Corona Cold Reads: R&J Reboot

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These are crazy times and we’ve all taken on a bunch of new projects as we socially isolate in order to help stop the spread of Covid-19.

We’re donating where we can, we’re cleaning the pantry, we’re organizing the 2300+ title dvd library. We finished work on the Nominee Interview Series even though the live event for our yearly Critics’ Pick Awards had to be cancelled (we’ve still got trophies to give out, eventually). We started the Corona Movie Club to help curb our boredom and constant need to talk about movies with other human beings. I’m even watching network procedurals and actually writing about them.

But what we all really need is comfort. We need our favourite things and our favourite people and right now those are hard to come by so we have to do everything we can to bring them together whenever possible. Our solution was to gather some of our favourite people every Saturday night throughout quarantine to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown in. There’s a lot more to come, so stay tuned.

Corona Cold Reads began in March 2020 when our troupe took on the task of reading all 38 plays in Shakespeare’s canon. A year later, we’d long since moved on to other authors but, when our anniversary rolled around, we decided to return to what brought us together with a season of Shakespeare Reboots. We revisited four plays that we’d read very early on in quarantine now that we better knew each other and ourselves and how to use Zoom. We began with the most iconic of all Shakespeare plays- Romeo & Juliet (you can check out our original version here).

Listen to our R&J Reboot in audio form below (or on iTunes) then tune into our YouTube page to check out the video versions of all our live readings.

CLICK HERE to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes so you don’t miss an episode.

The Cast of Romeo & Juliet Reboot

Prologue/Prince- Nicanor Campos

Sampson/First Servant/Second Watchman- Samantha Chappell

Gregory/Second Servant/First Watchman- Melissa Wright

Abraham/First Musician/Page- Weldon Goree

Balthasar- Jessica G. Smith

First Citizen/Servant/Peter/Third Watchman- Saiya Floyd

Benvolio- Fabiana Cabral

Lady Montague/Nurse- Nicole Falgoust

Montague/Friar John- Shawn Wilson

Lady Capulet- Gaby Grice

Capulet- Christopher Prentice

Romeo- Laura Hubbard

Paris- Mark Kreder

Juliet- Elizabeth Ramirez

Mercutio- Lauren Horejda

Tybalt/Apothecary- Torey Urquhart

Friar Laurence- Elizabeth Morriss

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Corona Cold Reads: R&J Reboot

My Entertainment World

published 3 anni fa

MP3•Pagina principale dell'episodio

These are crazy times and we’ve all taken on a bunch of new projects as we socially isolate in order to help stop the spread of Covid-19.

Listen to our R&J Reboot in audio form below (or on iTunes) then tune into our YouTube page to check out the video versions of all our live readings.

CLICK HERE to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes so you don’t miss an episode.

The Cast of Romeo & Juliet Reboot

Prologue/Prince- Nicanor Campos

Sampson/First Servant/Second Watchman- Samantha Chappell

Gregory/Second Servant/First Watchman- Melissa Wright

Abraham/First Musician/Page- Weldon Goree

Balthasar- Jessica G. Smith

First Citizen/Servant/Peter/Third Watchman- Saiya Floyd

Benvolio- Fabiana Cabral

Lady Montague/Nurse- Nicole Falgoust

Montague/Friar John- Shawn Wilson

Lady Capulet- Gaby Grice

Capulet- Christopher Prentice

Romeo- Laura Hubbard

Paris- Mark Kreder

Juliet- Elizabeth Ramirez

Mercutio- Lauren Horejda

Tybalt/Apothecary- Torey Urquhart

Friar Laurence- Elizabeth Morriss

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Podcast Interview: Ross Petty on his Final Panto 22:55

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Corona Cold Reads: Angels in America: Perestroika 3:41:12

3 years fa3:41:12

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Corona Cold Reads: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches 3:19:24

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3 years fa4:06:00

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These are crazy times and we’ve all taken on a bunch of new projects as we socially isolate in order to help stop the spread of Covid-19. We’re donating where we can , we’re cleaning the pantry, we’re organizing the 2300+ title dvd library. We finished work on the Nominee Interview Series even though the live event for our yearly Critics’ Pick Awards had to be cancelled (we’ve still got trophies to give out, eventually). We started the Corona Movie Club to help curb our boredom and constant need to talk about movies with other human beings. I’m even watching network procedurals and actually writing about them . But what we all really need is comfort. We need our favourite things and our favourite people and right now those are hard to come by so we have to do everything we can to bring them together whenever possible. Our solution was to gather some of our favourite people every Saturday night throughout quarantine to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown in. There’s a lot more to come, so stay tuned. This season we’re taking on a selection of Twentieth Century Classics. For the final play of the season, we chose one of the tallest mountains in the English language canon, Eugene O’Neill’s sublime family tragedy Long Day’s Journey Into Night . For this reading, we were joined by special guest star Ruth Goodwin ( Private Eyes , The Howland Company ) and her mother Grainne Goodwin as one of theatre’s great matriarchs Mary Tyrone. Listen in audio form below (or on iTunes ) then tune into our YouTube page to check out the video versions of all our live readings. CLICK HERE to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes so you don’t miss an episode. The Cast of Long Day’s Journey Into Night James Tyrone- Jim Hill Mary Tyrone- Grainne Goodwin Jamie Tyrone- Christopher Prentice Edmund Tyrone- Nicanor Campos Cathleen- Ruth Goodwin Stage Directions- Shawn Wilson The post Corona Cold Reads: Long Day’s Journey Into Night appeared first on My Entertainment World .…

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Favourites Series: Barbara Fingerote talks to Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster 56:15

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About the Favourites Series: One of our favourite things is to listen to our favourite people talk about their favourite things. In this series, we’ll be inviting some awesome guest contributors to talk to or about their favourite people in art and entertainment. We hope you love it as much as our guests love the art and artists they’re here to talk about. About this Episode: There are a decent number of ubiquitous faces in Toronto theatre- actors and producers and artistic directors you’re bound to be familiar with if you frequent the city’s main venues. But those of us who see upwards of a hundred shows a year, for us its the audience mainstays who become the faces we look for. If you see a lot of theatre in Toronto, there is simply no way you’ve never sat in an audience alongside Barbara Fingerote. She’s the city’s most devoted aficionado with an encyclopedic memory and an open mind to check out pretty much anything gracing the city’s stages. Perched contentedly in her usual spot in the front row, when she isn’t volunteering with front of house, Barbara is the most constant presence in the Toronto theatre community so we don’t feel it’s a stretch to call her the scene’s biggest fan. She’s one of our favourite people to talk about theatre with so we thought she’d be the perfect person to host her own episode of the Favourites Series . When asked whom, of anyone in Toronto theatre, she’d most like to speak with, Barbara chose the inimitable Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster , a driven multi-hyphenate artist whose work has lit up the city’s stages for the last decade. This episode was recorded before the Covid pandemic and, with theatres reopening, we decided it was finally time to share it with you. CLICK HERE to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes so you don’t miss an episode. The post Favourites Series: Barbara Fingerote talks to Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster appeared first on My Entertainment World .…

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Corona Cold Reads: The Lion in Winter 2:46:06

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These are crazy times and we’ve all taken on a bunch of new projects as we socially isolate in order to help stop the spread of Covid-19. We’re donating where we can , we’re cleaning the pantry, we’re organizing the 2300+ title dvd library. We finished work on the Nominee Interview Series even though the live event for our yearly Critics’ Pick Awards had to be cancelled (we’ve still got trophies to give out, eventually). We started the Corona Movie Club to help curb our boredom and constant need to talk about movies with other human beings. I’m even watching network procedurals and actually writing about them . But what we all really need is comfort. We need our favourite things and our favourite people and right now those are hard to come by so we have to do everything we can to bring them together whenever possible. Our solution was to gather some of our favourite people every Saturday night throughout quarantine to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown in. There’s a lot more to come, so stay tuned. This season we’re taking on a selection of Twentieth Century Classics. In week three, the directorial reigns were handed over to troupe member Melissa Wright who cast and produced this reading of one of her all-time favourite plays, The Lion in Winter. Listen in audio form below (or on iTunes ) then tune into our YouTube page to check out the video versions of all our live readings. CLICK HERE to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes so you don’t miss an episode. The Cast of The Lion in Winter Henry the 2nd: Shawn Wilson Eleanor of Aquitaine: Anne van Leeuwen Richard the Lionhearted: Ziad Ek Geoffrey: Gaby Grice John: Laura Hubbard Philip, King of France: Shalyn Bass-McFaul Alais: Lauren Horejda Stage Directions: Melissa Wright The post Corona Cold Reads: The Lion in Winter appeared first on My Entertainment World .…

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Shakespeare Series: A Midsummer Night’s Dream w/ Gaby Grice 37:57

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