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Hey guys! Some sad news, Erika and Justin are taking a short hiatus from the show. Projects are catching up with them, living in New York is ALOT, and they both need to get their bearings before hoping back into their research and work they put into each episode. Thank you SO much for listening through all these epsidoes and hopefully we won't be gone too long! In the meantime, give us a follow at our insatgrams below and we will keep you updated on the status of the show!

SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to the two playwrights we featured in this episode! You can find some of their plays in the links below. Erika's play, Kill The Bird, can be found on her New Play Exchange and you can purchase and produce Justin's plays, Community Garden and Cabin Chronicles, through his publisher, Playscripts. Finally, you can check out Justin's YouTube channel for more longform theatre content! For any more information, check out Justin's website and Erika's website for more cool stuff!

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In this week's episode, Erika looks into the theatre scene in Idaho! Some great colleges, awesome oppurtunities for new playwrights, and a playwright who has become the voice of the state. Get ready to learn all about the potato state!

SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to the two playwrights we featured in this episode! You can find some of their plays in the links below. Erika's play, Kill The Bird, can be found on her New Play Exchange and you can purchase and produce Justin's plays, Community Garden and Cabin Chronicles, through his publisher, Playscripts. Finally, you can check out Justin's YouTube channel for more longform theatre content! For any more information, check out Justin's website and Erika's website for more cool stuff!

Some Links from Idaho:
Seven Devils New Play Foundry
Sun Valley Playwright's Residency
Samuel D. Hunter 
Univeristy of Idaho
Playwright Horizons Interview with Samuel D. Hunter and Adam Greenfield

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What's up everyone! This week, Justin and Erika look into Hawaii's theatre scene! Awesome regional theatre, University of Hawaii research and a deep dive on the man who has been the voice of Hawaii playwriting for years and the woman who is taking the baton.

SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to the two playwrights we featured in this episode! You can find some of their plays in the links below. Erika's play, Kill The Bird, can be found on her New Play Exchange and you can purchase and produce Justin's plays, Community Garden and Cabin Chronicles, through his publisher, Playscripts. Finally, you can check out Justin's YouTube channel for more longform theatre content! For any more information, check out Justin's website and Erika's website for more cool stuff!

Some Links from Hawaii:
Perscription: Murder with PAT SAJAK
Manoa Valley Theatre
Edward Sakamoto
Lee Cataluna

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Let's head to Georgia for this week's epsiode! Erika tells us about the state with maybe the most oppurtunity for playwrights we have come across. Erika tells us about all of the playwrights from Georgia, the upcoming season at Emory featuring one of our favorite people, and the millions of broadway shows that have come out of the Alliance Theatre. If you're a theatre person in GA, congrats... you win.

SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to the two playwrights we featured in this episode! You can find some of their plays in the links below. Erika's play, Kill The Bird, can be found on her New Play Exchange and you can purchase and produce Justin's plays, Community Garden and Cabin Chronicles, through his publisher, Playscripts. Finally, you can check out Justin's YouTube channel for more longform theatre content! For any more information, check out Justin's website and Erika's website for more cool stuff!

Some Links from Georgia:
Out of Hand Theatre
Emory University Season (Static Head by Ryan Stevens)
Essential Theatre
Working Title Playwrights
Alliance Theatre

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Happy New Year, let's talk about theatre in Flordia! This week, Justin and Erika are welcomed back to NYC by a recording session about al;l of the different theatres, colleges, and playwriting oppurtunities in Flordia! They chat about Terrance McNally's Legacy, the wonderful MFA programs in the state, and the fact that Flordia has a STATE PLAY?! Crazy! Also, they chat about their favorite shows of 2024! Enjoy the show!

SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to the two playwrights we featured in this episode! You can find some of their plays in the links below. Erika's play, Kill The Bird, can be found on her New Play Exchange and you can purchase and produce Justin's plays, Community Garden and Cabin Chronicles, through his publisher, Playscripts. Finally, you can check out Justin's YouTube channel for more longform theatre content! For any more information, check out Justin's website and Erika's website for more cool stuff!

Some Links from Flordia:
Cross and Sword by Paul Green
Dog Act by Liz Duffy Adams
Asolo Rep Career Development Program
Orlando Shakes New Play Development
FST's Recovery Project and Terrance McNally

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Happy New Year! Here is a playdough not at all because we are out of town or anything so RELAX! Basically, what if there was a classic 90s romcom movie but like a witch was in it...PRETTY CRAZY! Also, we start back out on normal episodes next week (with Flordia)!

SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to the two playwrights we featured in this episode! You can find some of their plays in the links below. Erika's play, Kill The Bird, can be found on her New Play Exchange and you can purchase and produce Justin's plays, Community Garden and Cabin Chronicles, through his publisher, Playscripts. Finally, you can check out Justin's YouTube channel for more longform theatre content! For any more information, check out Justin's website and Erika's website for more cool stuff!

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Happy holidays! Here is a holiday playdough that we hope you enjoy!  Also, Justin added jingle bells to the edit so YOU ARE WELCOME.

SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to the two playwrights we featured in this episode! You can find some of their plays in the links below. Erika's play, Kill The Bird, can be found on her New Play Exchange and you can purchase and produce Justin's plays, Community Garden and Cabin Chronicles, through his publisher, Playscripts. Finally, you can check out Justin's YouTube channel for more longform theatre content! For any more information, check out Justin's website and Erika's website for more cool stuff!

If you like the show, feel free to subscribe and give us a five star review! Also, follow us on instagram @justinborak and @actualerikakuhn and Justin on TikTok for any news and notes on upcoming episodes and more theatre reccomendations!

Let's stay on the east coast becuase this week Erika is talking about Delaware! Besides giving us a history lesson on Punkin Chunkin and getting a quick appearance from the Korak Interns, we get to talk about some wonderful niche theatre programs. Delaware Theatre Center's Young Playwrights Festival, Wilmington Drama Leauge and Aubrey Plaza's start, and some wonderufl dinner theatres! Join us this week to chat about a wonderful and tightknit theatre scene!

SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to the two playwrights we featured in this episode! You can find some of their plays in the links below. Erika's play, Kill The Bird, can be found on her New Play Exchange and you can purchase and produce Justin's plays, Community Garden and Cabin Chronicles, through his publisher, Playscripts. Finally, you can check out Justin's YouTube channel for more longform theatre content! For any more information, check out Justin's website and Erika's website for more cool stuff!

Some Links from Delaware:
Delaware Theatre Center
Punkin Chunkin
Candlelight Theater
Delaware Young Playwrights Festival
Wilmington Drama League 

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Welcome to Connecticut! This week Justin gets to focus on some of the greatest theatre places for new work in the country, who knew Connecticut went so hard on new work?! The Eugene O'Neil Theatre Center, Yale Rep, and Goodspeed are brought up and discussed and Erika spends most of the peiosde plotting her evil Two Truths and a Lie streak! Enjoy the episode!

SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to the two playwrights we featured in this episode! You can find some of their plays in the links below. Erika's play, Kill The Bird, can be found on her New Play Exchange and you can purchase and produce Justin's plays, Community Garden and Cabin Chronicles, through his publisher, Playscripts. Finally, you can check out Justin's YouTube channel for more longform theatre content! For any more information, check out Justin's website and Erika's website for more cool stuff!

Some Links from Connecticut:
Yale Drama Prize
Goodspeed Musicals
The Eugene O'Neil Theatre Center
PSYCHOPSYCHOTIC, or, Everyone at Yale is a Goddamn Sociopath!!
Theatreworks Hartford

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Let's hike in the mountains and smoke a bunch cause we are going to COLORADO! That's right, Erika breaks down all of the coolest playwrights and theatres based, from, or working in Colorado and there are some shocking names! Learn about one of the coolest New Play festivals in the country and find out what playwright is refered to as "A Denver Boy at Heart". Enjoy the epsiode!

SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to the two playwrights we featured in this episode! You can find some of their plays in the links below. Erika's play, Kill The Bird, can be found on her New Play Exchange and you can purchase and produce Justin's plays, Community Garden and Cabin Chronicles, through his publisher, Playscripts. Finally, you can check out Justin's YouTube channel for more longform theatre content! For any more information, check out Justin's website and Erika's website for more cool stuff!

Some Links from Colorado:
Phamaly Theatre
Creede Repertory Theatre
Theatre Aspen
The Colorado New Play Summit
Steven Dietz
"A Denver Boy at Heart"
Sandy Rustin
The Suffragette's Murder at DPAC

If you like the show, feel free to subscribe and give us a five star review! Also, follow us on instagram @justinborak and @actualerikakuhn and Justin on TikTok for any news and notes on upcoming episodes and more theatre reccomendations!