Theatrically Speaking: a playwriting podcast

In the season two finale, Jonah looks back at season two and finds a piece of advice from each episode.
Season three will begin early in 2022.
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A Brand new show from ActualStoryPodcasting.com!
Roll To Meddle is an actual play campaign based on the game Brindlewood Bay.
Launching September 1st, Roll to Meddle is like, What if The Golden Girls was a murder mystery?
What if H.P. Lovecraft started writing for Murder, She Wrote in season four?
What if your grandma had a secret life that was incredibly awesome?
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Once a month-ish, Lee Shackleford comes on to talk with Jonah about a 10-minute play. Both Lee and Jonah are playwrights, directors, and have produced short play festivals (Lee has done many more than Jonah). These discussions tap into not only the writing and storytelling, but also what goes through the mind of a producer when they read your play.
The play in questions is Backyard/Blues by Nick Baker. Much of the conversation is about the information on the Character page, so I've pasted it here.
CHARACTERS
BRUCE: (Masc/60’s/white) A recently retired CEO of a company his great grandfather started.
FRANKLIN: (Masc/mid-late 30’s/Black) Bruce’s long time personal assistant who has been promoted to CEO after working closely with him for 12 years.
POMEGRANATE: (Femme/50’s/white) Bruce’s wife. Has been fooling herself into believing in an empty, loveless marriage for far too long.
SETTING
A cozy backyard in suburban Massachusetts, USA.
TIME
July 4th, 2021
Notes for Consideration:
- When a character’s line reads “ … “ it marks a dramatic beat. This could be a rest, a moment of reflection, connection, regret, realization, humor, awkward tension; anything really.
- If a line is bracketed with double parentheses on both sides ((like this)), it marks a character saying a line for themself. Can be an aside. Doesn’t have to be heard by everybody.
- Feel free to construct the house and porch with the cheapest materials possible. Everything about this set is flimsy and not built to last.

Everyone with a creative process has been disrupted over the last two years. Laura Lewis-Barr and Keegon Schuett are here to talk about how their process and outlets have been impacted by Covid and the lockdown.
Laura Lewis-Barr
https://lauralewisbarrfilms.com/
Keegon Schuett
https://www.keegonschuett.com/

Seth Bisen-Hersh is the musician/composer behind Love Quirks.
Seth breaks down the ten year development history of this new musical from conception to being shut down by the pandemic. He talks about the value of expanding your creative team (co-writers, dramaturges, directors), revising lyrics, listening to actors, and his philosophy on getting funding.
Follow the progress of Love Quirks: the musical here
https://lovequirks.com/

Learn more about Seth and his many projects here
http://www.sethbh.com/