Jacob Ming-Trent on How Shakespeare Saved My Life
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Jacob Ming-Trent on How Shakespeare Saved My Life
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One small step into the wrong classroom becomes a giant leap into a new life as a Shakespearean actor. That's how Jacob Ming-Trent tells it in his remarkable one-man tour-de-force, How Shakespeare Saved My Life. As the Folger prepares for the world premiere of How Shakespeare Saved My Life this June, Ming-Trent joins us to delve deeper into his story.
A multitalented stage and screen actor, he has appeared in Broadway musicals from Gypsy to Shrek, television series like Watchmen and Ray Donovan, and films including The Forty-Year-Old Version and Friendship.
Ming-Trent is no stranger to the Folger stage, having previously portrayed Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream in 2022. He workshopped an early version of How Shakespeare Saved My Life at the Folger's Reading Room Festival in 2024.
In this episode, Ming-Trent presents Shakespeare as an urban poet in the vein of Tupac and Biggie. He breaks down the inspiration behind How Shakespeare Saved My Life and how he brings his own experience to his interpretation of Shakespeare's words, rearranging and reframing them to create something uniquely personal.