Nick and Andrea break from format as they talk about how to improve your play-reading experience, from finding plays to read, acquiring plays to read, and what to look out for while reading plays.Music Credits:Delightful D Kevin MacLeod (inco

The Cave Dwellers by William Saroyan

Mar 9th, 2020 33m 38s

William Saroyan's The Cave Dwellers is a quiet play with powerful themes. It has no significant acting or technical challenges, making it a fine option for any theatre looking to produce an example of American Existentialism/Absurdism. It also

The Bat, by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Feb 1st, 2020 48m 4s

The Bat, by Mary Roberts Rinehart was first performed in 1920 and was heavily influential on murder mysteries. It also inspired Bob Kane to create comic book superhero Batman. Although generally appropriate for any theatre, there are racial ste

The Latent Heterosexual by Paddy Chayefsky

Jan 1st, 2020 43m 5s

The Latent Heterosexual, by Paddy Chayefsky, is a tragicomedy from 1968 about a gay man who officially becomes a corporation - for tax purposes - only to have his identity and will eroded to nothing in the process. It is a complicated play with

The Scarecrow by Percy MacKaye

Dec 1st, 2019 45m 32s

Percy MacKaye's The Scarecrow (1911) is an early relic of American theatre that is inspired by the Nathaniel Hawthorne short story Feathertop. There are several supernatural elements shown on stage which may prove challenging to produce, but co

I Have Been Here Before by J.B. Priestley

Nov 1st, 2019 33m 25s

Set in an inn in 1930's England, I Have Been Here Before by J.B. Priestley is a play about time and causality, examining the idea that time is circular and that our lives are repeated, over and over again. Minimal technical challenges mean that

The Holdup by Marsha Norman

Oct 1st, 2019 34m 27s

The Holdup, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Marsha Norman, takes place at the end of America's wild west, as two young men encounter one of the last western outlaws. This period piece has few technical requirements, which will make it suitable for mos

R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek

Sep 1st, 2019 35m 36s

R.U.R (Rossum's Universal Robots) was written by Czech playwright Karel Čapek and first produced in 1921. This play has the distinction of introducing the word "robot" to the English language, as well as the idea of a robot apocalpyse! Any comp

Come Back, Little Sheba, by William Inge

Aug 1st, 2019 35m 34s

Nick and Andrea discuss Come Back, Little Sheba, by William Inge, first produced in 1950. This is Inge's first successful play, about a middle-aged couple trying to let go of their lost youth. It is appropriate for most types of theatres, from

Life x 3 by Yasmina Reza

Jul 1st, 2019 32m

Today's episode is about Life x 3 by Yasmina Reza, first produced in 2000. This lesser-known work of Yasmina Reza (best known for "Art" and God of Carnage) uses adult language, which may make it most appropriate for professional and collegiate

Dream Girl by Elmer Rice

Jun 1st, 2019 31m 37s

For our first episode, we discuss Dream Girl, by Elmer Rice, first produced in 1945. Dream Girl is a romantic comedy about Georgina Allerton, a young woman who is prone to flights of fancy, which are depicted on stage. It's a relatively unknown

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