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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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Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
A weekend at the family vacation home in Martha's Vineyard... Sounds relaxing, right? But Lydia R. Diamond's play "Stick Fly" imagines the LeVay family (and a few guests) trying to enjoy their weekend at the Vineyard, but finding out that secrets, lies, and high expectations can tend to ruin the relaxation. Listen in this week as Jackson and Jacob discuss Diamond's "well-made play."
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Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Based loosely on true events, David Henry Hwang's play "Yellow Face" is a comic examination of theatre and identity. This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss Hwang's use of himself as the play's protagonist, as well as the play's documentary style.
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Our theme song is “Upbeat Soda Pop” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows:
Music: http://www.purple-planet.com
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Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss the delightful, evocative "Letters from Cuba" by Maria Irene Fornes. Fornes is a heavily-lauded playwright and director, known for the huge variety of styles and subjects in her work. "Letters from Cuba" is based on letters Fornes received from her own brother. Listen in!
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Our theme song is “Upbeat Soda Pop” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows:
Music: http://www.purple-planet.com
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Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Lyrical and poignant, Suzan-Lori Parks' play Father Comes Home From the Wars is a loosely adapted telling of The Odyssey set during the American Civil War. She imagines Hero, an enslaved man who is asked to follow his white captor into battle - fighting on the side of the rebel South. If he chooses to go, Hero will have to leave behind his beloved adoptive father and his long term romantic partner. Parks' three part telling of Hero's journey is an incredible feat of playwriting. This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss this 2015 Pulitzer Prize nominated play.
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Our theme song is “Upbeat Soda Pop” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows:
Music: http://www.purple-planet.com
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Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Nowadays, if you say "Lin-Manuel Miranda" in any public space, people will start gushing about the hit musical Hamilton. But before Hamilton was the culturally ubiquitous icon that it is, Miranda was well known for another genre-busting musical called In the Heights. Soon to be a major motion picture, In the Heights is an incredible portrait of the Washington Heights neighborhood. This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss this fantastic and moving example of Miranda's skill.
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We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen it? Comment and tell us your favorite themes, characters, plot points, etc. Did we get something wrong? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Find us on social media at:
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Our theme song is “Upbeat Soda Pop” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows:
Music: http://www.purple-planet.com
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Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
The collapse of Detroit is a narrative that is still embedded in the American psyche. Playwright Dominique Morisseau, a Dertroit native, has written a three play cycle called The Detroit Projects which chronicles three different Detroits across time. Listen in to this week's episode of No Script to hear Jackson and Jacob discuss the third play in this cycle, Skeleton Crew. In Skeleton Crew Morisseau has written a compelling blend of heart wrenching human drama and fascinating non-realistic imagery.
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We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen it? Comment and tell us your favorite themes, characters, plot points, etc. Did we get something wrong? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Find us on social media at:
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Our theme song is “Upbeat Soda Pop” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows:
Music: http://www.purple-planet.com
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Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
When the Blake family decides to hold their Thanksgiving in a mostly empty, slightly spooky two-floor apartment in Manhattan, deeply held secrets and insecurities boil to the surface. Stephen Karam's "The Humans" is an empathetic look at this family and their individual and corporate joy and pain. Listen in this week as Jackson and Jacob discuss how Karam plays on standard psychological realism tropes.
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We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen it? Comment and tell us your favorite themes, characters, plot points, etc. Did we get something wrong? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Find us on social media at:
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Our theme song is “Upbeat Soda Pop” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows:
Music: http://www.purple-planet.com
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Thanks so much for listening! We’ll see you next week.
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
A classic comedy if there ever was one, Noel Coward's "Private Lives" has been a staple of the stage for years and years and years. This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob wrestle with the play's complexities and its future.
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We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen it? Comment and tell us your favorite themes, characters, plot points, etc. Did we get something wrong? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Find us on social media at:
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Our theme song is “Upbeat Soda Pop” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows:
Music: http://www.purple-planet.com
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Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
For a long time, Jackson and Jacob have been planning to talk about Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury as the first episode of Season Five. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, America is finally facing a racial reckoning which makes the discussion of plays like Fairview all the more important.
... But, it is not lost on the boys of No Script that their perspective as two white men is a limited one. In this special episode, Jackson and Jacob have cut their typical hour long conversation into a half hour segment. As a No Script listener, you are strongly encouraged to use the remaining time to listen to or read an additional perspective on the play.
For your convenience, we have collected three stellar pieces that you can encounter.
1) An interview of Fairview actor Heather Alicia Simms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsBJ3osAuN4
2) An interview with playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury: https://www.pbs.org/video/jackie-sibblies-drury-discusses-her-play-fairview-j1ywq0/
3) Theatre critics Jesse Green and Salamishah Tillet discussing their experience of Fairview: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/theater/fairview-ending-debate.html
Black Lives Matter.
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We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen it? Comment and tell us your favorite themes, characters, plot points, etc. Did we get something wrong? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Find us on social media at:
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Our theme song is “Upbeat Soda Pop” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows:
Music: http://www.purple-planet.com
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Thanks so much for listening! We’ll see you next week.
Monday Jun 01, 2020
Monday Jun 01, 2020
In the final episode of the season, Jackson and Jacob discuss one of the greatest Western playwrights of all time: Henrik Ibsen. His play "Hedda Gabler" is a gripping character study, full of hard decisions and wry humor. Listen in!
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This is the final episode of Season 4! We will take a short break and begin Season 5 in early July.
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Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue.
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We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen it? Comment and tell us your favorite themes, characters, plot points, etc. Did we get something wrong? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Find us on social media at:
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Our theme song is “Upbeat Soda Pop” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows:
Music: http://www.purple-planet.com
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Thanks so much for listening! We’ll see you next week.