Ben Turner

Jun 162026
 

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Othello; Act 2, Scene 1

Iago
June 17, 2026

Who says, “I have to bring my truth to the part I’m playing”: Ben Turner or Iago? In the Shakespeare Theatre of DC’s new production of Othello, Ben Turner reveals the humanity and heart beneath Iago’s machinations, transforming Shakespeare’s most overtly “evil” creation into something much more recognizably (and terrifyingly) human. The production runs until June 28.

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Bedlam

May 192026
 

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Othello


May 19, 2026

“What’s he, then, that says I play the villain?” Few questions more clearly reveal where each of us stands in today’s deeply polarized society. Recorded on the eve of a profoundly tense moment in global geopolitics, we speak with Eric Tucker and Bedlam discussing their critically acclaimed four-person production of Othello, running through May 31 in New York City.

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Jesse Berger and McKinley Belcher III

Apr 292026
 

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Titus Andronicus; Act 5, Scene 1

Aaron
April 29, 2026

“I have done a thousand dreadful things
As willingly as one would kill a fly,
And nothing grieves me heartily indeed
But that I cannot do ten thousand more.”  

Director Jesse Berger and actor McKinley Belcher III dish up their critically acclaimed Titus Andronicus, now in an extended run with Red Bull Theater in New York City. Together, we carve into why Shakespeare’s notoriously blood-soaked tragedy serves the moment.

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Timothy Douglas

Apr 202026
 

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As You Like It

Folger Theatre
April 20, 2026

How should an actor approach Shakespeare’s language? Is the focus on rehearsing delivery, or on cultivating presence in the moment? Director Timothy Douglas credits the teachings of Tina Packer and Kristin Linklater for shaping his approach to helping actors “own” Shakespeare. His latest collaboration, As You Like It, at the Folger Theatre in Washington, DC runs through April 19.

The quote we talk about in the interview:

As You Like It; Act 4, Scene 1: (spoken by Rosalind, disguised as Ganymede to Jacques in Act 4, scene 1) 

24.  I fear you have sold your own lands to see other men's; then 
25.  to have seen much and to have nothing is to have rich eyes 
26.  and poor hands.

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Nancy Voigts

Apr 022026
 

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The Merry Wives of Windsor; Act 2 Scene 2 Mistress Quickly
April 2, 2026

Which female character became such a fan favorite that Shakespeare featured her in four different plays? Award-winning actor Nancy Voigts brings this famously bawdy mischief-maker and mistress of misinformation to life in a vibrant new production of The Merry Wives of Windsor at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.

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Carol Grieb

Mar 052026
 

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A Truant Dispostion: Hamlet and Horatio
March 4, 2025

Is Horatio the villain?  A literary stand-in for the murderously opportunistic “friends” who stalked the halls of power in Elizabethan England?  Carol Grieb imagines a Hamlet in which Hamlet’s so-called best friend is anything but.

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Saul Rubinek

Nov 102025
 

https://media.blubrry.com/stateofshakespeare/www.stateofshakespeare.com/TSS/Media/SaulRubinek.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | Youtube Music | RSS The Merchant of Venice; Act 3, Scene 1 ShylockNovember 10, 2025 The villainy you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.” Actor and storyteller Saul Rubinek takes us

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Terry Knickerbocker

Oct 222025
 

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Bonnie J. Monte and Isaac Hickox-Young

Sep 022025
 

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Tracy Michelle Arnold

Aug 052025
 

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