No Script: The Podcast

S11.E02 | ”In the Blood” by Suzan-Lori Parks

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A riff on The Scarlet Letter, Suzan-Lori Parks' play In the Blood is as harrowing as it is rich and poignant. Jackson and Jacob discuss Parks' deliber...

S11.E01 | ”Clyde’s” by Lynn Nottage

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The first episode of Season 11 is here! Returning to another great No Script tradition, Jackson and Jacob discuss a play by Lynn Nottage. Clyde's is ...

S10.E19 | ”Parade” by Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown

12 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The final episode of Season 10 has arrived! Jackson and Jacob discuss Parade (Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown), which was recently revived on Bro...

S10.E18 | ”Frozen” by Bryony Lavery

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson welcomes Hannah Barker Nickolay as our Season 10 Special Guest! Hannah and Jackson discuss Bryony Lavery's play Froze...

S10.E17 | ”Fires in the Mirror” by Anna Deavere Smith

29 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

No Script returns to the legendary Anna Deavere Smith this week, looking at her empathetic portrait of a neighborhood in crisis: Fires in the Mirror....

S10.E16 | ”The Phantom ” by Andrew Lloyd Webber

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, a celebration of sorts! The Phantom of the Opera just recently closed its historic Broadway run, and that makes it perfect f...

S10.E015 | ”Miss Julie” by August Strindberg

15 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss a complicated classic. Strindberg's Miss Julie is a piece of real psychological intrigue where cla...

S10.E014 | ”Heroes of the Fourth Turning” by Will Arbery

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery is a compelling, empathetic portrait of a specific, sequestered community in rural Wyoming. As longtime f...

S10.E013 | ”Thoroughly Stupid Things” by Montserrat Mendez

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss a fast paced, witty sequel to The Importance of Being Earnest. A playful follow up, Montserrat Mend...

S10.E012 | ”A Thousand Cranes” by Kathryn Schultz Miller

24 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mini Month Part 2 concludes this week with a moving true story. A Thousand Cranes by Kathryn Schultz Miller is about the aftermath of the United State...

S10.E011 | ”Riders to the Sea” by JM Synge

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mini Month: Part 2 continues this week with one of the famous one acts from Ireland. J.M. Synge's Riders to the Sea is a highly moving piece of writ...

S10.E010 | ”La Muerte” by Marco Ramirez

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Themed Month continues!  In the second week of "Mini Month Part 2," Jackson and Jacob continue exploring short plays. "La Muerte" is a frightening, a...

S10.E09 | ”Sure Thing” by David Ives

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Themed Month begins!  In "Mini Month Part 2" Jackson and Jacob return to the short play form, looking at four plays that run less than a traditional ...

S10.E08 | ”God Said This” by Leah Nanako Winkler

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss Leah Nanako Winkler's play God Said This. The play follows a family struggling to stay civil as the...

S10.E07 | ”The Courtroom” by Arian Moayed

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Courtroom is a piece of theatre that tries not to be. Arian Moayed's stages a piece of verbatim theatre that follows one woman's encounters with t...

S10.E06 | ”Becky Shaw” by Gina Gionfriddo

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, a sharply funny comedy of bad manners by Gina Gionfriddo. "Becky Shaw" keeps you on your toes through its quick witted comedy ...

S10.E05 | ”The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity” by Kristoffer Diaz

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

At the quarter mark of Season 10, Jackson and Jacob discuss a riotous, unique piece of storytelling theatre about the wild world of pro wrestling. Kri...

S10.E04 | ”The Thin Place” by Lucas Hnath

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss a spooky, mind-bending play by American powerhouse Lucas Hnath. The Thin Place is a masterful stor...

S10.E03 | ”The Night of the Iguana” by Tennessee Williams

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob revisit one of the greatest dramatists of all time: Tennessee Williams. His play The Night of the Iguana i...

S10.E02 | ”The Drowsy Chaperone” by Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison, Bob Martin, and Don McKellar

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob dive into a wild romp of a musical, with a satiric twist. The Drowsy Chaperone (Lisa Lambert, Greg Morriso...

S10.E01 | ”Fat Ham” by James Ijames

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

No Script returns with Season 10! In this episode, Jackson and Jacob discuss the provocative new Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fat Ham by James Ijames...

S9.E19 | ”Barbecue” by Robert O’Hara

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of Season 9, Jackson and Jacob discuss an incredible piece of drama from contemporary American playwright Robert O'Hara. "Barbecu...

S9.E18 | ”Waiting for Lefty” by Clifford Odets

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss a classic American play. Clifford Odets' "Waiting for Lefty" is a stunningly relevant piece from 193...

S9.E17 | ”After the Revolution” by Amy Herzog

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

"After the Revolution" by Amy Herzog is part of a pair of plays about the same family. Jackson and Jacob discussed the other play ("4000 Miles") early...

S9.E16| Revisiting ”Between Riverside And Crazy” by Stephen Adly Guirgis

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of this season's themed month, Jackson and Jacob revisit Stephen Adly Guirgis' play Between Riverside and Crazy. Jackson, now hav...

S9.E15 | Revisiting ”The Christians” by Lucas Hnath

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jacob is joined by special guest Michael Legg to discuss Lucas Hnath's play The Christians. Legg was part of the Humana Festival at the Ac...

S9.E14 | Revisiting ”Men on Boats” by Jaclyn Backhaus

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the second episode of the Season 9 Themed Month, "New Chats, Old Scripts," Jackson and Jacob have an abbreviated follow up conversation about Jacly...

S9.E13 | Revisiting ”Dinner with Friends” by Donald Margulies

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the first episode of the Season 9 Themed Month, Jackson and Jacob have a "new chat" about an "old script." In this month, J&J have short, follow-up...

S9.E12 | ”The Behavior of Broadus” by Burglars of Hamm

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, a satiric, wildly comedic script by Burglars of Hamm, a writing/performing collective. The musical follows (very loosely) the ...

S9.E11 | ”Uncle Vanya” by Anton Chekhov

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob talk about one of the most influential playwrights in history: Anton Chekhov. His play "Uncle Vanya" is a br...

S9.E10 | ”Everybody” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's a play about life... or death? Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' play Everybody is an adaption of the famous morality play "Everyman." In his modernizati...

S9.E09 | ”Admissions” by Joshua Harmon

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob take on a challenging play about relevant contemporary issues. "Admissions," by Joshua Harmon, is a biting c...

S9.E08 | ”The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” by Simon Stephens

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss one of the most famous novel adaptions in recent memory. Simon Stephens' play "The Curious Incident ...

S9.E07 | ”Native Gardens” by Karen Zacarías

26 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode, Jackson and Jacob take on Karen Zacarías' neighbor-comedy "Native Gardens." The play swept the nation before the pandemic, bo...

S9.E06 | ”No Man’s Land” by Harold Pinter

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss the work of a theatre legend. Harold Pinter is one of the most profoundly impactful playwrights in h...

S9.E05 | ”The Wash” by Philip Kan Gotanda

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss Philip Kan Gotanda's play The Wash. In The Wash, Gotanda uses significant props and meaningful acti...

S9.E04 | ”Dancing at Lughnasa” by Brian Friel

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After a long holiday weekend, No Script returns with a script about another fall holiday... in Ireland! Brian Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa" is a memor...

S9.E03 | ”Dance Nation” by Clare Barron

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dance Nation by Clare Barron is a visceral, imaginative look back at adolescence. Listen in as Jackson and Jacob celebrate Barron's use of magical re...

S9.E02 | ”Little Shop of Horrors” by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob double up on musicals. Last week was a fruitful discussion of a musical from the early 80s..... and this wee...

S9.E01 | ”Sunday in the Park with George” by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

No Script is back! In this first episode of Season 9, Jackson and Jacob discuss a product of one of America's strongest theatrical partnerships: Steph...

S8.E19 | ”Crimes of the Heart” by Beth Henley

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the last episode of the season, Jackson and Jacob discuss a true American classic. Beth Henley's Crimes of the Heart is a painful, hilarious famil...

S8.E18 | ”Street Scene” by Elmer Rice

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob go back nearly 100 years to discuss a script with massive theatrical daring. Elmer Rice's Street Scene is ...

S8.E17 | ”Lemon Sky” by Lanford Wilson with special guest Jeffrey Sweet

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jacob welcomes special guest Jeffrey Sweet to the show. Sweet is a playwright and teacher based in New York City. Together, he...

S8.E16 | ”Eclipsed” by Danai Gurira

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Jackson and Jacob discuss a heartbreaking play. Eclipsed is Danai Guriria's moving piece about women and their struggle for survival duri...

S8.E15 | ”What the Constitution Means to Me” by Heidi Shreck

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode of No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss a semi-autobiographical play (or, more like, theatre event!) that has swept the nation ...

S8.E14 | ”This Is Our Youth” by Kenneth Lonergan

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One of the famous shows for young actors, Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth follows three people on the cusp of adulthood. With an acerbic wit an...

S8.E13 | ”The Gin Game” by D.L. Coburn

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Gin Game is a witty, irascible drama by D.L. Coburn. It won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss ...

S8.E12 | ”Soft Power” by David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The final episode of David Henry Hwang Month has arrived! Jackson and Jacob conclude their themed month by discussing Hwang's newest work, a musical w...

S8.E11 | ”Chinglish” by David Henry Hwang

18 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob continue through the Season 8 themed month! In this third week of plays by David Henry Hwang, J&J discuss Hw...

S8.E10 | ”Golden Child” by David Henry Hwang

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the second episode of David Henry Hwang month, Jackson and Jacob discuss one of Hwang's earliest semi-autobiographical works: Golden Child. This p...

S8.E9 | ”M. Butterfly” by David Henry Hwang

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob begin a 4 week series on David Henry Hwang. Hwang is one of America's premiere playwrights, shaping the pres...

S8.E8 | ”Appropriate” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob come back to Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. One of America's foremost contemporary playwrights, Jacobs-Jenkins writ...

S8.E7 | ”She Kills Monsters” by Qui Nguyen

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob talk about a play with HUGE name recognition and fascinating production challenges. Qui Nguyan's play She Ki...

S8.E6 | ”The Thanksgiving Play” by Larissa FastHorse

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Larissa FastHorse is a contemporary indigenous playwright. Her play The Thanksgiving Play was inspired by FastHorse's experience of trying to tell in...

S8.E5 | ”The Little Foxes” by Lillian Hellman

07 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lillian Hellman's play The Little Foxes is an American classic. It tracks the changing landscape of the post-Civil War South by following one corrup...

S8.E4 | ”Rent” by Jonathan Larson

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss a musical that changed the landscape of musical theatre in America. "Rent," by the late Jonathan Lar...

S8.E3 | ”That Poor Girl and How He Killed Her” by Jen Silverman

21 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss Jen Silverman, who made her No Script debut in Season 1. Silverman's play That Poor Girl and How He...

S8.E2 | ”Pipeline” by Dominique Morisseau

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the second episode of Season 8, Jackson and Jacob revisit Dominique Morisseau. As one of America's most impressive contemporary playwrights, Moriss...

S8.E1 | ”Between Riverside and Crazy” by Stephen Adly Guirgis

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to No Script! Season 8 begins with a Pulitzer Prize-winner. Join Jackson and Jacob for a discussion on Stephen Adly Guirgis' play Betwee...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 19 ”Venus” by Suzan-Lori Parks

20 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of Season 7, Jackson and Jacob return to one of America's great dramatists: Suzan-Lori Parks. This week, J&J cover one of her ear...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 18 ”The Dining Room” by AR Gurney

13 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson hosts the season's SPECIAL GUEST! Jana Latchaw Milbourn joins Jackson to discuss a play she's recently directed: AR Gu...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 17 ”The Chronicles of Kalki” by Aditi Brennan Kapil

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After a month of murder, Jackson and Jacob are delighted to return to regular programming for the last three weeks of the season. This week on No Scri...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 16 ”Execution of Justice” by Emily Mann

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For the last week of Murder Month, Jackson and Jacob discuss a documentary theatre piece about the murders of George Moscone and Harvey Milk. Emily Ma...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 15 ”Charles Francis Chan Jr.‘s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery” by Lloyd Suh

22 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jackson and Jacob return to Murder Month this week with a loose adaption of Agatha Christie. Lloyd Suh's Charles Francis Chan Jr.'s Exotic Oriental M...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 14 ”You Can‘t Take It With You” by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart

15 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

MURDER MONTH is on pause! Taking a break from all the death, Jackson and Jacob visit a classic old comedy from the Pulitzer Prize list. You Can't Tak...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 13 ”Deathtrap” by Ira Levin

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

MURDER MONTH Episode 2! This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob explore a very different play than Macbeth. Murder is still the subject of the day,...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 12: ”Macbeth” by William Shakespeare

01 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

MURDER MONTH has arrived!  In this first episode of Season 7's themed month, Jackson and Jacob launch into their conversations on killing with perhap...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 11: ”Choir Boy” by Tarell Alvin McCraney

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tarell Alvin McCraney's play Choir Boy is sweeping the nation. This empathetic portrait of teenagers at a prep school is full of music, poetry, and ...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 10: ”The Book of Mountains and Seas” by Yilong Liu

18 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Yilong Liu's The Book of Mountains and Seas is a buddy romp through New York City... about grief! Liu's sense of humor shines through in this script...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 9: ”Talley‘s Folly” by Lanford Wilson

11 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob visit one of America's great lyrical, poetic masters: Lanford Wilson. His play Talley's Folly is a short r...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 8: ”Foghorn” by Hanay Geiogamah

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hanay Geiogamah is one of the first indigenous people to have a play published in the United States. His Foghorn is a satirical chastisement of the ...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 7: ”Men on Boats” by Jaclyn Backhaus

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In their first sponsored episode of No Script history, Jackson and Jacob discuss Jaclyn Backhaus' play Men on Boats. Based on a true story, the scrip...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 6: ”The Revolutionists” by Lauren Gunderson

20 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In their second discussion on playwright Lauren Gunderson, Jackson and Jacob discuss her play The Revolutionists. The play is loosely based on the l...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 5: ”Elliot, A Solider‘s Fugue” by Quiara Alegría Hudes

13 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Quiara Alegría Hudes is a highly lauded playwright whose recent (re)entrance into the popular culture is due to writing the book for In the Heights....

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 4: ”Rapture, Blister, Burn” by Gina Gionfriddo

06 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob visit a new playwright to the podcast: Gina Gionfriddo. Her play Rapture, Blister, Burn was a finalist for...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 3: "The Baltimore Waltz" by Paula Vogel

30 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Paula Vogel is one of America's great playwrights. This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob return to Vogel's body of work once again. This time, the...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 2: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 1 of this season was a (fairly) brand new musical. Now, in one of the great whiplashes of No Script history, Jackson and Jacob pivot entirely ...

No Script: The Podcast | S7 Episode 1: "A Strange Loop" by Michael R. Jackson

16 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

No Script is back! In this first episode of Season 7, Jackson and Jacob discuss the 2020 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama: A Strange Loop by Mi...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 22: "Company" by George Furth and Stephen Sondheim

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For the last episode of Season Six, the boys of No Script discuss one of Jacob's favorite musicals of all time: Company by Stephen Sondheim. Jackson...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 21: "Rhinoceros" by Eugene Ionesco

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For the first time, Jackson and Jacob visit Eugene Ionesco, one of the master playwrights of the 20th century. Ionesco's vision for the theatre and it...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 20: "Language of Angels" by Naomi Iizuka

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Are you ready for a ghost story? This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss Naomi Iizuka's eerie play Language of Angels, which takes place i...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 19: "Detroit '67" by Dominique Morisseau

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jacob is joined by special guest K Edmonds to discuss Dominique Morisseau's play Detroit '67. Edmonds directed the play for A...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 18: "Detroit" by Lisa D'Amour

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week of No Script begins a pair of episodes about Detroit. On this episode, listen in as Jackson and Jacob discuss Lisa D'Amour's play "Detroit."...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 17: "Ripcord" by David Lindsay-Abaire

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Returning from (Original) Masters Month, Jackson and Jacob revisit a playwright from Season 2! David Lindsay-Abaire's play Ripcord is a sharp, irrev...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 16: "Lysistrata" by Aristophanes

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's the final week of Season 6's themed month: Original Masters Month. In this episode, Jackson and Jacob discuss the famous bawdy comedy "Lysistrata...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 15: "Medea" by Euripides

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Week 3 of (Original) Masters Month, Jackson and Jacob welcome a new playwright to the podcast: the famous Euripides! His play "Medea" is one of the...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 14: "Antigone" by Sophocles

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In their second episode of (Original) Masters Month, Jackson and Jacob take on one of the great masterpieces of the stage: "Antigone" by Sophocles. Li...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 13: "The Birds" by Aristophanes

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

(Original) Masters Month has arrived! During April, Jackson and Jacob will release four conversations about Ancient Greek scripts. This week, J&J disc...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 12: "Man and Superman" by George Bernard Shaw

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the last episode before Season 6's Themed Month, Jackson and Jacob take on one of the titans.... both the playwright AND the play. George Bernard S...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 11: "Slave Play" by Jeremy O. Harris

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy O. Harris' play "Slave Play" has taken Broadway by storm. Earning an incredible number of Tony nominations, the play was THE ticket in NYC befo...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 10: "What of the Night" by María Irene Fornés

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Avante garde playwright and director María Irene Fornés is known for her visually stunning and symbolic works. "What of the Night" was nominated for...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 9: "Tartuffe" by Molière

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss one of the classic comedies of the stage. Molière's play "Tartuffe" chronicles a wealthy household ...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 8: "Trouble in Mind" by Alice Childress

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of the great playwrights of the 20th century, Alice Childress has been often overlooked in theatre history. Her play "Trouble in Mind" is a frank ...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 7: "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov

22 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob travel back in time to visit a play some theatre thinkers have called, "the best play ever written." In "The...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 6: "Gloria" by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob take on Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Pulitzer Prize-nominated script "Gloria." When a shocking workplace tragedy u...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 5: "Mr. Burns" by Anne Washburn

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Anne Washburn's play "Mr. Burns" is a delightfully weird take on the apocalypse. After a catastrophe has collapsed the power grid, and civilization as...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 4: "Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World" by Yussef El Guindi

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World, playwright Yussef El Guindi takes a popular American genre, the romantic comedy, and adds his own deligh...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 3: "Lonely Planet" by Steven Dietz

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Steven Dietz is one of America's most prolific playwrights. This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss one of his only plays to make it to New ...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 2: "Anna in the Tropics" by Nilo Cruz

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Pulling again from the robust library of Pulitzer Prize-winning scripts, Jackson and Jacob return for the second episode of Season 6! "Anna in the Tro...

No Script: The Podcast | S6 Episode 1: "Cost of Living" by Martyna Majok

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Season Six begins with another Pulitzer Prize winning play! "Cost of Living" by Martyna Majok is a sharp play full of heart. It follows two caretaking...