The 30-Minute Shakespeare Series

22/09/2025

I had a wonderful visit
To Staunton, Virginia and saw two
magnificent shows at American Shakespeare Center: Romeo and Juliet and Two Gentlemen of Verona, both delivered with tremendous energy, passion, music and talent.

My books, including the two plays mentioned as well as The 30-Minute Shakespeare Anthology are for sale at the amazing Words Matter Gift Shop.

Go to the American Shakespeare Center, visit Words Matter. Live a little!

26/08/2025

Tonight! Tuesday August 26th, 2025 7:30 to 8:30 PM

Tonight! Tuesday August 26th, 7:30 -8:30 PM EST

We hope you can join us for our monthly "Let's Make a Scene!" Tuesday, August 26th, 2025, 7:30 to 8:30 PM EST

We will round-robin read Richard III: The 30-Minute Shakespeare over Zoom.

Be a villainous hunchback King, a grieving-but-easily-seduced widow, a vicious ex-queen, someone soon-to-be murdered, the ghosts of the recently murdered, and more! All in good fun.

Revel in this Winter of our discontent!

No experience necessary, just show up and read the script in the chat of the Zoom or go to this link to download and print the script or read it on a tablet:

https://30minuteshakespeare.posthaven.com/lets-make-a-scene-richard-iii-tuesday-august-26th-2025-7-30-to-8-30-pm

Here is the Zoom link for the event:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89612434788?pwd=jIWqoCFY2kwWFLwOjSBOdzn0AMpdir.1

FREE PDF of Richard III: The 30-Minute Shakespeare to all participants.

Be there! Or be absent at your own peril!

Let's Make a Scene: Richard III! Tuesday August 26th, 2025, 7:30 to 8:30 PM

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05/04/2025

Spent a beautiful time last weekend in Staunton VA and attended 3 plays in repertory at the amazing American Shakespeare Center:

King Lear, Little Women, and The Comedy of Errors, all masterfully rendered by 9 actors.

Powerful, lyrical, musical, poignant, hysterical!

What a joy to behold.

I have copies of King Lear: The 30-Minute Shakespeare and The Comedy of Errors: The 30-Minute Shakespeare for sale at Words Matter Gift Shop, a true gem of an establishment with a compelling and well-curated collection of fascinating books and more.

I could not stop returning to Zynodoa Restaurant. Wow. Such great food; and the service and vibe in this unique and lovely town keeps calling me back.

I’m returning mid June with friends and family for Red Wing Roots Music Festival, where we will juggle music and theater.

If music be the food of love: play on!

31/01/2025

Thanks Cherie Starks Daigle for inviting me to join with your wonderful class at St. Thomas More Catholic High School for a very stimulating question and answer about Hamlet, following their performance of Hamlet: The 30-Minute Shakespeare. The students asked great questions and showed a beautiful spirit.

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31/01/2025

What an honor and joy to work with Taffety Punk on The 30-Minute Shakespeare Series’ first audiobook!
Working with the brilliant Steve Steckler at Asparagus Media Studios, these actors captured the horror and pathos of The Scottish Play, and brought chills to my spine.
It’s such a privilege to hear actors bring their fiery passions and deep understanding of Shakespeare’s texts to life.
I will be working with Book Buddy Media for the post production and we will let you know when the dramatic audiobook drops!
Big thanks to Marcus Kyd,Lise Bruneau, Danielle A. Drakes, Tonya Beckman, Danny Crane, Jenna Hochkammer and Gil Mitchell for their impassioned performances.

31/01/2025

What an honor and joy to work with Taffety Punk on The 30-Minute Shakespeare Series’ first audiobook!
Working with the brilliant Steve Steckler at Asparagus Media Studios, these actors captured the horror and pathos of The Scottish Play, and brought chills to my spine.
It’s such a privilege to hear actors bring their fiery passions and deep understanding of Shakespeare’s texts to life.
I will be working with Book Buddy Media for the post production and we will let you know when the dramatic audiobook drops!
Big thanks to Marcus Kyd,Lise Bruneau, Danielle A. Drakes, Tonya Beckman, Danny Crane, Jenna Hochkammer and Gil Mitchell for their impassioned performances.

31/01/2025

I had the great pleasure of working with Taffety Punk company members and special guests, recording our first audiobook!:
Macbeth:The 30-Minute Shakespeare at the wonderful Asparagus Media studios with engineer Steve Steckler.

Many thanks to Marcus Kyd, Lise Bruneau, Tonya Beckman, Danielle Drakes, Dan Crane, Gil Mitchell and Jenna Hochkammer for their decisive and thrilling dramatic renderings of the feared and fearful Scottish Play.

We will be working with Bookbuddy Media to bring it to audiobook format, and we will let you know when it arrives!

05/01/2025

Greetings, Let's Make a Scene regulars!

Happy New Year!

We are expecting Big Snow here in Maryland and due to that and a few other factors, we are postponing our next Let's Make a Scene until Wednesday January 22nd at 7:30 PM EST.

It will be the most excellent Twelfth Night.

Have a wonderful month and we will hope to see you on January 22nd.

More information to come as the date approaches!

All the best, and we hope to see you For Let's Make a Scene: Twelfth Night on Wednesday January 22nd, 2025 at 7:30 PM.

Nick Newlin

24/11/2024

Final day for The 30-Minute Shakespeare Series
at National Council of Teachers of English Convention in Boston.

Thanks to all who came by to support our efforts to get students up on their feet, moving around dramatically and having fun with Shakespeare.

Play’s the thing!

Great to see colleagues, friends, fans and all you bold and beautiful educators. Teachers rock!

Here is Nick Newlin (that would be me) with great friend and stellar teacher and human being Donna Denize.

23/11/2024

Day two of The 30-Minute Shakespeare Series at National Council of Teachers of English Convention in Boston.

Jennifer was savvy.
She purchased All 20 plays in The 30-Minute Shakespeare series plus The 30-Minute Shakespeare Anthology: 18 Student Scenes with Monologues plus Shakespeare’s Worst, all on flash drive.

Most merry

Play on!

22/11/2024

The 30-Minute Shakespeare Series off and running at National Council of Teachers of English Convention!

With Nick Newlin's The 30-Minute Shakespeare series, anybody can put on a lively Shakespeare play that keeps the language's beauty. Stage Directions included! Buy the first sixteen plays in the series at Amazon.com or http://www.30minuteshakespeare.com

06/11/2024

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