Returning to the Stage Safely for the 2022 Season
Seattle Shakespeare announced plans to return to indoor performances for the 2022 season with Shakespeare: Drum and Colours and Much Ado About Nothing.
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“It Is Just You in a Bed, Not Able to Speak” with Malika Oyetimein
In this episode of Under This Light, Malika reveals how she found her voice as a disabled Black woman in the theatre industry, calls us out for our ignorance towards disabled artists, face our intimidation with The Bard, and visit an island of ourselves.
“We are Mysteries to Ourselves” with Yussef El Guindi
In this episode of Under This Light with playwright Yuseff El Guindi, we miss an opportunity to meet Samuel Beckett, demystify the acting process with a backstage fart, talk Shakespeare in Cairo, illustrate the rudiments of storytelling, and learn the truth from a djinn.
“My Shakespeare Curse” with Kathy Hsieh
In this episode of Under This Light we uncover advocacy in our blood, are given the tools for representation by our theater community, reckon with Flow Drum Song, and dance with the queen of the Fairies.
“Dropping the Pebble in the Lake” with Valerie Curtis-Newton
In this episode of Under This Light we rediscover our cultural legacy, wade through the quagmires of academic Shakespeare, and are stopped on the way to the bathroom by our favorite Civil Rights leader.
“Defend Your Choices” with Keith Hamilton Cobb
In this episode with Keith Hamilton Cobb, we peel back the racial layers in Shakespeare’s Othello; breathe life into a cartoon; decide which plays to cut from the canon; excavate the Bard’s eternal gifts; and travel back in time to rewrite history.