The Subtext: Backstory and Foreshadowing
In this solo episode, Brian reflects on the podcast’s origins, frets about the future, and finds hope in an elder’s advice.
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From AMERICAN THEATRE magazine, a podcast where playwrights talk to playwrights about the things usually left unsaid. In a conversation that dives into life’s muck, we learn what irks, agitates, motivates, inspires and—ultimately—what makes writers tick.
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The Subtext: E.M. Lewis’s Audio Diary
The award-winning playwright records the joys and challenges of daily life on a farm in rural Oregon during the pandemic lockdown.
The Subtext: Excerpts From a Lost Spring
This month, an anthology of scenes and monologues from 15 plays whose premieres were cut short by COVID-19.
The Subtext: Coronavirus Edition
A special bonus episode features voicemails from playwrights all over the country about this extraordinary historical moment and how they’re faring.
The Subtext: Will Arbery’s Guilt Traps
The playwright of ‘Plano’ and ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’ talks about Dallas theatre, existential crisis, and the difference between love and empathy.
The Subtext: Korde Arrington Tuttle’s Sporting Chance
The playwright of ‘graveyard shift’ talks about football, spoken-word poetry, and finding a home in the theatre.
The Subtext: C.A. Johnson’s Trapped Women
The writer of ‘Thirst’ and ‘All the Natalie Portmans’ talks about her Louisiana upbringing, starting out in fan fiction, and why she writes about cornered women.
The Subtext: Clare Barron’s Secret Sauce
Brian James Polak talks to the playwright of ‘Dance Nation’ and ‘You Got Older’ about memory, pain, and first drafts.
The Subtext: From Prison to Performing With Lee Edward Colston II
The former prison guard-turned-actor discusses how he found his writing voice, and how your biggest advocates can come from the most unexpected places.
The Subtext: Adam Szymkowicz on Redefining Success
The playwright of ‘Hearts Like Fists’ has interviewed more than 1,000 playwrights on his website. Now it’s his turn to be interviewed.
