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Josh, John, and Chris consider Maxwell Anderson's 1933 political drama "Both Your Houses." They discuss The West Wing, depression-era politics, and Chris rambles about economics. Josh also sings a bit of "Hamilton."

We talk about our first musical winner, "Of Thee I Sing." We talk about the shallowness of American politics, play fantasy theatre with local companies, and discuss the much darker sequel "Let Them Eat Cake." John also explains to Chris who the Looney Toons are.

Josh, Chris, and John, discuss Susan Glaspell's Alison's House. In this episode, they talk about poetry, who art belongs to, and Emily Dickinson.

The trio discusses Green Pasture a retelling of the Old Testament of the Bible using an all-black cast and a black vernacular. The writer, Marc Connolly was white. In today's episode we talk about what, if any, use there is for a play like this in 2020.

Actors Matteo Scammell and Lee Minora read a scene from They Knew WhatThey Wanted.

Josh, John, and Chris discuss and love on Elmer Rice's Street Scene.

Langston Darby reads a monologue from Hell-Bent for Heaven!

Sean Pollock and Will M Watt read a scene from George Kelly's Craig's Wife.

Josh, Chris, and John talk Eugene O'Neil, internal monologues, Modernism and more.

Josh, John, and Christopher discuss Paul Green's 1927 work "In Abraham's Bosom." Along the way we talk about racism, white fragility, and Quintessence Theatre Company's excellent 2020 production of "Rachel."