Script In Hand

Script in Hand Podcast
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A podcast for theatre lovers, where two friends and theatre directors delve into plays and talk text. Each week we read, discuss and dissect a new play script. We lust over punctuation choices, pull characters intentions apart, and generally try our darnedest not to pronounce anything incorrectly. Hosted by Lexie Ward & Meg Robinson.

  1. 12/08/2022

    Season 4 Wrap Up!

    For the final time this season, Lexie and Meg sit down to discuss the 12 plays of Season 4 all together - pondering questions such as "Which character would you like to see a one person play written about?" "Which play would you like to see adapted as a radio play/musical?" and "Which play would you like to see made in the Muppet Universe?" Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson. Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design) Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook  - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. If you're enjoying the podcast, visit our Patreon and subscribe for just £3 a month HERE. Merchandise available HERE. Support the show Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content.

    23 min

  2. 12/01/2022 · BONUS

    Playwright Interview: J Chavez on how to clean your room

    We are thrilled here at Script In Hand HQ to be welcoming our first guest from the across the pond, playwright, pupeteer and all-round fabulous human being, J.Chavez! Author of our S4.Ep10 play 'how to clean your room,' Jay joins us to talk all things 'clean,' but also about their  obsession with puppets, back and future catalogue of work, and just what is the meaning behind the mysterious cycles?! Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson. Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design) If you're enjoying the podcast, visit our Patreon and subscribe for just £3 a month HERE. Merchandise available HERE. Jay Chavez (they/them) is a Seattle based playwright, educator, and all around theatre maker. Through the power of Red Bulls they earned a BA in Theatre from Western Washington University, concentrating in Directing, Dramatic Writing, and Education. They were crowned the unofficial title of Lil’ Miss Kennedy Center and Miss Kennedy Center Continental for their play “how to clean your room (and remember all your trauma)” which was also the winner those awards I mentioned previously. “how to clean” is featured in the Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays, a first of it’s kind anthology of Trans plays written by Trans playwrights for Trans people. It’s been over two decades and Jay is still chasing the knowledge of how wind works. They currently work as a Teaching Artist at Seattle Children’s Theatre teaching playwriting, sketch comedy, and acting. Along with that, they also have the totally real not fake job as a Marine Science Puppeteer at the Seattle Aquarium teaching patrons about empathy around sea creatures. Support the show Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content.

    1 hr

  3. 11/24/2022

    We Know Now Snowmen Exist by Michael Spencer

    It's our final play of season 4! And in a bid to keep it seasonal, we're covering WE KNOW NOW SNOWMEN EXIST, a play with buckets of snow AND a snowman....(and a horror edge inspired by a creepy urban myth, but that's okay right?) A play that tries to answer the age old question of just what is a horseradish; and why would a group of young women feel the need to cut their way out of a tent when the exit is right there? Is it because just maybe...snowmen exist? With special guest playwright Michael Spencer.  Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson. Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design) If you're enjoying the podcast, visit our Patreon and subscribe for just £3 a month HERE. Merchandise available HERE. BIO The Dyatlov Pass Incident https://www.history.co.uk/articles/how-did-nine-russian-hikers-lose-their-lives-during-the-dyatlov-pass-expedition London Theatre Reviews https://www.londontheatrereviews.co.uk/post.cfm?p=1061 Stagey Lady Review https://stageylady.wordpress.com/2018/08/31/snowmen-in-august-do-exist/ Everything Theatre Review https://everything-theatre.co.uk/2019/03/we-know-now-snowmen-exist-the-space-review.html#prettyPhoto Show Page on Highly Suspect website https://www.highlysuspect.co.uk/we-know-now-snowmen-exist Carlisle Fringe Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3mD1B7nnc0&t=4s Support the show Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content.

    44 min

  4. 11/17/2022

    Chewing Gum Dreams by Michaela Cole

    Ever wonder what the radioactive spider bite of a playwright could be? We think we may have a superhero/star origin story for Michaela Cole in her play Chewing Gum Dreams. Meg & Lexie debate what makes someone the heroine in a one person show - Plus what song does make the best accompaniment to a teenage make out session? Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson. Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design) Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook  - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. If you're enjoying the podcast, visit our Patreon and subscribe for just £3 a month HERE. Merchandise available HERE. EPISODE BIO Michaela Coel on the Origin of Chewing Gum www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOc01eOZnos National Theatre at Home (it’s available to rent) https://www.ntathome.com/products/chewing-gum-dreams Guardian Review https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/mar/19/chewing-gum-dreams-theatre-review WhatsonStage Review https://www.whatsonstage.com/manchester-theatre/reviews/chewing-gum-dreams-manchester_32159.html Exeunt Magazine Review http://exeuntmagazine.com/reviews/chewing-gum-dreams/ Monologue clip from NT Archive www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-SlckhLzI Preview from Yard Theatre www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFuk3gUDJBY Dream Interprepet - Chewing Gum https://www.dreaminterpretation.co/dream-meaning-to-chew-gum/ The meaning behind chewing gum in dreams https://www.today.com/popculture/klgs-nightmare-mouthful-gum-you-cant-spit-out-8C11319974 Michaela Coel Full Bio https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/michaela-coel-ba-acting Support the show Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content.

    41 min

  5. 11/10/2022

    how to clean your room by j. chavez

    Spencer is cleaning their room, but how easy is it to tidy up people and memories? And did we mention....this play has PUPPETS! Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson. Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design) Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook  - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. If you're enjoying the podcast, visit our Patreon and subscribe for just £3 a month HERE. Merchandise available HERE. BIO Playwright Website https://jchaveztheatre.weebly.com Trailer from a production of How To Clean Your Room www.facebook.com/wwucfpa/videos/709350486626213/ Drama&Theatre article https://www.dramaandtheatre.co.uk/practical/article/five-great-plays-for-exploring-trans-issues Western Front https://www.westernfrontonline.com/article/2020/10/alum-s-award-winning-play-performed-over-livestream-by-theatre-arts-department Support the show Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content.

    41 min

  6. 11/03/2022

    Amsterdam by Maya Arad Yasur

    Who should pay a gas bill for a flat no-one was living in at the time of the usage?  Who gets to tell the stories of history? And should Lexie & Meg go to Eurovision in 2023?   We're delighted to welcome a special guest to our podcasting couch today to help us with answering all these questions- Matthew Xia! Artistic Director of Actors Touring Company and the director of the UK Premiere of this week's play AMSTERDAM at the Orange Tree Theatre. Please note this play and episode does deal with the Holocaust and discussions around the event take place throughout the episode. Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson. Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design) If you're enjoying the podcast, visit our Patreon and subscribe for just £3 a month HERE. Merchandise available HERE. MATTHEW XIA is the award-winning Artistic Director of ATC (Actors Touring Company). You can find his full biography on his website HERE/ EPISODE BIOGRAPHY Youtube , Insight into the Play www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU1mYBmOQCo Interview with Maya Arad Yasur for The Jewish Chronicle https://www.thejc.com/news/all/maya-arad-yasur-the-cost-of-living-in-amsterdam-1.487956?highlight=Maya+Arad+Yasur Israeli News Article on the play https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2018-09-04/ty-article-magazine/.premium/an-israeli-playwrights-complicated-relationship-with-holland/0000017f-efb5-df98-a5ff-efbd0f020000 Theatre Treffen https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/theatertreffen/start.html Guardian Review https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/sep/12/amsterdam-review-actors-squabble-over-story-of-nazi-occupation London Theatre 1 Review https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/play/review-of-amsterdam-at-the-orange-tree-theatre/ Whats On Stage Review https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/amsterdam-orange-tree-maya-arad-yasur_49869.html Support the show Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content.

    56 min

  7. 10/27/2022

    Peerless by Jiehae Park

    We're sharpening our number 2 pencils, applying to colleges....and quite literally killing off the competition as we discuss PEERLESS by Jiehae Park. Shortform synopsis; Macbeth with killer twins and an all important college early admission to die for, and we are obsessed! Now, just how do we activate those Wonder Twin Powers...? Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson. Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design) Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook  - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. If you're enjoying the podcast, visit our Patreon and subscribe for just £3 a month HERE. Merchandise available HERE. BIO A blog on performing in this play as an actor https://www.breakingcharacter.com/home/2018/12/11/5-things-i-learned-from-performing-in-peerless-by-jiehae-park Jiehae Park bio http://www.jiehaepark.com Theatre Mania Interview with Jiehae Park https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/interview-a-peerless-off-broadway-jiehae-park_94399.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=07oct2022 Off Broadway Sept 2022 Production Trailer https://twitter.com/primarystages/status/1575969451916279808?s=46&t=IsBq-q-PELKfcMiGb6CUIQ Playwright Interview https://www.marintheatre.org/productions/peerless/playwright-interview-jiehae-park Yale Theatre Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8wK7F5JVsc&t=10s Marin Theatre info https://www.marintheatre.org/productions/peerless Theatre Mania review https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/reviews/review-peerless-primary-stages_94408.html New York Times Review https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/theater/peerless-review.html Arts Fuse Review https://artsfuse.org/148195/fuse-theater-review-peerless-unexpectedly-wonderful/ Support the show Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content.

    35 min

  8. 10/20/2022

    Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike

    Whisper it...but we may have finally found a comedy Meg and Lexie agree on! What happens when the playwright self describes their work as "Chekhov in a blender"? Well we're about to find out as we discuss Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang! We're also going to talk brand recognition (does anyone not know who Snow White is?) and condom marketing - yes this episode really does have it all! Co Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson. Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design) Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook  - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content. If you're enjoying the podcast, visit our Patreon and subscribe for just £3 a month HERE. Merchandise available HERE. EPISODE BIO Performance Highlights from original production www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqxVJo9yuaU Behind the Scenes interviews www.youtube.com/watch?v=THhCO3dN8Hs Christopher Durang Interview www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQoXte6s9dY WhatsOnStage Review https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/vanya-and-sonia-and-masha-and-spike-review_55345.html British Theatre Guide Review https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/vanya-and-sonia-mitzi-e-newhou-19804 Support the show Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode information & extra content.

    35 min
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A podcast for theatre lovers, where two friends and theatre directors delve into plays and talk text. Each week we read, discuss and dissect a new play script. We lust over punctuation choices, pull characters intentions apart, and generally try our darnedest not to pronounce anything incorrectly. Hosted by Lexie Ward & Meg Robinson.

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  • Creator
    Script in Hand Podcast
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    60
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2023 Script In Hand
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