22 Sides
22 Sides
Podcast Description
22 Sides is a podcast that will let you get to know some fascinating people and keep up with many things that are happening in and around the Houston area.
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Content Themes
The podcast covers a variety of themes including personal stories of resilience, cultural insights, and local activism, with episodes featuring topics such as the journey through failure in personal growth, the primal experience of hunting for sustenance, and reflections on LGBTQ+ advocacy in Houston, shedding light on both individual and collective experiences.
22 Sides is a podcast that will let you get to know some fascinating people and keep up with many things that are happening in and around the Houston area.
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Shakespeare on Zoom sounded like a stopgap. It turned into a doorway. We sit down with actor, director, and Zoom Shakespeare Productions artistic director Rebecca Bernstein to talk about how a pandemic-era experiment grew into a real community for artists and audiences, including people who could finally participate from home across time zones, disabilities, and limited access to traditional theater spaces.
From there we jump into what’s next on stage in Houston: Thornfield Cohen, a story of Jane Eyre, an abstract Jane Eyre adaptation that keeps Charlotte Bronte’s words while making the story feel immediate, accessible, and emotionally raw. We dig into the creative choices, including projections of Jane’s drawings and a dancer who embodies Jane’s artistic self, and why this version leans into the queerness that many readers have always felt in the love story.
We also get direct about inclusive casting in classical theater, why “the classics” have been withheld from people of color and LGBTQ+ performers, and how experimental productions can honor the intent of old texts better than rigid “traditional” staging. Then we widen the lens to accessibility, fandom support, and the real-world barriers that still show up at venues, right down to parking and mobility issues.
If you care about queer theater, inclusive Shakespeare, Houston arts, and making performance more accessible, hit play, subscribe, and share this with a friend, then leave us a review telling us what classic story you want reclaimed next.
Where to buy tickets to Jane Eyre show
https://matchouston.org/events/2026/thornfield-story-jane-eyre
Zoom Shakespeare Productions FB page
https://www.facebook.com/share/1EhemCNQ4A/?mibextid=wwXIfr
The Black Freighter Theatre Co. (online theater plays that my brother runs)
https://www.facebook.com/share/g/17qpizfFVE/?mibextid=wwXIfr
The movie that local actress Andrea Pister has a bit part in, The Rivals of Amziah King
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27706593/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_accord_2_cdt_t_2
We hope you will listen often.
For more information, visit our website 22sides.com
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