A Word on Plays

Mario Gomez of https://www.onlinedramaturg.com/ introduces our next play: You Are Happy Rébecca Déraspe https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Happy-Rébecca-Déraspe/dp/1770915389 Check out the podcast with guest Jordan Talbot on November 26th! Facebook.com/playspod

How do we take risks in theater without losing it all? How much violence is too much violence? Why doesn't Seattle love August Wilson more? This month's podcast is a discussion of Aleshea Harris' "Is God Is" http://www.3holepress.org/is-god-is My guest is Jordan-Michael Whidbey who will appear in Theater Schmeater's production of "She Kills Monsters" next month. http://schmee.org/season/2018/she-kills-monsters Like us on Facebook @playspod add to the conversation on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/416988-a-word-on-plays Next month's play is "Dutchman" by LeRoi Jones. https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/8382/dutchman

This month I talk with Emily Fortuna about the New Electric Ballroom by Enda Walsh. Tune in for a discussion on what the cake really symbolizes, what we're looking for in a truly great play, and when theater sacrifices its entertainment value. Next month's play will be Is God Is by Aleshea Harris: https://www.amazon.com/God-Aleshea-Harris/dp/0998276316 Find The Podcast on Facebook.com/playspod Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/416988-a-word-on-plays and join the discussion.

This Month, We talk about "How I Learned to Drive" by Paula Vogel with Ruth Eitemiller. How we approach a difficult situation as artists? How do we approach it as audiences? What is our responsibility to painful subject matter over ourselves? Next month's play will be The New Electric Ballroom by Enda Walsh: http://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/plays/the-new-electric-ballroom-iid-141247 Join the conversation on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playspod Or Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/416988-a-word-on-plays

This month, I talk to Anne Conte about Brides of the Moon by the Five Lesbian Brothers. Anne is volunteer coordinator at 18th & Union and all around "theater opportunist." We talk about jokes that fall flat on the page, when writing for your own acting works as art, and Anne recommends "How I learned to Drive" by Paula Vogel which is totally available at the Seattle Public Library, but also available here: https://www.amazon.com/How-I-Learned-Drive-Acting/dp/082221623X Anne works at 18th & Union as volunteer coordinator, and you can see a bunch of inspired original theater for free if you volunteer with her. Visit https://18thandunion.org/ Like the pod on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playspod/ Join the discussion on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/416988-a-word-on-plays Here is the article I referred to at the end of the pod: https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/03/12/the-enduring-lessons-of-how-i-learned-to-drive/ and check out my new Amazon ideas list: http://a.co/hxbEgtL