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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: Actor Jacob Ming-Trent talks about making a place for himself on the stage
Description: Jacob Ming-Trent has been moving from strength to theatrical strength. He played Falstaff to rave reviews in the Public Theater’s 2021 production of “Merry Wives” the play that re-opened theater in New York City after the pandemic shutdown and was set in the African immigrant community of Washington Heights. Right now, Ming-Trent is starring as Bottom in the Folger Theater’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” which is being performed in the great hall of the National Building Museum. This play has also been recalibrated: it very much highlights Bottom and the play within the play that workers are cre...