After last week's Pitcher's Mound we continued the conversation with actors to get their perspective on the scripts and the event! 

All forms of art at best at something or we wouldn't keep them around. In this episode Aaron talks about what he think sketch excels at above other forms. 

Aaron and Steven welcome their friend Tommy Spears to discuss their different experiences with learning with Second City training programs. As perhaps the preeminient comedy school in America many people look up to the work Second City does, and perhaps have designs about moving to Chicago or pursuing online classes. Does it measure up? We discuss that today! 

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Aaron and Steven take the time to thank and remember fondly the people and places in their lives that helped make them the artists they are. 

Aaron dives into the five plays that served as inspiration for the October 22nd edition of Magical Lying Hour! 

Those five plays are:

Intellectuals (Scott Sickles)
Food Chain (Nicky Silver)
Spider-Island (Joseph Spalding)
Nice Girl (Melissa Ross)
On Tidy Endings (Harvey Fierstein)

We discuss some general business before diving into how restrictions improve and focus an artist's creativity. It's celebrating limited resources at its zenith! 

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Finegan Kruckemeyer joins us this week to talk about his work and life being an independent playwright, specialising in theater for young audiences.

Mr. Kruckemeyer is an internationally renowned playwright with accolades, awards, and credits far too numerous to list here.

We primarily discuss his path to where he is today and the business of being a playwright without an agent, and how that affects his relationships with the people who produce his plays.

If you want to know more about Mr. Kruckemeyer you can find out more on his website: finegankruckemeyer.com and if you want to publish a collection of his work you can do so here: currency.com.au/books/childrens-theatre/finegan-kruckemeyer-collection/ 

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We're joined by the stars of Bertie: A Tragedy in Eight Comedies to do a full length commentary of said show! 

You can watch along at pronoiatheater.com/bertie 

While diving into the plays he wanted to see Aaron realized the greedy part of heart yearned not merely to see some shows, but instead to control them from the inky blackness of a theater house. Here are a few of those plays and what Aaron thinks he can bring to them. 

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The fellows talk strategies for taking your script from good to great through the lens of one of their most successful shows "Bertie: A Tragedy in Eight Comedies," but not before takinga detour to talk about the politics of asking for praise. 

You can read or see Bertie at Pronoiatheater.com/Bertie

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