No Script: The Podcast

Mini Month Week 3: "The Shawl" by David Mamet

Mini Month continues into its third week with a short play by one of the most popular playwrights in American history: David Mamet. Mamet has a robust collection of short plays, many of which show off the brilliant stylistic and storytelling choices that make Mamet the titan of drama that he is. In "The Shawl," Mamet pits a psychic with a heart of gold against a down-and-out con man. 

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Mini Month Week 2: "Far Away" by Caryl Churchill

In this second week of Mini Month, Jackson and Jacob take on both the form of a "one act" and the awesome, enigmatic Caryl Churchill. Her play "Far Away" is a mysterious and sometimes baffling look at a society consumed by war.

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Mini Month has arrived! 

During the month of April, Jackson and Jacob will look at four one acts/short plays. First up? "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You" by Christopher Durang. This irreverent look at the institution of Catholic education has earned Mr. Durang protests across the country. Listen in to see why!

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This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob return to playwright Rajiv Joseph. His play "Guards at the Taj," reminiscent of "Waiting for Godot" or "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," follows two low-level imperial soldiers assigned to guard the newly completed Taj Mahal. Playing on the ancient myth about the Taj Mahal's construction, Joseph imagines these guards have to severe the hands of all 20,000 artisans who labored to build the Taj Mahal so that it can remain the most beautiful thing ever created. What happens to their friendship and their individual psyches in the wake of this traumatic event? How are beauty and power interrelated?  

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It's controversial, it's tragic, it's... a comedy? This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob take on Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice." Listen as the boys reflect on Shakespeare's humanizing portrayal of Shylock, his brilliant writing (especially the trial scene), and his bizarre Act 5. 

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In their first discussion on American theatre history signpost Clifford Odets, Jackson and Jacob wrestle their way through his dense and passionate writing style. Odets' play "Awake and Sing!" follows an impoverished Jewish family living in a small apartment in the Bronx in the 1930s. "Awake and Sing!" is a strong ensemble show with complex and earnest characters. Listen in!  

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The night before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. encounters something spectacular... or, at least, that's all we can tell you about Katori Hall's play "The Mountaintop" without spoiling it. This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss Hall's use of revelation and the way she humanizes giants of history. Listen in!

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How do we conduct ourselves in positions of power? How does the culture we invest in change us? These questions and more are explored by Rebecca Gilman in her thought-provoking play "Spinning into Butter." This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob try to unpack some of Gilman's complex and challenging ideas. Listen in! 

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This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob take one of theatre's greatest scripts: Brecht's striking play "Mother Courage and Her Children." In his powerful anti-war epic, Brecht imagines a woman who makes her living by selling supplies to soldiers during wartime. In the course of the play, that same war which she relies on for her business claims all three of Courage's children. Listen in as Jackson and Jacob discuss Brecht's alienation techniques as well as the connections to a script No Script covered in Season 2! 

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In their first discussion on brilliant playwright Tina Howe, Jackson and Jacob choose her Putlizer Prize-finalist play "Painting Churches." This script is just as poignant as it is funny. Listen in as J&J wrestle with the complex family relationships Howe has crafted and explore how young artists can make their parents take them seriously. 

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