Welcome, listeners, to Season 3 of A Teenager’s Take on Shakespeare, The Genre-l Idea. This season, host Annabelle Higgins will be talking with guests about 'tragedy, comedy, history, pastoral, pastoral-comical, historical-pastoral, tragical-historical, tragical-comical-historical-pastoral, scene individable, or poem unlimited', in Polonius’ words.

Today there’s not one but two incredible guests, Victoria Rae Sook and Marshall B Garrett. In this episode, we discuss what makes a Shakespearean comedy, how Shakespeare generates laughs and what happens when comedy goes too far.

Victoria (Director/Choreographer/Actor/Producer) is a two-time Drama Desk Award Nominee as the Artistic Director and Founder of Food of Love Productions. She is an active board member of Bristol Riverside Theatre where she offers her dramaturgy services. She often choreographed for the OnComm-Award-Winning The Show Must Go Online and raised funds for the five-time Tony Award Winning revival of Company. A proud member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, and an SDC Associate, favorite shows include Mamma Mia, Grease, Shake & Bake: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Midsummer: a Banquet, Twelfth Night, Carrie, and Gallathea. Victoria has also worked in production at the Public Theater and remains, to this day, on their over hire list for when they need a hand. She is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and The University of South Florida. Victoria resides in Manhattan with her husband and is excited for her next production: baby Robin (named after Puck) debuting in June.

Marshall B Garrett is a theatre director and teacher based near Baltimore, Maryland. He has taught at universities, high schools, and theatres across the state, and directed around the United States, including Sweet Tea Shakespeare, Hoosier Shakes, Rubber City Theatre, and Baltimore Shakespeare Factory. He is the artistic director of the Susquehanna Shakespeare Ensemble, where he will be directing The Winter's Tale this summer.

You can find Victoria on Twitter and Instagram at @victoriaraesook or @foodoflovenyc or on her website www.VictoriaRaeSook.com, and Marshall on Twitter at @marshallbornotb or on his website www.marshallbgarrett.com, plus his upcoming podcast on Twitter at @ShakesCannon.

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Enjoy!