Bowls with the Bard

"And many maiden gardens yet unset, with virtuous wish would bear you living flowers." -Sonnet 16 Jon Jon Johnson (They/He) teaches us how the Shakespeare and Theatre industries are falling short for AAPI communities and emphasizes the importance of cultivating local Asian talent. Follow Jon Jon on Social Media Instagram & Twitter: @burnjonjonburn Follow Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedshake...

"My love is thine to teach: teach it but how, and thou shalt see how apt it is to learn." - Much Ado About Nothing Terrance Fleming joins us to talk about his love for sports, how they're not so far away from theatre in practice, and how the Shakespeare industry can do better by the Black community. Follow Terrance on Social Media Instagram: @teeerrance Follow Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedsha...

"Dost thou love me?" -Romeo and Juliet Katie Rey Bogdan (she/her) talks about her experiences as a freelance dramaturg and discusses how the Shakespeare industry can improve in regards to body diversity. Follow Katie on Social Media Instagram: @katiereybogdan Twitter & TikTok: @theboggyden Follow Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok: @BowlswiththeBard Twitter: @stonedshakespea...

"Be not denied access, stand at her doors, and tell them there thy fixed foot shall grow til thou have audience " -Twelfth Night Zack Walsh (He/Him) tells us all about how he became a bestselling author, introduces us to his podcast, The Brady Bros, and discusses how the Shakespeare industry can do better by disabled people. Follow The Brady Bros on Social Media Facebook & TikTok: @TheBradyBro...

"I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably." -Hamlet Joan Raube-Wilson (she/her) chats about her new journey with voice acting and educates us on how the Shakespeare industry can do better by fat people. Follow Joan on Social Media Instagram, Twitter, & TikTok: @joaniepbaloney Follow Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedsh...

"He jests at scars that never felt a wound" -Romeo and Juliet Bella Grace Harris (she/they) joins us to discuss how the Shakespeare industry might do better by Jewish communities. Mentions of CSC reference the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company in Boston Follow Bella on Social Media Instagram: @bellagraceharris Website: bellagraceharris.com Follow Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok...

"Unsex me here!" Will Shakespleens (They/them) discusses Shakespeare's women who dress as men and gives us other examples of great characters to play as trans and nonbinary! Follow Will on Social Media Instagram: @shakespleens Twitter: @shakespleens TikTok: @shakespleens Follow Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok: @Bowls with the Bard Twitter: @stonedshakespea Facebook: Bowls with...

We're taking a quick break! And we're seeking interviewees! If you represent the fat, disabled, or any indigenous communities and would like to speak to how the Shakespeare industry could do better by your community, please reach out to us at bowlswiththebard@gmail.com .

"The web of our life is of a mingled yarn" -All's Well That Ends Well Gabby Wolfe (She/her) talks about the upcoming production of her play, La Llorona and discussed how the Shakespeare industry might do better by the Latine community. Tickets to La Llorona are available: https://www.wehappyfewdc.com/lallorona Follow Gabby on Social Media Instagram: @wolfegr1403 Follow We Happy Few on Social Media...

"Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people." -Henry VIII Peter Mikhail (He/him) joins us to talk about DC's new chapter of Drunk Shakespeare and to educate us on how the Shakespeare industry can do better by Mixed Race individuals. Find Peter on social media Insta: @pjm_42 Buy Tickets for Drunk Shakespeare DC: Tickets to Drunk Shakespeare DC can be found: https://brasstix.com/pmt...

"Be truly welcome hither." - As You Like It Renea Brown (She/her) talks about how it's been to dive back into theatre in a world with COVID and discusses how the Shakespeare industry can do better by the Black community. Find Renea on social media Insta: @therealdarklady TikTok: @therealdarklady Find Box O' Th' Bard Insta: @boxothbard Find Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok: @Bow...

"This above all: to thine own self be true." -Hamlet Liz Bellows (They/them) chats about the Original Practice Shakespeare Festival in Portland, Oregon and how we can achieve gender equity in Shakespeare and beyond! See Liz as Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing at the Canon Shakespeare Company September 22, 2022 -- October 2, 2022: https://www.canonpdx.org/whats-on Find Liz on social media Insta:...

"There's magic in the web of it." -Othello JC Payne (He/him) talks about his time learning magic over the course of the pandemic and discusses how the Shakespeare theatre industry can do better by the Black community. Find JC on social media Insta: @blackboimagick TikTok: @blackboimagick Find Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok: @bowlswiththebard Twitter: @stonedshakespea Facebook...

"Because that I am more than common tall" -As You Like It Stephanie Crugnola (She/her) talks about the Protest Too Much Podcast and Women of varying body types in Shakespeare. Find Stephanie and Protest Too Much Insta: @crugglez and @srsbiz_network TikTok: @p2mpod Find Bowls with the Bard Insta: @stonedshakespeare TikTok: @bowlswiththebard Twitter: @stonedshakespea Facebook: Bowls with the Bard Mu...

"Now I am alone." -Hamlet Elizabeth (Liz) Ung (She/They) talks Zoom theatre and how we achieve AAPI equity in Shakespeare. Find Liz online: IG: elizung FB: Elizabeth Umg TikTok: @liz_u_dynasty Find Bowls with the Bard online: IG: @stonedshakespeare FB & TikTok: Bowls with the Bard. Twitter: stonedshakespea Art by Lizzy Colandene Music by Constantino Fernandez Podcast by Micaela Mannix

"And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse." -King John Jeff Miller (He/They) talks about the Corporate Theatre Model and Neurodiversity in Shakespeare.

We have had 2 1/2 years of plague times to work toward a more equitable world of Shakespeare and while some steps were taken, they weren't enough. This season Cakes will talk with members of underrepresented communities in Shakespeare and ask how we can serve them better.