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An unscripted conversation about theatre’s best scripts with theatre-philes Jackson Nickolay and Jacob Mann Christiansen
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This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss a play described as a "companion" to "Topdog/Underdog." Suzan-Lori Parks' "The Book of Grace" is about borders... both those on land and the ones we place, intentionally and fearfully, in our hearts. Listen in.
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Monday Mar 17, 2025
Monday Mar 17, 2025
A classic example of early twentieth-century expressionism, Sophie Treadwell's Machinal is an evocative depiction of an oppressive society. The 1928 play has recently been produced by companies around the world as its relevance, frighteningly, continues. Listen in as Jackson and Jacob discuss this moving, masterful work.
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Monday Mar 10, 2025
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Listen in as Jackson and Jacob discuss Sugar in Our Wounds by Donja R. Love. Love's play is both heart wrenching and beautiful. It's a moving portrait of vile oppression and meaningful love.
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Thanks for listening. Check out these other conversations on Sugar in Our Wounds:
Regina Victor's Review for Rescripted: https://rescripted.org/2019/10/28/sugar-wounds-fft/
Julinda D. Lewis' review: https://jdldancesrva.com/2022/05/23/sugar-in-our-wounds/
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Monday Mar 03, 2025
Monday Mar 03, 2025
Jackson and Jacob discuss Nilo Cruz's play Two Sisters and a Piano. Cruz, a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, explores the psychology of capture amidst the turbulent politics of communist Cuba. This lyrical, poetic play is beautiful, and terrifying, to witness. Listen in!
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Monday Feb 24, 2025
Monday Feb 24, 2025
What happens when the countercultural artmakers get old? What happens when their revolutionary criticisms of the establishment become the establishment? Pearl Cleage dives into these deep waters in her play "Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous." Listen in as Jackson and Jacob discuss this smart, funny, and energetic play.
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Check out these other conversations on Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous:
Artistic Director of Hartford Stage, Melia Bensussen, discusses the play with Pearl Cleage: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2550992795208574
Interview with the cast of the Hartford Stage production: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvJr-omr3UQ
Discussion between Pearl Cleage and director Susan V. Booth: https://www.alliancetheatre.org/content/playwright-pearl-cleage-and-director-susan-v-booth-talk-angry-raucous-and-shamelessly
Alliance Theatre's Study Guide: https://www.alliancetheatre.org/sites/default/files/ARSG%20Study%20Guide.pdf
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Monday Feb 17, 2025
Monday Feb 17, 2025
Jackson and Jacob discuss August Wilson's musical, volatile play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Listen in as they explore how Wilson masterfully links to characters, comparing and contrasting their interactions with an unjust world.
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Check out these other conversations on Ma Rainey's Black Bottom:
George C Wolfe discusses the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6qEaTW3L58
MoMA interviews the cast of the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW_ZksDkQME
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Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
"Man from Nebraska" by Tracy Letts. Jackson and Jacob discuss this Pulitzer Prize finalist, exploring how different the play is from its headline plot.
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Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Season 14 begins! Jackson and Jacob discuss the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Eboni Booth: Primary Trust. Listen in as the boys rave about Booth's theatrical imagination -- and debate her main character's affinity for mai tais.
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Monday Dec 23, 2024
Monday Dec 23, 2024
For the season finale, Jackson and Jacob discuss the hit musical Waitress. With a rocking score by Sara Bareilles and book by Jessie Nelson, Waitress is several love stories all wrapped into one... and there's pie! Listen in.
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Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
How does playwright Luis Santeiro imagine a terrible part of Europe's colonial history? With puppets, of course! Listen in as Jackson and Jacob discuss this wild and wacky take on history.
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