Horatio, You’re Our Only Hope

Hamlet has closed, but there is still discussion to be had. Is Horatio important to Hamlet? Horatio thinks so. I agree. We’re talking to Corey Whaley as he talks about playing Hamlet’s conscience - a Jiminy Cricket, if you will. We will talk about walking the line between anchoring Hamlet and letting Hamlet make his own choices. We’ll talk about the play within the play and when Horatio gets to let loose. We will also get to talk to what it means to be a hobbyist actor. Corey has acted for 36 years as a hobby. He discusses how he balances the theater as a part time possibility rather than a full time job. He discusses the toll of heavy plays on the actor, being miscast, and finding hope on stage and behind the scenes. What part does the audience play in theatre? Please forgive my volume, but you’re not really here to listen to me anyway!  https://www.youtube.com/@ShakespeareanShrew  Please follow us on Instagram: @theshakespeareanshrew TikTok: @theshakespeareanshrew We are getting ready for Hamlet, which opens September 12th, so ask me your Hamlet questions, and I will find you some answers. Thank you for listening! Host/Shakespearean Shrew: Dr. Karen Feiner Co-Creator/Brew Shrew: Michelle Coffman Cover Art Creator/Artistic Shrew: Katie Kimberling ⁠⁠www.halfmaverick.com⁠⁠ Thank you to our guest Corey Whaley.  Corey Whaley (Horatio) is excited to be returning to OSP after having lived in Dallas for many years. Previously, Corey has worked with OSP in productions of All’s Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, Comedy of Errors, Julius Caesar, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Macbeth, Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, Pericles, Taming of the Shrew, Tempest, Titus Andronicus, and Winter’s Tale (and some of these more than once). However, this is his first Hamlet! Since returning to OKC last fall, Corey has also appeared as King Arthur in Spamalot at The Pollard Theatre, and as Professor Plum in Clue at Carpenter Square Theatre.