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Reading Room Festival Q&As

The Reading Room Festival Q&A: Mary Chieffo and Josh Nelson Youssef
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The Reading Room Festival Q&A: Mary Chieffo and Josh Nelson Youssef

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“I was particularly intrigued by the concept of ‘honest Iago’ and what honesty truly signifies in the context of gender roles,” writes Mary Chieffo.

Q&A with Austin Dean Ashford
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Q&A with Austin Dean Ashford

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Austin Dean Ashford shares more about his one-person show, “Rap Monologues,” which fuses hip hop history, humor, and a fresh perspective on the classics.

Q&A with Sarah Mantell
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Q&A with Sarah Mantell

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“I wanted to write a play that allowed these characters to speak in Jewish voices for the first time,” writes Mantell about Everything That Never Happened.

Q&A with Dr. John "Ray" Proctor III
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Q&A with Dr. John "Ray" Proctor III

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Learn more about what to expect for The Reading Room Festival’s “interactive interrogation” of Shakespeare’s Othello, Act III, scene iii, at Folger Theatre.

Q&A with Carmen Pelaez
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Q&A with Carmen Pelaez

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Carmen Pelaez shares how she was inspired by Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and why she set her play The Cuban Vote amid a political campaign in Miami.