Keith David talks about his career as an actor, finding the voice of the author, and how King Lear learns the real meaning of love.

Welcome to Episode 1 of the Play On Podcasts' Series "King Lear". The country is thrown into chaos when an aging King Lear disowns his youngest daughter for refusing to participate in a contest against her sisters to prove who loves him most.

Playwright Marcus Gardley talks about his journey to become one of America’s most celebrated writers, and his experience deep-diving into the words and worlds of Shakespeare’s KING LEAR.

Lue Douthit examines the multiplicity of meanings in a moment through the writings of Marcus Gardley and William Shakespeare.

Voice and Text coach Rebecca Clark Carey and actress Michelle Beck (A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM) team up to demonstrate ways to meet the challenges of Shakespeare’s complex speeches.

Play On Podcasts’ Executive Producer Michael Goodfriend sits down with Dramaturg Amrita Ramanan.

Play On Podcasts’ Executive Producer Michael Goodfriend sits down with Actor Channie Waites to discuss Coriolanus.

Play On Podcasts’ Executive Producer Michael Goodfriend sits down with Composer George Whitty to discuss A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Play On Podcasts’ Executive Producer Michael Goodfriend sits down with Actor Ching Valdes-Aran to discuss Coriolanus.

Play On Podcasts’ Executive Producer Michael Goodfriend sits down with Director Kate Wisniewski to discuss Coriolanus.

Play On Podcasts’ Executive Producer Michael Goodfriend sits down with Playwright Sean San José to discuss Coriolanus.

Coriolanus gives into his mother and faces the consequences of his conflicting actions once and for all.

Coriolanus must choose between attacking or forgiving the city he once called home.

Volumnia berates the Tribunes in the Coliseum for banishing her son, Coriolanus, who goes to Antium to join forces with Aufidius against his former home, causing panic among the masses as word of the Volsces’ imminent attack spreads through Rome.

The citizens riot against Coriolanus while he shelters at home, where his mother begs him to return to the marketplace and make a public apology. But once he begins to address the crowd, Coriolanus cannot contain his rage and is banished from Rome.

Disdaining democracy, Coriolanus mockingly begs the people for their votes, stirring up so much resentment that the mob turns against him and the Tribunes charge him with treason.

Cominius names Martius “Coriolanus” and the Senate rewards his bravery by making him a Roman Consul, but suspicions linger that Coriolanus cares nothing for the people and is only serving himself.

Calling for an end to democracy, the brilliant Roman General and war hero Caius Martius (Coriolanus) shames the starving and rioting citizens of Rome for their lack of military service. Meanwhile, the Volcian army, led by Martius’s blood enemy Tullus Aufidius, marches towards Rome

The players delight Theseus, Hippolyta, the lovers and the Court with their rendition of “Pyramus and Thisbe”; as Titania, Oberon and all the fairy kingdom bless the realm with their celebration of unity.

Oberon releases Titania from her spell, restoring peace in the forest; Theseus and Hippolyta, also united at last, discover the lovers in the forest and invite them to join their nuptial celebrations at the Court; Bottom wakes from her dream and runs to find the players, but not before learning their play has been selected for possible presentation before the Duke.

Puck races to restore order amidst a fray of broken hearts and wounding words as Titania dotes on her ass-headed Bottom.