Bowls with the Bard

Micaela Mannix•rss.com

Shakespeare for the Stoners! Shakespeare is typically seen as being difficult to approach, but if people can talk about it while high, maybe it's not as intimidating as you think. Stoners are typically stereotyped as stupid, but maybe if they can approach Shakespeare after smoking weed, they aren't as dumb as you think. Join us as we challenge traditional norms in Shakespeare and society at large.

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A Plague: Bella Grace Harris

"He jests at scars that never felt a wound" -Romeo and Juliet Bella Grace Harris (she/they) joins us to discuss how the Shakespeare industry might do better by Jewish communities. Mentions of CSC reference the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company in Boston Follow Bella on Social Media Instagram: @bellagraceharris Website: bellagraceharris.com Follow Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok: @Bowls with the Bard Twitter: @stonedshakespea Facebook: Bowls with the Bard Music by Constantino ...

Nov 01, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 10

A Plague: Will Shakespleens

"Unsex me here!" Will Shakespleens (They/them) discusses Shakespeare's women who dress as men and gives us other examples of great characters to play as trans and nonbinary! Follow Will on Social Media Instagram: @shakespleens Twitter: @shakespleens TikTok: @shakespleens Follow Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok: @Bowls with the Bard Twitter: @stonedshakespea Facebook: Bowls with the Bard Music by Constantino Fernandez Art by Lizzy Colandene Podcast by Micaela Mannix...

Oct 25, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 9

A Plague: Smoke Break

We're taking a quick break! And we're seeking interviewees! If you represent the fat, disabled, or any indigenous communities and would like to speak to how the Shakespeare industry could do better by your community, please reach out to us at bowlswiththebard@gmail.com .

Oct 18, 2022•2 min

A Plague: Gabby Wolfe

"The web of our life is of a mingled yarn" -All's Well That Ends Well Gabby Wolfe (She/her) talks about the upcoming production of her play, La Llorona and discussed how the Shakespeare industry might do better by the Latine community. Tickets to La Llorona are available: https://www.wehappyfewdc.com/lallorona Follow Gabby on Social Media Instagram: @wolfegr1403 Follow We Happy Few on Social Media Instagram & Twitter: 2wehappyfewdc Follow Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok:...

Oct 11, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 8

A Plague: Peter Mikhail

"Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people." -Henry VIII Peter Mikhail (He/him) joins us to talk about DC's new chapter of Drunk Shakespeare and to educate us on how the Shakespeare industry can do better by Mixed Race individuals. Find Peter on social media Insta: @pjm_42 Buy Tickets for Drunk Shakespeare DC: Tickets to Drunk Shakespeare DC can be found: https://brasstix.com/pmt/calendar.php?Show=DrunkDC&DiscountCode= Find Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikT...

Oct 04, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 7

A Plague: Renea Brown

"Be truly welcome hither." - As You Like It Renea Brown (She/her) talks about how it's been to dive back into theatre in a world with COVID and discusses how the Shakespeare industry can do better by the Black community. Find Renea on social media Insta: @therealdarklady TikTok: @therealdarklady Find Box O' Th' Bard Insta: @boxothbard Find Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok: @Bowls with the Bard Twitter: @stonedshakespea Facebook: Bowls with the Bard Music by Constantino Fernan...

Sep 27, 2022•24 min•Season 1Ep. 6

A Plague: Liz Bellows

"This above all: to thine own self be true." -Hamlet Liz Bellows (They/them) chats about the Original Practice Shakespeare Festival in Portland, Oregon and how we can achieve gender equity in Shakespeare and beyond! See Liz as Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing at the Canon Shakespeare Company September 22, 2022 -- October 2, 2022: https://www.canonpdx.org/whats-on Find Liz on social media Insta: @thewoodbinewitch TikTok: @thewoodbinewitch Find the Original Practice Shakespeare Festival TikTok:...

Sep 20, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 5

A Plague: JC Payne

"There's magic in the web of it." -Othello JC Payne (He/him) talks about his time learning magic over the course of the pandemic and discusses how the Shakespeare theatre industry can do better by the Black community. Find JC on social media Insta: @blackboimagick TikTok: @blackboimagick Find Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok: @bowlswiththebard Twitter: @stonedshakespea Facebook: Bowls with the Bard Music by Constantino Fernandez Art by Lizzy Colandene Podcast by Micaela Manni...

Sep 13, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 4

A Plague: Stephanie Crugnola

"Because that I am more than common tall" -As You Like It Stephanie Crugnola (She/her) talks about the Protest Too Much Podcast and Women of varying body types in Shakespeare. Find Stephanie and Protest Too Much Insta: @crugglez and @srsbiz_network TikTok: @p2mpod Find Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok: @bowlswiththebard Twitter: @stonedshakespea Facebook: Bowls with the Bard Music by Constantino Fernandez Art by Lizzy Colandene Podcast by Micaela Mannix...

Sep 06, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 3

A Plague: Elizabeth Ung

"Now I am alone." -Hamlet Elizabeth (Liz) Ung (She/They) talks Zoom theatre and how we achieve AAPI equity in Shakespeare. Find Liz online: IG: elizung FB: Elizabeth Umg TikTok: @liz_u_dynasty Find Bowls with the Bard online: IG: @stonedshakespeare FB & TikTok: Bowls with the Bard. Twitter: stonedshakespea Art by Lizzy Colandene Music by Constantino Fernandez Podcast by Micaela Mannix

Aug 30, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 2

A Plague: Jeff Miller

"And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse." -King John Jeff Miller (He/They) talks about the Corporate Theatre Model and Neurodiversity in Shakespeare.

Aug 23, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 1

A Plague: An Intro

We have had 2 1/2 years of plague times to work toward a more equitable world of Shakespeare and while some steps were taken, they weren't enough. This season Cakes will talk with members of underrepresented communities in Shakespeare and ask how we can serve them better.

Aug 17, 2022•2 min

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