Hamlet to Hamilton: Exploring Verse Drama

We're sitting down with Deb Victoroff, the author of the very timely The Tragedy of the Election of the Citrus King.  (PLEASE NOTE: This episode contains very light spoilers for Citrus King.)

Citrus King also referenced in Episode 1: Defining Verse Drama and Episode 3: Schwumpf, There It Is

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What is "Schwumpf?"  Well, it's about making connections.  It's about  bringing ideas, feelings, emotions, facts, heresies, and so much more  together on a single line of verse.

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Join H2H creators Colin and Emily in their virtual pub, as they talk about how the show came to be, networking as an introvert (Colin's tip: do your homework first and hang out by the pizza), that one time Emily directed 425 kids in The Wizard of Oz, why you should take a cross country trip, and so much more. 

Why is Hamilton the superior musical to 1776?  What makes Heathers soar, while Mean Girls is just okay?  Why are we talking so much about musicals, when we should be talking about verse?

Because the question we're answering today is: When should we be writing in verse?  Well, we'll take our cue from Uncle Stephen Sondheim, who told us quite succinctly:

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Soooo...what is "verse drama" anyway?  Just a bunch of poetry?  Skulls and doublets and hose, oh my?  Or something else?

Season One kicks off with definitions of verse vs. prose drama, examining Hamlet, Hamilton...and our first mystery playwright!

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Welcome to Hamlet to Hamilton: Exploring Verse Drama!

H2H is a weekly podcast, dropping every Wednesday, wherein we'll be exploring how to write and perform verse drama - from Shakespeare to your own voice in verse, and beyond!

H2H is a special project of Turn to Flesh Productions: Audio Division.  TTF is a theatre company in New York City that develops new plays in heightened text with vibrant roles for womxn and those underrepresented in classical art.  So, basically, we create "new Shakespeare plays" for everyone Shakespeare didn't write for!

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