No Script: The Podcast

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 22: "Water by the Spoonful" by Quiara Alegría Hudes

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this final episode of Season Five, Jackson and Jacob return to the list of Pulitzer Prize winning plays and discuss Quiara Alegría Hudes' surprisi...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 21: "Once" by Enda Walsh, Glen Hansard, and Markéta Irglová | SPECIAL GUEST: Maria Booth

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson is joined by special guest Maria Booth to discuss the musical "Once," which tells the story of singer-songwriters in I...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 20: "A Doll's House, Part 2" by Lucas Hnath

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's the second week of a two part series on No Script. Last week Jackson and Jacob looked at Ibsen's famous "A Doll's House." This week, the boys dis...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 19: "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In part one of a two part series, Jackson and Jacob explore Henrik Ibsen's famous drama "A Doll's House." When the play was released, it was so contro...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 18: "School Girls: Or, the African Mean Girls Play" by Jocelyn Bioh

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In their first episode back after Monologue Month, Jackson and Jacob discuss a play that's sweeping the regional professional theatre scene. The Goodm...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 17: "Krapp's Last Tape" by Samuel Beckett

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's the final episode of Monologue Month! The concluding episode of this season's themed month is a discussion of perhaps the most famous and celebra...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 16: "House Arrest" by Anna Deavere Smith

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Episode 3 of Monologue Month, Jackson and Jacob visit one of the titans of the form: Anna Deavere Smith. Smith is well known and well lauded for on...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 15: "I Am My Own Wife" by Doug Wright

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's the second week of Monologue Month, which means Jackson and Jacob are continuing their weekly examinations of one person shows. This week? The Pu...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 14: "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe" by Jane Wagner

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's the first episode of Season 5's Themed Month: Monologue Month. During October, Jackson and Jacob will discuss four one-person shows. This week? T...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 13: "A Soldier's Play" by Charles Fuller

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Charles Fuller's script for "A Soldier's Play" was awarded the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama - just the second play by a black playwright to win the a...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 12: "I and You" by Lauren Gunderson

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Two high school students (strangers to each other), a last-minute group project on Walt Whitman, and a mysterious lack of internet access - thus begin...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 11: "The Great Leap" by Lauren Yee

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lauren Yee's play "The Great Leap" is a tribute to her father, known in the neighborhood she grew up in for his basketball skills. Sharply written and...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 10: "The Piano Lesson" by August Wilson

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss another play by the American master August Wilson. Wilson's second Pulitzer Prize winner, The Piano...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 9: "Stick Fly" by Lydia R. Diamond

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A weekend at the family vacation home in Martha's Vineyard... Sounds relaxing, right? But Lydia R. Diamond's play "Stick Fly" imagines the LeVay famil...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 8: "Yellow Face" by David Henry Hwang

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Based loosely on true events, David Henry Hwang's play "Yellow Face" is a comic examination of theatre and identity. This week on No Script, Jackson a...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 7: "Letters From Cuba" by Maria Irene Fornes

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss the delightful, evocative "Letters from Cuba" by Maria Irene Fornes. Fornes is a heavily-lauded play...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 6: "Father Comes Home From the Wars" by Suzan-Lori Parks

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lyrical and poignant, Suzan-Lori Parks' play Father Comes Home From the Wars is a loosely adapted telling of The Odyssey set during the American C...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 5: "In the Heights" by Lin-Manuel Miranda

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nowadays, if you say "Lin-Manuel Miranda" in any public space, people will start gushing about the hit musical Hamilton. But before Hamilton was th...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 4: "Skeleton Crew" by Dominique Morisseau

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The collapse of Detroit is a narrative that is still embedded in the American psyche. Playwright Dominique Morisseau, a Dertroit native, has written a...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 3: "The Humans" by Stephen Karam

20 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When the Blake family decides to hold their Thanksgiving in a mostly empty, slightly spooky two-floor apartment in Manhattan, deeply held secrets and ...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 2: "Private Lives" by Noel Coward

14 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A classic comedy if there ever was one, Noel Coward's "Private Lives" has been a staple of the stage for years and years and years. This week on No Sc...

No Script: The Podcast | S5 Episode 1: "Fairview" by Jackie Sibblies Drury

06 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For a long time, Jackson and Jacob have been planning to talk about Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury as the first episode of Season Five. In the wa...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 22: "Hedda Gabler" by Henrik Ibsen

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of the season, Jackson and Jacob discuss one of the greatest Western playwrights of all time: Henrik Ibsen. His play "Hedda Gable...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 21: "The Sisters Rosensweig" by Wendy Wasserstein

25 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For the third time, the boys of No Script discuss a play from the robust library of Wendy Wasserstein. Her script "The Sisters Rosensweig" is a funny,...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 20: "The Birthday Party" by Harold Pinter

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Confusing, menacing... funny? "The Birthday Party" by Harold Pinter is awash in contradictions. Pinter secured his place in history as one of the grea...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 19: "The Seagull" by Anton Chekov | SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Patricia Relph

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

No Script is excited to welcome Dr. Patricia Relph to the show. Relph is the Arts Learning Specialist at Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas....

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 18: "Fun Home" by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

No Script is back to full length scripts this week! "Fun Home" is a delightful and poignant musical based on the autobiographical graphic novel by Ali...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 17: "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mini Month Week 4: "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell In this final episode of Mini Month, Jackson and Jacob discuss one of the most famous one acts of all t...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 16: "The Shawl" by David Mamet

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mini Month Week 3: "The Shawl" by David Mamet Mini Month continues into its third week with a short play by one of the most popular playwrights in Ame...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 15: "Far Away" by Caryl Churchill

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mini Month Week 2: "Far Away" by Caryl Churchill In this second week of Mini Month, Jackson and Jacob take on both the form of a "one act" and the aw...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 14: "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You" by Christopher Durang

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mini Month has arrived!  During the month of April, Jackson and Jacob will look at four one acts/short plays. First up? "Sister Mary Ignatius Explain...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 13: "Guards at the Taj" by Rajiv Joseph

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob return to playwright Rajiv Joseph. His play "Guards at the Taj," reminiscent of "Waiting for Godot" or "Rose...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 12: "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's controversial, it's tragic, it's... a comedy? This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob take on Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice." Listen as the...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 11: "Awake and Sing!" by Clifford Odets

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In their first discussion on American theatre history signpost Clifford Odets, Jackson and Jacob wrestle their way through his dense and passionate wr...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 10: "The Mountaintop" by Katori Hall

09 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The night before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. encounters something spectacular... or, at least, that's all we can tell you about Kato...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 9: "Spinning into Butter" by Rebecca Gilman

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How do we conduct ourselves in positions of power? How does the culture we invest in change us? These questions and more are explored by Rebecca Gilma...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 8: "Mother Courage and Her Children" by Bertolt Brecht

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob take one of theatre's greatest scripts: Brecht's striking play "Mother Courage and Her Children." In his pow...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 7: "Painting Churches" by Tina Howe

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In their first discussion on brilliant playwright Tina Howe, Jackson and Jacob choose her Putlizer Prize-finalist play "Painting Churches." This scrip...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 6: "Superior Donuts" by Tracy Letts

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Tracy Letts is famous for his gut-churning family drama "August: Osage County." After the manic energy around that script that occupied American theat...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 5: "For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday" by Sarah Ruhl

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In one of her newest works, "For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday," Sarah Ruhl imagines a group of adult siblings gathered together by the death of thei...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 4: "Look Back in Anger" by John Osborne

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The "angry young men" are an absolute force in middle 20th century literature. John Osborne is widely thought to have sparked the genre with his 1956 ...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 3: "Indecent" by Paula Vogel

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Paula Vogel's 2015 play "Indecent" is a real treat for theatre lovers. It follows the early productions of God of Vengeance by Sholem Asch, which pr...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 2: "Buried Child" by Sam Shepard

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How does a dark secret poison the present reality for one Illinois farm family? Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize winning play Buried Child catapults aud...

No Script: The Podcast | S4 Episode 1: "Crumbs From the Table of Joy" by Lynn Nottage

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Season 4 is here! In this first episode, Jackson and Jacob return to the deep, deep well that is Lynn Nottage's body of work. Her early play "Crumbs f...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 22: "With and Without" by Jeffrey Sweet

26 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the last episode of Season 3, the boys of No Script return to Jeffrey Sweet's impressive body of work. Sweet's 1997 play "With and Without" is shar...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 21: "Long Day's Journey Into Night" by Eugene O'Neill

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob visit a classic: Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night." This tragic, heartbreaking piece is consi...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 20: "Proof" by David Auburn | SPECIAL GUEST: Dr. Dennis Brewer

11 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on No Script... a special guest! Dr. Dennis Brewer, a professor of Mathematics at the University of Arkansas, joins Jacob to talk about Davi...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 19: "Vinegar Tom" by Caryl Churchill

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In an admittedly slow transition away from Magic Month, Jackson and Jacob discuss a play that's definitely not about magic... though witches do appear...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 18: "Angels in America" (Parts 1 & 2) by Tony Kushner

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the last episode of Magic Month, Jackson and Jacob turn to Tony Kushner's incredibly influential play "Angels in America." The story follows two co...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 17: "Into the Woods" music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What happens next? "Into the Woods" by Sondheim and James Lapine asks this question of some of our most popular fairy tales. What happens next in... C...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 16: "Prelude to a Kiss" by Craig Lucas

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What if the body-switching plot found in popular movies like "Freaky Friday" were used in a romantic dramedy? Well, you'd get Craig Lucas' Pulitzer Pr...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 15: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when confused humans, wily fairies, and amateur actors all intersect in a dense forest? One hilarious evening. Such is the subject of Sha...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 14: "Milk Like Sugar" by Kirsten Greenidge

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In her play "Milk like Sugar," Kirsten Greenidge take's the audience on a journey of perspective. The play follows three teenage girls who make a preg...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 13: "Dinner with Friends" by Donald Margulies

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Donald Margulies' play "Dinner with Friends" is a poignant look at how relationships (marriages and frie...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 12: "Fences" by August Wilson

17 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There's nothing quite like August Wilson's Century Cycle. These ten plays, each taking place in a different 20th century decade, are largely set in Pi...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 11: "The Arabian Nights" by Mary Zimmerman

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Mary Zimmerman is known for poetic storytelling and brilliant imagery. Her play "Metamorphoses" (No Script S1 E9) remains one of Jackson' and Jacob's ...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 10: "Lost in Yonkers" by Neil Simon

02 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Known for wild comedies, Neil Simon is one of the all-time greats in American theatre. His play "Lost in Yonkers" breaks his mold of near-farcical pla...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 9: "Dead Man's Cell Phone" by Sarah Ruhl

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A man dies. His cell phone rings. A woman answers it. Thus begins the whirlwind, international adventure contained in Sarah Ruhl's "Dead Man's Cell Ph...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 8: "August: Osage County" by Tracy Letts

19 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In his Pulitzer Prize winning black comedy "August: Osage County," Tracy Letts introduces the audience to a dysfunctional family filled with secrets. ...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 7: "Clybourne Park" by Bruce Norris

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What happens after Lorraine Hansberry's iconic play "A Raisin in the Sun?" What happens to the characters, yes, but also the neighborhood? This is t...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 6: "Amadeus" by Peter Shaffer

05 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"Music, finished as no music is ever finished. Displace one note and there would be diminishment. Displace one phrase and the structure would fall." T...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 5: “The Rover" by Aphra Behn

29 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the 17th century, Aphra Behn found herself as one of the first English women to earn a living primarily by playwriting. She helped to break down th...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 4: "Glengarry Glen Ross" by David Mamet

22 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

David Mamet is known for his distinctive style of dialogue writing and his iconic characters. Though this is not their first conversation on Mamet (se...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 3: "Our Town" by Thorton Wilder

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Beautiful. Simple. Theatrical. Thorton Wilder's "Our Town" is a carefully crafted answer to what Wilder saw as theatre's increasing dependence on spec...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 2: "Ballad Hunter" by Jenny Laird

08 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Specificity is at the core of Jenny Laird's beautiful, tender play "Ballad Hunter." It's the story of a specific family, in a specific community, at a...

No Script: The Podcast | S3 Episode 1: "Intimate Apparel" by Lynn Nottage

01 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Season Three is here! In this first episode, Jackson and Jacob return to their tradition of using Lynn Nottage scripts for the season beginning. Notta...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 22: "Eurydice" by Sarah Ruhl

03 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the final episode of Season 2, Jackson and Jacob discuss Sarah Ruhl's retelling of a classic myth. Her play "Eurydice" departs in many respects fro...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 21: "The Heidi Chronicles" by Wendy Wasserstein | SPECIAL GUEST: Karen Bohm Barker

27 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on "No Script," Jacob is joined by special guest Karen Bohm Barker. Together, they discuss Wendy Wasserstein's play "The Heidi Chronicles," ...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 20: "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams

20 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The landscape of American theatre is shaped by many amazing playwrights. Without a doubt, Tennessee Williams occupies a central place in that list. In...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 19: "The Motherf*cker with the Hat" by Stephen Adly Guirgis

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The title is shocking. The characters wild and unpredictable. But Stephen Adly Guirgis' play "The Motherf*cker with the Hat" is something like . . . a...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 18: "Richard III" by William Shakespeare

06 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 50 has arrived. For this momentous occasion, Jackson and Jacob celebrate the world's most famous playwright: William Shakespeare. Together, th...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 17: “God of Carnage” by Yasmina Reza

29 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The plot? It seems simple enough. Two couples meet to discuss the fight between their children. But what occurs over the course of this sharp play is ...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 16: “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde

22 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week on "No Script," Jackson and Jacob discuss one of theatre's classic comedies - "The Importance of Being Earnest." This 1895 play by Oscar Wil...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 15: “Bluff” by Jeffrey Sweet

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Early in their college years, Jackson and Jacob produced a lovely 10-minute play by Jeffrey Sweet called "Cover." Now, years later, J&J return to Jeff...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 14: “The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe

08 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A girl's soccer team warms up for a game - six weeks of games, actually. As the team stretches, the audiences watches these women engage life's bigges...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 13: “Circle Mirror Transformation” by Annie Baker

01 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Season 1, Jackson and Jacob discussed Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize winning script "The Flick." Now, in Season 2, they turn to one of her earlier, b...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 12: “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller

25 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It is the final week of Miller Month here on No Script. Three plays down . . . one to go. And boy, it's a big one. We've saved perhaps Miller's most i...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 11: “All My Sons” by Arthur Miller

18 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Week 3 of Miller Month is here. We're almost halfway through. Can you believe it? This week, listen in as Jackson and Jacob explore the play that save...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 10: “A View From the Bridge” by Arthur Miller

11 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this second week of Miller Month, Jackson and Jacob discuss Arthur Miller's devastating tragedy "A View From the Bridge." It's a tale of jealousy, ...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 9: “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller

04 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Miller Month has officially arrived. In this first week, Jackson and Jacob dive into Miller's imagining of the Salem Witch Trials - "The Crucible." Wh...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 8: “Rabbit Hole” by David Lindsay-Abaire

25 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How do we carry grief? What manifestations does grief have in our daily lives, our relationships? In his 2007 Pulitzer Prize winning script "Rabbit Ho...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 7: “Galileo” by Bertolt Brecht

18 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Years ago, Jacob discovered a copy of this play in a used bookstore. He fell in love with the script and it has claimed the top spot on his directing ...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 6: "Man of La Mancha" book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion, music by Mitch Leigh

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For the first time on No Script, Jackson and Jacob are discussing a script they have actually acted in together - Dale Wasserman's "Man of La Mancha."...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 5: "The Christians" by Lucas Hnath

04 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Is there a hell? This question has inspired much debate in the Christian world. And it is at the core of Lucas Hnath's play "The Christians." Just aft...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 4: "Mad Forest" by Caryl Churchill

28 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In the aftermath of the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Caryl Churchill conducted interviews with witnesses and survivors. That material was developed into ...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 3: "Hurlyburly" by David Rabe

21 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

One of America's defining male playwrights is David Rabe. This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob take on his chaotic, foul look at 1980s Hollywood ...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 2: "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" by Christopher Durang

14 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher Durang's "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" is a delightful, character-driven comedy. It won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play and the ...

No Script: The Podcast | S2 Episode 1: "Ruined" by Lynn Nottage

07 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Season 2 is here!!! In this opening episode, Jackson and Jacob return to Lynn Nottage, whose work they discussed in the very first No Script episode e...

No Script: The Podcast | S1 Episode 32: "Disgraced" by Ayad Akhtar

26 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In their final episode of Season 1, Jackson and Jacob take on a recent Pulitzer Prize winning script - Ayad Akhtar's "Disgraced." The play follows Ami...

No Script: The Podcast | S1 Episode 31: "The Zoo Story" by Edward Albee

19 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Only two more episodes left in our first season! This week, Jackson and Jacob explore Edward Albee's classic two-hander, "The Zoo Story." Peter is out...

No Script: The Podcast | S1 Episode 30: "Harvey" by Mary Chase

12 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Imaginary friends, ancient mythologies, modern mental medicine... these things all come together in American playwright Mary Chase's 1944 play "Harvey...

No Script: The Podcast | S1 Episode 29: "Ah, Wilderness!" by Eugene O'Neill

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Eugene O'Neill is well known for his dark, brooking tragedies. But in their first discussion on an O'Neill play, Jackson and Jacob take on his one and...

No Script: The Podcast | S1 Episode 28: "Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train" by Stephen Adly Guirgis

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen Adly Guirgis recently won a Pulitzer for his play "Between Riverside and Crazy." So to honor the prolific playwright, Jackson and Jacob head b...

No Script: The Podcast | S1 Episode 27: "The Laramie Project" by Moises Kaufman

22 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"The Laramie Project" is a fanscinating play about a tragic subject - the torture and murder of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard. After t...

No Script: The Podcast | S1 Episode 26: "'Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand

15 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Is Cyrano Jacob's dream role? Does Jackson think Christian is as empty-headed as he seems? These questions and more are discussed on this week's episo...

No Script: The Podcast | S1 Episode 25: "'night, Mother" by Marsha Norman

08 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

CONTENT WARNING: This play/episode contains serious and lengthy discussions about mental illness and suicide.  Marsha Norman's "'night, Mother" may b...

No Script: The Podcast | S1 Episode 24: "4000 Miles" by Amy Herzog

01 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Amy Herzog's script 4000 Miles was a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Leo has just biked across the continental United States, and ex...

No Script: The Podcast | S1 Episode 23: "Next to Normal" book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt

24 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The final week of Musical Month is here. And it has come too soon. Don't worry - we will definitely be doing more musicals as part of our regular prog...

No Script: The Podcast | S1 Episode 22: "The Band's Visit" music and lyrics by David Yazbeck and book by Itamar Moses

17 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the 2018 Tony Awards, "The Band's Visit" cleaned up. Nominated for 11 awards, it went on to win 10 of them. If you've read the script and listened ...

No Script: The Podcast | S1 Episode 21: “Fiddler on the Roof," music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein

10 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Is listening to "No Script" your Monday "Traaaaaadition"? If not, this is a good Monday to cement that weekly pattern. Jackson and Jacob talk about on...