In episode 4.3 the RMP team had the rare fortune to be able to discuss the play with one of the original directors who worked with the playwright to bring the show to life. Mark H. is a director, performer, scholar, and educator and he joined us to discuss Nathan Alan Davis's gorgeous and hopeful play DONTRELL, WHO KISSED THE SEA. In this clip you can get a sense of some of the innovative ways that Mark approached this lyric text.
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Episode 4.2 was a "Reaping Play" -- AKA a show selected at random from the big list of important plays that all theater artists should be familiar with -- but Jennifer & Ricardo had an incredible time discussing Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning, iconic play OUR TOWN. You can see in this short clip from the episode both how meaningful they both found it, as well as how silly they get (#OnBrand).
As a bonus, there's a fantastic community voices message from writer and theater artist W. Laurie Ewer about her connection to the show.
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In episode 4.1 Jennifer & Ricardo are joined by the accomplished costume designer Emmie Phelps Thompson to discuss Anne Washburnes brilliant and wackadoo play MR BURNS - A POST ELECTRIC PLAY. In this trailer, Emmie, Ricardo, and Jennifer all answer the 1st Hot Take: what is the best thing about this play?
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In this trailer for episode 3.10, Jennifer and Ricardo talk about evading the French Realism Police (FRP) and why things in italics are not the boss of them!
The full RMP discussion about Yasmina Reza's play GOD OF CARNAGE is available for download now and you can listen on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, on our website (readmoreplays.com), or wherever you like to get your podcasts. After listening, please share your thoughts, insights, and/or Hot Takes here!
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In this trailer for episode 3.6, Jennifer answers the 4th Hot Take (which production role would you want in this play?) and she and Ricardo reflect on the surprising depth of the characters in Jon Robin Baitz's Pulitzer Prize nominated drama OTHER DESERT CITIES. Also -- bonus footage -- you get to see Ricardo use his lifeline to answer a quiz question.
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No one can resist singing along to Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman's Tony Award winning musical THE SECRET GARDEN.
In this trailer, Jennifer outlines some of the rules of the world of the play that productions will need to decide upon, and how some elements in the book differed from the way they played out in the show. We hope you give the episode a listen!
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We couldn't post a trailer for episode 3.3 because that recording session WAS CURSED (#ScottishPlay) but we're back with a trailer for episode 3.4 and our conversation about Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning drama AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY. We hope you give the episode a listen!
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In this trailer for episode 3.2 you can see just how silly the Read More Plays team gets when Sam isn't there to keep them on track (REGINA VAGINA!!). Still the episode is as delightful and insightful as ever as Jennifer and Ricardo talk about Tony Kushner's Tony Award winning play ANGELS IN AMERICA PART TWO - PERESTROIKA. We hope you enjoy the silliness and then we hope you give the episode a listen!
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In this trailer for episode 2.16 the Read More Plays team speak a little Spanish, talks about what their favorite things are from Karen Zacarias' hilarious telenovela play DESTINY OF DESIRE, and even sings a little song. We hope you enjoy it! And then we hope you give the episode a listen!
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In this trailer for episode 2.15 hosts Jennifer & Ricardo talk about what Dominique Morriseau's play PIPELINE is about. You can also see how silly they get even when talking about powerful plays like this.
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If you watch this trailer for episode 2.12 you'll get a sense of just how much fun the Read More Plays team had when Colin Borden joined us as a guest host. Check out these short excerpts from the recording of the conversation about the Restoration Comedy THE ROVER written by Aphra Behn -- the first woman known to make a living as a playwright.
There's also a Community Voices message about 2.10 RHINOCEROS from an actress playing the lead role in a production of the very same Ionesco play right now in Washington DC.
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Zut alors it is ze sound engineer's choice episode!!!
In this trailer for episode 2.10 you can first see the reveal of what play Sam picked for Jennifer and Ricardo to read at the end of episode 2.9, and then our intro for the conversation about Eugene Ionesco’s post-war avante-garde drama RHINOCEROS. And ooo la la ze French accents are out of ze control!
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