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In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 1926 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, Craig's Wife by George Kelly.

Synopsis from Playbill.com:  A materialistic woman's marriage crumbles because of her obsession with preserving her possessions.

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Join us as we discuss Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris , winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Synopsis from Stageagent.com:  Clybourne Park is a razor-sharp satire about the politics of race. In response to Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, playwright Bruce Norris set up Clybourne Park as a pair of scenes that bookend Hansberry’s piece. These two scenes, fifty years apart, are both set in the same modest bungalow on Chicago’s northwest side that features at the center of A Raisin in the Sun. The first scene takes place before and the second scene takes place after the events of A Raisin in the Sun. In 1959, Russ and Bev are moving out to the suburbs after the tragic death of their son. Inadvertently, they have sold their house to the neighborhood’s first black family. Fifty years later in 2009, the roles are reversed when a young white couple buys the lot in what is now a predominantly black neighborhood, signaling a new wave of gentrification. In both instances, a community showdown takes place, pitting race against real estate with this home as the battleground.



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In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 2012 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegria Hudes.

Synopsis from Dramatists.com: Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts keep each other alive, hour by hour, day by day. The boundaries of family and community are stretched across continents and cyberspace as birth families splinter and online families collide. WATER BY THE SPOONFUL is a heartfelt meditation on lives on the brink of redemption.

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Join us as we discuss Craig's Wife by George Kelly , winner of the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Synopsis from Playbill.com: A materialistic woman's marriage crumbles because of her obsession with preserving her possessions,.

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In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 1925 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard.

Synopsis from Concord Theatricals:  In the 1920's, Napa Valley middle-aged wine-grower Tony wants to get married and decides to propose by letter to a waitress in San Francisco named Amy who waited on him once. He sends her a picture of his good looking young farmhand Joe instead of himself, which creates unforeseen complications in the lives and loves of these three ordinary yet complex people.

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Join us as we discuss Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegria Hudes, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Synopsis from Dramatists.com:  Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. Somewhere in a chat room, recovering addicts keep each other alive, hour by hour, day by day. The boundaries of family and community are stretched across continents and cyberspace as birth families splinter and online families collide. WATER BY THE SPOONFUL is a heartfelt meditation on lives on the brink of redemption.

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In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 2013 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar.

Synopsis from Lincoln Center Theatre:  DISGRACED is the story of Amir Kapoor, a successful Pakistani-American lawyer who is rapidly moving up the corporate ladder while distancing himself from his cultural roots. When Amir and his wife Emily, a white artist influenced by Islamic imagery, host a dinner party, what starts out as a friendly conversation escalates into something far more damaging.

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Join us as we discuss They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard, winner of the 1925 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Synopsis from Concord Theatricals: In the 1920's, Napa Valley middle-aged wine-grower Tony wants to get married and decides to propose by letter to a waitress in San Francisco named Amy who waited on him once. He sends her a picture of his good looking young farmhand Joe instead of himself, which creates unforeseen complications in the lives and loves of these three ordinary yet complex people.

Note: This episode was recorded in 2021 amidst the COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") pandemic.


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In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 1924 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, Hell-Bent Fer Heaven by Hatcher Hughes.

Synopsis from Concord Theatricals: When Sid Hunt returns from WWI, he announces his plans to marry his sweetheart, Jude Lowry, much to the displeasure of his brother Rufe, who is also in love with Jude. Jude's brother Andy has an old grudge against the family, and after some illicit drinking, he decides to murder Sid. Sid hears of this plot and crosses a dam to escape from Andy, but Rufe, hoping to get Jude for himself, blows up the dam. A religious fanatic, Rufe justifies this murder by claiming that God commanded it. Meanwhile, flood waters are rising from unprecedented rainfall, and when the family gets into their boat, Rufe finds that there is no room for him. He is told that if God commanded him to murder Sid, surely God will protect Rufe from the flood.

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Join us as we discuss Disgraced by Ayad Ahktar, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Synopsis from Lincoln Center Theatre:  DISGRACED is the story of Amir Kapoor, a successful Pakistani-American lawyer who is rapidly moving up the corporate ladder while distancing himself from his cultural roots. When Amir and his wife Emily, a white artist influenced by Islamic imagery, host a dinner party, what starts out as a friendly conversation escalates into something far more damaging.

Note: This episode was recorded in 2021 amidst the COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") pandemic.


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In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 2014 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, The Flick, by Annie Baker.

Synopsis from Concord Theatricals: In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35mm film projectors in the state. A hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world.

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Join us as we discuss the dramatic comedy Hell-Bent Fer Heaven by Hatcher Hughes, winner of the 1924 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Synopsis from Concord Theatricals: When Sid Hunt returns from WWI, he announces his plans to marry his sweetheart, Jude Lowry, much to the displeasure of his brother Rufe, who is also in love with Jude. Jude's brother Andy has an old grudge against the family, and after some illicit drinking, he decides to murder Sid. Sid hears of this plot and crosses a dam to escape from Andy, but Rufe, hoping to get Jude for himself, blows up the dam. A religious fanatic, Rufe justifies this murder by claiming that God commanded it. Meanwhile, flood waters are rising from unprecedented rainfall, and when the family gets into their boat, Rufe finds that there is no room for him. He is told that if God commanded him to murder Sid, surely God will protect Rufe from the flood.

Note: This episode was recorded in 2021 amidst the COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") pandemic.


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In this episode, Randy and Tyler dig in to a very special play, Icebound by Owen Davis.  Why is it so special?  The play takes place in Randy's hometown (population < 2000)!

Synopsis from wikipedia:  The Jordan family is on their farm in Veazie, Maine in October 1922. They await the reading of the will by Judge John Bradford of the family matriarch who has just died. Much to the family's dismay, the farm and all of the money has been left to a distant cousin Jane Crosby. Jane has been told that she is to take care of the legal trouble of the young son of the family, Ben. Ben had left because he accidentally burned a neighbor's farm. Ben begins a flirtatious relationship with Nettie, the adopted daughter of Emma Jordan.

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Join us as we discuss the play The Flick by Annie Baker, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Synopsis from stageagent.com: In a movie theater near Worcester, MA (called The Flick) -- one of the few that hasn't yet switched to digital film -- three employees work dreary jobs for just above minimum wage: selling tickets, cleaning up after patrons, and running the projector. The economy is depressed and so are they, and yet over the course of this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Sam, Rose, and Avery show themselves to be complex, feeling people with unrealized ambitions to become more than their dreary surroundings. Annie Baker's drama unfolds in unhurried naturalistic scenes (much to the frustration of some early audiences at the New York premiere), and her astonishingly well observed and subtle characterizations suggest a Chekhovian ability to forge compelling drama from the littleness of everyday life.

Note: This episode was recorded in 2021 amidst the COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") pandemic.

Our thanks to our special guests from True North Theatre (https://www.trunorththeatre.org) in this episode: Angela Bonacasa, Telly Coolong, Holly Costar, Aimee Gerow, Jenny Hancock, Jasmine Ireland, David Lane, and Paul Nicklas.

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In this episode, Randy and Tyler take a look at the 2015 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis.

Synopsis from stageagent.com:  Walter “Pops” Washington has had enough. His landlord won’t leave him alone, his wife recently passed away, and the liquor store can’t keep up with his thirst. Pops’ last living relative, his son Junior, has recently moved back to Pops’ house with his girlfriend, Lulu, and his newly-sober buddy, Oswaldo. With his heels dug into the floor of his rent-controlled Riverside Drive apartment, Pops holds onto old wounds -- physical and emotional -- picking continually at scabs he refuses to allow to heal. Pressure reaches a boiling point when an ultimatum comes from an unlikely source, pinning Pops squarely “between Riverside and crazy.”

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Join us as we discuss the play Icebound by Owen Davis, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1923.  This play can be read for free online, as it is in the Public Domain:  http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59777.

Synopsis from wikipedia:  The Jordan family is on their farm in Veazie, Maine in October 1922. They await the reading of the will by Judge John Bradford of the family matriarch who has just died. Much to the family's dismay, the farm and all of the money has been left to a distant cousin Jane Crosby. Jane has been told that she is to take care of the legal trouble of the young son of the family, Ben. Ben had left because he accidentally burned a neighbor's farm. Ben begins a flirtatious relationship with Nettie, the adopted daughter of Emma Jordan.

Note: This episode was recorded in 2021 amidst the COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") pandemic.

Things mentioned in this episode:

- "Lounging" by Randy Hunt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URF8yd3Lrno

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In this episode, Randy and Tyler take a look at the 1922 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Anna Christie by Eugene O'Neill.

Synopsis from playbill.com:  A weary former prostitute seeks out her estranged sea-captain father hoping to find forgiveness from him while hiding her past from a stoker she loves.

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Join us as we discuss the play Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2015.  This play can be read for free online, as it is in the Public Domain:  http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59777.

Synopsis from stageagent.com:  Walter “Pops” Washington has had enough. His landlord won’t leave him alone, his wife recently passed away, and the liquor store can’t keep up with his thirst. Pops’ last living relative, his son Junior, has recently moved back to Pops’ house with his girlfriend, Lulu, and his newly-sober buddy, Oswaldo. With his heels dug into the floor of his rent-controlled Riverside Drive apartment, Pops holds onto old wounds -- physical and emotional -- picking continually at scabs he refuses to allow to heal. Pressure reaches a boiling point when an ultimatum comes from an unlikely source, pinning Pops squarely “between Riverside and crazy.”

Note: This episode was recorded in 2021 amidst the COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") pandemic.

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In this episode, Randy and Tyler take a look at the 2017 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Sweat by Lynn Nottage.

Synopsis from dramatists.com:  Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat.

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Join us as we discuss the play “Anna Christie" by Eugene O'Neill.

Note: This episode was recorded in 2021 amidst the COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") pandemic.

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