Theatre Couch

Nathan Inzerillo and Nikki Jacobs

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Nominated for a 2022 Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Podcast, veteran acting couple Nathan Inzerillo and Nikki Jacobs tackle a new set of social and cultural issues with each new play. You will leave this podcast with a greater appreciation of playwrights, theatre, and your connection to our world. Seasons 1 & 2 are currently available with Season 3 on the way. Let's talk plays!

07/11/2023

Episode 21 - What Do We Need To Talk About? by Richard Nelson

Where were you when the Covid-19 pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020? What was your initial reaction? How did it feel to be separated from your loved ones? How thankful are you that Zoom was in existence? In Richard Nelson’s Zoom play What Do We Need to Talk About?, the Apple Family siblings Barbara, Richard, Marian, and Jane, and her partner Tim are among the millions of beneficiaries of this technology that made pandemic lonelines...

50 min
06/28/2023

Episode 20 - Lydia's Funeral Video by Sam Chanse

What would you do if you suddenly found out you were pregnant, dying, and needed to do your own funeral video? Maybe do three sets of stand up comedy for good measure? These are the stipulations imposed by Lydia Clark-Lin’s embryo, which she affectionately names Bubbly. Mind you, these conditions must be met within the 28-day deadline required to legally terminate her pregnancy. Placing the camera on her self-absorbed mother, her dingy bank co-worker Kimmy, her aimless...

48 min
06/02/2023

Episode 19 - Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau

How would you prepare for the impending loss of your good-paying job which was supposed to be your ticket to upward mobility? In Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew, autoworkers Faye, Dez and Shanita find themselves caught in the collapsing automobile industry of 2008 Detroit. The threat of a shut down is made more bearable by the attention paid from sympathetic foreman Reggie as well as the group's desire to look out for one another. Their job security turns out to be about...

47 min
05/19/2023

Episode 18 - Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith

What would you do if your city was on fire from decades of racial tension? Anna Deavere Smith's Twilight: Los Angles, 1992 tells the collective story of the riots which erupted from the not-guilty verdicts of the police officers who beat Rodney King in 1991. Smith interviewed hundreds of Los Angelenos to gather their viewpoints on this major turning point in their city's history. She narrowed her one-person performance down to dozens of diverse perspectives. Thea...

50 min
05/05/2023

Episode 17 - The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer

What would you do if an anonymous and insidious illness relentlessly preyed upon your nearest and dearest? This is Ned Weeks' reality in July 1981 when he meets Dr. Emma Brookner, one of the few physicians treating gay men stricken with the disease we now know as HIV/AIDS. In the wake of an apathetic and homophobic New York city government, Ned and his friends form a crisis organization to dispatch services and info to the neglected gay community. Larry Kramer's The Normal H...

47 min
04/17/2023

Episode 16 - Miriam's Flowers by Migdalia Cruz

How do you cope with grief? This question haunts every character in Migdalia Cruz’s “Miriam’s Flowers.” It’s the 1970’s in the South Bronx and a Puerto Rican family has just suffered the loss of 7-year-old Puli who was struck by a train while retrieving his baseball. Miriam, his 16-year-old half-sister, turns her sorrow into a crusade to take away Puli's pain by suffering her own. Her mother Delfina and Puli’s father Nando find their own ways of failing to fill the emp...

46 min
04/02/2023

Episode 15 - The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare

Have you ever become so obsessed with a goal that it devoured everything else in your life? This is the conflict for Artie, an incompetent songwriter who shares the delusion with his conniving mistress Bunny, that he must and WILL hit the big-time. The play is set on October 4, 1965--the day Pope Paul VI visited New York City to appeal for peace in the world. Artie and Bunny are determined to seize his blessing for their upcoming marriage and Artie's ill-fated music. M...

46 min
03/17/2023

Episode 14 - Picnic by William Inge

Have you ever felt stuck in your life but didn't quite know how to get unstuck? This is the nagging reality for every character in William Inge's Picnic. Set in a small Kansas town in the early 1950s, handsome drifter Hal Carter arrives looking for his former college roommate Alan Seymour, hoping Alan's wealthy father will give him a job. Relentlessly searching for his own place in the world, Hal unwittingly stirs each character's need to be seen and valued--especially Alan'...

45 min

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Creator

Nathan Inzerillo and Nikki Jacobs
Years Active

2022 - 2023
Episodes

21
Rating

Clean
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Theatre Couch

Theatre Couch

Episodes

Episode 21 - What Do We Need To Talk About? by Richard Nelson

Episode 20 - Lydia's Funeral Video by Sam Chanse

Episode 19 - Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau

Episode 18 - Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith

Episode 17 - The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer

Episode 16 - Miriam's Flowers by Migdalia Cruz

Episode 15 - The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare

Episode 14 - Picnic by William Inge

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