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Today Paul Pepper visits with ADAM SAUNDERS, Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture, about what goes on at CCUA and gardening in general. At [3:52] ADDISON MYERS and AARON KRAWITZ tell us about "Freud's Last Session," the latest production from Talking Horse Productions. July 31, 2014
Bob Wilcox and Gerry Kowarsky review FREUD'S LAST SESSION, by Mark St. Germain, at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis Studio Theatre; PTERODACTYLS, by Nicky Silver, at St. Louis Actors' Studio; ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914, by PeterRothstein, at Mustard Seed Theatre; THE HOTHOUSE, by Harold Pinter, at West End Players Guild; TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, by Jeffrey Hatcher & Mitch Albom, at Dramatic License Theatre; THE WOMAN IN BLACK, by Stephen Mallatrat, at Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble; FAUST, by Charles Gounod, at Winter Opera St. Louis; and ANTIGONE, by Jean Anouilh, at Tesseract Theatre Co.
This week's podcast features actors Mike Nussbaum and Coburn Goss, who are currently playing in Mark St. Germain's two-hander, Freud's Last Session, at The Mercury Theatre. Anne Nicholson Weber talks to Mike and Coburn about the challenges of playing historical figures Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis, of taking over the roles from the New York actors who opened the production here in Chicago, the response of the audience to this play of ideas, and observations on the art of acting.