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Ep 25 - Alison's House by Susan Glaspell
In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 1931 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Alison's House by Susan Glaspell.
Note: We recorded this episode in April 2024 but not released until March 2026. Yeah, we know. In this episode we talk about this being our big comeback. Hmmmm. Anyway, we're talking about trying to record a few episodes a year so it doesn't feel too overwhelming. We still want to read and discuss these prizewinning plays!
From StageAgent.com: Susan Glaspell’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Alison’s House, takes us to Iowa on the last day of the nineteenth century. The Stanhope family are preparing to say goodbye to their old homestead on the banks of the Mississippi but the house holds a lot of memories for each generation. Their sister and aunt, Alison, has been dead for eighteen years but her influence, both as a poet and a person, remains strong. Aunt Agatha is fiercely protective of her sister’s reputation and legacy, but what is she hiding? When disgraced daughter Elsa returns home, old wounds are opened and it becomes clear that her scandalous relationship with a married man is not the first in the family. Like Elsa, Alison also fell deeply in love but, unlike her niece, she let her lover go and channeled her secret passions into her poetry. Unable to bring herself to burn the pages, Agatha finally relinquishes the poetry to Elsa and reveals Alison’s secret.
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Join us as we discuss the 2004 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright. Based on a true story, and inspired by interviews conducted by the playwright over several years, I AM MY OWN WIFE tells the fascinating tale of Charlotte (pronounced Shar-lotta) von Mahlsdorf, a real-life German transvestite who managed to survive both the Nazi onslaught and the repressive East German Communist regime.
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Note: We recorded this episode in April 2024 but not released until March 2026. Yeah, we know. In this episode we talk about this being our big comeback. Hmmmm. Anyway, we're talking about trying to record a few episodes a year so it doesn't feel too overwhelming. We still want to read and discuss these prizewinning plays!
From StageAgent.com: Susan Glaspell’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Alison’s House, takes us to Iowa on the last day of the nineteenth century. The Stanhope family are preparing to say goodbye to their old homestead on the banks of the Mississippi but the house holds a lot of memories for each generation. Their sister and aunt, Alison, has been dead for eighteen years but her influence, both as a poet and a person, remains strong. Aunt Agatha is fiercely protective of her sister’s reputation and legacy, but what is she hiding? When disgraced daughter Elsa returns home, old wounds are opened and it becomes clear that her scandalous relationship with a married man is not the first in the family. Like Elsa, Alison also fell deeply in love but, unlike her niece, she let her lover go and channeled her secret passions into her poetry. Unable to bring herself to burn the pages, Agatha finally relinquishes the poetry to Elsa and reveals Alison’s secret.
******* IN OUR NEXT EPISODE *******
Join us as we discuss the 2004 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright. Based on a true story, and inspired by interviews conducted by the playwright over several years, I AM MY OWN WIFE tells the fascinating tale of Charlotte (pronounced Shar-lotta) von Mahlsdorf, a real-life German transvestite who managed to survive both the Nazi onslaught and the repressive East German Communist regime.
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In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 1931 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Alison's House by Susan Glaspell.
Note: We recorded this episode in April 2024 but not released until March 2026. Yeah, we know. In this episode we talk about this being our big comeback. Hmmmm. Anyway, we're talking about trying to record a few episodes a year so it doesn't feel too overwhelming. We still want to read and discuss these prizewinning plays!
From StageAgent.com: Susan Glaspell’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Alison’s House, takes us to Iowa on the last day of the nineteenth century. The Stanhope family are preparing to say goodbye to their old homestead on the banks of the Mississippi but the house holds a lot of memories for each generation. Their sister and aunt, Alison, has been dead for eighteen years but her influence, both as a poet and a person, remains strong. Aunt Agatha is fiercely protective of her sister’s reputation and legacy, but what is she hiding? When disgraced daughter Elsa returns home, old wounds are opened and it becomes clear that her scandalous relationship with a married man is not the first in the family. Like Elsa, Alison also fell deeply in love but, unlike her niece, she let her lover go and channeled her secret passions into her poetry. Unable to bring herself to burn the pages, Agatha finally relinquishes the poetry to Elsa and reveals Alison’s secret.
******* IN OUR NEXT EPISODE *******
Join us as we discuss the 2004 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright. Based on a true story, and inspired by interviews conducted by the playwright over several years, I AM MY OWN WIFE tells the fascinating tale of Charlotte (pronounced Shar-lotta) von Mahlsdorf, a real-life German transvestite who managed to survive both the Nazi onslaught and the repressive East German Communist regime.
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Note: We recorded this episode in April 2024 but not released until March 2026. Yeah, we know. In this episode we talk about this being our big comeback. Hmmmm. Anyway, we're talking about trying to record a few episodes a year so it doesn't feel too overwhelming. We still want to read and discuss these prizewinning plays!
From StageAgent.com: Susan Glaspell’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Alison’s House, takes us to Iowa on the last day of the nineteenth century. The Stanhope family are preparing to say goodbye to their old homestead on the banks of the Mississippi but the house holds a lot of memories for each generation. Their sister and aunt, Alison, has been dead for eighteen years but her influence, both as a poet and a person, remains strong. Aunt Agatha is fiercely protective of her sister’s reputation and legacy, but what is she hiding? When disgraced daughter Elsa returns home, old wounds are opened and it becomes clear that her scandalous relationship with a married man is not the first in the family. Like Elsa, Alison also fell deeply in love but, unlike her niece, she let her lover go and channeled her secret passions into her poetry. Unable to bring herself to burn the pages, Agatha finally relinquishes the poetry to Elsa and reveals Alison’s secret.
******* IN OUR NEXT EPISODE *******
Join us as we discuss the 2004 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright. Based on a true story, and inspired by interviews conducted by the playwright over several years, I AM MY OWN WIFE tells the fascinating tale of Charlotte (pronounced Shar-lotta) von Mahlsdorf, a real-life German transvestite who managed to survive both the Nazi onslaught and the repressive East German Communist regime.
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