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Happy season finale y'all!!  Today we have an unbelievably special episode for you. We were lucky enough to get the chance to interview Caroline Bicks and Michelle Ephraim -- two badasses in the world of Shakespeare and academia. Caroline and Michelle have been dream guests of ours since the podcast began -- we are both massive fans of their book Shakespeare, Not Stirred: Cocktails for Your Everyday Dramas If you don't have a copy already -- then what have you been doing?!?  You may even recognize some of the cocktails from our recommended drinks for older episodes.  Caroline Bicks is the Stephen E. King Chair in Literature at the University of Maine. She specializes in Shakespeare, gender studies and the history of science. Her book on the brains of adolescent girls in Shakespeare’s world has just been published. Her first-person essays have been featured in the Modern Love column of the New York Times, on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and in the show and book Afterbirth: Stories You Won’t Read in a Parenting Magazine. She and Michelle love to write funny pieces for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency where they pretend to be Shakespeare characters doing things like going on craigslist, writing letters to Santa Claus, and cursing you for your humble brag posts about your children. Michelle Ephraim is Associate Professor of English at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She's published a lot of academic things on Jews, women (and Jewish women!) in early modern English literature. Her humor and memoir essays have appeared in places like The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Lilith, Tikkun, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and Cleaver Magazine. She and Caroline Bicks are the co-authors of Shakespeare, Not Stirred: Cocktails for Your Everyday Dramas (Penguin, 2015). Her book-length memoir about family tragedy and her life with Shakespeare is in the works. You can learn more about what Michelle is up to here: www.michelleephraim.com or find her on Twitter @ProfessorMKE and @EverydayShakes You can learn more about what Caroline is up to here: https://faculty.umaine.edu/carolinebicks/

A podcast about Classics, cocktails, and conscious casting. We give each of our actors two weeks to prepare a character as if the day of recording is the first table read of a production. Obviously, over the course of a rehearsal process, a character will grow and develop based on a director's vision, the other actors, and discovery in the room. This is just our actor's first take on the character. In this episode, we will be exploring the character Bottom from A Midsummer Night's Dream with actors Angelica Rowell and Cooper Reynolds. Head to our Instagram @shakepod to see what they're up to! www.shakepod.com

*Special Episode Alert* In case you've been curious about how this podcast started or where Alex and Kodi's love for Shakespeare began. Look no further! We were lucky enough to be interviewed on Chat With Dan of Dano Gaming. You can check out all of the amazing interviews he has with actors from around the world over on his Instagram @dano_zemstagaming 

A podcast about Classics, cocktails, and conscious casting. We give each of our actors two weeks to prepare a character as if the day of recording is the first table read of a production. Obviously, over the course of a rehearsal process, a character will grow and develop based on a director's vision, the other actors, and discovery in the room. This is just our actor's first take on the character. In this episode, we will be exploring the character Edmund from King Lear with actors Dustyn Gulledge and Stephen Hu. Head to our Instagram @shakepod to see what they're up to! www.shakepod.com

Today we will be diving into the character of Mercutio and his loaded relationship throughout the play with Romeo with one of our all-time favorite humans -- Will Block.  Will Block is an LA-based classical actor and director. He is the Artistic Director of Method and Madness and is an Associate Artist with the Porters of Hellsgate. Regional creds include The Two Noble Kinsmen (Kingsmen Shakespeare), Master Harold...and the boys, A Christmas Carol, Treasure Island (Sacramento Theatre Co), A Midsummer Night's Dream (LA Phil), and the West Coast Premiere of Ken Ludwig's Murder on the Orient Express (La Mirada). Links: http://www.thewillblock.com https://www.methodandmadnessco.com/

A podcast about Classics, cocktails, and conscious casting. We give each of our actors two weeks to prepare a character as if the day of recording is the first table read of a production. Obviously, over the course of a rehearsal process, a character will grow and develop based on a director's vision, the other actors, and discovery in the room. This is just our actor's first take on the character. In this episode, we will be exploring the character Isabella from Measure for Measure with actors Lillie Silva-Muir and Max Lawrence. Head to our Instagram @shakepod to see what they're up to! www.shakepod.com

Welcome to our very first episode of Shakespeare + Sexuality! We have been so excited to start diving into this series this season and what a way to kick things off!  In this episode we are joined by guest Charles Pasternak and we are exploring The Antonios from Twelfth Night and Merchant of Venice.  www.shakepod.com

A podcast about Classics, cocktails, and conscious casting. We give each of our actors two weeks to prepare a character as if the day of recording is the first table read of a production. Obviously, over the course of a rehearsal process, a character will grow and develop based on a director's vision, the other actors, and discovery in the room. This is just our actor's first take on the character. In this episode, we will be exploring the character Ophelia from Hamlet with actors Blaire Battle and Tiff Hubbard. Head to our Instagram @shakepod to see what they're up to! www.shakepod.com

This episode we have the Magical Marissa Moses here to talk to us about mysticism in Shakespeare and the magic that lives within us all. You can follow along with all of her incredible work at http://www.marissamoses.com/ To watch the stunning piece Marissa created inspired by the lovely Juliet please head here: https://vimeo.com/175490751 A podcast about Classics, cocktails, and conscious casting. This season we will be incorporating educational episodes where we will bring in special guests to deep dive into a specific subject within Shakespeare's work.  www.shakepodcast.com

Welcome to Season 2!! We are thrilled to be kicking off this season with such a badass episode.  A podcast about Classics, cocktails, and conscious casting. We give each of our actors two weeks to prepare a character as if the day of recording is the first table read of a production. Obviously, over the course of a rehearsal process, a character will grow and develop based on a director's vision, the other actors, and discovery in the room. This is just our actor's first take on the character. In this episode, we will be exploring the character Regan from King Lear with actors Hillary Ward and Roberto Lewis. Head to our Instagram @shakepod to see what they're up to! www.shakepodcast.com