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The Bard on the Pod
by Valley Shakespeare Festival
A podcast by Valley Shakespeare Festival
Episodes
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S3E2 - Our Halloween Episode
The Bard On The Pod is hosted by Tom Simonetti, Founder and Artistic Director of Valley Shakespeare Festival, and Kayleigh Mihalko, past Chair of the board for Valley Shakespeare Festival. Links mentioned in this episode: Disney and Shakespeare:...
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S3E1 - Marketing A Regional Theater
As Tom said, "How do we market something no one wants?" While funny, it does highlight the difficulties of marketing a small regional theater. The Bard On The Pod is hosted by Kayleigh Mihalko and Tom Simonetti. It is a production of Valley Shakespeare Festival. This episode is sponsored by Cloud...
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S2E6 - 10 Years of VSF
In this episode, Kayleigh and Tom have a quick conversation to get the 10th season of Valley Shakespeare Festival started!
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S2E4 - Popshow Quizshow
In this episode, host Kayleigh quizzes Tom on his knowledge of William Shakespeare and his plays. Show notes Quiz questions were sourced from https://parade.com/1206030/marynliles/shakespeare-trivia/ and https://www.usefultrivia.com/literary_trivia/shakespeare_trivia_index_ii.html Credits...…
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S2E3 - Curses, Spirits, and Doorways
In this episode, hosts Kayleigh and Tom talk about how curses, spirits, ghosts, and doorways are featured in the plays of Shakespeare. Credits... Hosts: Kayleigh Mihalko and Tom Simonetti. Edited and Produced by: Kayleigh Mihalko and Tom Simonetti. Become a Member: https://www.patreon.com/vsfestival
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S2E2 - Teaching Shakespeare
In this episode, hosts Kayleigh and Tom talk with Board Member Art Brennan about how he goes about teaching Shakespeare to his high school students. Tom adds how he approaches teaching the younger children. Credits... Hosts: Kayleigh Mihalko and Tom Simonetti. Edited and Produced by: Kayleigh...
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S2E1 - Did Shakespeare Write Alone?
*This episode has a moment with adult content! You might not want to listen with young children.* In this episode, Kayleigh and Tom talk about how to tell what parts of some of the plays were written by William Shakespeare and what parts were written by other writers. Hosts: Kayleigh Mihalko and...
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What it takes to put on a show!
Putting on a show each summer is a huge undertaking. In order to offer it to the community at no charge, we have to raise tens of thousands of dollars. We pay our actors, we pay our staff, we pay our vendors, and we have costumes, housing, travel, props, printing, signage, and so many other costs...
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BONUS Episode To Promote The Adventures of Pericles
In this BONUS episode, Tom and Kayleigh speak to two of the five actors who will star in The Adventures of Pericles Shows will take place at the Parks in Shelton and in Oxford! Hosts: Kayleigh Mihalko Tom Simonetti Guests: Eric Bermudez Zak Risinger Visit www.vsfestival.org/park for details and...
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S1E8 - 10 Myths and Misconceptions of William Shakespeare
*This episode has a language warning! You might not want to listen with young children.* Hosts: Kayleigh Mihalko and Tom Simonetti. Edited and Produced by: Kayleigh Mihalko and Tom Simonetti. In this episode, Kayleigh quizzes Tom on myths and misconceptions on The Bard. For an additional TWO…
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S1E7: How To Pick A Season
In this episode, Tom and Kayleigh talk about how the season of shows is chosen and discuss books! Become a Member: https://www.patreon.com/vsfestival Show Notes: https://www.vsfestival.org/podcast
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S1E6 - 2021 Season and Membership Announcements
Hosts Tom and Kayleigh talk all new things happening in 2021, including the season and the brand new membership program - Friends of VSF.
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S1E5 Part 4 - A Christmas Carol
VSF podcast hosts, Kayleigh and Tom, are joined by local community leaders to do a reading of Charles Dicken's Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol, adapted by Tom Simonetti.
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S1E5 Part 3 - A Christmas Carol
Kayleigh and Tom are joined by more community leaders for the third part of the VSF community reading of A Christmas Carol.
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S1E5 Part 1 - A Christmas Carol
VSF podcast hosts, Kayleigh and Tom, are joined by local community leaders to do a reading of Charles Dicken's Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol, adapted by Tom Simonetti.
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S1E4 - Food In Shakespeare's Time
In this episode, Tom and Kayleigh speak to Jim Calkins of Seasonal Catering about food and traditions in Shakespeare's day.
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S1E3 - The Ghosts Of Shakespeare
It's that time of year. Haunting season! Listen as Tom and Kayleigh discuss the ghosts of VSF's past, present, and future. Performances from both Shakespeare's "Macbeth", "Hamlet" will keep you haunted for the Halloween season!
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S1E2 - VSF goes to the Farm
Join Valley Shakespeare Festival down on the Farm...well, Massaro Farm exactly. Family programming abounds this year on October 10th and 11th when VSF presents a socially distant SNOW WHITE at Massaro Community Farm in Woodbridge, CT. Tickets can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yygh3bxo This...
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Cyrano in COVID-19
Take a look into Valley Shakespare Festival's CYRANO, playing September 3rd through 6th, 2020 at 7 PM in Veteran's Memorial Park in Shelton, CT. In this quick episode we talk to our three actors, and our fight choreographer Carlo Riveccio.
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The Park that Started A Tradition
In this episode, we talk to actors and audience members of Valley Shakespeare Festival and our annual tradition of Shakespeare in the Park. In 2013, Tom Simonetti and an intrepid group of actors rehearsed and performed the first VSF Shakespeare in the Park production of "The Comedy of Errors" and...
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Teaser for The Bard On The Pod
Hey there...are you a fan of theater, backstage stories...and also can’t get enough classical theater in your life? Join us, Tom Simonetti, and Kayleigh Mihalko, on the Valley Shakespeare Festival’s podcast. Our episodes will be about how VSF operates and will be both educational and…
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A podcast by Valley Shakespeare Festival
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