#PLAYONWelcome to our ever-changing listing of ways you can experience Shakespeare, theater and art from your own home.
Find a friend and synchronize your viewings. Grab your cat and force them to clap with you. Watch in your pajamas or your towel. Or just read it, any.way.you.choose! But give yourself time to enjoy. Stop multi-tasking for a few minutes. Take in art, take in Shakespeare, take in a story, and #PLAYON |
MADE IN QUARANTINE
Dick Tracy - this radio drama is an offering from Salem Community Theatre
The Show Must Go Online - this play reading series offers diverse international casts; Shakespeare's entire cannon has been tackled in live recorded glory; all performances are still available, and new offerings continue to arrive with each production expanding in virtual ingenuity
Sonnet Response Series - all the Sonnets available (these are artist responses, they vary in style, and include artists from across the globe)
SHAKESPEARE - archival streams (various availability)
Sofa Shakespeare - enjoy several of Shakespeare's favorites in filmed version; productions are a combination of zoom technology and sweded styles
Romeo y Julieta - thanks to the Public Theater in NY there is a new audio, bilingual Spanish and English production of Romeo and Juliet is now available; director Saheem Ali continues his audio exploration of William Shakespeare’s canon with this production, collaborating with playwright Ricardo Pérez González on an adaptation of noted scholar Alfredo Michel Modenessi's Spanish translation. Actor Lupita Nyong’o plays Julieta, with Juan Castano as her Romeo
SHAKESPEARE - resources
How to Read Shakespeare for Pleasure
Folger Shakespeare Audio Recordings
Dick Tracy - this radio drama is an offering from Salem Community Theatre
The Show Must Go Online - this play reading series offers diverse international casts; Shakespeare's entire cannon has been tackled in live recorded glory; all performances are still available, and new offerings continue to arrive with each production expanding in virtual ingenuity
Sonnet Response Series - all the Sonnets available (these are artist responses, they vary in style, and include artists from across the globe)
SHAKESPEARE - archival streams (various availability)
Sofa Shakespeare - enjoy several of Shakespeare's favorites in filmed version; productions are a combination of zoom technology and sweded styles
Romeo y Julieta - thanks to the Public Theater in NY there is a new audio, bilingual Spanish and English production of Romeo and Juliet is now available; director Saheem Ali continues his audio exploration of William Shakespeare’s canon with this production, collaborating with playwright Ricardo Pérez González on an adaptation of noted scholar Alfredo Michel Modenessi's Spanish translation. Actor Lupita Nyong’o plays Julieta, with Juan Castano as her Romeo
SHAKESPEARE - resources
How to Read Shakespeare for Pleasure
Folger Shakespeare Audio Recordings
Interested in reading more Shakespeare yourself? Send us a message and we will help put you in touch with others who are reading to themselves and sometimes out loud if you are looking for a few Bard Buddies!