Explore every episode of the podcast The PlayWrights
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| Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus | 08 Feb 2023 | 00:52:01 | |
I'm on a boat!
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| Antigone by Sophocles | 01 Feb 2023 | 01:03:09 | |
Antigone, the classic Greek tragedy!
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| Hadestown by Anais Mitchell | 25 Jan 2023 | 01:04:54 | |
The Tony Winning musical!
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| Sense & Sensibility by Kate Hamill | 18 Jan 2023 | 01:07:06 | |
| Singin' in the Rain by Adolph Green and Betty Comden | 11 Jan 2023 | 01:06:15 | |
We're singin' and dancin' in the rrrrrrain! | |||
| The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter | 04 Jan 2023 | 01:11:48 | |
The new film, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Brendan Fraser, is based on a play of the same name by Samuel D. Hunter. Join Will, Sarah and their special guest Tom Knoblauch (check out his podcast Riverside Chats) as they walk their way through this amazing piece of theatre and film!
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| Twelve Angry Jurors by Reginald Rose | 27 Oct 2022 | 00:57:53 | |
Also known as 12 Angry Men, Will and Sarah discuss this teleplay, turned movie, turned stage play!
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| Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller | 19 Oct 2022 | 00:57:21 | |
Arthur Miller's classic play about regret, broken dreams, and picking up the pieces of your life.
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| The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry | 12 Oct 2022 | 01:06:45 | |
Who are you taking to Ballyhoo? | |||
| The Mousetrap and the Spider's Web by Agatha Christie | 05 Oct 2022 | 00:58:46 | |
Spooky season is here! Celebrate with us and two of Agatha Christie's best works! | |||
| Everyman by Anonymous | 14 Feb 2022 | 00:48:16 | |
The PlayWrights is a podcast all about plays! Sarah and Will take you through a variety of titles by award-winning playwrights. We talk about our love of theatre, the secrets of production and acting and much more! It's a great time over here at The PlayWrights! This week we take a look at the National Theatre's 2015 production of EVERYMAN starring Chiwetel Ejiorfor! It's certainly...interesting. | |||
| Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen | 07 Feb 2022 | 01:27:45 | |
The PlayWrights is a podcast all about plays! Sarah and Will take you through a variety of titles by award-winning playwrights. We talk about our love of theatre, the secrets of production and acting and much more! It's a great time over here at The PlayWrights!
This week we are looking at the father of modern drama, Henrik Ibsen and his incendiary psychological analysis of Hedda Gabbler. Is she a raving lunatic who drives the people around her to early graves or is she a radical individualist who we all should aspire to become? You decide!
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| It's Only a Play by Terrance McNally | 31 Jan 2022 | 01:32:22 | |
The PlayWrights is a podcast all about plays! Sarah and Will take you through a variety of titles by award-winning playwrights. We talk about our love of theatre, the secrets of production and acting and much more! It's a great time over here at The PlayWrights!
This week, Sam Smeltzer joins the pod! He's back to talk about his trip to NYC way back in 2014. He saw the Broadway Revival of It's Only a Play starring Matthew Broderick, Martin Short and (kind of) Nathan Lane!
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| The Addams Family Musical ft. Seemingly Ordinary Podcast | 24 Jan 2022 | 01:07:45 | |
The PlayWrights is a podcast all about plays! Sarah and Will take you through a variety of titles by award-winning playwrights. We talk about our love of theatre, the secrets of production and acting and much more! It's a great time over here at The PlayWrights! Come on over and join us!
We have a special treat this week! A few weeks ago, Sarah had the pleasure of sitting down with Tim Wuebker, host of the podcast Seemingly Ordinary. Tim asked her all sorts of questions about her production of The Addams Family that she directed in the Fall of 2021! If you liked this, give Seemingly Ordinary a listen, Tim interviews all sorts of awesome people! Enjoy!
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| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee | 17 Jan 2022 | 01:16:18 | |
The PlayWrights is a podcast all about plays! Sarah and Will take you through a variety of titles by award-winning playwrights. We talk about our love of theatre, the secrets of production and acting and much more! It's a great time over here at The PlayWrights! Come on over and join us! Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee is confusing, dark, funny and poignant all at the same time. Sarah and Will attempt to say something profound about this play that basically everyone has commented upon before them. Will they succeed? Are YOU afraid of Virginia Woolf? | |||
| You Can't Take it With You by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman | 10 Jan 2022 | 01:03:53 | |
The PlayWrights is a podcast all about plays! Sarah and Will take you through a variety of titles by award-winning playwrights. We talk about our love of theatre, the secrets of production and acting and much more! It's a great time over here at The PlayWrights! Come on over and join us! This week's episode is all about the classic comedy, You Can't Take it With You. The Sycamores are a family that's a bit off-kilter to the rest of the world. But are they? Are they crazy or do they just do what makes them happy? You decide! | |||
| Oslo by J.T. Rogers | 03 Jan 2022 | 01:13:39 | |
Peace in the Middle East? A Norwegian couple thinks its possible...
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| Picnic by William Inge | 28 Jun 2021 | 01:31:05 | |
"I always wonder, maybe some wonderful person is getting off here, just by accident, and he'll come into the dime store for something and see me behind the counter, and he'll study me very strangely and then decide I'm just the person they're looking for..." | |||
| Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare | 27 Apr 2021 | 01:21:02 | |
"For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo." | |||
| August: Osage County by Tracy Letts | 08 Mar 2021 | 01:43:46 | |
August in Osage County. Hot, dry and full of intense familial problems brought on by pills and incest. | |||
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams | 16 Feb 2021 | 01:03:59 | |
Tennessee Williams' American Classic! Check out our Youtube Channel! | |||
| Proof by David Auburn | 08 Feb 2021 | 01:30:39 | |
2+2 = ???
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| Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part II by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany | 01 Feb 2021 | 01:27:54 | |
We're back baby!! After a much needed hiatus, we bring you the long awaited follow up to our most popular episode! | |||
| Woyzeck by Georg Buchner | 15 Dec 2020 | 02:06:11 | |
You may have never heard of this dramatic fragment from 19th century Germany but that doesn't mean you haven't felt its influence. Patrick Graham is our operatic guest! | |||
| Radium Girls by DW Gregory | 09 Dec 2020 | 01:25:36 | |
A tragic story that is poorly written. Thanks for being on with us Bubba! | |||
| The Crucible by Arthur Miller | 17 Nov 2020 | 01:16:39 | |
I saw the PlayWrights with the devil! | |||
| What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck | 03 Nov 2020 | 01:10:27 | |
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." | |||
| Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part I by JK Rowling | 27 Oct 2020 | 01:50:30 | |
Yer a wizard, Harry. | |||
| Our Town by Thornton Wilder | 06 Oct 2020 | 01:27:08 | |
In which Sarah and Will discuss the true American Classic, Our Town by Thornton Wilder | |||
| Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl | 29 Sep 2020 | 01:48:06 | |
Who's that? Sam Smeltzer? Sarah's brother joins the pod to talk about the fascinating adaptation of the Greek myth. | |||
| The Flick by Annie Baker | 21 Sep 2020 | 01:26:09 | |
Sarah and Will explore Annie Baker's wonderful and absorbing drama! | |||
| Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon | 08 Sep 2020 | 01:19:58 | |
We have a new guest! Andrew Wright, our best man, and Will's brother brings his unique insight to the pod as we discuss Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon. | |||
| How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel | 31 Aug 2020 | 01:10:48 | |
In which Sarah and Will discuss the Pulitzer Prize winning drama, How I Learned to Drive.
Warning: this play deals with sexual abuse of minors.
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| The Christians by Lucas Hnath | 24 Aug 2020 | 01:14:07 | |
Sarah and Will are back for Season 2 and it starts with the incendiary drama, The Christians. | |||
| To be continued... | 29 Jun 2020 | 00:02:16 | |
We have LOVED creating this podcast! We are in a bit of a transitional phase right now so we will be back in a week or two with new episodes! Rate us, review us and leave a voice message!
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| Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph | 22 Jun 2020 | 01:31:46 | |
The PlayWrights discuss this beautifully modern piece with their dear friend and colleague, Clare Tassinari! | |||
| Straight White Men by Young Jean Lee | 15 Jun 2020 | 01:20:19 | |
Sarah and Will explore the first play to arrive on Broadway that was written by a woman from Korea. It is a magnificent exploration of race, privilege and emotion. Enjoy!
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| True West by Sam Shepard | 08 Jun 2020 | 01:24:34 | |
Sarah, Will and our special guest Gaines Semler discuss the American classic, True West, by Sam Shepard. | |||
| Betrayal by Harold Pinter | 01 Jun 2020 | 01:04:45 | |
Will and Sarah discuss the modern masterpiece, Betrayal, by Harold Pinter. | |||
| The Humans by Stephen Karam | 26 May 2020 | 01:06:50 | |
Sarah and Will discuss Stephen Karam's Tony Award winning play, The Humans. | |||