15. The Cup | Interview with Claire Martin (Sweet Tea Shakespeare and War & Peace)

Welcome back to the 15th episode of The Cup which is our a weekly (give or take, TBD, these are unprecedented times) performing arts talk show presented by Cup of Hemlock Theatre. The theatres may be closed, but art finds a way to survive! For the time being on this podcast we are rereleasing our past reviews, interviews, roundtables, and duet reviews in remastered audio only versions so you can take your CoH content on the go! For our 15th episode we have a new artist interview. This particular conversation was hosted by our literary manager, resident dramaturg, and co-producer of all things The Cup Ryan Borochovitz. The artist who took on the hot seat was Claire F. Martin, the Assistant Artistic Director of the North Carolina-based theatre company, Sweet Tea Shakespeare, and author of a new stage adaptation of Tolstoy’s War and Peace. Enjoy as Claire and Ryan transparently use this interview framework as a pretext to nerd-out about a novel that they both love. Cup of Hemlock Theatre is a Toronto-based performing arts collective dedicated to staging works that examine the moral quandaries of the human experience. With an inquisitive compass, we aim to provide audiences the space to retrace their personal stories and navigate their individual ideologies. Follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: cohtheatre Follow Sweet Tea Shakespeare – Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: sweetteashakes // Also Facebook: Sweet Tea Shakespeare Community (public group)  http://www.sweetteashakespeare.com/ Follow our panelist at... Claire – Facebook: claire.martin.357 (please send a message before a friend request) // Instagram: claire.f.martin //  Email: [email protected]