Play On Podcasts: “Love’s Labour’s Lost” with an all-Black cast debuts today

Building upon Play On Shakespeare’s mission to enhance the understanding of Shakespeare’s plays in performance, Play On Podcasts bring timeless tales directly to modern audiences. The series – presented by Next Chapter Podcasts in partnership with Play On Shakespeare – has released Macbeth, Pericles, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Coriolanus, King Lear, Twelfth Night, Henry V, Measure for Measure, The Winter’s Tale, and The Tempest over the last two years.

Today, on Juneteenth, Play On Podcasts releases episode 1 of Love’s Labour’s Lost. Set at Howard University in the 1930’s, this production of Josh Wilder’s translation features an all-Black cast directed by Nelson T. Eusebio III with sound design and music composition by Lindsay Jones. In the Play On Podcast series Love’s Labour’s Lost, everyone is a traveler and music is universal! Featuring Tonya Pinkins, Russell G. Jones, Ashley Bryant, Tiffany Rachelle-Stewart, Walter Coppage and Matthew Elijah Webb.

Listen here.