No Script: The Podcast

"Cambodian Rock Band" by Lauren Yee | S17.E04

What happens when the music you love is also tangled up with the history you’re trying to forget? Lauren Yee’s play "Cambodian Rock Band" follows a father and daughter as

"Athena" by Gracie Gardner | S17.E04

Gracie Gardner's play "Athena" follows two rival fencers who become training partners and, maybe, friends? Listen in as Jackson and Jacob celebrate Gardner's brilliance i

"Stop Kiss" by Diana Son | S17.E03

Jackson and Jacob discuss Diana Son’s play "Stop Kiss." The story follows Callie and Sara, two women whose unexpected friendship develops into something more... and whose

"Eureka Day" by Jonathan Spector | S17.E02

What happens when a community built on inclusivity, empathy, and (especially) consensus suddenly has to make a decision that not everyone can agree on? In Jonathan Spect

"A Chorus Line" by by Michael Bennett, Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood Jr., and Nicholas Dante | S17.E01

Season 17 has arrived! Jackson and Jacob discuss the landmark musical "A Chorus Line" by Michael Bennett, Marvin Hamlisch, James Kirkwood Jr., Nicholas Dante, and Edward

"Crimes of the Heart" by Beth Henley | Special Summer Episode

Jacob hosts Eve Bianco, Ana Radice-Morras, and Violet Levinson of Red Door Productions to talk about their upcoming production of "Crimes of the Heart" by Beth Henley. 

"untitled hamlet play" by Rory O’Neill | Special Summer Episode

Director Cora Therber joins the podcast to talk about "untitled hamlet play" by Rory O'Neill, which opens this weekend by LOVECHILD Theater in NYC.  See the show at the

"Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812" by Dave Malloy | S16.E015

Jackson and Jacob discuss Dave Malloy's hit musical "Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812." This fiery piece adapts a small segment of Tolstoy's "War and Peace." Lis

"Mr. Wolf" by Rajiv Joseph | S16.E014

Rajiv Joseph's play "Mr. Wolf" follows the family of a kidnapped child when that child returns home. It's a poignant, theatrical story in which Joseph assembles the most

"How I Learned to Drive" by Paula Vogel | S16.E013

This season's Themed Month, Paula Vogel Month, wraps up with her most famous play. The incomparable "How I Learned to Drive" is a haunting, hilarious piece of theatre. Li

"Desdemona, A Play About a Handkerchief" by Paula Vogel | S16.E012

Jackson and Jacob discuss Paula Vogel's play on "Othello." "Desdemona, A Play About a Handkerchief" (great title!) explores the behind-the-scenes action of "Othello." It

"The Long Christmas Ride Home" by Paula Vogel | S16.E011

Paula Vogel Month continues! Jackson and Jackson discuss Vogel's hauntingly brilliant one-act play "The Long Christmas Ride Home." The story follows one family across a p

"Mother Play" by Paula Vogel | S16.E010

We kick off Paula Vogel Month with her newest play, "Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions." Jackson and Jacob discuss this theatrical look at a family across time. A sem

"Peter Pan and Wendy" by Lauren Gunderson | S16.E09

Lauren Gunderson's adaptation of JM Barrie's famous Peter Pan stories is full of humor, imagination, and robust stage challenges! Listen in as Jackson and Jacob discuss "

"The Best We Could" by Emily Feldman | S16.E08

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss a play which has been called a combination of "Death of a Salesman" and "Our Town." Emily Feldman, a sharp and theatrica

"Woman and Scarecrow" by Marina Carr | S16.E07

In this episode of No Script, Jackson and Jacob discuss Irish playwright Marina Carr. Her play "Woman and Scarecrow" is a gallows comedy about a woman on her death bed, a

"Clarkston" by Samuel D. Hunter | S16.E06

Jackson and Jacob discuss a play from a pair of plays by popular contemporary playwright Samuel D. Hunter. "Clarkston" is set in a small town along the Lewis and Clark Tr

"Mothers and Sons" by Terrence McNally | S16.E05

This week on No Script, Jackson and Jacob (finally) discuss a play by Terrence McNally. "Mothers and Sons" is a small, intimate play about two people meeting nearly two d

"Two Trains Running" by August Wilson | S16.E04

Jackson and Jacob discuss one of America's most influential, profound playwrights: August Wilson. Wilson's play "Two Trains Running" is part of the Century Cycle. This pl

"The Night Witches" by Rachel Bublitz | S16.E03

In this episode of No Script, Jackson is joined by Hope College professor Eric Van Tassell and director Dr. Daina Robins in a conversation about Hope's upcoming productio