Play On! Podcast

Macbeth Director, Quinn Mattfeld, discusses his concept for the 2015 Shakespeare-in-the-Schools touring production of Macbeth, the powerful lessons learned from the play, and some ideas for teachers, students, and play attendees to discuss before or after experiencing Macbeth. More information about the tour is available here:http://bard.org/education/tour.html

First Folio expert and professor of Shakespeare, Eric Rasmussen, discusses how Shakespeare's plays were published in what is called the First Folio in 1623, his research and findings of these editions, and its impact of Shakespeare in the world.

Utah Opera/Utah Symphony Director of Education & Community Outreach, Paula Fowler, and Ballet West Director of Education and Academy Director, Peter Christie, discuss their programming, the impact of arts education, and how Shakespeare is performed through other performing arts such as music and dance.

Host, Nano Taggart, changes seats as Producer, Joe Nemrow, condutes the discussion of Nano's background in the literary arts, how he ended up at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, and what it is like being a fundraiser for a theatre company.

Education Director, Michael Bahr, discusses his and Nano's reaction to a listener's comments of the last Play On podcast episode, the impact of theatre education on youth, and how the High School Shakespeare Competition at the Utah Shakespeare Festival facilitates that impact.

Executive Director, R. Scott Phillips, discusses the impact of theatre education, shares stories from his time at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, and the current construction of the new Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts which will house the Utah Shakespeare Festival starting the Summer of 2016.

Actors J. Todd Adams and Melinda Pfundstein, playing respectively Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler in Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure during the 2014 Fall Season at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, discuss the most difficult things to work with in Sherlock Holmes, how they prepared for their iconic characters, and if they think Brian Vaughn should keep his mustache.

Actors Tracie Thomason and Sara Griffin, playing respectively Gabriella and Gloria in Boeing Boeing and both are in the Ensemble in Twelfth Night during the 2014 Fall Season at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, discuss their newly formed friendship off-stage, their roles in Boeing Boeing, and how they both decided to have careers in acting.

Props Directors Ben Hohman and Marielle Boneau discuss the interesting objects the Utah Shakespeare Festival uses in it's productions, how they acquire and build these objects, and how their romantic relationship started here at the Festival years ago.

Director of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, J.R. Sullivan discusses his direction of the iconic Sherlock Holmes character during the 2014 Fall Season at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, how he feels after the closing of his premiere Sense and Sensibility adaptation during the Summer Season, and his scene-stealing nature as a child actor.