To Be or Not to Be: A Chooseable-Path Adventure

This week we return to the world of animated ROMEO AND JULIET adaptations, sans gnomes. Featuring innovative haircuts, Soviet arthouse cinema, and nemesis of the pod Friar Laurence.Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram, and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

Have you ever wondered how working in educational theatre compares to professional theatre? Or how to inspire the jocks to be in your high school Shakespeare productions? Or why every group chat needs a witch? Well, it’s your lucky day, because while Charlotte is still living her glamorous TV writer life in Canada, Danielle is joined by the lovely and brilliant Michele Danna. They get into why educational theatre matters, how to use fly swatters as swords, what it’s like being typecast as villains, and more!Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram, and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

You did it! You reached the end of Titus Andronicus with us! Look at you go. Take yourself out to dinner for this one. (Be careful of the pies, though.)Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram, and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

Our supply of sons is dwindling. But our supply of Titus Andronicus podcast episodes is only growing larger!Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram, and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

This week we are still talking about Sweeney Todd meets Kill Bill meets the fall of the Roman Empire, aka TITUS ANDRONICUS! Come for the gore, stay for the historical context on Gothic history.Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram, and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

Hold onto your sons, because this week we kick off our bloody summer blockbuster discussion of TITUS ANDRONICUS! Trigger warning for... everything. All of it.Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram, and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

To listen or not to listen… to this week’s episode! This pod is full of choices as we explore Ryan North’s Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Hamlet, TO BE OR NOT TO BE! Our choices lead us to discussing Pompeii, Aaron Sorkin’s girl-boss-ification of CAMELOT, and why choose your own adventure novels are the video games of books. (And also Hamlet.)Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram, and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

This week we review another episode of Shakesp- JUST KIDDING IDIOT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANCIENT ROME AGAIN. WE TRICKED YOU! IT'S TOO LATE! YOU'LL NEVER ESCAPE!Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram, and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

Charlotte is trapped in the wilds of Canada this week, but never fear — Danielle is joined by our first-ever guest, the incredible actor (and FRIEND) Đavid Lee Huỳnh! Đavid tells us about his experience in The Public Theater/NAATCO’s currently running production of Henry VI, as well as his personal journey with Shakespeare. We talk remounting a production post-Covid, getting beaten up onstage, dream roles, and which theatre companies provide the best snacks! Ticket link: https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2526/henry-vi-a-trilogy-in-two-parts/Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram, and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!

This week we take a look at the first episode of a fascinating animated anthology of Shakespeare stories! Come for the analysis of adaptational choices, stay for the examination of ponytail lengths.Support the show by telling a friend, following us on Instagram, and rating us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts!