The Green Light

This week, we have spooky detours with a spoofy script, “My Life is a Sitcom” by Jeshurun Young! A high school student is either crazy or right when he claims that his history class is actually a sitcom with writers in Hollywood driving his life. Jeshurun talks about his playwriting experience, his other work, and his favorite sitcoms!

Detours: Vampires vs. The Bronx (Netflix), Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (Amazon), Hubie Halloween (Netflix)

Contact Jeshurun Young: [email protected]

Check out Jeshurun’s YouTube Channel, House of Cringe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGOxEb4RRJ92AVbVqSNBh7w

Check your voter registration, sign up to be a poll worker, and get set up to vote by mail: https://votesaveamerica.com/everylastvote/

Writing, acting, and music submissions: [email protected]

Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight

Make a one-time donation on PayPal at [email protected]!

Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551

Check out our YouTube channel with both of our shows, J&L Closet Pods: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUY4LtkBlJSmI5Hzbi0JiPQ

Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!

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This week, we’re reading a short drama, “Love on Ice,” about the final argument between a married couple (even though one of them has died). Our writer of the week, Tim Woods, talks about his experience writing not only plays, but also novels, and the beauty and special intimacy of theatre.

Detours: Poltergeist (Netflix), Atlanta (Hulu), Haunted Mansion (Disney+)

Contact Tim Woods: [email protected]

Check your voter registration, sign up to be a poll worker, and get set up to vote by mail: https://votesaveamerica.com/everylastvote/

Writing, acting, and music submissions: [email protected]

Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight

Make a one-time donation on PayPal at [email protected]!

Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551

Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!

Follow Lauren on Instagram and Twitter: @hunkeleberry

Follow Jackson on Instagram and Twitter: @j_woodward_c

This week, we’re reading a short two-person play centering around a one-woman play by Ed Friedman! Benny is just trying to give his actor coworker some props after her show when she forces him to confront his true feelings for her. Ed talks about his use (or lack thereof) of stage directions and the NY Giants’ CRUSHING loss to the Steelers.

Detours: Woke (Hulu), Enola Holmes (Netflix)

Contact Ed Friedman: [email protected]

Check out a filmed production of another one of Ed’s plays: https://www.studiotheaterinexile.com/news/climbing-the-walls-road-trip-ed-friedman

Check your voter registration, sign up to be a poll worker, and get set up to vote by mail: https://votesaveamerica.com/everylastvote/

Writing, acting, and music submissions: [email protected]

Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight

Make a one-time donation on PayPal at [email protected]!

Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551

Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!

Follow Lauren on Instagram and Twitter: @hunkeleberry

Follow Jackson on Instagram and Twitter: @j_woodward_c

For our September episode of Green LIT, we watched the original Alien film from 1979! We also mixed up green screwdrivers with orange juice, vodka, and blue curaçao. This is just a sneak peek of our 50-ish minute episode for Patreon, so jump on at the Green Candle level if you want to hear more! (And to all of our patrons: we love you!)

Director: Ridley Scott

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Yaphet Kotto, Veronica Cartwright, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton

Just a little bit of ~bonus content~ for your weekend. This is the first five or so minutes of our Patreon bonus episode talking about the TV show "Community". This content (full length of episode is about 30 minutes), and all of our other Patreon bonus content is available at only the $1 level. That's a steal! 

So if you like what you hear, and love us with your whole heart, please consider subscribing to our Patreon for content like this, and so much more. Links below, and also available on our socials!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight

Writing, acting, and music submissions: [email protected]

Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551

Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!

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This week, we’re reading an excerpt from Mitch Maclay Sings Just For You by Craig Bailey! This is a one-act play that we’ll be reading in its entirety for our first “Road Trip” episode on our Patreon! Craig talks about his work in radio (including his show Floydian Slip), the real life inspiration for the character Mrs. Davidson, and how celebrity culture has changed.

Detours: The Invisible Man (HBO Max), Community (Netflix, Hulu)

Contact Craig Bailey: [email protected]

Check out Craig’s free feedback service for playwrights: https://www.readmyplay.com/index.php

Check out the website for this play: https://www.mitchmaclay.com/index.php

Check your voter registration, sign up to be a poll worker, and get set up to vote by mail: https://votesaveamerica.com/everylastvote/

Writing, acting, and music submissions: [email protected]

Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight

Make a one-time donation on PayPal at [email protected]!

Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551

Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!

Follow Lauren on Instagram and Twitter: @hunkeleberry

Follow Jackson on Instagram and Twitter: @j_woodward_c

This week, we’re reading “The Meadow,” a short mystery play by Ryan Kaminski! We’re also bringing in another outside actor this week, Regina Niles! Ryan talks about the future of theatre, New Jersey, and his ideal baked potato toppings.

Detours: Unpregnant (HBO Max), Holey Moley (Hulu)

Contact Ryan Kaminski: [email protected]

Follow Regina on Instagram: @regina.l.niles

Check your voter registration, sign up to be a poll worker, and get set up to vote by mail: https://votesaveamerica.com/everylastvote/

Check out Ryan on New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/users/34918/ryan-kaminski

Academy Diversity and Inclusion Standards: https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-establishes-representation-and-inclusion-standards-oscarsr-eligibility

Writing, acting, and music submissions: [email protected]

Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight

Make a one-time donation on PayPal at [email protected]!

Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551

Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!

Follow Lauren on Instagram and Twitter: @hunkeleberry

Follow Jackson on Instagram and Twitter: @j_woodward_c

This week, we’re reading “The Man Who Shot Hitler,” a two-man play by Steven Christopher McKnight. Hitler tries to console a fascist leader (who shall remain nameless) at the end of his reign. Steven talks about tragicomedy, our former guest Nolan Nightingale, and some of his more outrageous Facebook posts.

Detours: Safety Not Guaranteed (Netflix), Mulan (Disney+)

Contact Steven Christopher McKnight: [email protected]

Check your voter registration, sign up to be a poll worker, and get set up to vote by mail: https://votesaveamerica.com/everylastvote/

Writing, acting, and music submissions: [email protected]

Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight

Make a one-time donation on PayPal at [email protected]!

This week, we read “The Last Punk on Earth,” a screenplay by Kimani “K-Jo” Calliste, a screenwriting, producing, roadtripping, photographer extraordinaire! “The Last Punk on Earth” is about a runaway who stows away in a woman’s car on her drive to Seattle, and they bond over punk music. K-Jo talks about his passion projects, his writing process, and his future tiny house road trip!

Detours: Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay), Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (Disney+), The Morning Show (Apple TV)

Contact Kimani Calliste: [email protected]

Add K-Jo on Duolingo! https://www.duolingo.com/profile/kjocalliste

Check out the K-Jo Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLSQ8LIituxU0-ZJiHMr2Ow

K-Jo’s website: https://kjography.com/

The Unprompted Podcast (specifically the ep about us lol): https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-unprompted/129-green-light--DpaCTsQXSc/

Writing and music submissions: [email protected]

Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight

Make a one-time donation on PayPal at [email protected]!

This week, we’re reading “What’s in the Box?” a short screenplay by Benjamin Posselt! This script is about two exes rekindling their friendship after six years when one of them shows up unannounced in the other’s apartment, and it is NOT a reference to Se7en. This script was originally written in German and translated to English so we could read it on the show! Benjamin talks about his writing process, a super cool not-a-heist script he wrote when he was 12, and whether McDonald’s or Burger King has the best fries.

Detours: Born a Crime (Trevor Noah), Ruined (Lynn Nottage), The Twilight Saga (Amazon Prime)

Contact Benjamin Posselt: [email protected]

Writing and music submissions: [email protected]

Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight

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