Play On Podcasts

Mar 10 2025 248 ep. 33 mins 252
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Play On Podcasts are epic audio adventures reimagining timeless tales, featuring original music composition and the voices of extraordinarily gifted artists. This is where Theatre meets Podcast, combining the modern-day audio phenomenon with the power of live performance.

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Shrew! - Episode 1 - Your Wig Slips

Mar 10 2025 27 mins  
Mistress Slapbottom clears the pub of all its rowdy revelers, leaving her alone with a woman who laments being tasked with ghost writing a sexist play about the taming of a shrew. She begins a page one rewrite, making the female protagonist, Katherine, a woman who loves learning and cannot stand being cooped up by the men who try to control her. We meet Lucentio and Tranio, who are

Shrew! - Bonus Content Episode 1 - Writer Amy Freed & Director Art Manke

Mar 03 2025 50 mins  
“She’s possibly the worst written character in all of dramatic history.” Amy Freed on why she re-wrote Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”, with director Art Manke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Introducing...Shrew!

Feb 24 2025
Written by Amy Freed in response to Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”, hear how one of America’s leading contemporary writers brings an out-moded classic up to date. Featuring an outstanding ensemble of accomplished stage and screen actors, with original music composition and sound design by Lindsay Jones. Directed by Art Manke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi

As You Like It - Bonus Content Episode 4 - Actor Andy Grotelueschen

Feb 17 2025 46 mins  
“He just goes for it!”: Andy Grotelueschen describes how Touchstone inspires us to take chances in life, how a teacher in Iowa inspired him to pursue acting, and why it’s so much easier to be funny on Broadway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As You Like It - Bonus Content Episode 3 - Actor Meghan Kreidler

Feb 10 2025 60 mins  
“She speaks her mind.” Korean-American actor and lead singer of the rock group Kiss the Tiger, Meghan Kreidler opens up about her experiences playing Rosalind in “As You Like It”, being a woman in the world of rock ’n’ roll, her tumultuous relationship with Shakespeare and her love of lyricism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As You Like It - Bonus Content Episode 2 - Director Kim Martin-Cotten & Radio Play Writer Catherine Eaton

Feb 03 2025 56 mins  
“What does it mean to be a free spirit?” Director Kim Martin Cotten and Radio Play Writer Catherine Eaton discuss the vision and meaning behind the Play On Podcast series adaptation of “As You Like It”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As You Like It - Bonus Content Episode 1 - Writer David Ivers

Jan 27 2025 54 mins  
“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

Introducing...Curious Matter Anthology

Jan 20 2025 39 mins  
Curious Matter Anthology is a multi-award-winning fully immersive fiction podcast. It's a bridge between past and present, a time machine that takes listeners back to the golden era of pulp fiction, and then catapults them back into the future. It's an ode to an era of science fiction, whose stories have influenced some of the greatest filmmakers of our time, and it's a tribute to

Julius Caesar - Bonus Content - Actor Glenn Davis (Interview)

Jan 17 2025 54 mins  
“The goal is to challenge folks.” Glenn Davis reflects on his work as an actor, producer, and Artistic Director of Chicago’s famed Steppenwolf Theater. (Is it possible Marc Antony might just be too good a person?) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julius Caesar - Bonus Content - Actor Charlique Rolle (Interview)

Jan 06 2025 58 mins  
“Who am I called to be?” Visionary artist and producer Charlique C. Rolle expounds on her efforts to love recklessly, build faithfully, and create fearlessly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices