Shakespeare Decoded

Dramaturgy and Translation as the Gateway to Shakespeare Engagement

Hosted by Interim Artistic Director, Jenni Stewart, this episode explores Dramaturgy and Translation as the Gateway to Shakespeare Engagement with Taylor Bailey, Producin

Why Hamlet?

Hosted by Hamlet director, Christie Vela, this episode explores why Hamlet is still relevant to our modern world. Featured guests, Nicole Berastequi, Victoria Cruz, and K

Timon of Athens and Our Modern Financial World

Timon of Athens is Shakespeare’s most explicit tragic take on the role of money. Its importance for modern capitalism is evidenced by the fact that it is one of Shakespe

Shakespeare and Veterans

What does Shakespeare have to teach us about the veteran experience? Join host Brian Wilson (Founder, combatandclassics.org) and guest Stephan Wolfert (Founder, decruit.o

Political Shakespeare

Hosted by Production Manager, Adrian Churchill, this episode explores the diverse ways that Shakespeare’s plays can be explored politically. Featured guests, Maryam Baig,

Shakespeare in Modern Translation

The typical Shakespeare production follows an odd convention: a contemporary setting with Elizabethan language. What if we flipped that? Contemporary language with an Eli

Oh, Let Me Not Be Mad: King Lear and Aging

Join us as we explore the journey King Lear goes through from beginning the of play as a self absorbed tyrant to his family, to a man full of love and compassion at the e

Tis The Times' Plague: Shakespeare and Pandemics

Hosted by Jenni Stewart (Associate Artistic Director, Shakespeare Dallas) with guest panelists Daniel Kemper (Master of Casting & Company Management at Rude Grooms and Co

What a Noble Mind: Hamlet and Mental Health

Hosted by Meagan Harris (Programs Associate, Shakespeare Dallas), this episode dives in to the mental health in the characters of Hamlet and Ophelia. Panelists also discu

Free Like an Ariel Bird: Colonization and Subjugation in The Tempest

What forms of colonization of thought and language do we encounter in our theatrical practices today? This episode explores themes of colonialism and the resulting subjug

The Badge of All Our Tribe: Religiosity & Identity in The Merchant of Venice

Using Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice” as a foundation for discussion, this episode studies the historical moment in which Shakespeare was writing about Venetian re

Much Ado About the Sexual Distrust of Women

When we think of the time that Shakespeare was writing his most famous plays, what do we think of? A time when the world was very different- so different that women were