During the COVID-19 lockdowns, to deal with isolation and lack of live theatre, we started gathering some of our favourite people every Tuesday & Saturday night to read scripts over Zoom. We read all 38 Shakespeare plays in six months. Then we kept going. We decided to create mini-seasons featuring highlights from the canons of major writers across generations, plus a few bonus episodes thrown in.

 

All of our readings are available to enjoy as full videos on our YouTube page but we’re also releasing them in audio form so they can be accessed through your favourite podcast app.

 

This episode marks the end of our 18-month run of weekly performances. We still gather periodically to read so there will be more Corona Cold Reads to come but this was the closing of our principal chapter as the world began to re-open to in-person events. As the finale to our Shaw Season, we chose a text that reminded us of the Shakespeare plays that brought us together in the first place, the epic Saint Joan.

 

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The Cast of Saint Joan: 

Robert/Sentry/Ladvenu – Elizabeth Morriss

Steward/ The Page/The Executioner/The Soldier- Jessica G Smith

Joan- Laura Hubbard

Poulengey/The Inquisitor/The Gentleman- Thomas Gough

La Trémouille/D’Estivet- Olivia Jon

The Archbishop/The Chaplain- Miriam B

Bluebeard/Courcelles Hilary Wartinger

La Hire/Cauchon- Rebbekah Vega-Romero

Charles- Gaby Grice

The Duchess/Warwick- Shalyn Bass-McFaul

Dunois- Christopher Prentice

Stage Directions- Kelly Bedard

 

 

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