- 47 minutes 56 secondsBonus Content - Actor Randall Duk Kim & Director Annie Occhiogrosso - Pt. 2
***Complete our listener survey for a chance to win a $50 gift card! *** “We Gave Everything We Had”: Actor Randall Duk Kim and Director Annie Occhiogrosso reflect on their lives as artists, creating American Players Theater, how much you can learn from studying “Hamlet” over fifty years, what it takes to be great, where to find the best audiences in the country, how strawberries and chocolate can make all the difference on Press Day, the importance of language, what Keanu Reeves reads between takes, how Laurence Fishburne found his way into “Othello”, why every actor should start a theater, being Asian on an island, how Edwin Booth, Walt Whitman and a slaughtered lamb all played a part in bringing world class productions to a town of 1,200 people in rural Wisconsin, why it’s important to plant the seeds of inspiration in young people if we want to have any hope for our future, and much, much more!
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15 June 2026, 7:00 am - 1 hour 5 minutesBonus Content - Actor Randall Duk Kim & Director Annie Occhiogrosso - Pt. 1
***Complete our listener survey for a chance to win a $50 gift card! *** “We Gave Everything We Had”: Actor Randall Duk Kim and Director Annie Occhiogrosso reflect on their lives as artists, creating American Players Theater, how much you can learn from studying “Hamlet” over fifty years, what it takes to be great, where to find the best audiences in the country, how strawberries and chocolate can make all the difference on Press Day, the importance of language, what Keanu Reeves reads between takes, how Laurence Fishburne found his way into “Othello”, why every actor should start a theater, being Asian on an island, how Edwin Booth, Walt Whitman and a slaughtered lamb all played a part in bringing world class productions to a town of 1,200 people in rural Wisconsin, why it’s important to plant the seeds of inspiration in young people if we want to have any hope for our future, and much, much more!
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8 June 2026, 7:00 am - 55 minutes 42 secondsBonus Content - Historian Cassidy Cash
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“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!
Check out her excellent show That Shakespeare Life wherever you listen to great podcasts!
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1 June 2026, 7:00 am - 51 minutes 45 secondsBonus Content - Professor Richard Burt
***Complete our listener survey for a chance to win a $50 gift card! *** There is no Orthodoxy”: Professor Richard Burt teaches us about the paratext, un-reading Shakespeare, Derrida and Plato in under an hour! With a soothing reminder that writing is both the poison and the remedy...
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25 May 2026, 7:00 am - 38 minutes 23 secondsIntroducing...Everybody Knows But Me
Holly Brown may have grown up right next to Hollywood, but her life was a world away from her 90s sitcom dreams. Instead, Holly’s childhood was filled with family secrets, immense loss, and heartbreaking grief. SO. What’s a girl to do? Create a genre-bending, dark comedy podcast, of course! Welcome to… Everybody Knows But Me: A dark comedy podcast about the secrets we inherit and the stories we tell to survive Holly revisits her dark, twisty past and proves that you actually can make your life into a 90s sitcom, if you only try hard enough. Grab your beanie babies and gushers, and strap in for a story that even Mr Feeny can’t resist.
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18 May 2026, 7:00 am - 43 minutes 16 secondsCymbeline - Bonus Content Episode 4 - Audio Engineer Larry Walsh - Pt. 2
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“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.
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11 May 2026, 7:00 am - 53 minutes 58 secondsCymbeline - Bonus Content Episode 3 - Audio Engineer Larry Walsh - Pt. 1
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“Everybody Tells the Skinny Kid What To Do” - Sound and Mastering Engineer Larry Walsh reflects on the lifelong journey through audio that led him to Shakespeare.
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4 May 2026, 7:00 am - 57 minutes 9 secondsCymbeline - Bonus Content Episode 2 - Actors Maria-Christina Oliveras & Christine Toy Johnson
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Complete our listener survey for a chance to win a $50 gift card! “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”.
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27 April 2026, 7:00 am - 54 minutes 6 secondsCymbeline - Bonus Content Episode 1 - Playwright Andrea Thome & Director Stephen Brown-Fried
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Complete our listener survey for a chance to win a $50 gift card! “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.
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20 April 2026, 7:00 am - 3 hours 15 minutesFull Play - Cymbeline
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Next Chapter Podcasts presents the complete Play On Podcast series, CYMBELINE, in its entirety.
The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “CYMBELINE”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by ANDREA THOME. All episodes were directed by RAKESH PALISETTY and are based on the NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATRE COMPANY’S stage production directed by STEPHEN BROWN-FRIED. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.
Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT.
The cast is as follows:
PURVA BEDI as SICILIUS, LORD AND CAIUS LUCIUS
ANNIE FANG as ARVIRAGUS, FRENCHMAN, LADY AND THE WRITER
CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON as CYMBELINE
ANNA ISHIDA as IACHIMO, ROMAN SOLDIER, AND JAILOR
NAREA KANG as CORNELIUS, MOTHER, SOOTHSAYER, LORD AND MESSENGER
JENNIFER LIM as IMOGEN
KK MOGGIE as POSTHUMUS
MARIA-CHRISTINA OLIVERAS as THE QUEEN AND BELARIUS
SARAH SUZUKI as PHILARIO, GUIDERIUS, AND COMPANION
JEENA YI as CLOTEN AND ROMAN SOLDIER
JULYANA SOELISTYO as PISANIO AND JUPITER
Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.
Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH
Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Original Music Composition by CAROLINE ENG and LINDSAY JONES, with additional composition, orchestration and arrangement by STEPHEN BROWN-FRIED. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).
The Play On Podcast Series “CYMBELINE” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.
Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “FALSEHOOD IS WORSE IN KINGS THAN BEGGARS!”
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13 April 2026, 7:00 am - 32 minutes 2 secondsCymbeline - Episode 7 - The Queen Is Dead
***This show is brought to you by Quince. Go to http://quince.com/playonpod for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.*** Complete our listener survey for a chance to win a $50 gift card! Caius Lucius asks Cymbeline to ransom his servant, a British boy (who is, of course, the disguised Imogen). Cymbeline does not recognize her but orders her freed and offers to give her any privilege within his power to grant. She speaks with him in private, and Belarius and his sons marvel at seeing the adopted brother they thought was dead. Cymbeline returns and asks Iachimo to step forward. Imogen demands to know where he got the ring on his finger. Iachimo confesses how he used trickery to win the bet with Posthumus. Posthumus emerges from the crowd and attacks Iachimo. When Imogen tries to intervene, Posthumus hits her, thinking she’s a boy. Pisanio scolds Posthumus. Imogen, revealing her true identity, turns on Pisanio for trying to poison her. The old doctor Cornelius intervenes, explaining how the Queen tricked Pisanio into thinking the poison was a healing potion and that he (Cornelius) secretly changed the ingredients to make it non-lethal. Posthumus embraces his wife. As everyone begins to piece it all together, Guiderius (Polydore) confesses that he killed Cloten. When Cymbeline orders that Guiderius be put to death for killing the prince, Belarius reveals himself as the banished courtier and tells the king that Guiderius and Arviragus are the sons that were stolen from him long ago. Cymbeline, overcome with happiness, forgives Belarius and welcomes him back to court. Meanwhile, Iachimo offers his life to Posthumus as payment for his sins, but Posthumus graciously forgives him. Together, everyone works to interpret the prophecy that Jupiter left in the book Posthumus found beside him that morning. The joyful king frees the Roman prisoners and vows to resume the tribute payments. Everyone goes to give thanks to the gods and to celebrate a lasting peace.
The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “CYMBELINE”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by ANDREA THOME. All episodes were directed by RAKESH PALISETTY and are based on the NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATRE COMPANY’S stage production directed by STEPHEN BROWN-FRIED. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.
Executive Producer: MICHAEL GOODFRIEND
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA AGREEMENT.
The cast is as follows:
PURVA BEDI as SICILIUS, LORD AND CAIUS LUCIUS
ANNIE FANG as ARVIRAGUS, FRENCHMAN, LADY AND THE WRITER
CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON as CYMBELINE
ANNA ISHIDA as IACHIMO, ROMAN SOLDIER, AND JAILOR
NAREA KANG as CORNELIUS, MOTHER, SOOTHSAYER, LORD AND MESSENGER
JENNIFER LIM as IMOGEN
KK MOGGIE as POSTHUMUS
MARIA-CHRISTINA OLIVERAS as THE QUEEN AND BELARIUS
SARAH SUZUKI as PHILARIO, GUIDERIUS, AND COMPANION
JEENA YI as CLOTEN AND ROMAN SOLDIER
JULYANA SOELISTYO as PISANIO AND JUPITER
Casting by THE TELSEY OFFICE: KARYN CASL, CSA.
Voice and Text Coach: JULIE FOH
Mix and Sound Design by LINDSAY JONES. Original Music Composition by CAROLINE ENG and LINDSAY JONES, with additional composition, orchestration and arrangement by STEPHEN BROWN-FRIED. Sound engineering and mixing by SADAHARU YAGI. Mix Engineer and Dialogue Editor: LARRY WALSH. Podcast Mastering by GREG CORTEZ at New Monkey Studio. Coordinating Producer: TRANSCEND STREAMING (KYRA BOWIE and LEANNA KEYES).
The Play On Podcast Series “CYMBELINE” is produced by NEXT CHAPTER PODCASTS and is made possible by the generous support of THE HITZ FOUNDATION. Visit NEXTCHAPTERPODCASTS.COM for more about the Play On Podcast Series. Visit PLAYONSHAKESPEARE.ORG for more about Play On Shakespeare.
Subscribe to Play On Premium for ad-free episodes and join our Patreon for exclusive merchandise and early commercial-free releases. Go to nextchapterpodcasts.com for our Bonus Content, where you’ll find interviews with the artists, producers and engineers who brought it all to life. And remember: “FALSEHOOD IS WORSE IN KINGS THAN BEGGARS!”
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