Corona Cold Reads: Love’s Labour’s Lost

These are crazy times and we’ve all taken on a bunch of new projects as we socially isolate in order to help stop the spread of Covid-19. We’re donating where we can, we’re cleaning the pantry, we’re organizing the 2300+ title dvd library. We finished work on the Nominee Interview Series even though the live event for our yearly Critics’ Pick Awards had to be cancelled (we’ve still got trophies to give out, eventually). We started the Corona Movie Club to help curb our boredom and constant need to talk about movies with other human beings. I’m even watching network procedurals and actually writing about them. But what we all really need is comfort. We need our favourite things and our favourite people and right now those are hard to come by so we have to do everything we can to bring them together whenever possible. For me, there’s nothing quite so comforting and joyful as Shakespeare. Luckily, I know a lot of people who also love Shakespeare- a few old friends from my alma mater’s Shakespeare Society and a few of my favourite Toronto theatre artists, all of whom just so happen to be talented and generous and responsibly socially isolated enough to want to join a nearly 3-hour 19-person Zoom call for the purposes of livestreaming Shakespeare on YouTube. Check out Love’s Labour’s Lost in audio form below (or on iTunes) then tune into our YouTube page to find the rest of our readings.   A huge thank you to the cast of Love’s Labour’s Lost. Because this was our final Shakespeare reading in the series, we invited anyone who had joined us for a previous reading to be in the cast. To accommodate the extra people, we doubled up the largest roles to expand a 19-character play to fit a 36-person cast.   Ferdinand (Acts 1 & 2)- Nicanor Campos Ferdinand (Act 4)- Mo Kamaly Ferdinand (Act 5)- Elizabeth Ramirez Longaville- Mark Kreder Domain- Samantha Chappell Berown (Acts 1, 2, 3)- Gaby Grice Berown (Acts 4 & 5)- Scott Garland Princess (Act 2)- Elizabeth Morriss Princess (Act 4) – Miriam B Princess (Act 5)- Olivia Klausen McCargar Maria- Melissa Wright Katharine- Jason Chappell Rosaline (Act 2)- Fabiana Cabral Moth (Act 1)/Rosaline (Act 4)- Hilary Wirachowsky Rosaline (Act 5)- Laura Hubbard Boyet (Act 2)- Andrew Hawley Boyet (Act 4)- David Armstrong Boyet (Act 5)- Michael Ross Albert Don Adriano de Armado (Act 1)- Victoria Urquhart Don Adriano de Armado (Act 3)- Christopher Prentice Don Adriano de Armado (Act 5 scene 1)- Morgan Ford Don Adriano de Armado (Act 5 scene 2)- Shalyn McFaul Costard (Act 1)- Saiya Floyd Costard (Act 3)- Andrew Patti Costard (Act 4 scene 1)- Steve Vargo Costard (Act 4 scenes 2 & 3)- Haley Dinel Costard (Act 5)- Hilary Wartinger Moth (Act 3)- James King Moth (Act 5)- Nicole Falgoust Holofernes (Act 4)- Weldon Goree Holofernes (Act 5)- Susan Bond First Lord/Mercade- Steve Fisher Sir Nathaniel- Jim Hill Dull- Timothy Ng Jaquenetta- Jeff Dingle Forester – Stephanie Junge-Filipek   CLICK HERE to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes so you don’t miss an episode.  The post Corona Cold Reads: <em>Love’s Labour’s Lost</em> appeared first on My Entertainment World.