Play to Z

Welcome to the first PLAYdough of the season! This week, Justin and Erika come up with a play that involves corporate america, building buildingd, and large scissors. Justin makes the monolouge of his life, Erika takes a turn for horror, and the two have a blast making, The Science of Building Buildings.

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 play, Community Garden, through his publisher, Playscripts. Finally, you can check out Justin's YouTube channel for more longform theatre content!

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Cheers, chums! It's C! This week, Erika and Justin talk about some of their favorite playwrights and have a BLAST doing it! Erika finally reads a reccomendation that mad eher heart sore, Justin nerds out about Chekhov like always, and Erika makes some insane musical theatre claims in the EKR! It's a great one!

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 play, Community Garden, through his publisher, Playscripts. Finally, you can check out Justin's YouTube channel for more longform theatre content!

Links to our playwrights:
Julia Cho's Dramatist
Annie Baker's Uncle Vanya
Tracy Lett's Three Sisters
Aaron Posner's Stupid F**king Bird

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BOY OH BOY, WE BACK WITH A BANGER! It's B! This week Justin and Erika talk about some of their faovrite plays on a rare morning recoridng! Justin goes into one of his favorites, Erika reads a ton of Clare Barron writing and realizes they're kinda twins, and the two of them get excited for their upcoming trip to see Dobama Theatre's production of Bess Wohl's Make Believe!

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 play, Community Garden, through his publisher, Playscripts. Finally, you can check out Justin's YouTube channel for more longform theatre content!

Links to our playwrights:
Clare Barron's Concord
Bess Wohl's Dramatist
Dobama Theatre's Production of Bess Wohl's Make Believe (running October 6-29, 2023)

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ALL Y'ALL, WE BACK! That's right, season two has begun and we're so happy you're here! And it's the letter - A! Justin gets to talk about Annie Baker, Erika dives into her thesis role with Alice Birch, and the two recount a recent wonderful trip to NYC to see Annie Baker's Infinite Life at Atlantic Theatre Company! Get ready, get set, SEASON TWO!

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 play, Community Garden, through his publisher, Playscripts. Finally, you can check out Justin's YouTube channel for more longform theatre content!

Links to our playwrights:
Annie Baker's Concord
Annie Baker's Dramatist
Annie Baker's Infinite Life at Atlantic Theatre Company (now running to October 14th)
Alice Birch's Concord

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Methuen, NHB, Oberon, OH MY! It's the final Summer Stock(pile) of the summer and we are heading over the pond because Justin and Erika are talking about The Brits! Erika reads one of the best author note's in theatre history, Justin finds his new theatre obsession, and both of them conceptualize... what if a squirrel was an antiqueer? Put some sunscreen on and we close out this summer with a bang!

SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to our friends at Publishing Companies that we spoke about today! If you wanna check some of them out, some will be linked in the descritipon below. If you want to support us, there are a few things you should know. Erika's play, Kill The Bird, can be found on her New Play Exchange and you can purchase and produce Justin's play, Community Garden, through his publisher, Playscripts. Also, we are so excited to say that Play to Z: Season 2 will release on September 15th! See ya then, playbees (playbes? Idk, but I like it)!

Some British Publishers:
Methuen
NHB
Oberon

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This week, Justin and Erika chat about Erika's new play, Kill The Bird. Erika goes into her process, where the play came from, the work that went into this production and the decision to direct the play and overall, how KTB came to be. And Justin... well, he just asks her questions and is absolutley estatic to be there. Truly, from the whole Play to Z family, congratulations to Erika and the team behind Kill The Bird. If you would like to read the play, check out Erika's New Play Exchange link in her Instagram bio (details below) and make sure you shoot her a congrulations DM over there as well! Enjoy the interview!

SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to our friends at Broadway Licensing and West Virginia Public Theatre for helping fund and produce the upcoming production of Kill The Bird and a huge thanks to the cast and crew who helped make KTB run! The play will run August 18-20 in the Falbo Theatre at WVU. If you want FREE tickets to this show, go to wvpublictheatre.org and make sure you follow us on our instgrams below!

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Don't look right into the sun y'all, cause it's the summer stockpile! This week, Justin and Erika scower the internet for some of the indie publishers in (and out) of the theatre spaces! Erika talks some poetry-inspired theatre, Justin blows up his spot on one of his favorite monologue-filled play, and the two of them play some minigame sin this week's EKR! Make sure you get that sunblock on, cause this one's hot!

SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to our friends at Publishing Companies that we spoke about today! If you wanna check some of them out, some will be linked in the descritipon below. If you want to support us, we have a few things coming up! Erika is writing and directing a play called, Kill the Bird, which is being produced through West Virginia Public Theatre and the Broadway Licensing New Works Grant. The play will run August 18-20 in the Falbo Theatre at WVU. The following weekend, Justin's new play, Cabin Chronicles, will have a reading down on August 27th at 7:00 PM at WVU through WVPT! If you want FREE tickets to either of these shows, go to wvpublictheatre.org and make sure you follow us on our instgrams below!

Some Indie Publishers:
Plays Inverse
Dramatic Publishing Company
TRW Plays

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Put on your swim shorts and snorkels! It's the Summer Stock(pile) and today we are talking Concord Theatricals! Justin and Erika breakdown their favorite plays and msuicals from their many catalogs including Concord, Samuel French, The ALW Collection, The Rogers and Hammerstein Collection, and the Tams-Witmark Collection! Justin does his classic 4-piece breakdown, Erika is giving you some great monolouge content (blowing up her own spot) and we dive into the BIGGEST EKR(V) that we ever have! Enjoy this and don't forget to apply sunscreen!

SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to our friends at Concord Theatricals for the work they have done in the theatre community. If you want to support us, we have a few things coming up! Erika is writing and directing a play called, Kill the Bird, which is being produced through West Virginia Public Theatre and the Broadway Licensing New Works Grant. The play will run August 18-20 in the Falbo Theatre at WVU. If you want FREE tickets, go to wvpublictheatre.org and make sure you follow us on our instgrams below!

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!

WELCOME BACK! Today, Justin and Erika begin their bi-monthly summer seires, the Summer Stock(pile)! In this 4-episode event, the pair will be breaking down plays by the companies that liscense/publish them and today we have a organization that has worked with us since the beginning, Broadway Licensing! Justin gets all catagorical, Erika gives you the greats and the gatekept, and the EKR gets a huge twist! Put your swimsuits on and grab a pinacolada, cause Play to Z is back and it's offically the summer!

SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to our friends at Broadway Licensing for the work they have done in the theatre community. If you want to support us, we have a few things coming up! Erika is writing and directing a play called, Kill the Bird, which is being produced through West Virginia Public Theatre and the Broadway Licensing New Works Grant. The play will run August 18-20 in the Falbo Theatre at WVU. If you want FREE tickets, go to wvpublictheatre.org and make sure you follow us on our instgrams below!

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

What an amazing season 1! In this short epsidoe, Justin and Erika chat about the plans for the future of the show! Find out what is going to happen this summer, how will Season 2 play out and so much more! Thanks for listening in and see you guys in a few weeks (specifically on July 7th) to start off our short summer series before we jump in season 2!

Special thanks to Broadway Licensing for being a script supplier of the show and U92 for being our recording headquarters!

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