No Script: The Podcast
254 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsAn unscripted conversation about theatre’s best scripts with theatre-philes Jackson Nickolay and Jacob Mann Christiansen
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S9.E19 | ”Barbecue” by Robert O’Hara
December 19, 2022 21:24 - 53 minutes - 73.1 MBIn the final episode of Season 9, Jackson and Jacob discuss an incredible piece of drama from contemporary American playwright Robert O'Hara. "Barbecue" is a dramaturgical gem, with several unique theatrical features blended into a stand-alone piece of theatre. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ---------------------...
S9.E18 | ”Waiting for Lefty” by Clifford Odets
December 12, 2022 10:00 - 52 minutes - 72.1 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss a classic American play. Clifford Odets' "Waiting for Lefty" is a stunningly relevant piece from 1935. Listen in as J&J chat about its remarkable theatrical maturity. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversation going! Have ...
S9.E17 | ”After the Revolution” by Amy Herzog
December 05, 2022 19:29 - 53 minutes - 74 MB"After the Revolution" by Amy Herzog is part of a pair of plays about the same family. Jackson and Jacob discussed the other play ("4000 Miles") early in No Script's history. This week, they discuss "After the Revolution." Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversa...
S9.E16| Revisiting ”Between Riverside And Crazy” by Stephen Adly Guirgis
November 28, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBIn the final episode of this season's themed month, Jackson and Jacob revisit Stephen Adly Guirgis' play Between Riverside and Crazy. Jackson, now having listened to the LATW production of the play, brings a new view on the incredible performability of Guirgis' work. Listen to the original episode on Between Riverside and Crazy here: https://noscriptpodcast.podbean.com/e/s8e1-between-riverside-and-crazy-by-stephen-adly-guirgis/ https://open.spotify.com/episode/1rsbJJ3ojC3KLfKXCpiJNG ---...
S9.E15 | Revisiting ”The Christians” by Lucas Hnath
November 21, 2022 10:00 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MBThis week, Jacob is joined by special guest Michael Legg to discuss Lucas Hnath's play The Christians. Legg was part of the Humana Festival at the Actor's Theatre of Louisville when The Christians was commissioned. This discussion is part of Season 9's themed month "New Chats, Old Scripts." Each week, No Script discusses a play that has previously appeared on the podcast, coming at the script from a new angle or perspective. Listen to the original episode on The Christians here: https:...
S9.E14 | Revisiting ”Men on Boats” by Jaclyn Backhaus
November 14, 2022 11:00 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MBIn the second episode of the Season 9 Themed Month, "New Chats, Old Scripts," Jackson and Jacob have an abbreviated follow up conversation about Jaclyn Backhaus' play "Men on Boats." Listen to the original episode here: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-edww2-10ecd71 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4pDBHql3WHSz6Q0nth3pnL?si=IZk1kVtaR7WpBH0yu0X7bQ ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast c...
S9.E13 | Revisiting ”Dinner with Friends” by Donald Margulies
November 07, 2022 18:00 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MBIn the first episode of the Season 9 Themed Month, Jackson and Jacob have a "new chat" about an "old script." In this month, J&J have short, follow-up conversations covering scripts already discussed in the previous 8 seasons of No Script. This week: "Dinner with Friends" by Donald Margulies, which Jacob directed earlier this summer. Listen to the original episode here: https://noscriptpodcast.podbean.com/e/no-script-the-podcast-s3-episode-13-dinner-with-friends-by-donald-margulies/ htt...
S9.E12 | ”The Behavior of Broadus” by Burglars of Hamm
October 31, 2022 09:00 - 52 minutes - 72 MBThis week on No Script, a satiric, wildly comedic script by Burglars of Hamm, a writing/performing collective. The musical follows (very loosely) the life of John B. Watson, a scientist whose theory of behaviorism changed psychology as we know it. There's also a talking rat......... Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ...
S9.E11 | ”Uncle Vanya” by Anton Chekhov
October 24, 2022 15:35 - 1 hour - 84 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob talk about one of the most influential playwrights in history: Anton Chekhov. His play "Uncle Vanya" is a brilliant tightrope between comedy and tragedy. The story of a barely-scraping-by farm community visited by an urban professor, "Uncle Vanya" is also a classic "stranger comes to town" play. Listen in as J&J discuss Chekhov! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure t...
S9.E10 | ”Everybody” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
October 17, 2022 14:37 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBIt's a play about life... or death? Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' play Everybody is an adaption of the famous morality play "Everyman." In his modernization, Jacobs-Jenkins uses form as a storytelling technique, employing several incredible theatrical devices. Listen in as Jackson and Jacob chat about this smart, engaging script. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://w...
S9.E09 | ”Admissions” by Joshua Harmon
October 10, 2022 09:01 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob take on a challenging play about relevant contemporary issues. "Admissions," by Joshua Harmon, is a biting comedy about hypocrisy, and what happens when the things you believe in directly impact you. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to...
S9.E08 | ”The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” by Simon Stephens
October 03, 2022 09:00 - 51 minutes - 70.9 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss one of the most famous novel adaptions in recent memory. Simon Stephens' play "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" is an adaption of the best seller novel of the same name by Mark Haddon. Listen in as J&J chat about the theatrical methods Simons used in adapting the novel. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue....
S9.E07 | ”Native Gardens” by Karen Zacarías
September 26, 2022 09:00 - 57 minutes - 78.9 MBOn this week's episode, Jackson and Jacob take on Karen Zacarías' neighbor-comedy "Native Gardens." The play swept the nation before the pandemic, both for its chuckle-inducing portrayal of warring neighbors and its subtle political commentary. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want...
S9.E06 | ”No Man’s Land” by Harold Pinter
September 19, 2022 09:00 - 52 minutes - 71.6 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss the work of a theatre legend. Harold Pinter is one of the most profoundly impactful playwrights in history, and his play "No Man's Land" gained recent popularity thanks to incredible performances by Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. Listen in as J&J unpack the deep mysteries of this great script by an all-time great playwright. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ...
S9.E05 | ”The Wash” by Philip Kan Gotanda
September 12, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 77.8 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss Philip Kan Gotanda's play The Wash. In The Wash, Gotanda uses significant props and meaningful actions masterfully. Listen in to hear J&J geek out about Gotanda's skill as a dramatist. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to keep the convers...
S9.E04 | ”Dancing at Lughnasa” by Brian Friel
September 06, 2022 13:18 - 53 minutes - 73.6 MBAfter a long holiday weekend, No Script returns with a script about another fall holiday... in Ireland! Brian Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa" is a memory play about an impoverished family in Ireland, and the joy and sorrows of their lives. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to ke...
S9.E03 | ”Dance Nation” by Clare Barron
August 29, 2022 09:00 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBDance Nation by Clare Barron is a visceral, imaginative look back at adolescence. Listen in as Jackson and Jacob celebrate Barron's use of magical realism to offer an uncompromising reflection on the nature - and cost - of excellence. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to keep the conver...
S9.E02 | ”Little Shop of Horrors” by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
August 22, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutes - 74.9 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob double up on musicals. Last week was a fruitful discussion of a musical from the early 80s..... and this week is more of the same! J&J talk about "Little Shop of Horrors" by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We wa...
S9.E01 | ”Sunday in the Park with George” by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
August 15, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 78 MBNo Script is back! In this first episode of Season 9, Jackson and Jacob discuss a product of one of America's strongest theatrical partnerships: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. Their musical Sunday in the Park with George is often called one of Sondheim's most personal works. Listen in as Jackson and Jacob explore this enthralling, puzzlingn piece. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podca...
S8.E19 | ”Crimes of the Heart” by Beth Henley
June 13, 2022 13:59 - 55 minutes - 76.3 MBIn the last episode of the season, Jackson and Jacob discuss a true American classic. Beth Henley's Crimes of the Heart is a painful, hilarious family drama set in Mississippi. Kin to plays like Streetcar Named Desire, August: Osage County, and Buried Child, Crimes is another example of the way the American family controls the orbit of the American stage. Listen in to J&J discuss this great play! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/mon...
S8.E18 | ”Street Scene” by Elmer Rice
June 06, 2022 19:37 - 52 minutes - 72.3 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob go back nearly 100 years to discuss a script with massive theatrical daring. Elmer Rice's Street Scene is packed with people and stories, Rice's attempt to capture the pulsing heartbeat of a New York City street. Listen in as J&J admire the craftsmanship, abundance, and bravery of the play! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. h...
S8.E17 | ”Lemon Sky” by Lanford Wilson with special guest Jeffrey Sweet
May 30, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 97.4 MBThis week on No Script, Jacob welcomes special guest Jeffrey Sweet to the show. Sweet is a playwright and teacher based in New York City. Together, he and Jacob discuss Lanford Wilson's semi-autobiographical play Lemon Sky. Sweet knew Wilson personally, and discussed the play with him on several occasions. Sweet brings these experiences, and many more, to the discussion. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help...
S8.E16 | ”Eclipsed” by Danai Gurira
May 23, 2022 09:00 - 51 minutes - 71.3 MBThis week, Jackson and Jacob discuss a heartbreaking play. Eclipsed is Danai Guriria's moving piece about women and their struggle for survival during a civil war in Liberia. Listen in as J&J grapple with this difficult, powerful text. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to keep the conve...
S8.E15 | ”What the Constitution Means to Me” by Heidi Shreck
May 16, 2022 09:00 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MBIn this week's episode of No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss a semi-autobiographical play (or, more like, theatre event!) that has swept the nation in its half decade of life. What the Constitution Means to Me is a highly comedic, educational, political, deeply personal look at the American Constitution and its evolving relationship to women. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Po...
S8.E14 | ”This Is Our Youth” by Kenneth Lonergan
May 09, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MBOne of the famous shows for young actors, Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth follows three people on the cusp of adulthood. With an acerbic wit and total irreverence, Lonergan paints an empathetic portrait. Listen in as Jackson and Jacob discuss this American classic. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------...
S8.E13 | ”The Gin Game” by D.L. Coburn
May 02, 2022 13:41 - 1 hour - 84.5 MBThe Gin Game is a witty, irascible drama by D.L. Coburn. It won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss Coburn's tender, irreverent look at the sometimes lonely life inside a senior home. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversat...
S8.E12 | ”Soft Power” by David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori
April 25, 2022 14:00 - 59 minutes - 81.3 MBThe final episode of David Henry Hwang Month has arrived! Jackson and Jacob conclude their themed month by discussing Hwang's newest work, a musical written in collaboration with the great Jeanine Tesori. Soft Power is a satiric view of American politics. Listen in as Jackson and Jacob discuss how Soft Power is a play on The King and I. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue...
S8.E11 | ”Chinglish” by David Henry Hwang
April 18, 2022 23:29 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob continue through the Season 8 themed month! In this third week of plays by David Henry Hwang, J&J discuss Hwang's play "Chinglish," a comic examination of the perils and pitfalls of cross-cultural communication. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast -----------------------------...
S8.E10 | ”Golden Child” by David Henry Hwang
April 11, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutes - 75.5 MBIn the second episode of David Henry Hwang month, Jackson and Jacob discuss one of Hwang's earliest semi-autobiographical works: Golden Child. This play is an examination of the pace and cost of change. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversation going! Have you ...
S8.E9 | ”M. Butterfly” by David Henry Hwang
April 04, 2022 14:04 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob begin a 4 week series on David Henry Hwang. Hwang is one of America's premiere playwrights, shaping the present and future of drama. His play M. Butterfly catapulted him into prominence and remains one of the best American plays of all time. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ...
S8.E8 | ”Appropriate” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
March 28, 2022 09:00 - 52 minutes - 71.6 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob come back to Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. One of America's foremost contemporary playwrights, Jacobs-Jenkins writes plays that are challenging, uncomfortable, and so, so smart. His play Appropriate is a stark portrait of the legacy of racist violence in the American south. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/...
S8.E7 | ”She Kills Monsters” by Qui Nguyen
March 21, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutes - 74.2 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob talk about a play with HUGE name recognition and fascinating production challenges. Qui Nguyan's play She Kills Monsters is an adventurous reflection on grief and loss. Listen in as J&J discuss D&D! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to keep the co...
S8.E6 | ”The Thanksgiving Play” by Larissa FastHorse
March 14, 2022 15:00 - 53 minutes - 73.6 MBLarissa FastHorse is a contemporary indigenous playwright. Her play The Thanksgiving Play was inspired by FastHorse's experience of trying to tell indigenous stories on the American stage - and the frustration of the blockades in place. Listen in as Jackson and Jacob discuss this satiric new(ish) play! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscript...
S8.E5 | ”The Little Foxes” by Lillian Hellman
March 07, 2022 14:16 - 54 minutes - 74.6 MBLillian Hellman's play The Little Foxes is an American classic. It tracks the changing landscape of the post-Civil War South by following one corrupt family as they attempt to make their fortune. Listen in this week as Jackson and Jacob discuss this piece of American history. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------...
S8.E4 | ”Rent” by Jonathan Larson
February 28, 2022 10:00 - 57 minutes - 78.8 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss a musical that changed the landscape of musical theatre in America. "Rent," by the late Jonathan Larson, is the story of friends in New York City. Listen in as J&J chat about Rent's unlikely origins, vignette structure, and overall investigation of love. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscri...
S8.E3 | ”That Poor Girl and How He Killed Her” by Jen Silverman
February 21, 2022 15:41 - 55 minutes - 76.4 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss Jen Silverman, who made her No Script debut in Season 1. Silverman's play That Poor Girl and How He Killed Her is uncomfortable, poignant, funny, and oh-so-relevant. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversation goi...
S8.E2 | ”Pipeline” by Dominique Morisseau
February 14, 2022 16:12 - 54 minutes - 75.5 MBIn the second episode of Season 8, Jackson and Jacob revisit Dominique Morisseau. As one of America's most impressive contemporary playwrights, Morisseau's work tracks pressing issues in our society. Her play Pipeline examines the American education system and its impact on one family. Listen in as J&J dive in to this moving piece. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. h...
S8.E1 | ”Between Riverside and Crazy” by Stephen Adly Guirgis
February 07, 2022 15:55 - 59 minutes - 81.9 MBWelcome back to No Script! Season 8 begins with a Pulitzer Prize-winner. Join Jackson and Jacob for a discussion on Stephen Adly Guirgis' play Between Riverside and Crazy. This script is a powerhouse of scene writing, showing off some of Guirgis' strongest characters in conflict. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ------------...
No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 19 ”Venus” by Suzan-Lori Parks
December 20, 2021 10:00 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MBIn the final episode of Season 7, Jackson and Jacob return to one of America's great dramatists: Suzan-Lori Parks. This week, J&J cover one of her earlier plays: Venus. In this loose adaption of a true story from the 1800s, so much of what makes Parks the playwright she is can be seen and appreciated. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.c...
No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 18 ”The Dining Room” by AR Gurney
December 13, 2021 15:58 - 56 minutes - 77 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson hosts the season's SPECIAL GUEST! Jana Latchaw Milbourn joins Jackson to discuss a play she's recently directed: AR Gurney's The Dining Room. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen...
No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 17 ”The Chronicles of Kalki” by Aditi Brennan Kapil
December 06, 2021 15:05 - 53 minutes - 73.7 MBAfter a month of murder, Jackson and Jacob are delighted to return to regular programming for the last three weeks of the season. This week on No Script, J&J discuss The Chronicles of Kalki by Aditi Brennan Kapil. Kalki re-imagines the final avatar of the god Vishnu as a teenage monster slayer who must intervene in the life of two high schoolers. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script ...
No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 16 ”Execution of Justice” by Emily Mann
November 29, 2021 19:58 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBFor the last week of Murder Month, Jackson and Jacob discuss a documentary theatre piece about the murders of George Moscone and Harvey Milk. Emily Mann's Execution of Justice is a verbatim script about the trail of Dan White. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to keep the conve...
No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 15 ”Charles Francis Chan Jr.‘s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery” by Lloyd Suh
November 22, 2021 10:00 - 53 minutes - 73.9 MBJackson and Jacob return to Murder Month this week with a loose adaption of Agatha Christie. Lloyd Suh's Charles Francis Chan Jr.'s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery is a play about writing a play, in which the playwright takes on racist portrayals of Asian Americans in American media. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ...
No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 14 ”You Can‘t Take It With You” by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
November 15, 2021 10:00 - 55 minutes - 76.8 MBMURDER MONTH is on pause! Taking a break from all the death, Jackson and Jacob visit a classic old comedy from the Pulitzer Prize list. You Can't Take it With You (George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart) is a story about a "slightly mad" family (according to Kaufman) whose lifestyle is brought under scrutiny. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscri...
No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 13 ”Deathtrap” by Ira Levin
November 08, 2021 15:40 - 54 minutes - 74.2 MBMURDER MONTH Episode 2! This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob explore a very different play than Macbeth. Murder is still the subject of the day, but murder in a very different light... Deathtrap by Ira Levin is a comedy thriller where murder becomes the first solution to any problem. Listen in as Jackson and Jacob laugh their way through this crazy play! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Scri...
No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 12: ”Macbeth” by William Shakespeare
November 01, 2021 09:00 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MBMURDER MONTH has arrived! In this first episode of Season 7's themed month, Jackson and Jacob launch into their conversations on killing with perhaps the most famous murder play of all time: Shakespeare's Macbeth. Listen in as J&J discuss the ghastly consequences of guilt on the human soul. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ...
No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 11: ”Choir Boy” by Tarell Alvin McCraney
October 25, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes - 69.9 MBTarell Alvin McCraney's play Choir Boy is sweeping the nation. This empathetic portrait of teenagers at a prep school is full of music, poetry, and challenges to power. This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob explore the wonderful complexity of McCraney's characters. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast -----------------------...
No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 10: ”The Book of Mountains and Seas” by Yilong Liu
October 18, 2021 09:00 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MBYilong Liu's The Book of Mountains and Seas is a buddy romp through New York City... about grief! Liu's sense of humor shines through in this script. Listen in as Jackson and Jacob discuss the juxtaposition of myth and modernity this week. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to keep the co...
No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 9: ”Talley‘s Folly” by Lanford Wilson
October 11, 2021 09:00 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MBThis week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob visit one of America's great lyrical, poetic masters: Lanford Wilson. His play Talley's Folly is a short romance set in a gorgeous boathouse. Oh... and Jackson was in it! Listen in. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversation going...
No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 8: ”Foghorn” by Hanay Geiogamah
October 04, 2021 18:50 - 55 minutes - 76.6 MBHanay Geiogamah is one of the first indigenous people to have a play published in the United States. His Foghorn is a satirical chastisement of the way indigenous people are stereotyped in the American media. Listen in as Jackson and Jacob discuss how Geiogamah uses juxtaposition to create a huge impact. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue. https://www.patreon.com/noscr...