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Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to assorted local theater & book venues   The Making of the film “Bushman” Rob Nillson, Gail Schickele, Jon Shibata Film director Rob Nillson, Activist and Environmentalist Gail Schickele, and Film Archivist Jon Shibata in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, discussing the film “Bushman,” directed by David Schickele, recorded January 25, 2024 at Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive. Released in 1971 but filmed in 1968, the film “Bushman” is a masterpiece detailing the story of a Nigerian educator in San Francisco. The film vanished following its showing at various film festivals, and has now been digitized and restored, and can be viewed on the Kanopy and Hoopla, the free public library film apps. This discussion with Gail Schickele, wife of the late director David Schickele (1937-1999), his friend, colleague and collaborator director Rob Nillson, and BAMPFA film archivist John Shibata focuses first on “Bushman” and David Schickele, how the film came about and what happened during and after the filming, and later with the film's restoration, and a look at Rob Nillson's career as film-maker. Special thanks to AJ Fox and Susan Oxtoby of Pacific Film Archive. Inside photo: Richard Wolinsky. Complete Interview.   Previously Unaired excerpts: Richard Chamberlain (1934-2025) in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, recorded in the KPFA studio on a book tour for his memoir “Shattered Love,” June 10, 2003. In this segment, he discusses his work on “The Three Musketeers” films as well as other projects, and discusses his own self growth. Complete Interview,   Review of “Two Trains Running” at ACT Toni Rembe Theatre through May 4, 2025.     Book Interview/Events and Theatre Links Note: Shows may unexpectedly close early or be postponed due to actors' positive COVID tests. Check the venue for closures, ticket refunds, and vaccination and mask requirements before arrival. Dates are in-theater performances unless otherwise noted. Some venues operate Tuesday – Sunday; others Wednesday or Thursday through Sunday. All times Pacific Time. Closing dates are sometimes extended. Book Stores Bay Area Book Festival  See website for highlights from the 10th Annual Bay Area Book Festival, June 1-2, 2024. Book Passage.  Monthly Calendar. Mix of on-line and in-store events. Books Inc.  Mix of on-line and in-store events. The Booksmith.  Monthly Event Calendar. BookShop West Portal. Monthly Event Calendar. Center for Literary Arts, San Jose. See website for Book Club guests in upcoming months. Green Apple Books. Events calendar. Kepler's Books  On-line Refresh the Page program listings. Live Theater Companies Actors Ensemble of Berkeley.  Summers at John Hinkel Park: Cymbeline opens July 4; The Taming of the Shrew opens August 16. See website for readings and events. Actor's Reading Collective (ARC).   See website for upcoming productions. African American Art & Culture Complex. See website for calendar. Afro-Solo Theatre Company.See website for calendar. American Conservatory Theatre Two Trains Running by August Wilson, April 15 -May 4, and The Comedy of Errors, April 22 – May 3 with The Acting Company, in repertory, Toni Rembe Theater. Aurora Theatre  Crumbs from the Table of Joy by Lynn Nottage, April 26-May 25, 2025 Awesome Theatre Company. See website for information. Berkeley Rep. Here There Are Blueberries by Moises Kaufman and Amanda Gronich, April 5 – May 11, Roda Theatre. Berkeley Shakespeare Company Julius Caesar, June 13-21, Live Oak Theater, Berkeley. y. See website for upcoming events and productions. Boxcar Theatre. The Illusionist with Kevin Blake, live at the Palace Theatre, through April 27. Brava Theatre Center: See calendar for current and upcoming productions. BroadwaySF: Mamma Mia! April 30 – May 11, Orpheum. See website for complete listings for the Orpheum, Golden Gate and Curran Theaters. Broadway San Jose:  Six. April 22-27. See website for other events. Center Rep: The Unfair Advantage created and performed by Harry Milas, April 29 – May 11. Lesher Center. Central Stage. See website for upcoming productions, 5221 Central Avenue, Richmond Central Works  The Last Goat by Gary Graves, June 28 – July 27. Cinnabar Theatre. Bright Star, June 13-29, Sonoma State. Club Fugazi. Dear San Francisco ongoing. Check website for Music Mondays listings. Contra Costa Civic Theatre Fiddler on the Roof June 7 – 22. See website for other events. 42nd Street Moon. See website for upcoming productions. Golden Thread  AZAD (The Rabbit and the Wolf) by Sona Tatoyan in collaboration with Jared Mezzocchi, April 11 – May 3. See website for other events. Hillbarn Theatre: Writing Fragments Home by Jeffrey Lo, April 17 – May 4. Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. Come Thru: A Celebration of Black Artistry, Story Telling and Community, May 5-18, Magic Theatre, Fort Mason. See website for specific workshops and events. Los Altos Stage Company. Cyrano by Edmund Rostand, April 10 – May 4. Lower Bottom Playaz  See website for upcoming productions. Magic Theatre. Reading: Muse of Fire by Lauren Gunderson, April 26, 1 pm/8 pm; Anne by Anne Kenner, May 19, 7:30 pm. Aztlan by Luis Alfaro, World Premiere, June 25 – July 13. See website for additional events. Marin Shakespeare Company: See website for calendar. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Upcoming Events Page. New Conservatory Theatre Center (NCTC) Simple Mexican Pleasures by Eric Reyes Loo, April 18 – May 11. New Performance Traditions.  See website for upcoming schedule Oakland Theater Project. Ironbound by Martyna Majok, May 2 – 18. Odd Salon: Upcoming events in San Francisco & New York, and streaming. Palace of Fine Arts Theater.  See website for event listings. Pear Theater. Henry V by William Shakespeare, April 18 – May 11. See website for staged readings and other events. Playful People Productions. Disney's Frozen Jr., May 16-25, Hoover Theater, San Jose. Presidio Theatre. See website for complete schedule of events and performances. Ray of Light: Next to Normal. May 30 – June 21. Ross Valley Players: The Book of Will  by Lauren Gunderson, May 9 – June 8. See website for New Works Sunday night readings and other events. San Francisco Playhouse. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time based on the novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens. May 1-June 21. SFBATCO.  See website for upcoming streaming and in- theater shows.  The Day The Sky Turned Orange by Julius Ernesto, Sept 5 – Oct. 5, Z Space. San Jose Stage Company: The Underpants by Steve Martin, April 3 -27. Shotgun Players.  Yellowface by David Henry Hwang, May 10 – June 8. South Bay Musical Theatre:  Brigadoon, May 17-June 7, Stagebridge: See website for events and productions. Storytime every 4th Saturday. The Breath Project. Streaming archive. The Marsh: Calendar listings for Berkeley, San Francisco and Marshstream. Theatre Lunatico  Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, April 26 – May 18. LaVal's Subterranean Theatre. Theatre Rhino  Doodler by John Fisher, extended to May 2, at Safehouse Arts. Gumiho by Nina Ki, April 17 – May 11. Streaming: Essential Services Project, conceived and performed by John Fisher, all weekly performances now available on demand. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. The Heart-Sellers by Lloyd Suh, April 2-27. Word for Word.  See website for upcoming productions. Misc. Listings: BAM/PFA: On View calendar for Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive. Berkeley Symphony: See website for listings. Chamber Music San Francisco: Calendar, 2025 Season. Dance Mission Theatre. On stage events calendar. Fort Mason Center. Events calendar. Crushing, live monologue show, Feb. 27-28. Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Calendar listings and upcoming shows. San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. See schedule for upcoming SFGMC performances. San Francisco Opera. Calendar listings. San Francisco Symphony. Calendar listings. Filmed Live Musicals: Searchable database of all filmed live musicals, podcast, blog. If you'd like to add your bookstore or theater venue to this list, please write Richard@kpfa.org                                   .   . The post April 24, 2025: The Making of the film “Bushman” appeared first on KPFA.

Ali Velshi is joined by Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs' Asha Rangappa, MSNBC's ‘The Weekend' host Michael Steele, Fmr. Chair of the FTC Lina Khan, President of Wesleyan University Michael Roth, George Washington University Law School's Mary Anne Franks, MSNBC Legal Analyst Barbara McQuade, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ‘The Contrarian' Jennifer Rubin, Filmmaker Alex Gibney, “The Gatsby Gambit” author Claire Anderson Wheeler, and Playwright of ‘Gatsby: An American Myth' Martyna Majok. 

Priscilla Jackman joins Regina Botros to discuss The Cost of Living for Sydney Theatre Company. First broadcast 24th July, 2024. Sydney Theatre Company and Queensland Theatre's co-production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Tony-nominated Broadway smash-hit, Cost of Living. Priscilla Jackman (RBG: Of Many, One) and internationally acclaimed multidisciplinary artist Dan Daw (The Dan Daw Show) direct this Australian premiere production of one of the best pieces of new writing to emerge from the US in the last decade, written by former carer turned playwright, Martyna Majok. Co-director and performer Daw leads an exceptional cast including Philip Quast (STC's Do Not Go Gentle), Kate Hood (Malthouse Theatre's The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man), and Zoe de Plevitz (Netflix's Boy Swallows Universe) in a beautifully rendered four-hander about our need to care, or be cared for, no matter the distance that age, race and disability might place between us.    

Emma Pittman is a Mississippi native, Wagner College graduate, and winner of “The Search For Roxie.” Broadway: Chicago (Roxie & Annie), Back to the Future OBC (Ensemble) Regional: The Drowsy Chaperone (Janet), Damn Yankees (Lola). Emma is also a teaching artist, director, and choreographer. Her choreography credits include: On the Twentieth Century, Into the Woods, and The Cradle Will Rock. Danya Taymor is a New York based director and winner of the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for The Outsiders. She reopened Broadway with Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's Pass Over, the first play back after 18 months of darkness on Broadway (New York Times 10 best shows of 2021). Other recent work includes: Samuel Beckett's Endgame (Gate, Dublin), Will Arbery's Pulitzer Prize Finalist Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Obie Award, Callaway Award for Outstanding Direction) and Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (New Group), Jeremy O. Harris' "Daddy" (Almeida, London + New Group/Vineyard), Korde Arrington Tuttle's Graveyard Shift (Goodman Theater), Martyna Majok's queens (Lincoln Center), Danai Gurira's Familiar (Steppenwolf), and Brian Watkins' My Daughter Keeps Our Hammer and Wyoming (The Flea + Lesser America). Her world-premiere production of Pass Over was filmed in collaboration with Spike Lee, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is streaming on Amazon Prime. Recipient of the Cullman Award for Extraordinary Creativity from Lincoln Center. BA: Duke University.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Connor and Dylan are joined by Pulitzer Prize-winner and Tony-nominated playwright Martyna Majok (Gatsby: An American Myth, Cost of Living). Fresh off their summer vacation to Palm Springs, the twins discuss drag brunches, paradise in the desert, and whether or not Isaac Powell strips down at A.R.T. in this summer's hottest show: Gatsby: An American Myth. There's no one better to chat about it all with than Martyna Majok, the show's book writer. We dive DEEP into the process of writing this new musical, from rediscovering the source material of The Great Gatsby, to collaborating with music and lyricist Florence Welch (of Florence and the Machine, y'all!) and Thomas Bartlett, and her involvement in the casting process. Martyna bares her soul on themes, topics, and life experiences close to her heart, as well as the role they play in her writing. She tells the story of meeting her love, Bobby Conte, what it was like winning a Pulitzer for Cost of Living, and the transcendent experience of seeing John Stamos in Cabaret at Studio 54. Pool hustling, The Bear season 3, and taking stock of life are just a few more things the three of them get into in this insightful, heartfelt, and thrilling conversation. Go see Gatsby: An American Myth at A.R.T. through August 3.Follow Martyna on InstagramFollow DRAMA. on Twitter & Instagram & TiktokFollow Connor MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramFollow Dylan MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramEdited by DylanSupport the podcast by subscribing to DRAMA+, which also includes bonus episodes, Instagram Close Friends content, and more!

Martyna Majok is the Pulitzer winning author of many great plays, many of which focus very specifically on Jersey. We talk about Jersey artists, about Belleville and Kearny, about immigrant groups finding each other in this state, and so much more. Seriously, just listen to it, Martyna is so fucking great.  Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Frequent listeners of Immigrantly know that I often delve into the differences between individualistic and collectivist societies. This contrast becomes particularly striking when considering how people in individualistic cultures often face grief and struggles in isolation. Immigrants can deeply resonate with the emotional toll this solitude brings and the vital role of community and support.  Today's guest has brilliantly explored these struggles through her Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Cost of Living," which poignantly captures the complexities of human connection and the profound effects of isolation. Joining me today is Martyna Majok, the 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner for "Cost of Living." A distinguished graduate of the Yale School of Drama and the Juilliard School, Martyna has also studied at the University of Chicago and has received numerous accolades from the Kennedy Center, the American Theatre Critic Association, and many others. Immigrantly is a weekly podcast that celebrates the extraordinariness of immigrant life. We do this by providing our listeners with authentic, accurate insights into the immigrant identity in America. Immigrantly has garnered significant recognition and has been featured in renowned media outlets such as the Nieman Storyboard, The Guardian, The Slowdown, and CNN. Join us as we create new intellectual engagement for our audience. You can get more information at http://immigrantlypod.com. Please share the love and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts & Spotify to help more people find us!  You can connect with Saadia on Twitter @swkkhan Email: saadia@immigrantlypod.com Host & Producer: Saadia Khan I Content Writer: Rainier Harris & Saadia Khan I Editorial review: Shei Yu I Sound Designer & Editor: Haziq Ahmed Farid I Immigrantly Theme Music: Simon Hutchinson | Other Music: Epidemic Sound Immigrantly podcast is an Immigrantly Media Production. For advertising inquiries, you can contact us at info@immigrantlypod.com Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for more insightful episodes. Follow us on social media for updates and behind-the-scenes content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Daw rose to prominence as a dancer who makes his distinctive body the centre of his work. Now, he takes to the stage as an actor, in a bold and witty play that was a Broadway hit.Cost of Living is about the complex relationships between those living with disability and their carers. But it also wrestles with other, sometimes overlooked, factors that impact one's quality of life.Dan is co-directing and performing in the play's Australian premiere for Queensland Theatre and the Sydney Theatre Company. He joins us with co-director Priscilla Jackman.

Danya Taymor is a Tony Award-nominated director for her first musical work on Broadway in THE OUTSIDERS. She holds a multifaceted portfolio of work, directing Will Arbery's HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING, Jeremy O. Harris' DADDY, Khat Knotahaiku's GRAVEYARD SHIFT, Antoinette Nwandu's PASS OVER, Danai Gurira's FAMILIAR, Martyna Majok's QUEENS and many more. Danya is a recipient of several awards and fellowships for her work, including the Cullman Award for Extraordinary Creativity from Lincoln Center, Time Warner Directing Fellowship at Women's Project, 2050 fellowship at New York Theatre Workshop, and the Lincoln Center Directors Lab. In this episode, Danya discusses building trust and creativity in a rehearsal room, looking for theater spirits in Ireland, and getting the stamp of approval from S.E. Hinton herself.    Tickets to THE OUTSIDERS Tickers to KISS ME KATE Watch Pass Over

This week, No Script hosts Jackson and Jacob discuss Martyna Majok's inventive, moving piece of theatre Sanctuary City. A reflection on citizenship, trust, and home, Sanctuary City is a brilliant playwright at her finest. Listen in! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue.  https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast  ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen it? Comment and tell us your favorite themes, characters, plot points, etc. Did we get something wrong? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Find us on social media at:  Email: noscriptpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/No-Script-The-Podcast-1675491925872541/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noscriptpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/noscriptpodcast/ ------------------------------ Our theme song is “Upbeat Soda Pop” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows: Music: http://www.purple-planet.com ------------------------------ Thanks so much for listening! We'll see you next week. ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue.  https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast  ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen it? Comment and tell us your favorite themes, characters, plot points, etc. Did we get something wrong? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Find us on social media at:  Email: noscriptpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/No-Script-The-Podcast-1675491925872541/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noscriptpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/noscriptpodcast/ ------------------------------ Thanks so much for listening! We'll see you next week.

Actors Kimie Muroya and Bruce Gomez, speaking about their roles in the play "Sanctuary City" by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok that focuses on two young DREAMers. The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble production opens on January 18, 2024 and runs through February 4th at the Alvina Krause Theatre, 226 Center Street in downtown Bloomsburg. There are shows Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, and Sunday matinees at 3:00. For tickets and more information: www.bte.org or the Box Office at 570-784-8181.

On this special pre-Tony Awards edition, we talk to the playwrights nominated for 'Cost of Living' and 'Between Riverside and Crazy,' and to Playbill's Diep Tran.

Your favorite podcast hosts Jason A. Coombs and Samantha Tuozzolo are back with a special Road to the Tony Awards Roundtable with the nominated cast of the "Cost of Living"! Though Cost of Living played its final Broadway performance over seven months ago, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play certainly was not forgotten by the nominating committee of the Tony Awards. It was nominated for five awards, three of which for its stars- Katy Sullivan, Kara Young, and David Zayas. All three just joined the hosts of BroadwayWorld's own Survival Jobs podcast, Samantha Tuozzolo and Jason Coombs, at the iconic Glass House Tavern for a very special roundtable discussion on their individual journeys with the play. Watch below as they have a conversation about what its like to be a nominee nominee and even play a very special round of Tonys Trivia! Martyna Majok's powerhouse play is an insightful, intriguing work is about the forces that bring people together, the complexity of caring and being cared for, and the ways we all need each other in this world. Broadway World Video and Article Here! You can support the podcast and the hosts at www.buymeacoffee.com/SurvivalJobsPod and on Instagram at @surivaljobspod | @SammyTutz | @JasonACoombs.    Info on "Cost of Living Cast":  Follow Kara Young on Instagram   Follow David Zayas on Instagram   Follow Katy Sullivan on Instagram   "Cost of Living" Official Website Mic Check Links: Bridgeport Film Fest: Save 50% on Film/Screenplay Submissions with code: BFFSJP Info on Your Hosts:  Broadway World Article on our Season 2 Launch Party Follow Samantha: Instagram.   |  Samantha's Official Website here Follow Jason on Instagram  | Twitter. Check out Jason's Official Website here Check out and support The Bridgeport Film Fest Important Links: Native Land Map US Interior Indian Affairs NPR: "How To Help Puerto Rico" Article How to Help the People of Florida Article Abortion Funds Website Plan C Pills Website National Write Your Congressman Link How to help Uvalde families NPR Article Where to Donate to Support Access to Abortions Right Now Support Us... Please!  If you're feeling generous, Buy Us A Coffee HERE! Please don't become complacent: Support the Black Mamas Matter Alliance Support Families Detained and Separated at the Border.  Support the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund. Support Black Trans Folx here Donate to the Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) Support the People of Palestine How to be an Ally to the AAPI Community 168 Ways to Donate in Support of Black Lives and Communities of Color The New York Times: On Mexico's Border With U.S., Desperation as Migrant Traffic Piles Up PBS: How to help India during its COVID surge — 12 places you can donate Covid quarantine didn't stop antisemitic attacks from rising to near-historic highs Opening and Closing Theme Music: "One Love" by Beats by Danny | Game Music: "Wake Up" by MBB.  If you enjoy Survival Jobs: A Podcast be sure to subscribe and follow us on your preferred podcast listening app! Also, feel free to follow us on Instagram and Twitter! Thank you!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Felix Angel Solis Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson If a good man is hard to find, a great one's murder. Felix Solis, currently killing it in The Rookie: Feds, and who killed, literally, as Omar Navarro in Ozark, the role which broke him out of actors actor/working actor to famous actor. Deserved. All over the place. Felix's stunning performance in the Pulitzer-winning, The Cost of Living, is forever seared in my soul. As is his Navarro. How the hell did he make that unconscionable murderer likable and even at times… sympathetic! Chilling and thrilling. We talked about fame, which first found him mid-pandemic when he and we were masked. Here he was on the most talked about show on television, with the most talked about part, and he was hiding in his house avoiding people and life, invisible walking amongst us when he wasn't. Felix's reentry into living includes being recognized daily, which he views with humility and recognition, citing an example of his own stargazing awe. His return to “normal,” has been gradual, aided greatly by resumed work where strict protocols allowed for a certain feeling of safety, and at the time forced his willingness to take risks. Felix details why he began the pandemic in abject terror and how now, he's replaced fear with respect. We talked about the current writers' strike, its impact on the industry, and on actors, many of whom can't afford to lose work, yet, looking ahead at the bigger picture. Felix argued both sides, clearly torn. Success has shockingly had little effect so far on the work on offer, yet, the man's been busy just wrapping the last of 22 episodes of The Rookie: Feds. Cultivating ideas for his Subway Token Films (with his partner in this and in life), just today he reached out to Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright, Martyna Majok, who penned Cost of Living. I've been manifesting this “marriage” for 5 years.

Martyna Majok was recently nominated for a Tony award for her riveting, profound and funny play "Cost of Living." The play delves into the lengths we go to care for others and what it means to fight for ourselves. Presented by Manhattan Theatre Club, "Cost of Living" was nominated for five Tony Awards and has already won a 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Martyna's work, which also includes the plays "Sanctuary City," "Queens" and "Ironbound," has been performed in theaters around the world. Martyna is currently writing a musical adaptation of "The Great Gatsby," with music by Florence Welch and Thomas Bartlett. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 525 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Freedom." We share an excerpt from an essay titled "Voluntarily and For Pay" by David Foster Wallace as published in the May 2023 issue of Harper's Magazine. We have an E.W. Poem called "Almost June." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Florence and The Machine, Charlotte Day Wilson, Khruangbin, Malaya McCrowen, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors.

Martyna Majok was born in Bytom, Poland and raised in Jersey and Chicago. She was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play, Cost of Living, which debuted this past fall on Broadway. Other plays include Sanctuary City, Queens, and Ironbound, which have been produced across American and international stages. Keep up with her projects at www.martynamajok.com

Aaron (host of NoPixAfterDark Podcast. )  sat down with the actors of "Sanctuary City", 'Hernán Angulo and María Victoria Martínez to discuss this amazing show. We talked about why they got into the acting, who inspired them growing up, Disney Villains to real sanctuary cities.  What the play means to them and what do you hope people walk way from this interview? Sanctuary City” is by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Martyna Majok  and is a co-production with Berkeley Rep in California. It's a beautiful, profound, and topical piece about two undocumented teenagers who lean on each other.  “Sanctuary City” will run October 21-November 27. Tickets for Sanctuary City https://www.arenastage.org Thank you Hernán Angulo and María Victoria Martínez and Arena Stage Washington DC Music Intro: John Tyler produced: www.acutevisions.com www.nopixafterdark.com Sponsors of NoPixAfterDarkPodcast Zeke's Coffee www.zekescoffee.com Maggies Farm www.maggiesfarm.com FoundStudio Shop www.foundstudioshop.com United Way Central Maryland https://uwcm.org Charm Craft City Mafia www.charmcitycraftmafia.com Siena Leigh https://www.sienaleigh.com Open Works https://www.openworksbmore.org Snug Books Baltimore https://www.snugbooks.com Baltimore Fiscal https://www.baltimorefiscal.com Pandora Box Boutique https://pandorasboxboutique.com CarVer Communications Group  https://www.therealcarver.com    #thankyou #interview #Arenastagedc #theatre #visitwashingtondc #sanctuarycity # #people #friendship #immigration #immigrant

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok is my guest on the podcast this week to talk about her creative work, connection, disability, humor, and most importantly: cats. Her play Cost of Living is in its final weeks on Broadway at the Manhattan Theater Club and you need to see it, so get your tickets here! I'm …

Live on the Red Carpet Opening Night of COST OF LIVING. Conversations include inclusivity and accessibility on Broadway, how to allow yourself to be vulnerable as an actor/audience member, dream podcast ideas, and more. This episode features Daniel J. Watts, Rachel Chavkin, Martyna Majok, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Marin Ireland, Erik King, Morgan Spector, and Andrea Syglowski. Curtain up, on Cost Of Living Connect with Take A Bow on Instagram: @takeabowpodcast Connect with host, Eli Tokash on Instagram: @tokash_eli Produced by the Broadway Podcast Network Edited by Jessica Lauren (@jessicalaurenradio) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katy Sullivan is reprising her role as Ani in Martyna Majok's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, 'Cost of Living,' which opened on Broadway October 3rd. Just a few of her other acting credits includes 'Dexter: New Blood,' 'My Name is Earl' and 'Last Man Standing.' A double below the knee bilateral amputee and four-time U.S. Paralympian champion, Katy is the first female amputee and only the second amputee actor ever to appear in a Broadway production. Manhattan Theatre Club's 'Cost of Living' is playing at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Martyna Majok's play "Cost of Living" won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and now the show is headed to Broadway, with returning stars Katy Sullivan and Gregg Mozgala reprising their original roles. The story follows two pairs of people, one disabled and one able bodied, and explores their relationships with one another. Majok and Sullivan join us to discuss, along with David Zayas, who joins the production playing the ex-husband to Sullivan's character. "Cost of Living" runs at the Samuel J. Freidman Theater through October 30th.

We are thrilled to chat with Downtown Theater Icon: Paul Lazar. From making appearances in movies that became cult classics (Married to the Mob, Silence of the Lambs, Old Boy, Snowpiercer), to his recent Broadway appearance in Macbeth directed by Sam Gold with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga -- following Paul's career is like a game of Where's Waldo?  You never know where you'll spot him next!In this episode we talk:Early beginnings - how Paul found his way into the Downtown worldThe current state of "Downtown Theater" - what is it? And where is it now?What it's like to work so closely with his wife, choreographer and co-founder of Big Dance Theater, Annie-B ParsonsYou can currently see Paul in Maria Irene Fornes's seminal work: Mud/Drowning at Mabou Mines, alongside May 2019 guest: Wendy Vanden Huevel. If you liked this episode and want to hear more -- check out Manhattan Theatre Club's Beyond the Stage podcast! The latest episode features our host chatting with playwrights: Martyna Majok and Jeff Augustin.  With a handy discount code to their upcoming plays at MTC in the shownotes!-----Intro Music by David HilowitzSupport the show

Today's episode focuses on the latest Broadway Play to hit the 2022-2023 Broadway season, COST OF LIVING. Presented through the Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, COST OF LIVING looks at what care means to people and who cares for people in our modern world. Written by Martyna Majok and Directed by Jo Bonney, COST OF LIVING won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2018. Listen on, as Jeff and Richie dive into the complexity of the stories being told, and how we all want and/or need care (or to be cared for) throughout our lives every day.Share with us, your thoughts, on COST OF LIVING on our Instagram and TikTok page. @halfhourpodcastThanks for listening! Please leave us a review with what you think about the podcast. Follow us on Instagram: @halfhourpodcastFollow us on TikTok: @halfhourpodcastVisit our website: www.twoworldsentertainmentllc.comThe Book PileWant to sound smart? Two comics discuss a book every Monday so you can pretend you read.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Today's episode is all about a contemporary play that was slated to premiere in March 2020, but was delayed due to the pandemic. It is now being programmed across the U.S. My guest and I discuss the play itself, as well as how the process of reading a play differs from that of a novel. -- "Sanctuary City" by Martyna Majok is available for purchase at https://trwplays.com/sanctuary-city/ -- Host: Kyle Johnson (@panic_kyle); Guest: Grace Walker (https://www.gracewalkerswebsite.com/, IG & Twitter: @gracewalkerrr, TikTok: @notkristenbell); Music: Julian Loida (www.julianloida.com) -- Get in touch with the show! panic.kyle.tt@gmail.com

UNCSA alumnus Gregg Mozgala, after years of performing on some of Off-Broadway's finest stages, is enjoying a well-earned banner year. He recently completed a national tour playing the title character in “Teenage Dick,” a modern take on Shakespeare's “Richard III” centered on the experience of a high school student with cerebral palsy, and this summer he appeared in “Richard III” itself, alongside film and theater star Danai Gurira, in the Public Theater's revered Shakespeare in the Park season. This fall he will cap off the year with his Broadway debut in Martyna Majok's Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Cost of Living,” reprising the leading role he performed in the play's premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club in 2018.Gregg can credit that success not only to his acting but also his producing skills. In 2012, determined to make disability and people with disabilities more visible on the nation's stages, he founded The Apothetae, a New York-based theater company dedicated to the production of works that explore and illuminate the disabled experience. The Apothetae has developed several new plays and adaptations from and with both established and up-and-coming artists — disabled and non-disabled, Deaf and hearing — and it is through The Apothetae's commissioning program that playwright Mike Lew completed “Teenage Dick.”In this interview with Pier Carlo Talenti, Gregg describes how an understanding of his cultural lineage as a disabled performer led him to create a company that celebrates displaying disabled bodies and their stories with unassailable authenticity.http://www.greggmozgala.com/http://www.theapothetae.org/

Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok writes the story of high-schoolers B & G in Sanctuary City. As undocumented teens, the two lean on each other. When G gets citizenship and B has to choose to stay in New Jersey or return with his mom to their country of origin, questions of identity, friendship, sacrifice, and love emerge. In Nicola Yoon's New York Times bestseller The Sun is Also a Star, Natasha and Daniel are also from immigrant families—Daniel a first-generation Korean-American and Natasha an undocumented immigrant from Jamaica. This book is magical. It's simultaneously a surprising love story, a philosophical exploration about our universe, and a very real fight to survive another day. Listen to find out why if one story intrigues you, so will the other. Read The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon. Purchase the book from your local independent bookstore. Connect with your host! Ruthiefierberg.com  IG: @whywetheater / T: @whywetheater IG: @ruthiefierceberg / T: @RuthiesATrain Why We Theater is a product of the Broadway Podcast Network produced by Alan Seales and edited by Derek Gunther.  Our theme music is by Benjamin Velez. Hear more at BenjaminVelez.com. Special thanks to Genesis Johnson, Leigh Silverman, Suzanne Chipkin, Wesley Birdsall, Elena Mayer, Patrick Taylor, and Dori Berinstein.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok debuted her new play, Sanctuary City, Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop in the fall of 2021. The drama follows B and G, two best friends, both undocumented immigrants. After 9/11, B's mom decides to return to her country of origin, but the U.S. is the only home B has ever known. As he decides whether to stay or leave, G might be able to offer him a solution. How much are they each willing to sacrifice?  Sanctuary City puts U.S. immigration policy and the people it affects under a microscope and humanizes the stories behind the legalese. Host Ruthie Fierberg, along with Majok and experts Katherine Benton-Cohen (Author Inventing the Immigration Problem: The Dillingham Commission & Its Legacy), Carolina Canizales (Immigration Legal Resource Center), and Christian Pinochet-Paul (Presidents' Alliance) discuss the evolution of immigration policy in the United States to present day, potential reforms to make policies more humane, where immigrants can find support, and more.  Create the change Support your local immigrant communities Create a warm and safe space at community centers Welcome them in the PTA and at school functions Become a patron of immigrant-owned businesses Assist in supporting refugees Dispel myths about immigrants (Read “The 14 Most Common Arguments Against Immigrants and Why They're Wrong”) Donate to/partner with TheDream.US Donate to the International Rescue Committee Volunteer with/Join a campaign at United We Dream, the largest immigrant youth-led network Visit the State Policies map to see the policies of colleges & universities in every state Advocate for in-state tuition for all students with your state representatives If you work at a college or university, visit Presidents' Alliance for resources, research, and tips to support international, immigrant, & undocumented students If you or someone you know is an immigrant, undocumented or otherwise, who needs support: Check your eligibility for DACA and apply (DACA toolbox) Apply for a National Scholarship or Opportunity Scholarship for higher education Seek support from United We Dream Reach out to Texas Organizing Project Contact the Workers Defense Project Find a Dream Center near you Referred to in this episode Timeline of U.S. immigration laws  What is DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)? What is DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act)? The Dillingham Commission Katie's book Inventing the Immigration Problem: The Dillingham Commission & Its Legacy Chinese Exclusion Act 1907 Gentlemen's Agreement 1965 Hart-Celler Act What is the DREAM Act? Who are Dreamers? Paul Kramer TED Talk: “Our Immigration Conversation Is Broken” Section 1325 (Unlawful Entry….) and Section 1326 (Re-entry After Deportation) Business Insider article on inflation and immigration Presidents' Alliance, Best Practices Gaby Pacheco scholarship (via TheDream.us) Julian Castro's proposed immigration policies Libby Garland's book After They Closed the Gates: Jewish Illegal Immigration to the United States, 1921-1965 The number of immigrants and undocumented immigrants in the U.S. About Our Guests: Ruthie Fierberg, Host Ruthiefierberg.com  IG: @whywetheater / T: @whywetheater IG: @ruthiefierceberg / T: @RuthiesATrain Martyna Majok, playwright Twitter: @martynamajok Katherine Benton-Cohen, PhD, professor of history and author Twitter: @guprofbc  Carolina Canizales, Immigrant Legal Resource Center Twitter: @the_ILRC Christian Penichet-Paul, Presidents' Alliance Twitter: @donchristian92 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Cost of Living by Martyna Majok Martyna Majok Wikipedia pagehttps://wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyna_Majok Cost of Living Wikipedia pagehttps://wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_Living_(play) Streaming information for Majok's read more The post All The Drama: “Cost of Living” by Martyna Majok, 2018 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama appeared first on BroadwayRadio.

Martyna Majok is a playwright who won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cost of Living. Her newest play, Sanctuary City from New York Theatre Workshop is now playing at The Lucille Lortel Theatre. Her plays, including Queens and Ironbound, have been performed throughout the United States and abroad. She studied playwriting at the Yale School of Drama and Juilliard School. She is currently writing two musical librettos and developing an original series and film for HBO. Martyna is also adapting The Great Gatsby for the Broadway stage with Florence Welch and Thomas Bartlett writing music. This episode was recorded on September 24, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York City's theaters are finally reopening after they were shut down on March 12, 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began to hit the city. This has been the longest shutdown in Broadway's history. Major hits like "Lion King" and "Hamilton" are back, and smaller productions are returning too. NewsHour Weekend's Zachary Green spoke with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Martyna Majok, whose new play, "Sanctuary City," opened a year-and-a-half later than planned. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

New York City's theaters are finally reopening after they were shut down on March 12, 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began to hit the city. This has been the longest shutdown in Broadway's history. Major hits like "Lion King" and "Hamilton" are back, and smaller productions are returning too. NewsHour Weekend's Zachary Green spoke with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Martyna Majok, whose new play, "Sanctuary City," opened a year-and-a-half later than planned. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Episode 435 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Docile." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese shares five poems written by Japanese school children about Hiroshima from a collection titled "When I Was Small." We have an E.W. poem called "Purpose."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, Linda Lyndell, Declan McKenna, Neko Case, the Five Stairsteps, Sublime, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard.  Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World.

Hear Me Out is a new theatre podcast produced and presented by Lucy Eaton, the both real and on-screen sister of Simon Evans, creator of BBC lockdown comedy Staged starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen. Hear Me Out features interviews with leading theatre actors in which they discuss and then perform a speech from a play in which they have appeared which holds particularly strong memories for them. The first four episodes are now available, featuring Claire Skinner on Harold Pinter’s Moonlight, Adrian Lester on Cost of Living by Martyna Majok, Denise Gough on People, Places and Things by Duncan Macmillan and Mark Bonnar on Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In this episode, BTG Editor David Chadderton speaks to Lucy about these first few episodes, as well as about how Staged was basically an extension of games she played with her brother when they were kids, what lockdown has been like for her and other actors she knows, performing outside the house of one of the UK’s leading theatre critics and more. Hear Me Out can be found now on all the usual podcast platforms. For more details, see the Hear Me Out web site or follow @PodHearMeOut on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

In this episode, Randy and Tyler take a look at the 2018 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Cost of Living by Martyna Majok.Wikipedia’s synopsis of Cost of Living: "The play examines two pairs of relationships between disabled and able persons: one between a graduate student with cerebral palsy and his female caregiver and the other between a quadriplegic woman and her ex-husband. Eddie is an unemployed truck driver whose ex-wife Ani became a quadriplegic following a tragic accident; while John has cerebral palsy and has hired Jess as his caregiver."Resources mentioned in this episode:Dramatists Play Service - dramatists.comMartyna Majok - http://www.martynamajok.com/Katy Sullivan - https://www.katysullivan.net/Gregg Mozgala - http://www.greggmozgala.com/******* IN OUR NEXT EPISODE *******Join us as we discuss the play “Miss Lulu Bett” by Zona Gale, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1921. This play can be read for free online, as it is in the Public Domain: https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/gale/lulu/lulu.htmlNote: This episode was recorded in 2021 in the middle of the COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") pandemic.DeScriptedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeScriptedPodTwitter: @DeScriptedPod - twitter.com/DeScriptedPodInstagram: @DeScriptedPod - www.instagram.com/DeScriptedPod

Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Martyna Majok's story is fascinating. From a non English speaking Polish immigrant whose mother was a house cleaner, to the very top of the artistic mountain. Martyna has shone a spotlight on the working class immigrants that helped create America by putting them centre stage and imbuing them with the pride, intelligence, warmth, toughness, dedication, resilience, love and compassion that they deserved and that had hitherto been missing from the stage. Equally her insistence on disabled actors playing the disabled characters she created broke new ground. The results are moving and profound.Martyna Majok saw her first theatre show at 17 after buying a ticket with the money she won hustling pool. That experience changed her life.Have a listen to the story of this extraordinary woman and her journey to becoming one of the most recognised playwrights in the world. My only concern is that, during our conversation, I may or may not have challenged her undisputed pool champion's crown. I think I can kiss that money goodbye. Dramatic excerpt is from Manhattan Theatre Club's New York premiere of Cost of Living. Directed by Jo Bonney, featuring Jolly Abraham, Gregg Mozgala, Katy Sullivan, Victor Williams (excerpt from playbill.com, supplied by Martyna Majok)Musical excerpt is from Gnossienne No. 1, Erik Satie by Reinbert de Leeuw (Decca Records, clip supplied by Martyna Majok)#reallyinterestingwomen #riw #martynamajok #pulitzerprize #pulitzer #costofliving #theater #theatre #broadway #manhattantheaterclub #newyorkcity #ironbound #sanctuarycity #disabledactors #jollyabraham #greggmozgala #katysullivan #victorwilliams #richardinstagraham

In this episode, Tyler and Randy discuss the 1920 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “Beyond the Horizon” by Eugene O’Neill.Wikipedia’s synopsis of Beyond the Horizon: “The play takes place on a farm in the Spring, and then moves forward three years later, in the Summer, and finally five years later, in late Fall. The play focuses on the portrait of a family, and particularly only two brothers Andrew and Robert. In the first act of the play, Robert is about to go off to sea with their uncle Dick, a sea captain, while Andrew looks forward to marrying his sweetheart Ruth and working on the family farm as he starts a family.”You can read this play FREE online, as it is in the public domain. We recommend checking out Project Gutenberg where they provide many different options for reading: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58569******* IN OUR NEXT EPISODE *******Join us as we discuss the play “Cost of Living” by Martyna Majok that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2018. Note: This episode was recorded in 2020 in the middle of the COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") pandemic.DeScriptedFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeScriptedPodTwitter: @DeScriptedPod - twitter.com/DeScriptedPodInstagram: @DeScriptedPod - www.instagram.com/DeScriptedPod

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 relationships with wildly different contexts. This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob break down how these journeys mirror and oppose each other.  ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue.  https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast  ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen it? Comment and tell us your favorite themes, characters, plot points, etc. Did we get something wrong? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Find us on social media at:  Email: noscriptpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/No-Script-The-Podcast-1675491925872541/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noscriptpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/noscriptpodcast/ ------------------------------ Our theme song is “Upbeat Soda Pop” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows: Music: http://www.purple-planet.com ------------------------------ Thanks so much for listening! We’ll see you next week.

We feature these impressive individuals: Sarah Cruz, Patricia Bosworth, JQ, Peter McGough, Serf William, Legs McNeil, Kitty Belle Burbank, Gerry Geddes, Martyna Majok, Glynnis Johns, Nash Rose, Allan Jones, John Bromberg and Martha Redbone. Episode 401 also includes an E.W. poem called "Gift." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, Jenny Lewis, Stretch & Bobbito with the M19s Band, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted Perched within the Moosic and West Mountain Ranges of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...  

Theater is upheld as an inclusive community. So, what does meaningful inclusion look like for artists with disabilities? Gregg Mozgala and Katy Sullivan talk with Christine about their roles in Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Cost of Living, their own advocacy work, and the extra labor they take on just by stepping into the rehearsal room. To learn more about Gregg’s work visit https://queenstheatre.org/ or http://www.greggmozgala.com/ To learn more about Katy visit www.katysullivan.net You can buy a copy of Cost of Living by Martyna Majok from Dramatists Play Service This episode features Gregg Mozgala and Katy Sullivan The Dramatist Guild Presents: Talkback is a production of The Dramatists Guild of America . This episode was produced by Sarah Storm, Amy VonMacek and Christine Toy Johnson. Robare Pruyn mixed our show. Our theme music was composed by Andrea Daly. Special thanks to Tina Fallon, Tari Stratton, and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee at the Dramatists Guild. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to announced on-line and streaming local theatre & book events   Bookwaves Terry Tempest Williams, whose latest collection is titled “Erosion: Essays of Undoing”, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Terry Tempest Williams is an environmental activist and chronicler of the western landscape. In her several books and essays, she takes us from national parks and monuments to the way our environment affects us, both physically and emotionally. In this latest collection, she discusses the degradation of our natural resources, an ongoing process that encompasses the past few administrations and rushes headlong in the ongoing one; she talks about her Mormon roots and how they still affect her at the deepest levels, and how her activism led to her removal from her post at the University of Utah, along with the heartbreaking story of her brother's death from suicide. In this in-depth interview, she talks specifically about how she and her husband bought oil leases in an attempt to prevent drilling, about the climate crisis, and about how she came to be a writer. Complete 45-minute interview.   Artwaves Playwright and actress Jeanne Sakata in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Jeanne Sakata is the author of the play “Hold These Truths” which played at TheatreWorks Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto, July 11 – August 5, 2018, and is now available streaming through November 3, 2020. For more information on how to watch, go to the TheatreWorks website. Jeanne Sakata is an actress who has appeared on several TV shows and films, and on stage at both ACT and Berkeley Rep. Hold These Truths is the true true story following Gordon Hirabayashi, a Japanese-American student who fought internment to a relocation camp during World War II. This Northern California premiere celebrates the human spirit as it chronicles Hirabayashi's journey from college in Seattle all the way to the Supreme Court, and eventually to a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Directed by Lisa Rothe, with Joel de la Fuente starring as Hirabayashi, Hold These Truths made its world premiere in 2007 at East West Players in Los Angeles. In 2012, the solo play made its Off Broadway premiere at Epic Theatre Company starring Joel de la Fuente, and received a 2013 Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance. Since its world premiere, it has gone on to play throughout the nation including theatres in Boston, Honolulu, Washington, D.C., Portland, and many others. :Complete 41 minute podcast.   Announcement Links Book Passage. Conversations with authors, all at 4 pm Pacific: Steph Kent and Logan Smalley Thursday Oct. 15, Pico Iyer, Sat. Oct. 17, Lan Cao and Isabel Allende, Sun. Oct. 18. The Booksmith Cory Doctorow, Thurs. Oct. 15, 5 pm; Rebecca Roanhorse Mon. Oct. 19, 6 pm; David Livingstone Smith and David P. Barash, On Humanity, Tues. Oct. 20, 6 pm; Poetry, Wed. Oct 21, 6 pm. Books Inc City Arts & Lectures, Thurs. Oct. 15 and Monday Oct. 19, 6 pm. Bay Area Book Festival Unbound events continue. Podcasts of October 3-4 Unbound TBA. Kepler's Books presents Refresh the Page, on line interviews and talks. Registration required. San Francisco Playhouse. 2020-21 Virtual Season: Art by Yasmina Reza, streaming October 24 – November 7; The Jewelry Box, written and performed by Brian Copeland, streaming Nov. 28-Dec. 25, 2020; From Blues to Broadway Revue, streaming Dec. 12 – 31, 2020. Custom Made Theatre Upcoming virtual productions TBA. Theatre Rhino Live Thursday performance conceived and performed by John Fisher on Facebook Live and Zoom at 8 pm Thursdays is Randy: The Story of Shilts. Overlooked Latinas, written and performed by Tina D'Elia, streaming Nov. 13-22. American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) Ironbound by Martyna Majok streams through October 16. In Love and Warcraft by Madhuri Shekar and The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa Fasthorse, both streaming on demand through October 18. Moon Man Walk by James Ijames, streaming on demand Oct 16-23; BloodWedding by Federico Garcia Lorca, live Oct 23-30, on demand Nov. 6-13. Pam McKinnon talks with Annette Bening, Nov. 20 live; Dec. 4-June 30, on demand. A Christmas Carol, radio adaptation of Carey Perloff's adaptation, streams Dec. 5-31, 2020. 42nd Street Moon. Moonbeams Streaming Series: The Oldest Living Cater Waiter, Oct. 15-25; Broadway Flipped, Oct. 29- Nov. 8; A Distant Dinner Party withJess and Jaron, Nov. 12-22 8 pm; Home (literally)for the Holidays, Nov. 36- Dec. 6. Tuesdays: Tuesday Talks Over the Moon. Every other Friday at 8 pm: Full Moon Fridays Cabaret. Sundays at 8 pm: Quiz Me Kate: Musical Theatre Trivia. Magic Theatre. Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill, directed by Loretta Greco. A radio play, Oct . 19- Nov. 15. Shotgun Players.  Josh Kornbluth's Citizen Brain, live streamed October 16 to November 8. Berkeley Rep It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis, adapted by Tony Taccone, a radio play, On demand through November 8. Free with no registration. Here is the link. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Hold These Truths by Jeanne Sakata, video of 2018 TheatreWorks production, streaming through November 3, 2020. From TheatreWorks with Love, party to welcome new Artistic Director Tim Bond, Saturday Oct. 17, 5-7 pm. California Shakespeare Theatre (Cal Shakes) The Direct Address series continues with Resisting Shakespeare: Or, How to Fall In and Out and In and Out of Love. Shakespeare in Depth, class with Philippa Kelly, registration required. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts new on-line programming series featuring classes, concerts, poetry sessions and more. Day of the Dead virtual ritual, Nov.2, live event. SFBATCO Live with Rod and Marce on Twitch TV, every Thursday at 6 pm. Aurora Theatre's A new ticketed audio drama, The Flats, written by Lauren Gunderson, Cleaven Smith and Jonathan Spector, with Lauren English, Anthony Fusco and Khary L. Moye, directed by Josh Costello, stream starts Oct. 23, 2020. Aurora Connects conversations every Friday, 4 pm. Marin Theatre Company Lauren Gunderson's play Natural Shocks streams through Soundcloud on the Marin Theatre website. American Dreams, created and developed by Leila Buck and Tamilla Woodard, streaming Nov. 10-15, tickets go on sale October 27. The Breath Project, streaming October 24-25. Central Works Bystanders by Patricia Milton, an audio play, currently streaming. The Human Ounce by Nicole Parizeau, audio play, streams beginning Nov. 26, 2020 New Conservatory Theatre Center presents In Good Company podcast about life when it goes off script, runs through October 21. The Law of Attraction by Patricia Milton, a world premiere radio play, streams through November 18, 2020. The Marsh: International Solo Fest, archived streaming. Josh Kornbluth hosts bingo every Friday at 7:30 pm Pear Theater. Lysistrata, streamed through November 9, filmed live outdoors. Contra Costa Civic Theatre It's a Wonderful Life, a radio play by Joe Landry, streams Nov. 27-Dec. 20. Reading Stage, one night only: Seven by by Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deveare Smith, and Susan Yankowitz, 7 pm on Zoom. If you'd like to add your bookstore or theatre venue to this list, please write bookwaves@hotmail.com. The post Bookwaves/Artwaves – Oct. 15, 2020: Terry Tempest Williams – Jeanne Sakata appeared first on KPFA.

Rachel & Martyna recorded this episode in late April. While it was only 5 months ago, in some ways, it feels like an entirely different lifetime. As summer draws to a close, and we head into fall, Rachel can't think of a better time to share this episode with one of her theater heroes. Martyna Majok is the 2018 pulitzer prize winner in drama for her play, Cost of Living. Other plays include: Queens, Ironbound, and Sanctuary City. She is a Yale School of Drama and Juilliard alum, a former PoNY fellow at the Lark, Women's Project Lab member, and Ensemble Studio Theatre Youngblood. In this episode Rachel & Martyna talk about what she's finding comfort in during these unprecedented times, how she ended up working in the theater during her University of Chicago days, and the advice she'd give her former self during her first year in New York.More about Martyna at: http://www.martynamajok.com/Information about her latest production Sanctuary City here.Follow us on Instagram: @upstageleftpodcastTwitter: @upstageleftpod---Music by David HilowitzSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/upstageleft)

Episode 370 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Sanctuary City." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese has written another Radio Play for the program, titled "Date Night." Dominick & Marnie Azzarelli perform it for us. We have an E.W. poem called "Small Miracle." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli, My Morning Jacket, Luther Dickinson & the Sisters of the Strawberry Moon, Khruangbin, Kamasi Washington, Jose Jones & Laura Mvula, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...

As part of our new monthly series, we pick a play to discuss and this month's play is “Cost of Living" by Martyna Majok. It is the winner of 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as two Lucille Lortel Awards, including Outstanding Play. In this episode, we discuss what we noticed, what we liked, and questions that came up while reading the play. Note: There are some spoiler alerts! We highly recommend you read the play before listening to this episode! SHORT SUMMARY: “Cost of Living deftly challenges the typical perceptions of those living with disabilities and delves deep into the ways class, race, nationality, and wealth can create gulfs between people, even as they long for the ability to connect. Eddie, an unemployed truck driver, and his estranged ex-wife, Ani, find themselves unexpectedly reunited after a terrible accident leaves her quadriplegic. John, a brilliant PhD student with cerebral palsy, hires Jess, a first-generation recent graduate who has fallen on desperate times, as his new aide..” GLISTENS: Sarah's Glisten: Originals by Adam Grant Sam's Glisten: Two Hong Kong Pandas https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/world/asia/panda-mating-hong-kong.html ___________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode to your friends, or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: www.beckettsbabies.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beckettsbabies/support

As part of our new monthly series, we pick a play to discuss and this month’s play is “Cost of Living" by Martyna Majok. It is the winner of 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as two Lucille Lortel Awards, including Outstanding Play. In this episode, we discuss what we noticed, what we liked, and questions that came up while reading the play. Note: There are some spoiler alerts! We highly recommend you read the play before listening to this episode! SHORT SUMMARY: “Cost of Living deftly challenges the typical perceptions of those living with disabilities and delves deep into the ways class, race, nationality, and wealth can create gulfs between people, even as they long for the ability to connect. Eddie, an unemployed truck driver, and his estranged ex-wife, Ani, find themselves unexpectedly reunited after a terrible accident leaves her quadriplegic. John, a brilliant PhD student with cerebral palsy, hires Jess, a first-generation recent graduate who has fallen on desperate times, as his new aide..” GLISTENS: Sarah's Glisten: Originals by Adam Grant Sam's Glisten: Two Hong Kong Pandas https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/world/asia/panda-mating-hong-kong.html _____________________________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode to your friends, or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: www.beckettsbabies.com

WE’RE BACK for SEASON TWO…. IT’S DONE FOR! EPISODE 1: This season, we've selected the book The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski. We jump right into episode 1 with the first Invitation: Don’t Wait. We’ll continue to circle back to our foundational questions: 1) What leads to a good death? and 2) What does that tell us about how to live a good life? Listen in as we continue the conversation, and tell us how you’re answering these questions. If you like this, tell someone! Please help us out by sharing it and spreading the conversation. RESOURCES: The Five Invitations (Flatiron Books, 2017) by Frank Ostaseski. Frank Ostaseski is an internationally respected Buddhist teacher and visionary cofounder of the Zen Hospice Project, and founder of the Metta Institute. He has lectured at Harvard Medical School, the Mayo Clinic, Wisdom.2.0 and teaches at major spiritual centers around the globe. Frank is the 2018 recipient of the prestigious Humanities Award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Frank's groundbreaking work has been featured on the Bill Moyers PBS series On Our Own Terms, highlighted on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and honored by H.H. the Dalai Lama. He is the author of The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. The Chaplaincy Institute in Berkeley, CA is where the 3 of us met and began to share our stories. The Chaplaincy Institute is an Interfaith Community and Seminary that strives to create a just world that honors the sacred connection of all. Find out more at www.chaplaincyinstitute.org. “Churchianity” was actually a term Jessica first learned from the Rev. Dr Megan Wagner. ProgressiveChristianity.org is a global resource of open, intelligent, and collaborative approaches to the Christian tradition and the life and teachings of Jesus that creates a pathway into an authentic and relevant religious experience. Shower the People, James Taylor (June 1976) It turns out Jessica is way better at this than even she thought! Well, with the exception of re-writing this James Taylor classic with new words. Fundamentalism: despite the first three letters indicating an emphasis on ‘fun’, fundamentalism in many forms (religious and non-religious) can be damaging. We hope if you’ve experienced that kind of trauma, that you will share your story and continue to listen. Book Club Questions: One of our dear listeners (and Jessica’s BFF) wrote a guide for this season. Find it here: (link to pdf attached) Also, it turns out Frank has developed a guide that can be found at: fiveinvitations.com/book-club Atlas: The Atlas personality, drawing on the myth of the giant Atlas from Greek mythology upholding the world, is someone obliged to take on adult responsibilities prematurely. They are thus liable to develop a pattern of compulsive caregiving in later life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_personality Female Playwrights: yeah, there are a lot of these David. Take your pick… an ditch the white dudes. Annie Baker, Lisa D’Amour, Sarah DeLappe, Margaret Edson, Liz Flahive, Amy Freed, Madeleine George, Rebecca Gilman, Gina Gionfriddo, DW Gregory, Danai Gurira, Leslye Headland, Amy Herzog, Quiara Alegria Hudes, Lucy Kirkwood, Young Jean Lee, Jennifer Maisel, Martyna Majok, Lynn Nottage, Antoinette Nwandu, Suzan-Lori Parks, Theresa Rebeck, Yasmina Reza, Sarah Ruhl, Laura Shamas, Lisa B Thompson, Lucy Thurber, Joyce VanDyke, Paula Vogel, Anne Washburn. Thanks to theatrenerds.com Anne Lammott first used the phrase “shitty first drafts” in her book Bird by Bird (1995) to emphasize why perfectionism can kill creativity. Learn more about Andrew Chirch, David Greenson, and Jessica Shine at DoneForPodcast.com

Episode 316 also includes an EW Essay titled "Air." We share the Debut of a Radio Play written by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "Lecture Number 14." We have an EW poem called "Whitehead." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Linda Lawson, Death Cab for Cutie, Beck, Talking Towns, Arrested Development, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell your Friends and Neighbors... 

Introducing the Pittsburgh City Theatre's inaugural CitySpeaks podcast all about the making of Cambodian Rock Band. Part thrilling new play, part electrifying rock concert, Cambodian Rock Band is an epic tale of family, love, and heritage featuring the Cambodian surf rock music of Dengue Fever. This podcast is all about how the show came together with stories from the people who know it best. Today's episode is with Director Martin Lyons   Marti Lyons is thrilled to direct Cambodian Rock Band at City Theatre as part of a collaboration with Victory Gardens Theater, where she directed the show in the Spring, and Merrimack Rep where this production is headed next. Marti recently directed Witch by Jen Silverman at the Geffen Playhouse, playing in LA now. Marti also directed Witch at Writers Theatre in Chicago last season. She directed How to Defend Yourself by Lily Padilla for the 2019 Humana Festival as part of a co-world premiere with Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, where Marti will direct the play again in 2019. Marti has directed Botticelli in the Fire by Jordan Tannahill (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company); The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe and Kings by Sarah Burgess (Studio Theater); Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Court Theatre); Short Shakes! Macbeth (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Title and Deed by Will Eno (Lookingglass Theatre Company) and Wondrous Strange together with Meg Miroshnik, Jiehae Park and Martyna Majok for the 2015 Humana Festival (Actors Theatre of Louisville).  This season Marti will direct The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess (Writers Theater), Jen Silverman’s The Moors (A Red Orchid Theatre), and the world premiere of The Scarlet Letter by Kate Hamill (South Coast Repertory). Marti is a proud member of SDC. For more information: martilyons.com

A Taste - "Sometimes the Thing You Need to Do is Absolutely Nothing..." We have for your listening pleasure Episode 316 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 316 features an earnest conversation with Nyc Playwright, Recipient of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama- Martyna Majok. Martyna Majok and I discuss Winning the Pulitzer, the Measurment of Value, Translation & Production of Her Work Across the World, Purpose in One's Work and How that Changes, Her New Musical About Chernobyl, Starting a New Life, Theatrical Bakeoffs, Saying Yes & Saying No, What Matters, the Safety & Security Money Can Buy You, The Mean Time... Episode 316 also includes an EW Essay titled "Air." We share the Debut of a Radio Play written by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "Lecture Number 14." We have an EW poem called "Whitehead." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Linda Lawson, Death Cab for Cutie, Beck, Talking Towns, Arrested Development, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell your Friends and Neighbors...

Pope Francis has for the first time publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns, and says he is committed to doing more to fight the problem. Jenni speaks to survivors; Rocio Figueroa a theologian and lecturer, and author, Doris Reisinger Wagner, who were both once nuns and to Sister Sharlet Wagner, a Sister of the Holy Cross and the current President of The Leadership Conference of Women Religious in the US.A report released by the University and College Union suggests that bullying and stereotyping is blocking the professorial path for black women. Dr Nicola Rollock conducted the research and spoke to 20 of the 25 female black professors in the UK including Gina Higginbottom, Emeritus Professor of Ethnicity and Community Health at the University of Nottingham. They join Jenni to discuss the explicit and more subtle ways that black female academics are prevented from attaining the highest positions at UK universities.American actor and Paralympian Katy Sullivan plays Ani, who becomes quadriplegic following a car accident in Martyna Majok's Pulitzer prize winning drama The Cost of Living. Katy talks to Jenni about how the play explores attitudes to disability, race, class and wealth.And the fourth in our series of family secrets. A woman we are calling Liz found out her father's secret at the worst possible time.

In Can You Ever Forgive Me? Melissa McCarthy stars as Lee Israel, the best-selling biographer of celebrities such as Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. In the early 1990s - when she was in her early 50s - Lee found herself unable to get published because she had fallen out of step with the marketplace. Unable to pay the rent (or the vet bills for her beloved cat) she turned her art form to deception, aided by her loyal friend Jack Hock (Richard E. Grant). You Know You Want This is the debut collection of short stories from Kristen Roupenian whose short story, Cat Person, became a viral sensation after being published by the New Yorker in December 2017. It became their most read story ever, with more than 2.6 million hits and counting. Included in this collection alongside 11 new stories which are described as examining "the pull and push of revulsion and attraction between people." Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Martyna Majok’s Cost of Living receives its highly anticipated UK Premiere at Hampstead Theatre starring Adrian Lester and directed by Ed Hall. John, a wealthy, brilliant, and successful PhD student with cerebral palsy, hires Jess, a recent graduate who has fallen on hard times, as his new carer. Across town, truck driver Eddie attempts to support and re-engage with his estranged wife, Ani, following a terrible accident that has left her quadriplegic. As four very different lives collide and entwine, roles are unapologetically flipped, reversed and exposed - who is actually caring for whom? A Place That Exists Only in the Moonlight: Katie Paterson and JM Turner at the Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate is the largest UK exhibition of Scottish artist Katie Paterson to date - paired by the artist with a group of works by JMW Turner. Works by Paterson included in the exhibition are Vatnajökull (the sound of), Earth-Moon-Earth and a new work, Cosmic Spectrum, the result of working with scientists Paterson creates a spinning wheel which charts the colour of the universe through each era of its existence. And a look at two recent reality television releases; the BAFTA nominated BBC 3 series Eating With My Ex - in which former couples are reunited over dinner to pick over the bones of their failed relationships - and Channel 4's Flirty Dancing which aims to match singletons based on their love of dance. Each hopeful will learn half a routine, taught by Dancing on Ice judge and Diversity star Ashley Banjo, which they will perform as a couple when they meet for the first time. Podcast extra recommendations Simon: Paul Weller - True Meanings, Fiddler On the Roof at The Menier Chocolate Factory, David Bramwell- The Cult of Water Kate: Pamela by Samuel Richardson and Fleabag on BBC3 Alex: Tessa Hadley -Late In The Day Tom: Peep Show on All 4 and Karl Marlantes -Matterhorn

Troubadours & Raconteurs, I have a question: Do you come from immigrants? We have for your listening pleasure Episode 255 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure" Hand Crafted In North Eastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Episode 255 features a conversation with acclaimed NYC playwright Martyna Majok. Martyna's play "The Cost of Living" is listed by the New York Times as one of 2017's top ten. She has a new one titled "Queens" presently in production to be staged at the Lincoln Center in late February. Martyna and I discuss "Queens" a bit, Immigration, Stories, Showing Humanity, Understanding People Different than You, Living in a Bubble, Division, Scapegoating, Sexual Harassment, Separating the Artist's Personal Life from Their Art, Compassion, Accountability... This week's sixty minutes includes an EW Essay titled "Cranberry." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese shares another poignant essay "The Bananas' Song." We have a poem called "Sway." Our music this week is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Son Little, the Cranberries, Tori Amos, Harry Belefonte, the Magnetic Fields, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Community Radio at its Finest. Share this episode with whomever you choose. Episode 255 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure" Heard all over the world. Tell your Friends and Neighbors... Become a friend via facebook - Freespeakandsome Withewconundrum. Follow us on Twitter @FreespeakWit. Email us ewconundrum@radiofreebrooklyn.org

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Troubadours and Raconteurs... some precipitation in our neck of the woods. I hope you are having a good time of it. We have for your listening pleasure Episode 225 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure". Crafted In NorthEastern Pennsylvania, Heard All Over The World. This week's featured guest is one of the premier playwrights in the U.S.- Martyna Majok. She is presently producing one of her acclaimed works "Cost of Living" set to open on June 7th at the Manhattan Theater Club. We discuss The Production, Its Themes, Unforseen Artistic Developments, Abundance and Need, Able Bodied and Disabled Actors, How Someone with a College Education Ends Up Homeless Living in a Car, How Martyna Would Respond if V.P. Pence Came to One of Her Shows, Upcoming Stage Pieces - "Queens" and "Santuary City", Film and T.V. Projects... This week's sixty minutes includes an EW Essay titled "Republicans are Awful." We share another great essay written and read by Dr. Michael Pavese (a.k.a. Uncle Cesare) titled "University of the Night." We also share a poem titled "Beloved." This week's music is provided by these wonderful artists: Buddy Miller, Ibeyi, Lucinda Willaims, the Pogues, John Prine, Branford Marsalis, and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Community Radio at its Finest. Share this episode with whomever you choose. Episode 225 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure" heard all over the world. Tell your Friends and Neighbors... Become a friend via facebook - Freespeakandsome Withewconundrum. Follow us on Twitter @FreespeakWit.

Check out this podcast of my interview with Martyna Majok, she's one of the hottest playwrights in the NY scene. This is the second part of my "Kitchen Interview"with Martyna. I set up my mini- recording gig in her kitchen. We talk about actors, writing and her upcoming new play " Cost of Living". 

This is part one of a two part interview with the playwright Martyna Majok. Martyna graciously allowed me to transform her kitchen into my portable recording studio. This interview covers her life as a playwright in NJ and NY. We also discuss "IronBound”, which hit the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in the spring of 2016. I met Martyna in 2012 where she was teaching a class in play writing for the NJ Repertory Theater in Long Branch. I can still hear her voice in my head, guiding me to be an honest writer. I admire her strength and her ability to bring realistic language to characters to life. Sitting in the audience in one her plays, you don't feel like you’re watching a play, but real life. A truly miraculous achievement for a talented playwright, my friend, Martyna. Martyna is preparing for her first Broadway play; Cost of Living". Previews will start May 16th, opening night in June 7th. Part two of the interview will launch in March.