Rachel Lawson's The Magicians: Why Am I Always Juliet? podcast

What happens when a storm‑summoning necromancer and the immortal embodiment of Fate get forced into Shakespeare’s most romantic tragedy?

Absolute anarchy.

Why Am I Always Juliet? follows Blake — Death himself disguised as Queen Elizabeth’s weatherman — and Lucius Silver, a time‑lost Shakespearean actor who has played kings, gods, and legends… but never the one role he wants.

Instead, he’s Juliet.

Again.

Across three acts of escalating chaos, Blake and Lucius battle wardrobe disasters, magical misfires, dagger incidents, balcony collapses, and Shakespeare’s relentless enthusiasm. Rumors swirl that Romeo and Juliet are witches. The cast panics. The Queen expects brilliance. And Shakespeare keeps fainting.

Every rehearsal goes wrong.

Every scene becomes a supernatural accident.

Every attempt at romance ends in lightning, levitation, or attempted murder.

And somehow… the audience loves it.

A comedic fantasy of fate, fr