Tabling: The Podcast

And so begins a brand new play! We continue the history tetralogy with Act I of Henry IV, Part I.

We delve into the violent imagery of the body the opens the play, the through line of thievery from the tavern to the throne room, highly complex father-son dynamics and twisted clock metaphors.

Our ensemble for Henry IV, Part I includes Brittany Chandler, Andrew Codispoti, Deborah Davis, Sam Gilroy, Lynn Goodwin, Mitchel Kawash, Nicholas Koy Santillo, Genevieve Simon, Kelly Strandemo, Alexandra Tatarsky, facilitated and directed by Ariana Karp.

Director Emma Rosa Went takes us to finish line with our Act V discussion of Hamlet!

Among many things, we discuss how the play moves from a philosophical interrogation of death to a visceral confrontation in the gravediggers scene, how class distinctions and politics crop up in Act V, the significance of the skull Hamlet encounters being a court jester, and … funyuns.

Our company for Hamlet includes: Olivia Rose Barresi, William Cary, Harrison Densmore, Zoë Goslin, Patrick Harvey, Colin Holmes, Ariana Karp, Finn Kilgore, Julia Larsen, Andrea Lopez Alvarez, Joe McGurl, Erin Noll, Tim Palmer, Isabel Smith-Bernstein, and Else C. Went.

Director Emma Rosa Went leads us through Act IV of Hamlet!

Join us as we discuss the palpable tension between Claudius and Hamlet, the strange absence of nature imagery and plethora of imagery about the human body in the play thus far, the high impact of Ophelia as a character and that focusing on what she is trying to communicate illuminates the play, and of course, deus ex pirates.

Our company for Hamlet includes: Olivia Rose Barresi, William Cary, Harrison Densmore, Zoë Goslin, Patrick Harvey, Colin Holmes, Ariana Karp, Finn Kilgore, Julia Larsen, Andrea Lopez Alvarez, Joe McGurl, Erin Noll, Tim Palmer, Isabel Smith-Bernstein, and Else C. Went.

Pushing forward with director Emma Rosa Went thru the behemoth that is Act III of Hamlet!

We examine truth and performance, the changing and deepening of character relationships, and the emotional violence committed against the two very isolated women in the play.

Our company for Hamlet includes: Olivia Rose Barresi, William Cary, Harrison Densmore, Zoë Goslin, Patrick Harvey, Colin Holmes, Ariana Karp, Finn Kilgore, Julia Larsen, Andrea Lopez Alvarez, Joe McGurl, Erin Noll, Tim Palmer, Isabel Smith-Bernstein, and Else C. Went.

Director Emma Rosa Went forges on, leading our company of theatre makers through Act II of Hamlet.

Among many things, we discuss how suddenly things are weird in the castle, the nature of spying and truth, Hamlet’s need to see his story reflected back to him through the medium of theatre, and the significance of the Priam-Pyrrhus-Hecuba speech!

Our company for Hamlet includes: Olivia Rose Barresi, William Cary, Harrison Densmore, Zoë Goslin, Patrick Harvey, Colin Holmes, Ariana Karp, Finn Kilgore, Julia Larsen, Andrea Lopez Alvarez, Joe McGurl, Erin Noll, Tim Palmer, Isabel Smith-Bernstein, and Else C. Went.

Tabling & ISC Santa Fe are delighted and honored to have director-extraordinaire Emma Rosa Went lead a company of theatre makers through the mammoth undertaking of working through Hamlet!

Join us for a lively discussion of Act I where we discuss the jumpiness of the start of the play, ghosts being afraid of Latin, the subjectivity and distortion of time, and the differences between the two main families among many other things. Brilliant dramaturg Isabel Smith-Bernstein also takes us on an exploration of themes of Hamlet framed by the flowers of Ophelia.

Our company for Hamlet includes: Olivia Rose Barresi, William Cary, Harrison Densmore, Zoë Goslin, Patrick Harvey, Colin Holmes, Ariana Karp, Finn Kilgore, Julia Larsen, Andrea Lopez Alvarez, Joe McGurl, Erin Noll, Tim Palmer, Isabel Smith-Bernstein, and Else C. Went.

Also we have a new release schedule! Starting tomorrow February 16th, you can hear the corresponding radio play tracks with original music over on our Radio Shakespeare Lab Podcast the day after the act discussion on Tabling! Tabling episodes released Mondays and Thursday, Radio Shakespeare Lab released Tuesdays and Fridays!

And so ends our most lyrical history of Richard II. Among many things, our group talked about the emotional importance of the relationship between Queen Isabel and Richard, fierce Shakespearean mothers, the family impact of civil strife, and Richard devastating and beautiful prison speech in Act V.

Our cast of Nazlah Black, Zoe Burke, Mairi Chanel, Caryl Farkas, Zoë Goslin, Mike Marcou, Amy Meilander, & William Potter, facilitated by Ariana Karp, concludes their exploration of Richard II. You can catch the full radio play of Richard II with this group on Thursday, February 11, 2021 on the Radio Shakespeare Lab podcast.

And now we arrive at the firestorm that is Act IV of Richard II! Among many things, our cast discussed the political potency of the abdication/deposition scene, the comedy gold of ‘the gloves’, ascending and descending imagery, and Richard playing on the edge of a knife with his powerful language and status-taking actions.

Our cast of Nazlah Black, Zoe Burke, Mairi Chanel, Caryl Farkas, Zoë Goslin, Mike Marcou, Amy Meilander, & William Potter, facilitated by Ariana Karp, continues their exploration of Richard II.

We move on to the pivotal Act III, steeping ourselves in class tensions, water and fire imagery, and marveling at how Richard gains linguistic power as he loses his political power.

Our cast of Stephen Wagener Bennett, Nazlah Black, Zoe Burke, Mairi Chanel, Caryl Farkas, Zoë Goslin, Mike Marcou, Amy Meilander, & William Potter, facilitated by Ariana Karp, continues their exploration of Richard II.

Here is a link with information on the Elizabethan philosophy of the four humors that we briefly discussed - check it out for more information! https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/shakespeare/fourhumors.html

Join us as we continue our exploration of Richard with our Act II discussion. We note the foreshadowing of Richard’s end as both the symbol of the setting sun and the association with the music of the spheres. We look at John of Gaunt’s descriptive metaphors of England and how he makes the land ‘holy.’ We also talk about the mirroring of the different factions of noblemen and the Duke of York’s frustration and indecision.

Listen to our cast: Stephen Bennet, Nazlah Black, Zoe Burke, Mairi Chanel, Caryl Farkas, Zoë Goslin, Mike Marcou, Amy Meilander, & William Potter, facilitated by Ariana Karp discuss Act II.

Also here is a link to Hans Holbein the Younger’s painting “The Ambassadors.” https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/hans-holbein-the-younger-the-ambassadors