ShakesPod
40 episodes - English - Latest episode: 26 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsSilicon Valley Shakespeare is innovating, illuminating, and inspiring with a mix of exclusive performances, behind-the-scenes interviews, and an exploration into the weird and wonderful world of William Shakespeare. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
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Episodes
Episode 32: All's Well That Ends Well?
March 31, 2024 21:58 - 37 minutes - 68.3 MBAll's Well that Ends Well....or does it? Listen in as a director, a professor and a dramaturg discuss Shakespeare's 'problem plays' and the issues that hinder a 'happy ending' in All's Well that Ends Well. Dr. Adrienne Eastwood from San Jose State Universityand and Marley Rose-Teter, the Director of Silicon Valley Shakespeare's All's Well that Ends Well sit down with Doll Piccotto, our resident dramaturg to pick apart these fascinating plays and discuss why they don't sit well with our moder...
Episode 31: Bard Talk - All's Well That Ends Well
February 26, 2024 08:00 - 30 minutes - 55.9 MBIn this episode, SVS Resident Dramaturg, Doll Piccotto, does a deep dive into Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 30: Flipping the Script 3
November 25, 2023 18:28 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBIn the third edition of "Flipping the Script," SVS presents another round of artists performing monologues in roles they wouldn't be traditionally cast in. Featuring pieces from Romeo & Juliet, Julius Caesar, The Importance of Being Earnest, and more; this episode will having you seeing these characters in a new light. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 29: Shakespeare & Film
May 27, 2023 07:00 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MBSilicon Valley Shakespeare's Production Manager, Tonya Mara, has a lively discussion with guests Doll Piccotto and Christian Pizzirani about all the good (and bad) examples of Shakespeare inspired films as SVS gears up for Shakespeare in Love, opening at Sanborn this summer. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 28: Bard Talk - King Lear
April 10, 2023 22:02 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBIn this episode, SVS Resident Dramaturg, Doll Piccotto, does a deep dive into Shakespeare's King Lear. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 27: Twelfth Night Directors Interview
February 25, 2023 08:00 - 38 minutes - 53 MBSilicon Valley Shakespeare Production Manager, Tonya Mara, sits down with Twelfth Night's co-directors, Ivette Deltoro and Erin Southard, to discuss their vision of SVS's upcoming Willow Street production of Twelfth Night. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 26: Bard Talk - Twelfth Night
January 31, 2023 17:54 - 19 minutes - 37.6 MBKicking off our 2023 season, SVS Resident Dramaturg, Doll Piccotto, gives a fun and interesting in depth look at Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 25: Flipping the Script 2
November 25, 2022 08:00 - 19 minutes - 26.6 MBIn the second edition of "flipping the script" SVS presents another round of artists performing monologues in roles they wouldn't be traditionally cast in. Featuring pieces from Hamlet, King Lear, Dr. Faustus, and more; this episode will having you seeing these characters in a new light. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 24: Jane Austen
May 14, 2022 16:25 - 21 minutes - 40.1 MBBard Talk “The World of Jane Austen” What was it like to be a woman in Regency England? What does the right of primogeniture even mean?!? Dive into the world of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility with SVS Dramaturg Doll Piccotto to answer these questions and more. Reference material: 1. An Analysis of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, Schatzie Speaks, Owlcation Online, June 19, 2018 2. Sense and Sensibility Analysis--Elinor and Marianne, Close Reading with Dr. Octavia Cox, YouTube, ...
Episode 23: Measure for Measure Director Interview
March 26, 2022 15:00 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBProduction Manager, Tonya Mara, sits down and discusses SVS's upcoming Sanborn production of Measure for Measure with show's director, Doll Piccotto. This episode does contain mention of sexual assault so listener discretion is advised. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 22: LGBTQ+ in Shakespeare
February 19, 2022 16:00 - 20 minutes - 37.7 MBSVS' 2022 live season starts with a LGBTQ+ version of Romeo & Juliet. To help us kickstart our season, SVS Artistic Director, Angie Higgins, sits down with company Dramaturg, Doll Piccotto, to discuss the history of R&J and LGBTQ+ in Shakespeare. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 21: Audition Tips for Actors
January 22, 2022 16:00 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBSVS Production Manager, Tonya Mara, sits down with Ivette Deltoro (Casting Assistant for City Lights Theater Company), Sara Dean (Executive Artistic Director for South Bay Musical Theatre), and Melinda Marks (Free lance director/artist in the Bay Area) to discuss helpful tips and tricks for actors when going back in to the audition room. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 20: Interview with Audacity Performing Arts Project
December 18, 2021 16:00 - 52 minutes - 86.6 MBSVS Artistic Director, Angie Higgins, sits down with company founder, Louis Stone-Collonge, and executive director, Rosalind Sanchez, to chat about the importance of inclusion-based theatre productions, artistic programming, and quality arts education. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 19: Flipping the Script
November 27, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBSVS is “flipping the script” and presenting gender-swapped performances of Shakespearean monologues. Featuring pieces from Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Othello and more, this episode will have you seeing these characters in a new light. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 18: Bard Talk - Shakespeare's Ghosts
October 30, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 48.6 MBJust in time for Halloween, SVS Resident Dramaturg Doll Piccotto gives a spooky new Bard Talk all about ghosts in Shakespeare’s plays. From Richard III to Macbeth, Julius Caesar to Hamlet, ghosts play a significant roles in some of Shakespeare’s most iconic works. Learn about how ghosts were perceived during the Elizabethan Era, and how beliefs during that time molded the way Shakespeare included ghosts as characters in his plays. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p...
Episode 21: Bard Talk - Shakespeare's Ghosts
October 30, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 48.6 MBJust in time for Halloween, SVS Resident Dramaturg Doll Piccotto gives a spooky new Bard Talk all about ghosts in Shakespeare’s plays. From Richard III to Macbeth, Julius Caesar to Hamlet, ghosts play a significant roles in some of Shakespeare’s most iconic works. Learn about how ghosts were perceived during the Elizabethan Era, and how beliefs during that time molded the way Shakespeare included ghosts as characters in his plays. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/svshakes/support
Bard Audio Play 3: RICHARD III
August 28, 2021 17:56 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBSilicon Valley Shakespeare presents Richard III, our final summer Bard audio play. Directed by Doll Piccotto with sound design & editing by Ryan Lee Short, this riveting production follows one of Shakespeare’s (and history’s) most devious, manipulative villains in his pursuit of the crown. Hear the tale as you’ve never heard it before—as a 1940’s radio drama, complete with era-inspired commercials. CAST Richard III… LaMont Ridgell Buckingham… David Boyll Queen Margaret, others… Valerie ...
Episode 20: RICHARD III
August 28, 2021 17:56 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBSilicon Valley Shakespeare presents Richard III, our final summer Bard audio play. Directed by Doll Piccotto with sound design & editing by Ryan Lee Short, this riveting production follows one of Shakespeare’s (and history’s) most devious, manipulative villains in his pursuit of the crown. Hear the tale as you’ve never heard it before—as a 1940’s radio drama, complete with era-inspired commercials. CAST Richard III… LaMont Ridgell Buckingham… David Boyll Queen Margaret, others… Valerie ...
Bard Audio Play 2: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
July 31, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBSilicon Valley Shakespeare presents The Comedy of Errors, our second summer Bard audio play. Directed by Angie Higgins with sound design & editing by Phil Surtees, this hilarious farce of mistaken identity follows two sets of identical twins who were separated from each other years before but now find themselves in the same city. It will have you reeling with laughter! CAST Antipholus of Syracus & Ephesus… Tom Gough Dromio of Syracus & Ephesus… Evelyn Huynh Adriana… Regina Kohl Luciana...
Episode 19: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
July 31, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBSilicon Valley Shakespeare presents The Comedy of Errors, our second summer Bard audio play. Directed by Angie Higgins with sound design & editing by Phil Surtees, this hilarious farce of mistaken identity follows two sets of identical twins who were separated from each other years before but now find themselves in the same city. It will have you reeling with laughter! CAST Antipholus of Syracus & Ephesus… Tom Gough Dromio of Syracus & Ephesus… Evelyn Huynh Adriana… Regina Kohl Luciana...
Bard Audio Play 1: TITUS ANDRONICUS
July 03, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 155 MBSilicon Valley Shakespeare presents Titus Andronicus, the first in our summer Bard audio plays series. Directed by Tonya Mara with sound design, music & editing by Charlie Hoyt, this chilling tale begins when Roman general Titus Andronicus returns from war with four prisoners. What follows is a series of murders, retaliation and revenge. CAST Titus… Evan Darwin Winet Tamora… Lucy Littlewood Saturnius… Arthur Scappaticci Marcus… Sarah Thermond Lucius/Martius… Melinda Marks Lavinia/Aem...
Episode 18: TITUS ANDRONICUS
July 03, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 155 MBSilicon Valley Shakespeare presents Titus Andronicus, the first in our summer Bard audio plays series. Directed by Tonya Mara with sound design, music & editing by Charlie Hoyt, this chilling tale begins when Roman general Titus Andronicus returns from war with four prisoners. What follows is a series of murders, retaliation and revenge. CAST Titus… Evan Darwin Winet Tamora… Lucy Littlewood Saturnius… Arthur Scappaticci Marcus… Sarah Thermond Lucius/Martius… Melinda Marks Lavinia/Aem...
Episode 17: Interview with EnActe Arts
June 12, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 55.2 MBSVS Marketing Director Laura Domingo sits down with EnActe Arts Artistic Director Vinita Sud Belani and Director of Education Vijay M. Rajan. They discuss how the Silicon Valley theatre company and arts organization is on a mission to be a talent incubator and to tell South Asian stories with universal appeal. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Interview with EnActe Arts
June 12, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 55.2 MBSVS Marketing Director Laura Domingo sits down with EnActe Arts Artistic Director Vinita Sud Belani and Director of Education Vijay M. Rajan. They discuss how the Silicon Valley theatre company and arts organization is on a mission to be a talent incubator and to tell South Asian stories with universal appeal. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/svshakes/support
Episode 16: Bard Talk: The Merchant of Venice
May 29, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 44.1 MBSilicon Valley Shakespeare’s Resident Dramaturg Doll Piccotto talks about how the social and political structures of 16th century Venice—including the restrictions placed on Jewish residents—made the city one of the only places where the story of The Merchant of Venice could be set. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 12 - Playwrights in Quarantine
May 25, 2021 20:50 - 55 minutes - 90.3 MBLocal playwright, Ross Harkness, sits down with other Bay Area writers to discuss what it's been like as a playwright during quarantine in our latest episode of ShakesPod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 15: Interview with Annalisa Tkacheff
May 16, 2021 21:41 - 32 minutes - 55.1 MBSVS Artistic Director Angie Higgins sits down with our new Executive Director, Annalisa Tkacheff. Hear all about Annalisa's journey to Silicon Valley Shakespeare, her own personal history with the Bard, and her vision for the company's future. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 14 - Ira Aldridge
April 23, 2021 07:00 - 23 minutes - 40.9 MBSVS Resident Dramaturg Doll Picotto explores the complex history of race in Shakespeare performance, including the lens in which we view his works, and the life of Ira Aldridge, the first Black Shakespearean actor. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 13 - Interview with College of Adaptive Arts
April 10, 2021 19:00 - 42 minutes - 57.9 MBSVS sits down with the professors from the College of Adaptive Arts, a non-profit in San Jose that's paving a new path for adults with special needs, to chat about why art and accessibility is important for everyone. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 11: Bard Talk; The Politics of Julius Caesar
March 06, 2021 20:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBSVS dramaturge, Doll Piccotto, give us an in depth look at the Politics of Julius Caesar, just in time for the Ides of March! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 10: Love is Love, Part II
February 20, 2021 08:00 - 56 minutes - 77 MBOur "Love is Love" series continues as SVS Production Manager Tonya Duncan sits down with Bay Area artists and members of the LGBTQ+ community Larry Barrott, Kein Heath, and Marley Teter to discuss LGBTQ+ representation on the stage. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 9: Love is Love
February 06, 2021 08:00 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MB“I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.” (Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV, Scene i) SVS Production Manager Tonya Duncan sits down with Erika Cisnernos, Outreach Coordinator for the LGBTQ Youth Space, to discuss their work within the LGBTQ+ community. A San José-based non-profit, the LGBTQ Youth Space provides mental health programs and community support for LGBTQ, questioning, and ally youth and young adults. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify...
Episode 8: Music to My Ears, Part 2
January 23, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 42.4 MBWe continue our journey through the sounds of Shakespeare next Saturday with part two of ShakesPod’s "Music to My Ears." SVS Actor and Photographer Christian Pizzirani sits down with some of the Bay Area’s favorite sound designers — Charlie Hoyt, Phil Surtees, and George Psarras — to talk about the behind-the-scenes world of sound design and composition. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Episode 7: Music to My Ears
January 09, 2021 08:00 - 50 minutes - 69 MBSVS Production Manager Tonya Duncan sits down with some of the Bay Area’s top musical theatre aficionados to chat about musicals inspired by Shakespeare. Featuring SVS Executive Director (and musical theatre director) Doug Brook, director and vocal director Diane Milo, and director and SVS stage veteran Walter Mayes, our guests gab about your favorite Shakespeare-inspired musical, and some hidden Broadway gems you might not know about. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify....
Episode 6: SVS Gives Back
December 12, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutes - 71.3 MBIt's the season of giving! For this special episode, we've decided to highlight another organization that speaks to our motto: to innovate, illuminate, and inspire. SVS veteran Evelyn Huynh (last seen on stage in her award-winning performance as Greenie in The White Snake) sits down with Red Ladder Theatre Company Director Karen Altree Piemme, and Actor/Facilitator Tasi Alabastro, to discuss their work with the nationally acclaimed, award-winning social justice theatre company. --- Suppor...
Episode 5: “Nasty Women” get it done!, Part II
November 21, 2020 08:00 - 55 minutes - 92 MBIt’s the second half of ShakesPod’s Nasty Women series, featuring the behind-the-scenes stories from the ultimate lady bosses of theatre, our panel of female stage managers. This week, ShakesPod shines a spotlight on the ladies who defy convention. Hosted by SVS Production Manager Tonya Duncan, and featuring Bay Area stage managers Chrissie Schwanhausser, Michelle Singh, and Alexandra Maisonneuve Teixeira, this episode is an inside look at the empowered women of our daily lives. --- Suppo...
Episode 4: “Nasty Women” get it done!
November 07, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 65.1 MBShakesPod shines a spotlight on the ladies who defy convention. We’re diving into the history of women in theatre with SVS dramaturg Doll Piccoto and featuring some of the most talented female-identifying and non-binary actors as they tackle traditionally male Shakespearean monologues. Featuring pieces from Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, and other iconic Shakespearean monologues, this episode is a battle cry for Nasty Women. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.c...
Episode 3: Magic and Mischief
October 31, 2020 07:00 - 22 minutes - 35.3 MBIn this episode, SVS is getting into the Halloween spirit! This frighteningly funny Halloween special is hosted by the creepiest couple on the block, Ms. Tamora and Titus (Doll Piccotto and James Lucas). Join our devilishly delightful hosts as they interview the infamous witches of Macbeth. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Bonus Episode: An Interview with Aldo Billingslea
October 24, 2020 12:00 - 42 minutes - 69.3 MBWe sat down with Bay Area theatre veteran Aldo Billingslea to chat about his work with The Black Theatre Fund, which supports the development and production of Black Theatre across the United States. Learn more about the fund and donate here. Learn more about Aldo's production of Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids here. Hosted by SVS Managing Director Annalisa Tkacheff --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support
Bard Talk: History of Macbeth
October 20, 2020 18:22 - 22 minutes - 36.5 MBOur premiere episode, “Bard Talk: History of Macbeth,” dives into the horrific hidden history of Macbeth and features special performances by 2019’s Macbeth Theatre Bay Area Award Finalist Witches (Drew B. Jones, Sarah Thermond, and Sara Razavi) and Porter (Keenan Flagg). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svshakes/support