I love this time of year. The darker days in the evening, the cold, the need to draw together and warm ourselves. It gives us a chance to discuss the things that matter.

In this episode, my former student Hannah Randolph and I step into Susan Glaspell’s Trifles, a small play that holds a surprising amount of weight once you slow down and appreciate the details. What begins as a simple crime scene turns into a study of how people decide which details matter and which ones they ignore, and how those choices reveal more about them than the case itself. It’s Thanksgiving week, and we recorded on a busy school day that felt like it might run away from us, but that made me all the more grateful. For the classes I have, for the chance to talk plays during the day, and for the break that’s about to start! It reminded me why this work matters and why voices that notice the overlooked corners often understand the world better than the people in charge of it.

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