Rough Magic

A week has passed since the encounter and the sisters are divided and caught in their own worlds of memory. Their experience in the attic is the only thing that can bring them together, but it comes at a price.

As she waits for midnight Amelia has conversations with both Mom and Stepdad warning her of Rina’s mental health challenges. At the appointed time, Amelia meets Rina in the attic where a voice from the past tells a story that chills the sisters to the bone.

Five years after her papi, Luis’, disappearance Rina returns to her childhood home for Mom and Stepdad’s wedding celebration. The house is happy and full of life, but a darkness rests in Rina’s mind and when her younger sister, Amelia, tells Rina of the mysterious figure she’s seen in the old attic, and it’s clear that not all is as it seems.

Seattle Shakespeare presents the original limited-time podcast series "house of sueños." Spanish and English are interwoven with Shakespeare’s Hamlet and playwright Meme García’s imagistic language in this multilingual audio drama about family, mental health, and the power of dreams.

In our final episode in the What We May Be series, Rafael Molina explores what the future of educational theatre, Seattle, and the arts community at large might and could look like. Learn about artists who are pushing us forward with new interpretations, new work, new people in the room. Dive deep into the Shakespeare Equity Engagement program with Lamar Legend, learn more about upstart crow collective with Rosa Joshi, and hear about what BIPOC and predominantly white institutions...

What’s the difference between diversity and equity? How is education changing? What kinds of people are our education programs trying to create? Series host Rafael Molina delves into these questions and more, while exploring after school and camp programs at Seattle Shakespeare. Our guests this week are director and educator Valerie Curtis-Newton, teaching artist Anastasia Higham, actor Sunam Ellis, and former Seattle Shakespeare student Violet Keteyian. Learn more, ask questions, and get inv...

This week, series host Rafael Molina explores education in schools and classrooms, from stories about being an immigrant struggling to understand playground games to the importance of rebellious teachers and the power of showing students that Shakespeare can be for them (and the struggle when it feels like it isn’t). Our guests are director Desdemona Chiang, multihyphenate artist QuiQui Dominguez, and high school teacher Caitlin Honig. Learn more, ask questions, and get involved at seattlesha...

In our first episode, we explore the foundations of education. You’ll be introduced to Seattle Shakespeare’s education programs, as well as what education and racial equity look like for individual artists, educational and theatrical institutions, and our society at large. We are joined by artist and activist Dedra D. Woods (Artists of Color Seattle); Seattle Shakespeare’s Education Director, Michelle Burce; and Manny Cawaling of Inspire Washington. Learn more, ask questions, and get involved...

The first episode of Rough Magic will drop Wednesday, October 28 with the series “What We May Be: Race and Education.” The world of the theatre is transforming before our eyes. It’s a magical time. The conversation has already started. So, let’s jump in.Hosted by Jeff Fickes.

The series “What We May Be: Race and Education” launches Seattle Shakespeare Company’s new podcast Rough Magic. This 4-episode series dives into the intersections between race, education, and Shakespeare through interviews with artists, educators, and students. Hosted and produced by Rafael Molina, this podcast features interviews with Valerie Curtis-Newton, Rosa Joshi, Lamar Legend, Sara Porkalob, Desdemona Chiang, QuiQui Dominguez, Sunam Ellis, Dedra D. Woods, Manny Cawaling, and more....