42222bebafb5c4b355474/1503611141744-75LUVU801FJXJZRCMVGE/shakespeares-shadows-episode-11-brian-grey-andre-martin-martine-kei-green-rogers-2.png?format=1000w] FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH ACTORS ANDRÉ MARTIN AND BRIAN GREY AND STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ PROFESSOR MARTINE KEI GREEN-ROGERS In Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio becomes the tipping point that turns this tale of two star-crossed lovers from a romantic comedy to a tragedy. Episode 11 delves into what kind of friend Mercutio is to Romeo, various approaches to his famed Queen Mab speech, imaginings of Mercutio’s own romantic history, and why Mercutio — after speaking in only four scenes — remains one of the most memorable and beloved parts of this iconic play. Guests on this episode are André Martin, who played Mercutio with the Independent Shakespeare Company in Los Angeles in 2014; Brian Grey, who plays the role in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s current production; and Martine Kei Green-Rogers, Theater Arts assistant professor at SUNY New Paltz and President-Elect of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas. Listen on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shakespeares-shadows/id1223767954?mt=2#episodeGuid=58a42222bebafb5c4b355474%3A58a426a2ff7c503db48f8e3c%3A592f830144024341842bad1e],Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/shakespeares-shadows],Google Play Music [https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ipu5ggdjeywe6fp4muewtzlux7i], or in the audio player above. This episode contains explicit language.

[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a42222bebafb5c4b355474/1501190774314-J6FP36MDLGHGE9W8L4XV/image-asset.png?format=1000w] FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH ACTOR MARK QUARTLEY AND KEENE STATE COLLEGE PROFESSOR BRINDA CHARRY Episode 10 delves into the first non-human character featured on the podcast: Ariel, the sprite who serves Prospero in one of Shakespeare’s final plays, his swan song, The Tempest. Dr. Brinda Charry — an English professor at Keene State College — and Mark Quartley — currently playing Ariel for the Royal Shakespeare Company — discuss Ariel’s complicated relationship with his master, varying interpretations of the moment he is set free, how an actor crafts the physicality of a spirit made of air, and how Ariel discovers what it is to be human. Quartley also talks about his unique experience playing Ariel via real-time motion-capture technology in this stage production running at the Barbican Theatre in London through August 18th. The RSC's Tempestis produced in collaboration with Intel and in association with The Imaginarium Studios. Quartley co-stars opposite Simon Russell Beale, returning to the RSC as Prospero after having taken on the role of Ariel in 1993. Listen on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shakespeares-shadows/id1223767954?mt=2#episodeGuid=58a42222bebafb5c4b355474%3A58a426a2ff7c503db48f8e3c%3A592f830144024341842bad1e],Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/shakespeares-shadows],Google Play Music [https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ipu5ggdjeywe6fp4muewtzlux7i], or in the audio player above.

[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a42222bebafb5c4b355474/1500230378017-4D8JTFDRBGAMZT9V7NOW/image-asset.png?format=1000w] FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH ACTOR ERIKA SOTO AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA PROFESSOR JIM KEARNEY For a character who doesn’t appear onstage for much of the play, there is a lot to unpack with Cordelia, and she has a major impact on the journey of her father, the title character of King Lear. In this episode, UCSB professor Jim Kearney returns to the podcast, and Erika Soto shares her experience playing Cordelia earlier this year at A Noise Within in Pasadena, California. Discussed here are the changes Shakespeare made to his source material for King Lear, how an actress can bide her time while staying in the zone through her long stretch backstage waiting for her return in Act 4, and why it’s essential to remember that Cordelia leads an army into battle. Listen on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shakespeares-shadows/id1223767954?mt=2#episodeGuid=58a42222bebafb5c4b355474%3A58a426a2ff7c503db48f8e3c%3A592f830144024341842bad1e],Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/shakespeares-shadows],Google Play Music [https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ipu5ggdjeywe6fp4muewtzlux7i], or in the audio player above.

[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a42222bebafb5c4b355474/1498634560307-Y0JJDBEBVBZ8CXO4IIXM/image-asset.png?format=1000w] FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH ACTORS MARIAH GALE AND JENNIE GREENBERRY AND YORK UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR DEANNE WILLIAMS The most recognizable image of perhaps any Shakespeare heroine is Ophelia drowning — Gertrude’s description of Ophelia “mermaid-like” in the brook has inspired numerous painters. But her untimely death is not her full story. In this episode, we discuss the young woman tangled up in Hamlet’s drama with guests Deanne Williams, an English professor at York University in Toronto; Jennie Greenberry, who played Ophelia last year at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; and Mariah Gale, who took on the role in the Bard’s hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon, co-starring opposite David Tennant in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2008 Hamlet production. Their recollections of performing and teaching Hamlet reveal far more than the languid victim seen in those iconic paintings and illuminate a woman of courage, compassion, and perhaps more ingenuity than first meets the eye. Listen on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shakespeares-shadows/id1223767954?mt=2#episodeGuid=58a42222bebafb5c4b355474%3A58a426a2ff7c503db48f8e3c%3A592f830144024341842bad1e],Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/shakespeares-shadows],Google Play Music [https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ipu5ggdjeywe6fp4muewtzlux7i], or in the audio player above. This episode contains adult content.

[https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58a42222bebafb5c4b355474/1497655960515-18VC6BLYSRCW3FIY13PQ/image-asset.png?format=1000w] FEATURING INTERVIEWS WITH ACTOR JESSIKA D. WILLIAMS AND CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS PROFESSOR KIMBERLY HUTH With more lines than any other female character in Shakespeare’s canon, Rosalind stands apart. At once a cynic and a romantic, she chooses her own husband and launches discourse with him negotiating their domestic life — near-unheard of for a noblewoman in her time of arranged marriages. Featuring interviews with Jessika D. Williams — currently starring in CalShakes’ As You Like It — and Cal State Dominguez Hills professor Kimberly Huth, this episode delves into how Rosalind’s gender exploration remains utterly relevant to modern audiences, whether her disguise as Ganymede is actually convincing, and that fourth wall-breaking epilogue. And we gab about a squee-filled moment when As You Like It basically embodies a certain catchy Grease song. Listen on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/shakespeares-shadows/id1223767954?mt=2#episodeGuid=58a42222bebafb5c4b355474%3A58a426a2ff7c503db48f8e3c%3A592f830144024341842bad1e],Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/shakespeares-shadows],Google Play Music [https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ipu5ggdjeywe6fp4muewtzlux7i], or in the audio player above.