“We Gave Everything We Had”: Actor Randall Duk Kim and Director Annie Occhiogrosso reflect on their lives as artists.

Actor Randall Duk Kim and Director Annie Occhiogrosso reflect on their lives as artists.

“I fell into Shakespeare!” Historian and podcaster ⁠Cassidy Cash⁠ describes how finding a copy of a play tucked between a Bible and a hymnal in her grandmother’s house in rural Alabama led her into a life of learning about the past, the present, engineering information, painting castles, making podcasts, playing Noddy and knowing what a Link Boy was!

“That’s what you hear with Sinatra!” Larry Walsh describes how spending 25 years re-mastering the entirety of “Ol' Blue Eyes” recordings taught him  how to tune his ear to Shakespeare. Plus, why a mix engineer will never have a sharkskin suit.

Sound and Mastering Engineer Larry Walsh reflects on the lifelong journey through audio that led him to Shakespeare. 

“There are no villains”: Actors Maria-Christina Oliveras and Christine Toy Johnson open up about the painfulness of trying to belong, the grace of finding forgiveness, and the joy of reinventing yourself through the epic storytelling of “Cymbeline”.

“It’s a play about an incredibly broken world”: Playwright Andrea Thome and Director Stephen Brown-Fried reflect on the challenges, liberations, miracles and faith they had putting “Cymbeline” together.

Next Chapter Podcasts presents the complete Play On Podcast series, CYMBELINE, in its entirety.

The events of the story get pieced together, all is forgiven and Britain celebrates a lasting peace with Rome.

As the Queen wastes away fretting over her son’s disappearance, Cymbeline is saved in battle by Belarius and his sons, and Imogen, Posthumus, Iachimo and Caius Lucius all end up before the King, unbeknownst to each other.

Imogen keeps up her disguise as Fidele when confronted by Belarius and his sons, mistaking Cloten’s dead body for Posthumus and entering into the employment of Caius Lucius, who takes her as his page.

When she learns of Posthumus’s order to have her killed, Imogen disguises herself as a boy and gets lost in the wilderness trying to find the port of Milford Haven.

Iachimo convinces Posthumus that Imogen is unfaithful, prompting him to arrange for her murder at Milford Haven.

It’s the final episode of A Walk In The Garden and that can only mean one thing: the broadcast of the entire audio presentation of Botanic Garden The Musical!

Iachimo sneaks into Imogen’s bedroom while she sleeps and steals the bracelet Posthumus put on her wrist when they were married.

When King Cymbeline learns that his adopted son Posthumus has married his daughter, Imogen, against his wishes, he banishes him from Britain. Posthumus finds refuge with his father’s old friend Philario in Rome, where he meets a nobleman named Iachimo. When Posthumus tells Iachimo that Imogen is fairer than the fairest ladies in France, Iachimo bets that he can seduce her. Posthumus accepts the wager, staking the ring his wife gave him when they secretly exchanged vows.

NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS PRESENTS THE PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “CYMBELINE,” SHAKESPEARE’S ROMANTIC FAIRY TALE OF SECRET MARRIAGE,  BANISHMENT, FALSE ACCUSATIONS, MISTAKEN IDENTITIES, RECONCILIATION AND REUNION.

“There is great reward and great risk in love”: Actors Reg Rogers and Tracie Lane talk about their relationships with the roles they play, the work they do, and the lives they lead in the every-shifting sands of showbiz.

Todd Logan invites Lindsay Jones to help adapt Todd’s play Botanic Garden into a musical and almost immediately Lindsay realizes he has no idea how to write a musical. Lindsay writes the perfect opening song which everyone loves until they all realize that perhaps it’s not the perfect opening song. Inspired by Stephen Sondheim’s struggle to write “Comedy Tonight”, Lindsay creates “Why Am I Here” which is actually becomes the perfect song to open the show. Lindsay then vows to write an entire musical using only a piano, then immediately breaks this vow by adding in a metronome as musical instrument on “An Honest Lie”. This journey may have more twists than we thought.

“It’s a perfect play”: Director Brendon Fox delves into the nooks and crannies of “Much Ado About Nothing,” shedding new light on a story he’s told five times (and counting!).

Next Chapter Podcasts presents the complete Play On Podcast series, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, in its entirety.

Claudio performs his penance and is rewarded with a miraculous gift that brings everyone together again– this time, for good.

The truth of Hero’s innocence finally comes to light, leaving the wrongdoers to face the consequences of their actions.