Podcast appearances and mentions of david ivers

“You cannot skip steps”: David Ivers on the process of acting, directing, writing and translating his way through a career in the arts on a relentless search for clarity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Next Chapter Podcasts presents the complete Play On Podcast series, AS YOU LIKE IT, in its entirety. The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “AS YOU LIKE IT”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by DAVID IVERS. All episodes were directed by KIM MARTIN-COTTEN. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.   The cast is as follows:   MEGHAN KREIDLER as ROSALIND JULIAN CIHI as ORLANDO ADELIN PHELPS as CELIA JAMES UDOM as OLIVER and SIR OLIVER MARTEXT FRANCELLE STEWART DORN as DUKE SENIOR DAVID IVERS as JACQUES ANDY GROTELUESCHEN as TOUCHSTONE LARRY BULL as DUKE FREDERICK and ADAM KAYLI CARTER as PHEBE NOAH KEYISHIAN as SILVIUS ANNA SUNDBERG as AUDREY, LeBEAU MATT MACNELLY as AMIENS and JACQUES DU BOYS JANE LUI as HYMEN and VOCALS SCOTT CORDES as CORIN H. ADAM HARRIS as CHARLES THE WRESTLER and WILLIAM Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.   Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH   Original music composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Music Direction and Vocals by JANE LUI. Additional vocals by MATT MacNELLY. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.   The Play On Podcast Series “AS YOU LIKE IT” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. Subscribe to Play On Premium on Apollo Plus for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you'll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “All the world's a stage!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Phebe confronts Rosalind (“Johnnyseed”) for being rude, leading Sylvius, Phebe, Orlando and Rosalind to expound on the meaning of love as a thunderstorm descends. Rosalind ends their railing by telling them to meet again tomorrow for a wedding where they will all be married to the one they love. Touchstone and Audrey celebrate as two musicians from Duke Senior's camp pass by. Touchstone asks them to sing a song, which they do to great fanfare, but he gets jealous and mocks their music when they express interest in Audrey. The next day, Duke Senior arrives at the wedding site and asks Orlando if he thinks “Johnnyseed” is really capable of doing everything he promises. Rosalind shows up as Johnnyseed and checks with Duke Senior to be sure she'll allow her daughter to marry Orlando. S/he also checks to be sure Phebe will marry Silvius if Johnnyseed isn't available. Duke Senior tells Orlando that she sees some similarities between Johnnyseed and her daughter, Rosalind. When Touchstone and Audrey arrive, Jacques excitedly introduces Touchstone to the Duke. Touchstone entertains the Duke with a witty explanation of how to win an argument. Everything changes when Hymen envelops them all in a magical song, revealing Johnnyseed's true identity as Rosalind. Upon realizing that Johnnyseed is actually a woman who is in love with Orlando, Phebe agrees to marry Silvius. Hymen marries all four couples: Rosalind and Orlando, Celia and Oliver, Audrey and Touchstone and Phebe and Silvius. They dance together until Jakes DeBoys, the second son of Sir Roland, takes the stage to announce that Duke Frederick, who had entered the forest to kill his brother,  was converted by an old religious man and decided to bequeath his crown to Duke Senior. Hearing this news, Jacques announces tells everyone he's going back to the Court and bids them all farewell. Rosalind ends the series with a speech of appreciation. The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “AS YOU LIKE IT”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by DAVID IVERS. All episodes were directed by KIM MARTIN-COTTEN. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.   The cast is as follows:   MEGHAN KREIDLER as ROSALIND JULIAN CIHI as ORLANDO ADELIN PHELPS as CELIA JAMES UDOM as OLIVER and SIR OLIVER MARTEXT FRANCELLE STEWART DORN as DUKE SENIOR DAVID IVERS as JACQUES ANDY GROTELUESCHEN as TOUCHSTONE LARRY BULL as DUKE FREDERICK and ADAM KAYLI CARTER as PHEBE NOAH KEYISHIAN as SILVIUS ANNA SUNDBERG as AUDREY, LeBEAU MATT MACNELLY as AMIENS and JACQUES DU BOYS JANE LUI as HYMEN and VOCALS SCOTT CORDES as CORIN H. ADAM HARRIS as CHARLES THE WRESTLER and WILLIAM Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.   Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH   Original music composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Music Direction and Vocals by JANE LUI. Additional vocals by MATT MacNELLY. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.   The Play On Podcast Series “AS YOU LIKE IT” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. Subscribe to Play On Premium on Apollo Plus for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you'll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “All the world's a stage!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jacques returns to Duke Senior's camp to discover that someone killed a deer. He suggests they present it to Duke Senior as an offering and asks Amiens to sing a song to mark the occasion. Back at the farm, Silivius delivers Phebe's letter to “Johnnyseed”. Seeing it's full of praise for Johnnyseed, Rosalind scolds Silvius for loving a woman who treats him so badly. S/he sends him back to Phebe with the message that Phebe should love Silvius. As Silvius is leaving, Orlando's brother Oliver enters, transformed. He tells Rosalind and Celia that Orlando defended him from an attack by a lioness and presents a bloody handkerchief that had bandaged Orlando's wounded arm. Rosalind faints at the sight of the blood and scrambles to resume her disguise when Oliver questions her manliness,. Back at Filippini Pond, Touchstone and Audrey are skinny dipping with throngs of other concertgoers when Audrey's suitor, a local farmhand  named William, shows up. Touchstone chases him out of the water with a barrage of questions to challenge his wit before Corin arrives to tell Touchstone that Johnnyseed and Anne Emma Grant would like to see him. Later, Oliver confesses to his brother that he's fallen in love with Anne Emma Grant. He gives Orlando his inheritance and vows to live and die in the country as a shepherd. When Rosalind (“Johnnyseed”) enters, Oliver leaves. Orlando spills his heart out to Johnnyseed, saying that Oliver and Anne's love has made him yearn even more for Rosalind and he can no longer keep on pretending. Johnnyseed comforts Orlando by saying that he has magical powers and that Orlando will marry Rosalind when Oliver marries Anne. The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “AS YOU LIKE IT”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by DAVID IVERS. All episodes were directed by KIM MARTIN-COTTEN. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.   The cast is as follows:   MEGHAN KREIDLER as ROSALIND JULIAN CIHI as ORLANDO ADELIN PHELPS as CELIA JAMES UDOM as OLIVER and SIR OLIVER MARTEXT FRANCELLE STEWART DORN as DUKE SENIOR DAVID IVERS as JACQUES ANDY GROTELUESCHEN as TOUCHSTONE LARRY BULL as DUKE FREDERICK and ADAM KAYLI CARTER as PHEBE NOAH KEYISHIAN as SILVIUS ANNA SUNDBERG as AUDREY, LeBEAU MATT MACNELLY as AMIENS and JACQUES DU BOYS JANE LUI as HYMEN and VOCALS SCOTT CORDES as CORIN H. ADAM HARRIS as CHARLES THE WRESTLER and WILLIAM Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.   Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH   Original music composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Music Direction and Vocals by JANE LUI. Additional vocals by MATT MacNELLY. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.   The Play On Podcast Series “AS YOU LIKE IT” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. Subscribe to Play On Premium on Apollo Plus for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you'll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “All the world's a stage!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Celia tries to comfort Rosalind when Orlando doesn't show up at the cottage for his first coaching. Corin arrives to invite them to spy on Silvius courting the reluctant Phoebe. Rosalind, still dressed as Ganymede, follows and confronts Phoebe when she sees how poorly she treats Silvius, but it backfires when Phoebe falls for her instead. Rosalind beats a hasty retreat with Celia. Phoebe tells Silvius she's going to write “Ganymede” a love letter for him to deliver. Back in the forest, Rosalind teases Jacques about his melancholy until Orlando finally arrives. Jacques leaves and Rosalind (Ganymede) berates Orlando for being late to his tutoring session. Ganymede (Rosalind) convinces Celia to stage a fake wedding between Ganymede and Orlando in order to make Rosalind jealous. Orlando isn't sure about this and leaves to have dinner with Duke Senior. Celia scolds Rosalind for misrepresenting women, but Rosalind can only respond that she's fallen deeply in love. The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “AS YOU LIKE IT”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by DAVID IVERS. All episodes were directed by KIM MARTIN-COTTEN. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.   The cast is as follows:   MEGHAN KREIDLER as ROSALIND JULIAN CIHI as ORLANDO ADELIN PHELPS as CELIA JAMES UDOM as OLIVER and SIR OLIVER MARTEXT FRANCELLE STEWART DORN as DUKE SENIOR DAVID IVERS as JACQUES ANDY GROTELUESCHEN as TOUCHSTONE LARRY BULL as DUKE FREDERICK and ADAM KAYLI CARTER as PHEBE NOAH KEYISHIAN as SILVIUS ANNA SUNDBERG as AUDREY, LeBEAU MATT MACNELLY as AMIENS and JACQUES DU BOYS JANE LUI as HYMEN and VOCALS SCOTT CORDES as CORIN H. ADAM HARRIS as CHARLES THE WRESTLER and WILLIAM Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.   Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH   Original music composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Music Direction and Vocals by JANE LUI. Additional vocals by MATT MacNELLY. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.   The Play On Podcast Series “AS YOU LIKE IT” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. Subscribe to Play On Premium on Apollo Plus for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you'll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “All the world's a stage!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Celia tells Rosalind that Orlando is the poet whose writing has so delighted them. When they hear Orlando approaching in argument with Jacques about love, they hide to eavesdrop. Once Jacques leaves, Rosalind steps out and introduces herself as “Johnnyseed”. She promises to cure Orlando of his lovesickness provided he agrees to pretend that she's Rosalind and comes every day to practice wooing him. Orlando happily agrees. Back at the concert, Touchstone and Audrey make their way through the crowd with her goats, trailed by Jacques. Audrey tries to keep up with Touchstone's wit until they come across Sir Oliver Martext, who Touchstone asks to marry them. Sir Oliver says he can't marry Audrey to Touchstone until she's “given away”. Jacques emerges and offers to give Audrey away, but not until he has a word in private with Touchstone. The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “AS YOU LIKE IT”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by DAVID IVERS. All episodes were directed by KIM MARTIN-COTTEN. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.   The cast is as follows:   MEGHAN KREIDLER as ROSALIND JULIAN CIHI as ORLANDO ADELIN PHELPS as CELIA JAMES UDOM as OLIVER and SIR OLIVER MARTEXT FRANCELLE STEWART DORN as DUKE SENIOR DAVID IVERS as JACQUES ANDY GROTELUESCHEN as TOUCHSTONE LARRY BULL as DUKE FREDERICK and ADAM KAYLI CARTER as PHEBE NOAH KEYISHIAN as SILVIUS ANNA SUNDBERG as AUDREY, LeBEAU MATT MACNELLY as AMIENS and JACQUES DU BOYS JANE LUI as HYMEN and VOCALS SCOTT CORDES as CORIN H. ADAM HARRIS as CHARLES THE WRESTLER and WILLIAM Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.   Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH   Original music composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Music Direction and Vocals by JANE LUI. Additional vocals by MATT MacNELLY. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.   The Play On Podcast Series “AS YOU LIKE IT” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. Subscribe to Play On Premium on Apollo Plus for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you'll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “All the world's a stage!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jacques is enraptured by Amiens' music and begs for more. Meanwhile, Orlando leaves the elderly and exhausted Adam to find food for them to eat. Later in the day, Duke Senior comes upon Jacques, who is elated by his conversation with a fool he met in the forest (Touchstone). As they sit down to eat with their entourage, Orlando enters, sword drawn, and orders them to give him food. Duke Senior soothes him and welcomes him to their feast. Orlando apologizes for his rude behavior and goes to get Adam. Jacques describes how all the world's a stage. Orlando re-enters with Adam and they all dine together. As Amiens sings another song, Orlando describes his saga to Duke Senior, who replies that she knew and loved Orlando's father, and wants to hear more. Back at the Court, Duke Frederick berates Oliver for failing to kill Orlando. He seizes Oliver's land and property, ordering him to find his brother and bring him back within a week or be banished from the realm forever. Back in the forest of Arden (or Woodstock), Orlando hangs poems to Rosalind on the trees and gives them to everyone he sees. Meanwhile, Corin and Touchstone debate the attributes of courtly and country life. They hear Rosalind (or “Johnnyseed”) reading Orlando's bad poetry. Touchstone steps forward to mock the poetry and is joined by Celia. They all laugh together. The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “AS YOU LIKE IT”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by DAVID IVERS. All episodes were directed by KIM MARTIN-COTTEN. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.   The cast is as follows:   MEGHAN KREIDLER as ROSALIND JULIAN CIHI as ORLANDO ADELIN PHELPS as CELIA JAMES UDOM as OLIVER and SIR OLIVER MARTEXT FRANCELLE STEWART DORN as DUKE SENIOR DAVID IVERS as JACQUES ANDY GROTELUESCHEN as TOUCHSTONE LARRY BULL as DUKE FREDERICK and ADAM KAYLI CARTER as PHEBE NOAH KEYISHIAN as SILVIUS ANNA SUNDBERG as AUDREY, LeBEAU MATT MACNELLY as AMIENS and JACQUES DU BOYS JANE LUI as HYMEN and VOCALS SCOTT CORDES as CORIN H. ADAM HARRIS as CHARLES THE WRESTLER and WILLIAM Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.   Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH   Original music composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Music Direction and Vocals by JANE LUI. Additional vocals by MATT MacNELLY. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.   The Play On Podcast Series “AS YOU LIKE IT” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. Subscribe to Play On Premium on Apollo Plus for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you'll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “All the world's a stage!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At dinner after the wrestling match, Celia marvels at how quickly Rosalind has fallen in love. They're interrupted by the angry Duke Frederick, who threatens his niece Rosalind with death for treason if she doesn't leave his court immediately. Celia defends Rosalind and vows to stay with her wherever she goes. Together, they plan to leave the city disguised as men. Rosalind will be known as “Johnnyseed" and Celia as “Anne Emma Grant”.  They decide to bring the court jester, Touchstone, with them. Meanwhile, Duke Senior holds court in the forest with Woodstock concertgoers, philosophizing on the virtues of living in nature. When she hears that Jacques, another courtier-turned-philosopher, is in the forest mourning the killing of deer, she asks to be taken to him. Back at his Court, Duke Frederick berates his assistants for losing track of Celia and Rosallind and letting them escape. He demands that they bring Oliver and Charles the Wrestler to him. Back at Orlando's quarters, Adam tells him he must flee or die. He offers him all his savings and urges him to leave immediately. Orlando convinces Adam to accompany him in flight. Elsewhere, Rosalind, Celia and Touchstone trudge through the rain into the forest of Arden. There, they come upon two farmhands, Silvius and Corin, and overhear Silvius asking for advice as he pines away for a young shepherdess named Phebe. Rosalind sympathizes with his plight as she pines for Orlando. Touchstone gets their attention to find out where they might be able to get food and lodging. When Corin tells them he can't help because his boss is selling his farm, Rosalind offers to buy the farm and all its property in exchange for his services. The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “AS YOU LIKE IT”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by DAVID IVERS. All episodes were directed by KIM MARTIN-COTTEN. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.   The cast is as follows:   MEGHAN KREIDLER as ROSALIND JULIAN CIHI as ORLANDO ADELIN PHELPS as CELIA JAMES UDOM as OLIVER and SIR OLIVER MARTEXT FRANCELLE STEWART DORN as DUKE SENIOR DAVID IVERS as JACQUES ANDY GROTELUESCHEN as TOUCHSTONE LARRY BULL as DUKE FREDERICK and ADAM KAYLI CARTER as PHEBE NOAH KEYISHIAN as SILVIUS ANNA SUNDBERG as AUDREY, LeBEAU MATT MACNELLY as AMIENS and JACQUES DU BOYS JANE LUI as HYMEN and VOCALS SCOTT CORDES as CORIN H. ADAM HARRIS as CHARLES THE WRESTLER and WILLIAM Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.   Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH   Original music composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Music Direction and Vocals by JANE LUI. Additional vocals by MATT MacNELLY. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.   The Play On Podcast Series “AS YOU LIKE IT” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. Subscribe to Play On Premium on Apollo Plus for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you'll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “All the world's a stage!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Orlando tells his trusted old servant, Adam, how much it grieves him that his brother Oliver keeps him from their father's inheritance. Oliver enters and provokes Orlando into attacking him, then relents and agrees to give Orlando part of what's due to him. After Orlando and Adam depart, Oliver meets privately with the champion wrestler, Charles, and encourages him to break his brother's neck at their upcoming match. On the day of the match, Duke Frederick's daughter, Celia, arrives at Madison Square Garden with her cousin, the banished Duke Senior's daughter, Rosalind. They're joined by Touchstone, the jester. Once inside, the cousins are taken by the sight of Orlando, who they try to dissuade from wrestling with Charles. Orlando persists on his mission and beats all odds by defeating Charles. Duke Frederick is enraged and leaves the arena when he finds out the victor is the son of Sir Roland du Bois. Rosalind approaches Orlando and gives him a necklace. Orlando is smitten but can't bring himself to speak. When Duke Frederick's servant, Le Beau, tells him that Rosalind is the daughter of the banished Duke Senior, he vows to find her again. The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “AS YOU LIKE IT”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by DAVID IVERS. All episodes were directed by KIM MARTIN-COTTEN. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.   The cast is as follows:   MEGHAN KREIDLER as ROSALIND JULIAN CIHI as ORLANDO ADELIN PHELPS as CELIA JAMES UDOM as OLIVER and SIR OLIVER MARTEXT FRANCELLE STEWART DORN as DUKE SENIOR DAVID IVERS as JACQUES ANDY GROTELUESCHEN as TOUCHSTONE LARRY BULL as DUKE FREDERICK and ADAM KAYLI CARTER as PHEBE NOAH KEYISHIAN as SILVIUS ANNA SUNDBERG as AUDREY, LeBEAU MATT MACNELLY as AMIENS and JACQUES DU BOYS JANE LUI as HYMEN and VOCALS SCOTT CORDES as CORIN H. ADAM HARRIS as CHARLES THE WRESTLER and WILLIAM Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.   Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH   Original music composition, Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Music Direction and Vocals by JANE LUI. Additional vocals by MATT MacNELLY. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES). Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND.   The Play On Podcast Series “AS YOU LIKE IT” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare. Subscribe to Play On Premium on Apollo Plus for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you'll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “All the world's a stage!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Set in Woodstock during the sixties' “Summer of Love,” David Ivers' translation of Shakespeare's “As You Like It” upends the rules of romance, gender, nature and politics in a tale of life's joy and confusion. Directed by Kim Martin Cotten with original songs and music by Lindsay Jones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Ivan Bennett talks with David Ivers, a guest director here at PTC and one of the artistic directors at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, about "King Charles III," Shakespeare and why Ivers does what he does.Support the show (https://www.pioneertheatre.org/donate/)

KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Hand to God” by Robert Askins, directed by David Ivers, at Berkeley Rep through March 26, 2017. Berkeley Rep website The post Review: Hand to God, at Berkeley Rep appeared first on KPFA.

I’m not sure what it is, but there’s just something appealing—if that’s the word—about watching a puppet – especially a cute puppet – talking dirty … dropping F-bombs, describing sex acts, saying things that puppets don’t normally get to say. Maybe that’s because, over the last seventy-five years or so — beginning with Kukla Fran and Ollie and Howdy Doody, all the way to Sesame Street and Mister Rogers — television has enforced the idea that puppets are for kids. That’s not true. Consider Punch and Judy, who in medieval times were anything but kid-friendly. That’s just the tip of a dark and dirty iceberg of puppet-powered adult-oriented entertainment. Well, in recent years, puppets have been regaining their adult voice through such inappropriate inanimate objects as Greg the bunny, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, those murderous marionettes from “Team America: World Police,” and good old Trekkie Monster - and all the other foul-mouthed porn-surfing residents of “Avenue Q,” the hit Broadway show that gave the world the songs, ‘The Internet is for Porn’ and ‘Everyone’s a little bit racist.’ To that list of celebrated, envelope-pushing puppets, we may now add Tyrone, the hilariously devilish sock puppet who rules over playwright Robert Askin’s remarkable new stage play, ‘Hand to God’ (now running at Berkeley Repertory Theater). Blending clever one-liners, expert slapstick and shocking (but funny) acts of violence, with outrageously pointed observations about faith, guilt, parenthood, and the notions of good and evil, “Hand to God” is extraordinary. It’s obviously not the first show to feature puppets saying and doing bad things. But as written by Robert Askins – who was nominated for a 2015 Tony award for this play— “Hand to God’ is always feels fresh and inventive, even a bit transgressive in its willingness to go places very few puppet-shows have ever dared to go. Directed with spot-on precision by David Ivers, “Hand to God” is set in a small-town Texas church, where a troubled, sweet-spirited teenager named Jason—brilliantly played by Michael Doherty—has just created Tyrone. Innocent-looking enough, at first, Tyrone was made of socks and yarn – and eventually, teeth - part of the youth puppet ministry run by his recently-widowed mother Margery. Also in the club is the gentle-but-resourceful Jessica, and Timothy, a confrontational teen punk with a serious case of the hots for Jason’s recently widowed mother. Hoping that a church project might help snap Margery out of her grief, the church’s painfully lonely pastor Greg has basically forced the puppet club on her. It’s not a great fit. All hell breaks loose, literally, when Tyrone begins exhibiting strong anti-social behavior, dropping those aforementioned F-bombs alongside some brutally escalating observations about Jason, his mother, and the other basement-dwelling “Christ-keteers.” These puppety outbursts begin gradually, with Tyrone tagging inappropriately sexual comments onto a performance of the famous “Who’s on first?” routine, occasionally reciting vaguely threatening facts: “The smallest of cuts to the Achilles tendon will cripple a man for life!” Before long, though, Jason has to accept the fact that his Id-driven puppet just might be … Lucifer himself. It’s very funny, but also genuinely scary, a testament to Askins’ skill as a writer, and the actors skills as a tight, energetic ensemble. As Jason/Tyrone, Doherty is a marvel, pivoting between characters with breathtaking speed and precision. The play does go to some very dark places, but the show never loses its inherent sense of humor and heart, or the story’s staunch commitment to the idea that those things out there that we loathe and fear the most, might be closer to home than we prefer to imagine. ‘Hand to God’ runs Tuesday–Sunday through March 19 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, www.berkeleyrep.org

Festival Artistic Director David Ivers discusses his experience directing this season's production of Much Ado About Nothing.

Director of Twelfth Night and Co-Artistic Director at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, David Ivers.

Artistic Director, David Ivers, discusses the mathematical magic for his direction of Charley's Aunt, the hilarious farce that will be presented during the 2015 Festival Season. 

Festival Co-Artistic Director and Director of this season's production of Charley's Aunt, David Ivers, discusses his role as Antonio Salieri in this season's, Amadeus. 

Let’s face it - it’s not always easy to look on the bright side of life. Laughter helps, but getting there often requires a helpful boost. If you are looking for something to give your laughing-and-smiling impulses a comedic kick in the pants, you are currently in luck. Right now, there are two shows running in the Bay Area, each one designed to make you feel a bit lighter and a touch happier - a stunt made possible by daredevil actors committed body-and-soul to the fine art of stage comedy, confident in the uplifting power generated through the sheer ridiculous joy of watching a skilled comedian tumbling down a flight of stairs. In downtown Sonoma, on the Rotary stage at the Sonoma Community Center, Narrow Way Stage Company has pulled out all the stops with Michael Frayn’s high-energy farce "Noises Off" Running weekends through May 31. Though a bit loose and lumpy here and there, the Narrow Way actors bring a strong, pulse-quickening dose of their patented theater-punk sensibility to this rollicking play-within-a-play, the meta-level story of dysfunctional actors rehearsing and performing a wild sex farce called ‘Nothing On.’ Tony Ginesi’s rotating two-story set let’s us see both sides of the action, front-of-stage and back-of-stage, as the hapless actors present the same ridiculous story three times over the course of its months long run, which - true to the longstanding rules of comedy - goes anything but smoothly. Directed by Nick Christenson, with a bring-it-on, anything-goes sense of heightened performance and comedic timing, this high-energy roller-coaster of a show benefits from a cast willing to do just about anything, from romping about in underwear to falling down stairs - I told you - to slipping on a plate of sardines or sitting on a cactus. Meanwhile, just beyond the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, Berkeley Repertory Theater is presenting the West Coast premiere of "One Man, Two Guvnors," Richard Bean’s joyously madcap assault on the average funny-bone, running through June 21. A bawdy British adaptation of the classic Italian farce A Servant of Two Masters, "One Man, Two Guvnors" is set in Brighton, circa 1963, where a poor, hungry musician, desperate for a sandwich or a plate of eggs, finds himself working for two different criminals, one rich, one on the lam. With original tunes played by a “skiffle” band along the lines of John Lennon’s pre-Beatles band The Quarrymen, this show caused a sensation in London and New York, making a star of James Corden (The Late Late Show), whose shoes are capably filled in Berkeley by actor Dan Donohue, acclaimed for his work with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. The show is brilliantly performed by every single member of the ensemble, playing an assortment of oddballs from the cross-dressing woman pretending to be her dead brother, to the jittery servant who keeps falling down stairs - there it is again. Even the poor guy with only three lines as a waiter makes comic gold of his brief moment in the spotlight. Directed by David Ivers with a sense of controlled mania, the show incorporates ingenious audience participation and musical interludes that both set the tone and add a specific flavor of riotous party-time mayhem to the proceedings. Easily one of the best new-but-based-on-something-old comedies of the year, "One Man, Two Guvnors" is a happy smile of a show that, like Noises Off, brings its characters right to edge of tragedy before winging wackily back to the land of happy endings. It’s hard not to feel happy after something like that. "Noises Off" runs through May 31st at the Sonoma Community Center (sonomaartslive.org) and "One Man, Two Guvnors" runs through June 21st at Berkeley Repertory Theatre (BerkeleyRep.org) I’m David Templeton, Second Row Center, for KRCB.

Transformation is both the subject and the central technique of Marie Jones' Stones in His Pockets, currently playing at Northlight Theatre. Director J.R. Sullivan and actors Brian Vaughn and David Ivers join Anne Nicholson Weber to talk about how they created signature gestures and silhouettes to distinguish the 15 characters that Vaughn and Ivers play between them.