Shakespeare Anyone? is co-hosted by Elyse Sharp and Kourtney Smith, two professional actors and hobbyist Shakespeare scholars.

Join us as we tackle as many dimensions to Shakespeare’s plays as we can by looking at the text, examining the historical context in which it was written, and how the text is viewed through modern lenses of feminism, racism, classism, colonialism, nationalism, ableism… all the-isms.

We will discuss how his plays shaped both the past and present. And, as actors, we will look at how his work was performed throughout various periods of time and how his plays can be responsibly performed today.

All while trying our best to approach his works without giving in to bardolatry.

We examine one play at a time for an extended window of time, interspersed with mini-episodes about Shakespeare’s time for context.

Episodes are released every other week.