“If you’re in a city and want to know who’s going to be aware of what’s going on criminally, going to a pawn shop or a boxing gym or a tattoo parlor can be productive.”
Vanity Fair Columnist Richard Lawson and “Mr. Burns” creators Steve Cosson and Anne Washburn discuss the cartoon that has influenced American humor and political ideology since the late 80s.
A look at the process of creating The Civilians’ new musical “Pretty Filthy,” letting you hear some of the interviews that didn’t make it into the final show but were too good not to share.
Actor Tony Torn talks to artist Jeanine Oleson about her experiments moving opera off the proscenium stage and into the interactive space of the New Museum.
Steve Cosson and Cynthia Hopkins discuss their different theatrical journeys through the Arctic to address the global climate change crisis.
Playwright KJ Sanchez gained acclaim documenting the experiences of Marines returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Next, she turns her investigative lens on a different kind of trauma survivor: NFL players.
In his new musical “The Universe is a Small Hat,” writer/director César Alvarez invites audiences to build a society on a techno-utopian space colony.
The final episode in our series on sex and death features stories and songs about sexomnia, sex addiction and a child’s view of mortality.
Playwright Jason Grote on “BASETRACK Live,” a multimedia theater piece born from photojournalism that news outlets wouldn’t touch.
“I kept it very close to their own words. There was something sacred about it. I didn’t want to mess with the power they have.”
The Playwright-in-Residence at the Public discusses getting past the small talk in his podcast and his plays.
Actors Billy Eugene Jones, Dan Domingues, Daoud Heidami & Michael Esper perform monologues & a song based on interviews with people who have different strategies — from doing drugs to practicing hot nude yoga — for coping with modern society.
The second episode in our series on sex & death features monologues from Parker Drown & Jeanine Serralles, as well as a song from Grace McLean.
The first episode in a series exploring two of our favorite subjects: sex and death! Hear monologues from Stephen Plunkett and Sam Breslin Wright, as well as a song from cabaret superstar Lady Rizo.
The fourth and final episode in our series exploring the work of pioneering sex researcher Dr. George W. Henry features monologues & music from Trey Lyford, Max Vernon, Nedra McClyde, Marykate O’Neil & Jill Sobule.
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