Podcasts about midsummer night's dream

This week, Liz is joined by Head of IBM Global Services, Mark Foster who shares the story of how he went from studying ancient Greek language at University College Oxford to becoming a tech giant running a division of more than 240,000 employees.  Mark explains his road less traveled to get where he is today, which includes being a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and traveling the world working as a Commissioner for the United Kingdom Global Aid before making the move to America. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman

As we continue our exploration of Magical Michelle, we must admit this Pfriday that we hath fallen in love with an ass: Jerry for Dominic West's and Michael for Christian Bale's. However, La Pfeiffer's fairy queen Titania has fallen in love with the transforméd ass that is Kevin Kline, which means we are covering the all-star Shakespeare spectacle that is A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. This episode covers a lot of forest ground, from high school and college Shakespeare productions, to the wealth of 90s Shakespeare films, to the use of bicycles in this particular adaptation. But most importantly, we ask how it was possible to get a trio to look as beautiful as Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci and La Pfeiffer do in this film. If you enjoy what you hear, please rate and subscribe on your preferred podcast channel. You can also follow us on Twitter @pfeifferpfriday or on Instagram @pfeifferpfridays.

This week A View on Access is focused on 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' from The Globe Theatre, which will also include an audio described performance on August 31st, as well as offering touch tours. Also on this episode, Tim previews 'The Tempest', also at the Globe. AVOA is written, presented and produced by Tim Calvert of Calvert Creative Concepts for RNIB Connect Radio and The Audio Description Association. For more information or to get involved email aviewonaccess@gmail.com

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This week's episode is the third in the Brook Reading Series, Scenes from William Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream”. Our final scene takes place after the Duke's wedding ceremony. Our young lovers have also been wed, and a celebration is in order. The newly wedded couples take in a play, written and performed by a group of rude mechanicals, workmen of Athens. Upon completion of the program, our fairy court, reunited in love, blesses their homes and bids them happily ever after. Enjoy the show!Tonight's Cast (In Order of Appearance) Theseus, Duke of Athens: Jeff FeightnerDemetrius, a youth of Athens: Bret JordanLysander, Hermia's true love: Josh ButtonHippolyta, an Amazonian warrior and Theseus' bride: Shera BelloPeter Quince, a carpenter, and director of the play: Gemma WilliamsNick Bottom, a weaver, portraying Pyramus: Dan FeltonTom Snout, a tinker, portraying Wall: AmeliaFrancis Flute, a bellows mender, portraying Thisbe: Melissa SakSnug, a joiner, portraying Lion: JayRayRobin Starveling, a tailor, portraying Moonshine: AmeliaRobin Goodfellow, a Puck: Drew HallumOberon, King of the Fairies: Zak EisenbergTitania, Queen of the Fairies: Alison Hope FerraraProducers: Alison Hope Ferrara, Melissa SakSound Designer and Music Composer: Victoria TimpanaroEditing Team: Jeff Feightner, Melissa Sak, Victoria Timpanaro*Intro and outro themes, and all music within are original works composed and performed by Victoria Timpanaro.

This week's episode is the second in a three-part series featuring scenes from William Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream”. Tonight, we perform Act Three, Scene Two, where we revisit our fair lovers as they spend the night in the forest. Their misprised antics are exacerbated by the gleeful, yet mischievous, interventions of our resident Puck, Robin Goodfellow. Enjoy the show!Tonight's Cast (In Order of Appearance) Oberon, King of the Fairies: Zak EisenbergRobin Goodfellow, a Puck: Drew HallumDemetrius, a youth of Athens: Bret JordanHermia, Egeus' daughter: Tricia MarsacHelena, a young woman of Athens: Siana Lea GildardLysander, Hermia's true love: Josh ButtonProducers: Alison Hope Ferrara, Melissa SakSound Designer and Music Composer: Victoria TimpanaroEditing Team: Jeff Feightner, Melissa Sak, Victoria Timpanaro*Intro and outro themes, and all music within are original works composed and performed by Victoria Timpanaro.

This week begins a three-part series featuring scenes from William Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream”. Journey with us to Athens, where magic, mystery, love, and hijinks await you. Our stellar cast brought this classic comedy to life through the wonder of voice acting, and our fantastic crew added the reality, and fantasy, through music and sound. Tonight, we will perform for you, our devoted audience, Act Two, Scene One. In our first scene, we meet our fairy court at night, deep in the wild forests of Athens. Our fairy king and queen, as well as a group of mortal lovers, are estranged. While the broken-hearted youngsters suffer misunderstandings and confusion, the turmoil beset by our fairy lord and lady annihilates the natural progression of our delicate environment. Enjoy the show! Tonight's Cast (In Order of Appearance) Robin Goodfellow, a Puck: Drew HallumFairy: Shera BelloOberon, King of the Fairies: Zak EisenbergTitania, Queen of the Fairies: Alison Hope FerraraDemetrius, a youth of Athens: Bret JordanHelena, a young woman of Athens: Siana Lea GildardProducers: Alison Hope Ferrara, Melissa SakSound Designer and Music Composer: Victoria TimpanaroEditing Team: Jeff Feightner, Melissa Sak, Victoria Timpanaro*Intro and outro themes, and all music within are original works composed and performed by Victoria Timpanaro.**"Thunder, Very Close, Rain, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org

Director Emma Rice talks to Joe Murphy this week about her fascinating creative process, the upcoming Old Vic and Wise Children production of Bagdad Cafe this summer, and a conditional love for her PlayCrush, Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joe talks about hooking up with a fairy, an unexpected pregnancy and a listener's shocking photo from the Georgia Renaissance Festival.

When Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn put on Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream to entertain their family, the two of them played all the characters! Mendelssohn's music for A Midsummer Night's Dream illustrates many of the characters and situations in the play.

Zoe reviews the Shakespeare classic

Welcome, Brookworms, to Part TWO of our coverage of “A Midsummer Night's Dream” where we finally tackle the PLAY! Ali teaches us what a changeling is, there's more sexy Oberon talk, and we share with you the merging of Shakespeare and the Beatles! We also discuss how the cast of “Half Baked” would be perfect to play the rude mechanicals! Thank you so much for checking out this special episode, and stay tuned for next week's review of “Julius Caesar”!Promo: Livestream For the CureIntro Theme Song Provided By: Sean Faust Outro Theme Song Provided By: Victoria Timpanaro

This weekend is the start of Brook Reading's coverage of “A Midsummer Night's Dream” by William Shakespeare. My fairy queen guest, Alison, and I talk about the multiple movies and theater adaptations, how we love a sexy Oberon, Czechoslovakian puppets, when we “figured it out” in high school, and the importance of a good leather bookmark. This is also the first time since Brook Reading's inception that we are covering Shakespeare! Happy Shakespeare Month, everyone! Shoutouts: @2girlsonabench #Ramapo #StanleyTucci #Shakespeareforeveryone #greenandnude Promo: Livestream For the CureIntro Theme Song Provided By: Sean Faust Outro Theme Song Provided By: Victoria Timpanaro

Did this lose luster after high school? Yeah, I think it really did! John and Bethany talk a 1999 Shakespeare adaptation with a truly stacked cast.

Today on The Ward Scott Files Podcast: Ward is joined by Kim Tuttle of Dance Alive National Ballet to discuss their upcoming A Midsummer Night's Dream production.

Join me for a reading of some choice bits of William Shakespeare's classic sex romp, A Midsumer Night's Dream

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In a special episode for the middle of winter, Michael and Ethan discuss A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but not the Shakespeare one!In this episode:Michael makes sacrifices for his artWe’re talking about the comic book, but not about the comic bookWe pair our drinks with meatThere’s a lot of talk about Richard Burbage. Where else can you get that?Stories are real.This podcast is the highest form of comment.A very long man. (And this is the other hill figure Ethan failed to find in real time.)Ethan makes it grim at the end, but he does successfully rein it in.Neil Gaiman’s brilliant “Make Good Art” speech.Next episode they’ll talk about The Playboy of the Western World, by JM Synge. (Also worthwhile: Synge’s Complete Works.) Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page. Donate to our Patreon! BUY A NIHILIST BLANKET! Your Hosts: Michael G. Lilienthal (@mglilienthal) and Ethan Bartlett (@bjartlett) MUSIC & SFX: "Kessy Swings Endless - (ID 349)" by Lobo Loco. Used by permission. "The Grim Reaper - II Presto" by Aitua. Used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. "Thinking It Over" by Lee Rosevere. Used under an Attribution License.

In this episode we're tackling another of the bard's plays, this time a comedy. Dr. Jonathan Sircy joins in to discuss what he calls Shakespeare's funniest play. We discuss romantic tropes, bad actors, and fairies, among other things.

"He glides into me slowly and puts some of his weight on me which makes my body press hard against Sofia's and I struggle to make my first orgasm last as long as possible in between their slippery...Uitgeven door SAGA Egmont 2020Spreker(s): Lily Ward

Publicist and all-around fangirl of things, A.J. Feuerman (@AJFeuerman) is here to discuss her longstanding love for the weird Shakespearean sex farce, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. This bonkers play is not-so-secretly about women's choices and agency, with a nice dash of romance and sisterly bonds. It's so, so much more than Puck. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @FuckboisOfLit http://www.twitter.com/fuckboisoflit http://www.instagram.com/fuckboisoflit SUMMARY In ancient Athens, two men and two women are in a battle of love. Hermia is in love with Lysander, but her father, Egeus, wants her to marry Demetrius. Demetrius was partnered with Hermia's best friend, Helena, until Egeus offered him a different deal. Local leader Theseus, on the eve of his own wedding to the Amazon warrior Hippolyta, declares Hermia to do as her father wishes, so Hermia and Lysander escape to the woods, to travel to his grandmother's house to get married. Meanwhile, faerie king Oberon wants to play a trick on his wife, Titania, so he orders his minion Puck to drug her to make her fall in love with the first thing she sees– hopefully the monstrous Bottom, a weaver who has been turned into a donkey. In addition to drugging Titania, Puck messes up and drugs Lysander and Demetrius in succession, making them both fall in love with Helena, leaving Hermia alone and confused. The play resolves in typical Shakespearean comedy fashion– with weddings. But who will be wedded to whom?

Join William Shakespeare as he tells the tale of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Let your little listeners’ imaginations run wild with his exciting story full of fairies, magic, music and muddles. #CBeebiesRadio

This week Joe Murphy’s guest is Actor Hammed Animashaun. Hammed tells Joe how the freedom and wildness of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream make it his PlayCrush. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this trippy comedy featuring magic, hallucinogenic potions, spiteful gods, pickup artists, hybrid man-animal horrors, and worse wedding entertainment than a Nickelback cover band, the mischievous Puck holds sway over Athens and court of the Fairy King alike. James and Will try to make sense of the chaos of one of Shakespeare’s most original and zaniest plays. // Credits // Intro Music: Jon Sayles, "The Witches' Dance" (composed by anonymous); Outro Music: Jon Sayles, “Saltarello” (composed by anonymous); Illustrative Excerpts: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” dir. Max Reinhardt (1935); “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” dir. Celia de Wolff (2018)

Today, we discuss Casey Wilder-Mott's 2017 adaptation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream! Tune in next week for an EXTRA SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE where we interview Casey Wilder-Mott! In the meantime, you can read this interview Casey did on moveablefest.com! Follow Avant-Bard on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Support the show, access bloopers, and suggest episode topics on Patreon! CAST: Megan Scharlau and Matthew Marquez Theme music by Riley Allen- https://rileyallen59.wixsite.com/music Support Avant-Bard by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/avant-bard

Gillian Jacobs, star of ‘I Used to Go Here’ and “Community,” chats with host Ian de Borja about her first bad review, why she was jealous of Macaulay Culkin growing up, and the three movies that changed her life.Hosted by Ian de BorjaFind additional content about Movies That Changed My Life at IMDb.com/podcasts.Follow IMDb on Facebook, Twitter, Instagramand YouTube

Here's to an electronic midsummer night's dream. A courtship and marriage between two lover's... ;-) Enjoy my electronic journey! #mypassion #ANJUNAinspired 1. PURSUANCE - MARSH & SPENCER BROWN 2. SET YOUR SAILS - MATT FAX, RBBTS 3. NO TIME TO WAIT - JEROME ISMA-AE & MILKWISH 4. STRANGER - KYAU & ALBERT FT. STEVE SMITH 5. JAM - ABOVE & BEYOND 6. REVERIE - A&B FT. ZOE JOHNSTON 7. ATLANTIC - JAYTECH 8. PROTOMOLECULE - JAYTECH 9. ENCELADUS - SUNNY LAX 10. SALTWATER - CHICANE & KRYDER 11. ANJUNAFAMILY - ABOVE & BEYOND 12. TERMINAL 6 - SOLARITY 13. THE DARKEST LIGHT - MYON FT. ALISSA FEUDO 14. CODE RED - SUPER8 & TAB 15. MOONCHILD - ELYSIAN 16. DREAMS - ALPHA9 17. NEON LANDING - ROLO GREEN & FARIUS 18. MIRACLE - MICHAEL CASSETTE, OCEANLAB

In this episode, my mother and I discuss A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. We talk about nested stories and how they affect our understanding of the outer story as well as lessons that can be learned from them. We also discuss adaptations geared toward children and how an early introduction to a story line can help a reader better comprehend the original text when they eventually come across it. We utilized the Royal Shakespeare Company's unabridged 1968 production of the play to fully understand how the text would be performed. Additional sources referenced include: A Vanity Fair article entitled “How Dear White People Crafts Its Hilarious Shows-Within-a-Show" by Laura Bradley and The Humor Code by Peter McGraw and Joel Warner. Music: Fugue in C# Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1": J.S. Bach Music Synthesizer and Programming: Shawn P. Russell Sound Consultant and Mixing: Shawn P. Russell Recording and Editing: Rebecca L. Salois

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This episode is coming online a little late, but I wanted it to save has having been published on June 21st!

This week on the podcast, the Shakespeare diaries returns. Our very own actor artistic director Michelle Terry and actor Paul Ready discuss Shakespeare’s plays from isolation. This week, just in time for the summer solstice, they turn to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. With questions sent in by our audience, Michelle and Paul consider the epic scope of this play, from climate change and chaos in the cosmos, to the relationship between jealousy and power, and the pervasive idea of capture that spans the play. 

With guest Adam Wesley Brown. In this episode we break down the 2014 live production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Julie Taymor. From inspired visual choices, to double jointed elbows, to thousands of stage pillows, this was an enchanting and wonderfully weird production that we highly recommend. Broadway HD link - https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.0caf29cf-a190-d961-0fff-476df6af2373?ref_=imdbref_tt_wbr_pvc_broadwayhd&tag=imdbtag_tt_wbr_pvc_broadwayhd-20

An adaptation of Shakespeare's play into a story for children.

Sideshow by Coni Koepfinger :Koepfinger’s SIDESHOW opened in 1996 as a finalist in the “Upstairs Théatre New Play “ Contest; it was revived in 2015 in the New York “Unfringed Festival “ ... please join me as we welcome the Chicago cast of “Koepfinger’s Sideshow “ under the direction of Andrew J PondSynopsis: When a child has complications, every parent must make a choice. When family drama, self-doubt and medical and spiritual options seem to collide, will the couple accept advice from someone they know or a being from another dimension?Bio’s:Christopher John Grella is happy to be involved in such a unique play. Past projects have included: The Winter's Tale, 4x2, Change the Night Owl, Midsummer Night's Dream, Psycho Beach Party, Lady Macbeth, Emma, Unmatched, The Masque of the Red Death and Pride & Prejudice.Jessica Lauren Fisher is a founding member and the casting director for Eclectic Full Contact Theatre. She has performed throughout the Chicago and Indiana area in theatre, musicals, and opera playing everything from mice to men. Favorite roles include Lucy in Jekyll and Hyde, Adele in Die Fledermaus and Sarah Daniels in Spinning into Butter. She has been a teaching artist for over 10 years and has directed and choreographed shows for people of all ages. She is ever grateful to her family and her partner in everything Andrew. LVYA Mom!Christopher Wayland, originally from Baltimore, MD, currently works and resides in the Chicago area. There, he has worked at Porchlight Music Theatre, Marriott Theatre, 16th Street Theatre, Raven Theatre, Stage Left Theatre, First Folio Theatre, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Griffin Theatre, Teatro Vista, Haven, and Lifeline Theatre. Regionally he has worked at THEATREWORKS, Spotlighters Theatre, Fells Point Corner Theatre, and Baltimore Shakespeare Factory. His television credits include neXt (FOX), Chicago Med (NBC) and APB (FOX). Christopher received an MFA in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University, is a proud member of SAG-Aftra, and is represented by Gray Talent GroupJane Vincent is very happy to be part of this wonderful production. Jane has performed on stages throughout Chicagoland for many years. She is also known as a writer, having written a young adult novel, a stage play, and two screenplays, which are in pre-production, and as a producer.Joshua Stewart A former student at Columbia College Chicago has been looking for an opportunity to get back into theater after a long hiatus. Much Ado About Nothing (Actors Equity of Columbus), You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Into The WoodsKaeley Osterman is the Resident Stage Manager with Eclectic Full Contact Theatre. Her recent credits include Charley’s Aunt (SM, St. Sebastian’s Players), Richard III (SM/Costume Designer, EFCT), and Proof (Costume Designer, MadKap Productions). She is also a voice actor on the podcast Throwing Shade (EFCT). She has a BA from Huntington University.Andrew J. Pond moved to Chicago in 2002 from South Florida, where he had studied with the likes of Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, José Quintero, and Charles Nelson Reilly. While there, he taught and directed at both InterAct Summer camp, and the Miami Shores Theatre's summer camp. Since moving to Chicago from the tropics (for the weather), he has worked extensively as an actor, director, and playwright with several children’s theatres, is a founder of Eclectic Full Contact Theatre in Chicago, teaches drama classes for all ages, is an Elvis impersonator, juggler, magician, balloon artist, plays with puppets, does Muppet voices, performs stand-up comedy, and has a degree in philosophy so he can use words like “epistemology” at parties.Other than that, he is completely normal. Thanks to Jessica, his partner in all things.

Mendelssohn's music for A Midsummer Night's Dream sprinkles fairy dust everywhere and the result is simply magic!   Music here: https://youtu.be/WAaF52bP9Tw  or on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/35ezRoo And here too, if you want pictures: https://youtu.be/nfhaD7nZ3-0  Music + intro = 17 mins   Please like, share, subscribe. cacophonyonline.com

Dr. Stephen Bennett examines the complex relationships in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM—and tells us what the prairie vole has in common with Shakespeare's comedy. Today we’ll hear Steve introduce Joe Dowling’s DREAM, performed at CST during our 2018-2019 season. Steve Bennett earned his PhD at New York University. After a nearly 20-year career teaching literature and writing at the college level, he is now a special education teacher at Pickard Elementary, a Chicago Public School in the Pilsen neighborhood. He’s also taught at Roosevelt University in Chicago, New York University, and the University of Utah. To learn more about the cast, crew, and creative team behind A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM—or to see videos and photos of this production—visit https://www.chicagoshakes.com/midsummer. Have a question about something you heard in this episode? Want to tell us about your favorite moments at CST? Email us at asides@chicagoshakes.com or call us at 312-667-5631 and we’ll respond in a future episode. And don’t forget to subscribe to get all of the latest updates from ASIDES. This episode was produced by Sara B.T. Thiel, Margaret McCall, Forrest Williams, and Aaron Roberts, with editing by Aaron Roberts, and additional support from Joe Disbrow and Krissi McEachern. You can find our episode transcriptions at www.chicagoshakes.com/asides. As you enjoy this episode, we hope you’ll consider making a gift to support other programs like this through our Brave New World Campaign. Together, we can serve artists, audiences, students, and our community in this time of great need. Please visit www.chicagoshakes.com/BraveNewWorld.

Zebulon Podcasts has a new show! If you're a fan of the Shakespeare and want to hear queer takes on some of the Bard's famous works, check out The Zebulon ShakesQueer Company! The first production will be A Midsummer Night's Dream, featuring some familiar voices from our show, and some brand new ones. Fall under our spell – A Midsummer Night’s Dream is coming in spring 2020!Transcript here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LxJLsmhoWz_mB92scfILgelYx7fL4etR/viewA Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, presented by the Zebulon ShakesQueer Company. For more information, transcripts, and full credits for cast and crew, visit our website: https://zebulonpodcasts.wixsite.com/main/zebulon-shakesqueer-company. All sound effects are either produced in-house or are licensed under Creative Commons 0.

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Is there no play to ease the. anguish of a torturing hour? Why yes, there is-- Midsummer is a comfort play if there ever was one, and Mary and Bree are here to sing its praises! 

Originally recorded live at the Blackfriars Playhouse in 2015 - yep, it's #retro! Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen discusses Shakespeare's classic comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream - now available to stream on BlkFrs TV! Join renowned Shakespeare scholar and ASC Co-Founder and Director of Mission Ralph Alan Cohen for this entertaining and enlightening series of lectures and conversations, recorded live from the Blackfriars Playhouse! Dr. Ralph provides his unique and cunning insight into early modern theatre and beyond with charm and good humor. Often features guest hosts and speakers such as Artistic Director Ethan McSweeny, Director of Education Sarah Enloe, scholars, actors, playwrights, and many more! Visit Our Website Stream BlkFrs TV while we are dark! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram Help Keep The Lights On 

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Dr. Earl Showerman returns to the program to discuss with Steven the various and very dangerous political aspects of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Support the show by picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com  Presented by the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship. Learn more at www.shakespeareoxfordfellowship.org  Don't Quill the Messenger is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. For more great podcasts visit www.dragonwagonradio.com

In episode 21, we discuss "Get Over It," yet another late 90s/early 2000s teen romcom that's based on a Shakespeare play, except this one isn't ACTUALLY based on a Shakespeare play, it just... includes it? Sort of? A proto-psychotic Ben Foster is paired with a sleepy Kirsten Dunst as they sing and dance their way through a Midsummer Night's Dream, finding love along the way (also getting shot with a crossbow and accidentally getting naked at a basketball game). J takes issue with Kirsten Dunst's singing face; E comes up with a new invention that's sure to take the world by storm. Come, join us in this brave new world (that's a Shakespeare reference, you guys).Music: "Our Big Adventure" by scottholmesmusic.com

Elena Pavli is a British actress, comedian, and writer. Born in England and having grown up in Australia, Greece and The Middle East, she attended 7 schools and as a result speaks 3 languages. Her first foray into writing, the play THE BAD, THE SAD AND THE BROKEN HEARTED, has run at London's Soho Theater. She is currently developing a TV series based on her play for Hulu. Her first foray into writing, the play THE BAD, THE SAD AND THE BROKEN HEARTED, has run at London's Soho Theater starring Shaun Parkes, Martin Starr, David Menkin, Stefano Braschi and herself. The Los Angeles performance directed by Martin Starr featured Elena along with Seth Rogen, Kumail Nanjiani, Joe Lo Truglio, and Paul Scheer. Elena is also developing and starring in an upcoming drama with songwriter/producer Nasri Atweh called THE MANAGER, a gritty look at the underbelly of the music industry. She also writes on the TV show SNATCH for Crackle/Sony based on the Guy Ritchie film of the same name. Her theater acting credits include A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, HAMLET and THE SEAGULL all directed by Tony Award nominee Tim Caroll. She also appeared as Boochie in the London premiere of the Stephen Adly Guirguis play Den Of Thieves directed by Esther Baker and the AFI Award winning television series EAST WEST 101 on SBS from Peter Andrikides. She is a an associate Of The Factory Theatre Company in London ( whose patrons include Mark Rylance and Ewan McGregor) and an alumnus of The Royal Court young writers program. https://www.instagram.com/elenaspavli/

Shakespeare's original comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream follows young lovers and old lovers into the mystical, natural space of the forest, where the rules don't apply the way they do anywhere else. Continuing the increasing sophistication of his plays of late, Shakespeare comments on both the nature of love and the nature of the theatre. Join us as we discuss one of our favourite of the Bard's comedies! Notes: - The content of 1 Corinthians is partly mixed up by Nick Bottom after his sojourn in the woods; it's one of the most famous parts from the New Testament, and passages from it are routinely recited at weddings (much like Shakespeare's sonnets!) - Joseph Campell's monomyth and later amendments by scholars like David Adams Leeming discuss the mythological underpinnings of the journey all heroic figures take as their stories are told; though not a strictly heroic tale, Midsummer does borrow from these ideas to describe the journey of the lovers from civilization to chaos and back again. - For more discussion about forests and liminal spaces, check out this blog post - Read up on the Coffee Shop AU, a common trope in the world of fanfiction - A funny version of the Tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe, starring The Beatles, from 1964 for Shakespeare's 400th birthday -- a must watch! - We had the opportunity to chat with John Bernardy of 25YL Site about the thematic links between Midsummer and our old fave, Twin Peaks -- check out our discussion about faeries and Lodges and forested liminal spaces (oh my!) - If you haven't seen the 1999 theatrical version of this play, we recommend it! - ...and if you don't know what Nanaimo Bars are, here's a recipe Ancient Bickerings Of all the pairings and couplings going on in A Midsummer Night's Dream, which couple is our favourite?

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Rebecca interviews the director and assistant director of NNT's next play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. The new interpretation by director Tara Anegada promises a "new kind of Shakespeare", a twist on the Early Modern classic.  

Welcome to Sour Beer & Shakespeare! Our hosts, Juliet Wolfe and Olivia Rose Nathan, explore their lives as actors, twenty-somethings, Shakespeare lovers, and sour beer drinkers. This week, Juliet and Olivia cover their joint Tim Burton fetish, the need for denim, and the darkness behind A Midsummer Night's Dream.Sour Beer of the Week: Illuminated Brew Works - LogosPlay of the Week: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William ShakespeareA Sad Crab Studios Production.