The Green Light

Welcome to our first BONUS episode! Our episode 7 writer, Michael Sparks, dropped so much anime knowledge in his interview that it needed its own mini episode. Get over those Monday blues and tune in now! Contact Michael Sparks: harrisonsparksm@gmail.com Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Follow The Green Light on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook! Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c

We hope you aren't missing us too badly in our absence, but if you are just pining for the Green Light, you are in luck! We just released a full 30 minute ramble episode on our Patreon about our double feature viewing of Cruella and Black Widow, and we are giving you a little ten minute taste right here. If you like what you hear, please consider subscribing to our patreon, where you can get this kind of content at the lowest level! Only $1 a month and you can be hearing our sweet voices fill your ears a little bit more. Either way though, we love y'all, and can't wait to return to our fully scheduled programming. Enjoy! 

Welcome one and all to the very first episode of The Green Light Podcast! We do staged readings for your ears with a little bit of banter sprinkled in before and after. Our very first script is No Homo Zombro, written by Ellie Baker. Ellie is a junior at UNC Chapel Hill, a dear friend, and a great interviewee. In this episode, we talk to Ellie about her early start as a writer, using comedy as a tool in action lines, and why Jackson never became a WWE wrestler.  DETOURS: The Good Place (Netflix, Hulu), Crashing (Netflix), Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (Netflix)  Ellie Baker contact info: elliebb@live.unc.edu  Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Follow The Green Light on Twitter and Instagram! @tgl_pod Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c Jacob Wishnek: @jacobwishnek *Quick note: We recorded this one a few weeks ago, so it may not be completely up to date, but it sure is a heck of a lot of fun.*

For episode two, we’re reading Bay of Legion, a short comedic play by our friend and housemate Blake Benson about that moderately obscure Bible story where Jesus drives a demon out of a boy and into a bunch of pigs. Blake moved out to LA after graduating from UNC Chapel Hill and he hopes to be a writer for children’s animation. We talk to him about the writer's process, his opinion on auteurs, and the world of online dating. Detours: Tiger King (Netflix), Onward (Disney+), The Art of Asking (Amanda Palmer), Funny Face (Amazon/Youtube) Blake Benson contact info: blakebenson97@gmail.com Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Follow The Green Light on Twitter and Instagram! @tgl_pod Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c Jacob Wishnek: @jacobwishnek

This week, we read a super heartwarming screenplay with a comedic kick by Brennan Colucci: Dear Julius Caesar, I Like My Coffee. A young woman named Emily writes letters to famous figures whom she knows better than we think. Brennan is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, and he talks about his former experience as a DJ for a student station and his un-baguette-able profile picture trend. Detours: Barry (HBO), Too Hot to Handle (Netflix), 102 Dalmatians (Disney+) Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Follow The Green Light on Twitter and Instagram! @tgl_pod Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c Jacob Wishnek: @jacobwishnek

This week’s play is a fresh take on what the afterlife might look like by Andy Rassler, Lauren’s high school theatre teacher! Two people, newly deceased, find themselves in the Shirley Gates Heavenly Thrift Shop where they must come to terms with their own deaths and buy some second-hand angel wings. Andy talks about worldbuilding, how COVID has changed teaching, and Shakespeare (her basset hound). Detours: Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (YouTube/Amazon); People, Places & Things (Duncan Macmillan); Kiss a Squid (Andy Rassler) Contact Andy Rassler: andrea.rassler@cabarrus.k12.nc.us Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Follow The Green Light on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook! Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c

This week, our story is about two flight attendants trying to find fulfillment in their cyclical lives as told by Matthew Keith. Matthew talks about acting while writing, college during COVID, and why Marianne can’t just do a line of coke. We also state our support for Black Lives Matter and would like to list some resources below where you can find great work by Black content creators. Detours: Thirteenth (Netflix), Cheer (Netflix), Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix- the series, NOT the movie), Princess Mononoke (HBO Max) Contact Matthew Keith: mhkeith@live.unc.edu Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Follow The Green Light on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook! Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c Fifty Greatest Movies by Black Directors More Movies Books to educate yourself More Books Justice in June - A google doc started by Autumn Gupta and Bryanna Wallace for the purpose of providing a starting place for those trying to become better allies  Link to Resources that include a list of places to donate all across the United States, in addition to other resources for protestors, mutual aid funds etc. 

This week, Ellie Baker is back on the pod with a very different script! Living History is a play about two time traveling journalists tasked with capturing famous battles with modern photography and the ethical struggle surrounding performative activism. Ellie updates us on her life since we last spoke (episode 1) and gives us her take on how photo quality affects our perception of history. Detours: The Mandalorian (Disney +), The Dog Island (Wii), Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (Netflix), Dune (Frank Herbert) Contact Ellie Baker: elliebb@live.unc.edu Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Follow The Green Light on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook! Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c

This week, we’re reading a slightly futuristic, slightly sci-fi screenplay about a robot maid learning to be human by Michael Sparks. Michael talked to us about juggling ALL the roles on a film set, his Blade Runner theories, and so much about anime that we’re giving his schpiel a separate bonus episode, coming soon! Detours: The King of Staten Island (Amazon); Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix-- the series, not the live action film!); Spirited Away (HBO Max-- one of the many anime films mentioned by Michael in the full version of the interview) Contact Michael Sparks: harrisonsparksm@gmail.com Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Follow The Green Light on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook! Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c

This week, we have a show full of WOMEN between our script, our writer, and our detours. We’re reading “I Love You, Too,” a short screenplay by Samantha Hines, our first writer whom we don’t technically know! Yay! “I Love You, Too” is about a girl named Allison who is on a road trip to… not where her mom thinks she’s going. Samantha reveals that she prefers writing dramas and is… Team Jacob?! Detours: Primal (HBO Max); Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement (Angela Davis); Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Hulu); Avatar: The Last Airbender AGAIN (Netflix) Contact Samantha Hines: samanthaclayhines@gmail.com Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Follow The Green Light on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook! Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c

This week, we’re reading our first excerpt from a longer work: The New Couch by Ryan DeAngelis. A couple moves into a new apartment together in New York and deals with the anxieties of taking this next huge relationship step while healing each other. Ryan talks about theatre after COVID, their “medium agnostic” style, and the Lucky Charms eating method they and Lauren share.   Detours: A Sitch in Time (Disney+, Kim Possible season 2, episodes “Past,” “Present,” and “Future”); The Umbrella Academy (Netflix), Irresistible (Amazon)   Contact Ryan DeAngelis: rdeaart@gmail.com Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Follow The Green Light on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook! Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c

This week, we’re reading a satirical dark comedy about a harmfully moderate news station: The News Cycle by Ben Howard. A news anchor is doing her first broadcast and is baffled by the station’s decisions to give platforms to awful people in an effort to “see both sides of every story.” Ben discusses the nature of satire, the state of Arkansas, and the ethics of peeing in a pool.   Detours: Hamilton (Disney+); Westworld (HBO MAX) The Animal in You Quiz Contact Ben Howard: johnbennetthoward@gmail.com Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Become one of our producers on Patreon! Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow The Green Light on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook! Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c

Our very first bonus episode for our $5 tier and above on Patreon: Green Lit! For our first episode, we had to do the most ambitious crossover of all time: That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana. This episode was an hour long event but is on Disney+ as three separate episodes, one for each show featured: That's So Raven: Checkin' Out (Season 4) The Suite Life of Zack and Cody: That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana (Season 2) Hannah Montana: On the Road Again (Season 1) For our drink, we mixed Jim Beam apple whiskey with Kroger brand lemon-lime soda. Take a sip and hang out with us, and subscribe to our Patreon at the $5 level or higher for more Green Lit! Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Become one of our producers on Patreon! Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow The Green Light on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook! Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c

This week, we’re reading Irishman by Jack Ryan Yuran. Thankfully, this one is 10 minutes, not 3 and a half hours. Irishman dives into the complex tension between Irish Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. A young man named Sean loses both his parents in the Bloody Sunday Massacre and joins the IRA only to find that it may be more than his morality can handle. Jack talks about his airplane flying strategy, his Irish heritage, and his favorite football team! (GO STEELERS!) Detours: The Lovebirds (Netflix), Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (Disney+) Honorable Mention: Andrew Scott (just as a person) Contact Jack Ryan Yuran: jackyuran@yahoo.com Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-green-light/id1512027038 Follow The Green Light on social media! Twitter: @tgl_pod https://twitter.com/tgl_pod Instagram: @tgl_pod https://www.instagram.com/tgl_pod/ Facebook: @greenlightpod https://www.facebook.com/greenlightpod Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry (Twitter/Instagram) Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c (Twitter/Instagram)

This week, we’re reading Jasmine by Ankit Dhame, a multi-faceted writer/photographer/musician from Mumbai, India, currently attending Prague Film School. Jasmine is the story of a young couple from two different financial backgrounds waiting to see the results of a pregnancy test. Ankit talks about his background, his writing process, and who would play him in a movie about his life. Lauren repeatedly says, “microphone,” when she means to say, “microscope.” Detours: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Book Two: Earth, Netflix), The Little Prince (Netflix) Contact Ankit Dhame: ankitdhame@gmail.com Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-green-light/id1512027038 Follow The Green Light on social media! Twitter: @tgl_pod https://twitter.com/tgl_pod Instagram: @tgl_pod https://www.instagram.com/tgl_pod/ Facebook: @greenlightpod https://www.facebook.com/greenlightpod Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry (Twitter/Instagram) Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c (Twitter/Instagram)

This week, we’re reading an excerpt from a pilot: Re-Created by Brian Pavone! He’s our favorite guest ever because he listens to the show! Brian is a graduate of Fordham University from Long Island who loves McDonald’s fries and occasionally jaywalks. Re-Created is about a depressed father/husband seeking to improve his happiness and relationships with his wife and son… no matter what the cost. Detours: Palm Springs (Hulu), Clybourne Park (Bruce Norris) Contact Brian Pavone: brianpavone22@gmail.com Full Re-Created script: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pLLisLj95dGbKDVQBufgXHguHUxuJsxD/view?usp=sharing Brian’s review of Palm Springs: https://celebritypage.com/palm-springs-a-delight-well-suited-for-these-times Brian’s review of The Rental: https://celebritypage.com/movie-review-the-rental-thrills-a-little-chills-a-lot Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-green-light/id1512027038 Follow The Green Light on social media! Twitter: @tgl_pod https://twitter.com/tgl_pod Instagram: @tgl_pod https://www.instagram.com/tgl_pod/ Facebook: @greenlightpod https://www.facebook.com/greenlightpod Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry (Twitter/Instagram) Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c (Twitter/Instagram)

This week, we’re reading a VERY new work from an award-winning playwright, Judy Upton! Judy has had a number of both plays and screenplays produced by companies like the Royal Court, National Theatre, and Hampstead Theatre. She also enjoys eating cucumber sandwiches at picnics. Her play, Ants at a Picnic, is set in May 2020 and involves two quarantined people on either side of the “should we keep staying home even when it seems like nobody else is” debate. Detours: Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Ibram X. Kendi), 100 Humans (Netflix) Contact Judy Upton: judyuptonwriter@gmail.com Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-green-light/id1512027038 Follow The Green Light on social media! Twitter: @tgl_pod https://twitter.com/tgl_pod Instagram: @tgl_pod https://www.instagram.com/tgl_pod/ Facebook: @greenlightpod https://www.facebook.com/greenlightpod Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry (Twitter/Instagram) Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c (Twitter/Instagram)

A short farewell to the place our podcast called home for 14 episodes. (P.S. Lauren wanted to call this episode “Coming out of the Closet” and she wanted that on the record.) Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-green-light/id1512027038 Follow The Green Light on social media! Twitter: @tgl_pod https://twitter.com/tgl_pod Instagram: @tgl_pod https://www.instagram.com/tgl_pod/ Facebook: @greenlightpod https://www.facebook.com/greenlightpod Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry (Twitter/Instagram) Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c (Twitter/Instagram)

This week, we’re reading “A Stupid, Broken Leg,” a short play set in an emergency room. A father tries to defend himself against accusations of abuse after his son breaks his leg. Nolan Nightingale, our writer of the week, is pursuing his MFA in creative writing at Emerson College starting this fall and has had several of his works produced. He talks about his Road to the Pulitzer, brown sugar cinnamon Pop-Tarts, and Meowth. Detours: Black is King (Disney+), The Last Dance (Netflix), Good Omens (Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett) Contact Nolan Nightingale: nhnolan@gmail.com Check out Nolan’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVsGsoZol8EzV2lg_lVSShg Read Nolan's work on New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/users/44643/nolan-nightingale Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-green-light/id1512027038 Follow The Green Light on social media! Twitter: @tgl_pod https://twitter.com/tgl_pod Instagram: @tgl_pod https://www.instagram.com/tgl_pod/ Facebook: @greenlightpod https://www.facebook.com/greenlightpod Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry (Twitter/Instagram) Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c (Twitter/Instagram)  

This week, we’re reading an excerpt from MVP, a feature film by Sergio Yañez and Tomás Del Real! We’re super excited to have another super talented writer/musician, and Tomás’s music is featured in our transitions! MVP is about four people who only know each other through a VR game called Gunslingers that they play together. Something mysterious and tragic occurs that takes them on a dangerous journey through both the real and VR worlds. Sergio and Tomás talk about their collaborative process, waffles, and Sergio’s new baby (who is also Tomás’s new niece)! Detours: Project Power (Netflix), Ultimate Tag (Hulu) Contact Sergio Yañez: sergioscripts@gmail.com Instagram: @sergioatthemovies and @tomas.delreal Writing and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com! Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-green-light/id1512027038 Follow The Green Light on social media! Twitter: @tgl_pod https://twitter.com/tgl_pod Instagram: @tgl_pod https://www.instagram.com/tgl_pod/ Facebook: @greenlightpod https://www.facebook.com/greenlightpod Lauren Hunkele: @hunkeleberry (Twitter/Instagram) Jackson Campbell: @j_woodward_c (Twitter/Instagram)