Rebecca Martínez and Julián Mesri — THE COMEDY OF ERRORS/LA COMEDIA DE ERRORES
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Adapter/lyricist/director/choreographer Rebecca Martínez and adapter/composer/lyricist/music director/translator Julián Mesri hop aboard the podcast to share about their bilingual musical adaptation of The Comedy of Errors for the Public Theater's Mobile Unit. Hear from this multi-hyphenate pair about what it means to write for community, how they approached creating an adaptation that would be fully bilingual, and where they found musical inspiration in Shakespeare's text. It's a fascinating deep-dive into a uniquely powerful process!
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