Playwright Repertory Podcast

Playwright Repertory Podcast

By Mitchell Huntley and Sarah SparksEducationArtsPerforming Arts
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Playwright Repertory Podcast episodes

  • The Moon, My Dearest. by Madison Osment
    In this week's episode, we read Madison Osment's play The Moon, my dearest. and talk to her about coming up with play ideas, the moon landing, and test everyone's patience with Mitchell's jokes. // CAST: Jordan Spena as Arin, Bella Arnold as Lulana.
    43 min
  • Writing in Style
    In this week's episode, we talk about the components of writing plays in specific styles, the style choices of specific playwrights, and debate Mitchell's use of mom jeans.
    1 hr 7 min
  • Paisley and Elijah by Mia Kaplan
    In this week's episode, we read Mia Kaplan's play "Paisley and Elijah" and Mitchell and Sarah talk to her about writing your first play, self-criticism, and-- oddly enough-- Supreme Court justices.// CAST LIST: Bella Arnold as Paisley, Jordan Spena as Elijah
    50 min
  • Activist Theatre (feat. Madeline Oberle and Nicolas Ruano)
    In this week's episode, Mitchell and Sarah talk with Madeline Oberle (Northwestern's Spectrum Theatre Company) and Nicolas Ruano (TFT Talks) about activist/accessible theatre, ideas for making theatre more accessible, and proving that-- to paraphrase Mark Twain-- the reports of theatre's death have been greatly exaggerated.
    1 hr
  • A Meta Mad-Libs Play by Mitchell Huntley
    In the first episode of 2021 (and the new season), we read Mitchell's short play "A Meta Mad-Libs Play" with our friends, and Sarah and Mitchell talk about audience interaction in the age of zoom and how to freshen up our Zoom performances.AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Bella Arnold // Kyra Baklayan // Justin Joung // Mia Kaplan // Jordan Spena // Ben Susskind
    38 min
  • Adapting Classics (feat. Jamie Ostmann)
    In this week's episode, Mitchell and Sarah talk with Jamie Ostmann, the president of Harvard's Hyperion Shakespeare Company, about what defines a classic work, how you can put your own spin on these stories, and Mitchell learns the hard way not to trust the sources he finds online.
    42 min
  • SPECIAL: Mitchell's Game of Games
    In this special episode, Mitchell looks at three iconic games from the previous 18 episodes and gives his commentary on coming up with the games, little quirks about editing, and demonstrating his short-term memory loss when it comes to the answers.
    18 min

About Playwright Repertory Podcast

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How does one write a play? What even is playwriting? The Playwright Repertory Podcast focuses on the art of storytelling through theatre. PRP hosts virtual readings of high school and college student written plays with an ensemble of student actors, followed by interviews and short feedback discussions with the playwright, amongst other shenanigans.