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Join Santa Cruz Shakespeare, the UCSC Shakespeare Workshop, and The Humanities Institute, as we launch Undiscovered Shakespeare: Henry VIII, the fourth installment of our annual virtual Shakespeare program.

Undiscovered Shakespeare is a public arts and humanities series co-produced by Santa Cruz Shakespeare, UCSC Shakespeare Workshop, and The Humanities Institute. It brings professional actors and scholars together with the public for a staged reading and discussion of works by Shakespeare that are rarely produced.

 

Episode 1: February 21, 2024, 7:00pm-9:00pm PST
Buckingham (Prologue through Act 2, Scene 1)

 

Episode 2: February 28, 2024, 7:00pm-9:00pm PST
Katharine and Wolsey (Act 2, Scene 2 through Act 3, Scene 2)

 

Episode 3: March 6, 2024, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Cranmer (Act 4, Scene 1 through Epilogue)

Cast

Brendan Mulligan
Brendan Mulligan: King Henry VIII
Dawn Alden (1)
Dawn Alden: Katharine of Aragon and Ensemble
Thomas Bigley (1)
Thomas Bigley: Cardinal Wolsey and Ensemble
Randolph Thompson (1)

Randy Thompson: Buckingham, Suffolk, Ensemble.
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Renée Torchio Macdonald (1)
Renée Torchio Macdonald: Surrey and Ensemble
Anusha Shankar_HEADSHOT (1) (1)
Anusha Shankar: Anne Boleyn and Ensemble
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Jeremy Helgeson: Norfolk and Ensemble
JonoEiland (1)

Jono Eiland: Cromwell and Ensemble

Anjoli Aguilar (1)
Anjoli Aguilar: Cranmer and Ensemble