DeScripted

Jan 27 2024 25 mins 1
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Actors Randy Hunt and Tyler Costigan host this show where they take a closer look at the plays that have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama since it was first awarded in 1918. We'll provide a brief introduction of the play, the playwright, and a synopsis. We'll then discuss how the play was received, it's influence on/by society, notable cast/crew, stories, scandals, fun facts, and some of our favorite lines.

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Ep 24 - Doubt, A Parable by John Patrick Shanley

Jan 27 2024 21 mins  
In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 2005 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, "Doubt, a Parable" by John Patrick Shanley.From Encyclopedia.com: Set at a Catholic school in the Bronx in 1964, Doubt concerns an older nun, Sister Aloysius, who does not approve of teachers' offering friendship and compassion over the discipline she feels students need in order to face the h

Ep 23 - The Green Pastures by Marc Connelly [1930 Winner]

Dec 11 2022 23 mins  
In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 1930 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, The Green Pastures by Marc Connelly.From Encyclopedia.com: The Green Pastures follows stories of the Bible, such as Adam and Eve, Noah and the flood, Moses and the exodus from Egypt, and the crucifixion of Christ, but places them in a rural black southern setting. Thus, one of the opening scenes takes pla

Ep 22 - Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill [1928 Winner]

Nov 08 2022 39 mins  
In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 1928 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill.From Encyclopedia.com: The play covers a period of twenty-five years in the lives of mostly upper-middle-class East Coast characters. It centers on Nina Leeds, a passionate, tormented woman whose fiancé was killed in World War I and who spends the remainder of her life

Ep 21 - Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire [2007 Winner]

Feb 20 2022 51 mins  
In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 2007 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire.CONTENT WARNING: Death of young child, grief, suicide, drug abuseWe were thrilled to have Julie Arnold Lisnet with us as a special guest to discuss this play. Like all of our podcast episodes, this episode contains a lot of spoilers. If you have yet to read or see this

Ep 20 - Street Scene by Elmer Rice [1929 Winner]

Jan 17 2022 23 mins  
In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 1929 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, Street Scene by Elmer Rice.From Stageagent.com: The claustrophobic reality of living in a six-story walk-up in the Lower East Side of Manhattan is the focus of Elmer Rice’s Street Scene. With the neighbors all knowing everyone’s business, and constantly passing judgement on everyone’s behavior, it i

Ep 19 - August: Osage County by Tracy Letts [2008 Winner]

Nov 21 2021 29 mins  
Note: This episode contains explicit language.In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 2008 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, August: Osage County, by Tracy LettsSynopsis from StageAgent.com: August: Osage County centers around the Weston family, brought together after their patriarch, world-class poet and alcoholic Beverly Weston, disappears. The matriarch, Violet, depressed and add

Ep 18 - Ruined by Lynn Nottage [2009 Winner]

Oct 24 2021 22 mins  
Trigger warnings: Sexual assault, prostitution, alcohol consumption, warIn this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 2009 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, Ruined by Lynn Nottage.Synopsis from StageAgent.com: Set in a small mining town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lynn Nottage’s Ruined follows Mama Nadi, a businesswoman who is trying to stay afloat in a world torn apart by

Ep 17 - In Abraham's Bosom by Paul Green [1927 Winner]

Oct 10 2021 17 mins  
In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 1927 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, In Abraham's Bosom by Paul Green.Synopsis from Concord Theatricals: In this story, [playwright] Paul Green, a product himself of a rural upbringing in North Carolina, tells the post Civil War story of the deeply troubled young man, son of a tyrannical white land owner and a poor black woman, who sees educ

Ep 16 - Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris [2011 Winner]

Sep 01 2021 30 mins  
In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 2011 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris.Synopsis from Stageagent.com: Clybourne Park is a razor-sharp satire about the politics of race. In response to Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, playwright Bruce Norris set up Clybourne Park as a pair of scenes that bookend Hansberry’s piece. These two scenes, f

Ep 15 - Craig's Wife by George Kelly [1926 Winner]

Aug 15 2021 21 mins  
In this episode, Randy and Tyler discuss the 1926 Pulitzer Prizewinning Play, Craig's Wife by George Kelly.Synopsis from Playbill.com: A materialistic woman's marriage crumbles because of her obsession with preserving her possessions.******* IN OUR NEXT EPISODE *******Join us as we discuss Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris , winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.Synopsis from St