The Shakespearean Shrew

Join writer and director Erin Woods and improv and music director Amanda Lee along with Brew Shrew Michelle Coffman as we talk coffee, ice cream, improv, and holiday traditions. This conversation is quite the romp so come frolic through the conversations with us and join us at OSP from the Jane Austen Christmas Cracker from December 4th through the 21st. There is also a Brunch with Jane Austen and friends on December 14th before th...

Join David Weber, friend, clown, professor, director, and amazing human, and the Shrew as we talk about not only the stages of a play but the stages of recovery in terms of sobriety and surgery. What does it take to heal? What does it take to push past our own boundaries? Can we even push the boundaries when we are in debt to our jobs, to the economy, and socially indebted? What happens to our communities when the clown cannot affo...

Are you an author? Do you want to be? Listen up for tips and how to find a writer community as we talk with Charles Martin about his new book and the foundation and future of Literati Press. 

With a dismal education ranking, Oklahoma can feel like a literary desert but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Oklahoma City has become a bookstore oasis for book lovers with many independent bookstores each with an identity of its very...

Keeping it all in the family, yeah, always a creepy aspect of royal families, but how does a fraternal relationship off stage impact a familial relationship on stage? Is the competition real, an act, or something in between? How do actors find camaraderie and community in spite of, or perhaps because of, the fierce competition for roles? Find out in this episode as we sit down to talk with fan (and shrew) favorite Justin Marlow, an...

Two husband and wife duos in a row! This episode we talk to actor Tiffany Tuggle and Wil Rogers, actor and writer of MacDeath. (Yes, those are their real names - I asked.) We talk about balancing family and acting, relationships on and off the stage, superstition on the stage. Warning: Do not say Macbeth in front of Wil in the theatre or you’ll be spinning outside the theatre, spitting, cursing, and begging for reenterance. So, let...

Is acting like riding a bike? Like doing yoga after not stretching for a few years? In this episode, I get the opportunity to talk with Alissa Branch and Tim Grimm, two amazing actors, artists, and humans who haven’t tread the boards in a few years and see what their comeback really feels like as they prepare for The Lion in Winter opening October 9th at OSP. We also discuss collaborative efforts on the stage and as a married coupl...

In a political war rife with ugly rhetoric, Alix Golden brings a “new” weapon to the table: song. In this episode, we are talking to actor and writer of the new show Belters–where the broads of Broadway take on Fascism. Join us as we talk about the importance of theater, music, immigrants, religion, and divorce. Listen to how Alix wrote this production from the inside out - being part of the production as she is creating it, and fi...

When we think “women gone wild,” we tend to think of wet t-shirt contests. That is not these women. These women (and one man, sorry, Caylor Peterson - they love you and spoke of your glory) have gone off the beaten track (this play is being performed in Yellow Dog Coffee Company), co-produced by three individuals, directed as a company, and are performing a play that pushes the boundaries of actors and audience alike. In this episo...

S2 Ep 19: You had questions; we have answers! Cast Q&A: Love’s Labour’s Lost 

Hello all! You came up with some amazing questions so, in the shortest introduction ever, here are the cast and director’s answers! Thank you all for your questions - on to the roll call!  

Erin Woods: PLAY DIRECTOR AND MARKETING

Ben Kahre: BEROWNE

Olivia Akers: KATHERINE / ASST. DIRECTOR / PROPS DESIGN

Teegin Hacker: LONGAVILLE / DULL

Ariana Sanchez: MARIA...

When everyone else has gone mad, the fool alone is left with reason. Welcome to a look at Costard in Love’s Labour’s Lost and Denton Meehan, the actor who is taking him on in OSP’s upcoming production. (It opens tomorrow, August 7th, get your tickets - go, go, go!)  In this episode, Denton and I discuss the history of the fool, the balance fools bring to the world (and why we cannot afford to get rid of them), the difference betwee...

In this episode we will be talking to Alleese Eldridge and Paxton Kliewer about the challenges and rewards of teaching OSP’s summer camp, what theater does for us as actors and audience, the importance of play, and how yo-yos are the ultimate Brooklyn ice-breaker. Hear about their final productions in OKC (for now) before this dynamic duo heads off to NYC to pursue greatness (even though we would argue that they are already AMAZING...

What role does music play on the stage? Can music make theater more accessible? Can it change the roles of players? Find out the answers to these questions and more as we talk to Ella Howard and Lily Marsh who are both performing in OSP’s upcoming production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. We discuss the different music that director Erin Woods has brought into the production and listen all the way to the end for a jaw dropping performanc...

For so long we have lauded the relationship of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as the healthiest relationship amidst an an unhealthy plot, but Lady Fenton and Anne Page topple the Macbeths in Merry Wives of Windsor and OSP shows that, in Windsor (as should be everywhere), everyone gets a seat at the table. Join me as I talk with Kit Rasmussen in his debut role as Lady Fenton (yes, you read that correctly) and Bell Reeves, a very familiar ...

**This is a fun and raucous interview so choose your volume accordingly! For this episode we are going to talk size - no, not that kind of size - though there will be some talk of “eggplant emojis” in this episode. I mean the size of the role versus the impact of the part. Join us as we talk with Jimmy Pike, Denton Meehan, and Lucas Schrantz who are well-versed in playing many parts (sometimes within one play or even a single scene...

The Merry Wives of Windsor is one of the lesser known and lesser performed plays of Shakespeare - but that certainly doesn’t make it less than. Join Lance Marsh as John Falstaff, and our Merry Wives - Lindsey Rollins as Mistress Ford and Denise Hughes as Mistress Page - as we discuss why this play is under performed and the big characters (emphasis on big - like fat suit big), big ideas, and big personalities that make this play a ...

How do you play yourself while playing another actor while playing characters across Shakespeare’s 37 plays? Let’s find out! Join me as I talk with Kris Kuss, M. Smith Fraser, and Holly McNatt as we discuss how these actors survive this fast paced, high energy, whirlwind of a play, The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) (Revised) (Again). We’ll discuss acting outside your comfort zone, messing with the Bard (with love), and m...

Once again, I’m giving up the microphone as my student, Frederick Turner, takes over the show. He is talking to director, actor, and amazing human David Weber about his upcoming production of Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged Again taking place at OSP. They will talk about how to turn comedy to laughter and the importance of props, costumes, and actors with synergistic energy to create the fast paced and ridiculously delightfu...

Join me in a conversation with owners Kathryn Lynn and Britni Brecheen of Second Story Books in OKC, Steve "Echo" Gooch, owner of The Floating Bookshop in Automobile Alley, and Kim Mieda, owner of The Lore, in Norman. We are going to talk about the historical connection between coffee (and beer) and books, discuss how locations dictate the books and customers, options when trying to separate asshole authors from their wor...

Join me with educator and game master Brook Bullock as he shares with us the history of RPG and the social and psychological implications of “playing” different roles. We’ll learn about “the satanic panic” and how RPG has been brought out of the dungeon/basement and into the light - enhancing empathy and understanding our history through fantasy. Is RPG a new kind of improv? With the game master cast as the director, they shape the...