Bowls with the Bard

Cakes is taking you Around the Canon in 80 Days! What does that mean?

Cakes has challenged herself to read all of Shakespeare's plays, poems, and sonnets in the first 80 days of 2023 and to share her thoughts daily. This is a collection of her thoughts over days 21 through 40 of the project.

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Music by Constantino Fernandez

Art by Lizzy Colandene

Podcast by Micaela Mannix

Cakes is taking you Around the Canon in 80 Days! What does that mean?

Cakes has challenged herself to read all of Shakespeare's plays, poems, and sonnets in the first 80 days of 2023 and to share her thoughts daily. This is a collection of her thoughts over the first 20 days of the project.

Follow Cakes on TikTok and Instagram @10kshakespeare

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Insta: @stonedshakespeare

TikTok: @BowlswiththeBard

Twitter: @stonedshakespea

Facebook: Bowls with the Bard

Music by Constantino Fernandez

Art by Lizzy Colandene

Podcast by Micaela Mannix

What does August Wilson's Seven Guitars have to do with Shakespeare? Find out as we chat with multi-hyphenate Shakespearean, Regine Vital about her experience working on the play with Actors' Shakespeare Project in Boston.

Who is Regine?

REGINE VITAL (she/her/hers) is a theatre artist, administrator, educator, scholar, and storyteller from Somerville, MA. As an actor, director, dramaturg, and coach, she has worked with several Boston area theatre companies, including The Huntington, Actor’s Shakespeare Project, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, ArtsEmerson, Company One, Central Square Theatre, Boston University School of Theatre, Moonbox Productions, HUB Theatre Company, Fresh Ink Theatre, and Flat Earth Theatre. She teaches performance studies, composition, literature, and public speaking at the college level; text and performance to high schoolers; and has taught continuing adult education classes in literature. She is a board member of Playable Theatre and TC2 Theatre Company; she is also a frequent collaborator with Green Door Labs on the interactive theatre-game production, Club Drosselmeyer. Currently, she is the Manager of Curriculum and Instruction in The Huntington’s Education department and a part-time instructor at Boston area universities. Regine holds degrees from Boston University, UMass Boston, and studied Shakespeare at King’s College, London and Shakespeare’s Globe. When she isn’t telling stories on stage or talking too much about Shakespeare, Regine loves a good book, a good show, a good dance, and a great chat with great friends. Merde, folks! ;)

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Purchase Tickets to Seven Guitars at Actors' Shakespeare Project:

https://www.actorsshakespeareproject.org/plays-events/seven-guitars/

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Music by Constantino Fernandez

Art by Lizzy Colandene

Podcast by Micaela Mannix

"We know what we are but know not what we may be."

-Hamlet

Ashley Marie Chavez (she/they) and Logan UhiwaiO'Alohamailani Rasmussen (she/her) talk about what it was like to work toward their BFA in acting with a pandemic looming and discuss how the Shakespeare industry can do better by indigenous communities.

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Music by Constantino Fernandez

Art by Lizzy Colandene

Podcast by Micaela Mannix

"Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts."

- Henry V

Riley Turner (She/her) talks about creating a Shakespeare community on TikTok over the pandemic and shares how the Shakespeare industry can do better by women.

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TikTok, Tumblr, Instagram, Twitter: @lungthief

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Music by Constantino Fernandez

Art by Lizzy Colandene

Podcast by Micaela Mannix

"And many maiden gardens yet unset, with virtuous wish would bear you living flowers."

-Sonnet 16

Jon Jon Johnson (They/He) teaches us how the Shakespeare and Theatre industries are falling short for AAPI communities and emphasizes the importance of cultivating local Asian talent.

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Music by Constantino Fernandez

Art by Lizzy Colandene

Podcast by Micaela Mannix

"My love is thine to teach: teach it but how, and thou shalt see how apt it is to learn."

- Much Ado About Nothing

Terrance Fleming joins us to talk about his love for sports, how they're not so far away from theatre in practice, and how the Shakespeare industry can do better by the Black community.

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Music by Constantino Fernandez

Art by Lizzy Colandene

Podcast by Micaela Mannix

"Dost thou love me?" -Romeo and Juliet

Katie Rey Bogdan (she/her) talks about her experiences as a freelance dramaturg and discusses how the Shakespeare industry can improve in regards to body diversity.

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Music by Constantino Fernandez

Art by Lizzy Colandene

Podcast by Micaela Mannix

"Be not denied access, stand at her doors, and tell them there thy fixed foot shall grow til thou have audience "

-Twelfth Night

Zack Walsh (He/Him) tells us all about how he became a bestselling author, introduces us to his podcast, The Brady Bros, and discusses how the Shakespeare industry can do better by disabled people.

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Buy Zack Walsh is a Bad Man Who Took Your Money:

https://www.amazon.com/Zack-Walsh-Took-Your-Money/dp/B0BB65JSMG

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Music by Constantino Fernandez

Art by Lizzy Colandene

Podcast by Micaela Mannix

"I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably."

-Hamlet

Joan Raube-Wilson (she/her) chats about her new journey with voice acting and educates us on how the Shakespeare industry can do better by fat people.

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Instagram, Twitter, & TikTok: @joaniepbaloney

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TikTok: @BowlswiththeBard

Twitter: @stonedshakespea

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Music by Constantino Fernandez

Art by Lizzy Colandene

Podcast by Micaela Mannix