Was Dickens a real life Ebenezer Scrooge? Well, listen in and find out. It's always a little disappointing when we discover that our literary heroes weren't as heroic as we hoped. So how do we process that with the King of Christmas himself?

Actors:

Charles Dickens--James Lucas

"An Arbor Day Carol" cast:

Voice 1: Doll Piccotto

Voice 2: James Lucas

Scrooge: James Lucas

Bob Cratchit: Doll Piccotto

Tree Boy: Doll Piccotto

Katelyn Miller--Mercutio from Romeo & Juliet

Doll Piccotto--Marc Antony from Julius Caesar

Sydney Harmon & Melissa Brown--Iachimo & Posthumus from Cymbeline

Pat Tyler--Hamlet from Hamlet

Bryan Freeman--The Gaeler's Daughter from Two Noble Kinsman

James Lucas--Titania from A Midsummer Night's Dream

Tonight for your Halloween hauntings we present two stories--There Was A Man Dwelt Beside a Churchyard--a continuation of the story Mamilius begins to tell in A Winter's Tale, and the Ghost Story of Annie Walker.

Narrator of the Ghost Story of Annie Walker: James Lucas

Stories of outdoor theater from SVS' actors, directors and crew.

Thank you to Erin Southard for a delightful interview regarding her direction of Silicon Valley Shakespeare's production of Emma.

Additional acting by:

Mr. James Lucas

A look at this summer's Richard III and a comparison between Shakespeare's Richard and History's Richard!

Acting Credits:

Richard III--James Lucas

Lady Anne--Doll Piccotto

Sir Thomas More--James Lucas

Poem: "Richard" by Carol Anne Duffy

Performed by James Lucas

Roll for initiative and prepare for a storm of epic proportions!

In this episode of Shakespod we chat with Drew Jones, Director of The Tempest at Frank Bramhill Park in San Jose, June 6-22, 2025 and find out what inspired his Dungeons & Dragons take of this epic play!!

Thank you to Drew Jones for his time and energy!

A first scholarly look at our 2025 Summer Free Shakespeare in the Park production of The Tempest, directed by Drew Benjamin Jones.

Actors:

James Lucas--Oberon, Puck, Prospero

Doll Piccotto--Titania, Ariel

This episode dives into the weird and wacky world of Christopher Marlowe---or does it?

Actors:

James Lucas--Sir Toby Belch, Dogberry, Lear's Fool

Doll PIccotto--Maria, Verges, King Lear

Acting Credits:

Caesar and Portia: Doll Piccotto

Soothsayer: James Lucas