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Playful Musings is a new podcast in which host Kristin Post, sometimes accompanied by a guest, will share an overview of a play each week. Each episode will look briefly at key characters, introduce the basic plot, and highlight favorite lines.

Kristin Post


    • Jul 24, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 3m AVG DURATION
    • 52 EPISODES


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    In The Matter Of J. Robert Oppenheimer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2023 48:30


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, gives an overview of the play In The Matter Of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Heinar Kipphardt.

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    Whales Outside the Window; Guest: Nathan Pittack

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 62:10


    Guest Nathan Pittack joins me this week as we discuss Whales Outside the Window by Lydia Stewart.

    2023 Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023 4:52


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, gives an update on the plans for the podcast for 2023.

    Women's Monologues - from classic theatre literature

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 21:34


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, reads several monologues for women from classic theatre literature.   Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1519   Portia from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1522   Nora from A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2542   Mrs. Higgins from Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3825   Lady Bracknell from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/844   Maurya from Riders to the Sea by J. M. Synge https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/994   Jocasta from Oedipus the King by Sophocles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31   Antigone from Antigone by Sophocles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31   Mrs. Cheveley from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/885   Medea from Medea by Euripides https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35451   Helena from Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1756   Mrs. Keeney from Ile by Eugene O'Neill https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16435  

    Men's Monologues - from classic theatre literature

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2022 21:56


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, reads several monologues for men from classic theatre literature.   Benedick from Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1519   Antony from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1522   Judge Brack from Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4093   Helmer from A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2542   Henry Higgins from Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3825   Algernon from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/844   Teiresias from Oedipus the King by Sophocles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31   Creon from Antigone by Sophocles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31   Lord Goring from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/885   Jason from Medea by Euripides https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35451   Cyrano from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1254   Faustus from The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/779  

    Pygmalion; Guest: Markel Toler

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 94:12


    Guest Markel Toler joins me this week as we discuss Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.

    The Libation Bearers; Guest: David Schwingle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022 73:28


    Guest David Schwingle joins me this week as we discuss The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus.

    Good With People

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 21:30


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, gives an overview of the play Good With People by David Harrower.

    Rabbit Hole; Guest: Karie Jensen

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2022 83:40


    Guest Karie Jensen joins me on set this week as we discuss Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire.

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    Peter Pan; Guest: Callie Summer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 74:03


    Guest Callie Summer joins me this week as we discuss Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie.

    Philoctetes; Guest: Sam Stephens

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 75:46


    Guest Sam Stephens joins me this week as we discuss Philoctetes by Sophocles.

    The Welkin

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 48:48


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, gives an overview of the play The Welkin by Lucy Kirkwood.

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    Theatre & Theology: Artist as Prophet; Guest: John Ellis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 81:06


    Guest John Ellis joins me this week as we have a theatre & theology discussion with a focus on the artist as prophet.

    Much Ado About Nothing; Guest: Isaac Stephens

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 71:50


    Guest Isaac Stephens joins me this week as we discuss Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare.

    Impromptu

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 23:47


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, gives an overview of the play Impromptu by Tad Mosel.

    We Are Here; Guest: Sarah Estelle

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 73:27


    Guest Sarah Estelle joins me this week as we discuss We Are Here by Tracy Thorne.

    The Corn Is Green

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 42:26


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, gives an overview of the play The Corn Is Green by Emlyn Williams.

    The Crucible; Guest: Bethany Holden

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022 81:15


    Guest Bethany Holden joins me this week as we discuss The Crucible by Arthur Miller.

    The Women; Guest: Paul Michael Garrison

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 100:13


    Guest Paul Michael Garrison joins me this week as we discuss The Women by Clare Boothe Luce.

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    Everybody

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 60:19


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, gives an overview of the play Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

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    The Odd Couple; Guest: Matt Estelle

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 79:42


    Guest Matt Estelle joins me this week as we discuss The Odd Couple by Neil Simon.

    The Glass Menagerie; Guest: Sam Stephens

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 98:39


    Guest Sam Stephens joins me this week as we discuss The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.

    Heroes of the Fourth Turning; Guest: Nathan Samuel Young

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2022 105:36


    Guest Nathan Samuel Young joins me this week as we discuss Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery.

    A Doll's House Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 48:07


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, gives an overview of the play A Doll's House Part 2 by Lucas Hnath.

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    Medea

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2022 43:44


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, gives an overview of the play Medea by Euripides, in a new version by Rachel Cusk.

    The Winslow Boy; Guest: Emily Arcuri

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022 92:37


    Guest Emily Arcuri joins me this week as we discuss The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan.

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    Theatre & Theology: Narrative; Guest: John Ellis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 100:37


    Guest John Ellis joins me this week as we have a theatre & theology discussion with a focus on narrative.

    The Sandbox; Guest: Emma Galloway Stephens

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 65:32


    Guest Emma Galloway Stephens joins me this week as we discuss The Sandbox by Edward Albee.

    Wit; Guest: Melissa Gibson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 68:00


    Guest Melissa Gibson joins me this week as we discuss Wit by Margaret Edson.

    Wittenberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 39:14


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, gives an overview of the play Wittenberg by David Davalos.

    Love's Labor's Lost; Guest: Jeffrey Stegall

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 60:15


    Guest Jeffrey Stegall joins me this week as we discuss Love's Labor's Lost by William Shakespeare.

    Sea Wall; Guest: Janie Board

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2022 54:13


    Guest Janie Board joins me this week as we discuss Sea Wall by Simon Stephens.

    Wakey, Wakey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 36:48


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, gives an overview of the play Wakey, Wakey by Will Eno.

    Uncle Vanya; Guest: Carey Nelson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 85:04


    Guest Carey Nelson joins me this week as we discuss Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov.

    Mother of the Maid

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022 53:06


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, gives an overview of the play Mother of the Maid by Jane Anderson.

    Theatre & Theology: Absurdism's ”What Now?”; Guest: John Ellis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 104:20


    Guest John Ellis joins me this week as we have a theatre & theology discussion with a focus on absurdism.

    These Shining Lives; Guest: Anna Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 79:13


    Guest Anna Brown joins me this week as we discuss These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich.

    Pack of Lies; Guest: Katrina Gass

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 80:40


    Guest Katrina Gass joins me this week as we discuss Pack of Lies by Hugh Whitemore.

    The Prisoner of Second Avenue; Guest: Elizabeth Nelson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022 59:29


    Guest Elizabeth Nelson joins me this week as we discuss The Prisoner of Second Avenue by Neil Simon.

    Jane Eyre

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 77:16


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, gives an overview of the play Jane Eyre, based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë and devised by the original company.

    An Inspector Calls; Guest: Sarah Estelle

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2022 73:08


    Guest Sarah Estelle joins me this week as we discuss An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley.

    The Outside; Guest: Karie Jensen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2022 79:04


    Guest Karie Jensen joins me on set this week as we discuss The Outside by Susan Glaspell.

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    Red; Guest: Shelley Redlinger

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2022 66:19


    Guest Shelley Redlinger joins me this week as we discuss Red by John Logan.

    Voices

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2022 33:25


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, gives an overview of the play Voices by Richard Lortz.

    Tigers Be Still; Guest: Lindsay Morgan Bean

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 70:22


    Guest Lindsay Morgan Bean joins me this week as we discuss Tigers Be Still by Kim Rosenstock.

    Steel Magnolias; Guest: Austin Phillips

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 52:02


    Guest Austin Phillips joins me this week as we discuss Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling.

    'Night Mother; Guest: Isaac Stephens

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 61:18


    Guest Isaac Stephens joins me this week as we discuss 'Night Mother by Marsha Norman.

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    Salomé

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 37:50


    Playful Musings host, Kristin Post, gives an overview of the play Salomé by Oscar Wilde.

    Almost, Maine; Guest: Karen Garbalosa

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 71:44


    Guest Karen Garbalosa joins me this week as we discuss Almost, Maine by John Cariani.

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    Macbeth; Guest: Elizabeth Nelson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 65:36


    Guest Elizabeth Nelson joins me this week as we discuss Shakespeare's Macbeth.

    The Importance of Being Earnest; Guest: Stephanie Schlosser

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 59:32


    Guest Stephanie Schlosser joins me this week as we discuss Oscar Wilde's play, The Importance of Being Earnest.

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