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A podcast by two friends who met at Iowa Playwrights Workshop. Join hosts Sam Collier and Sarah Cho as they try to figure out playwriting 📇 Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

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A podcast by two friends who met at Iowa Playwrights Workshop. Join hosts Sam Collier and Sarah Cho as they try to figure out playwriting 📇 Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

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164. INTERVIEW: Lucas Baisch

4/15/2024
Hello listeners! We're excited to return to our regular programming with an interview with a fellow playwright! Today’s guest is Lucas Baisch, a playwright from San Francisco currently based in Brooklyn. He is an instructor at Pratt, a Workspace resident with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and a Play Group member at Ars Nova. His play 404 Not Found is about to be published by 53rd State Press. Welcome to the show Lucas Baisch! Additional links: Website: www.lucasbaisch.com Instagram: @lucbaisch GLISTEN Cho - moved to Ventura! Sam - Marx for Cats Lucas - Keyboard Fantasies documentary ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram or Threads: @beckettsbabies As always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:00:54:40

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163. Season 6 Premiere! (We Hope People Will Finally Take Us Seriously)

4/1/2024
Hello Listeners! Happy April 1st to those that celebrate. On this episode... you won't believe the incredible conversation we had. We hope you enjoy this very serious episode on very very serious theatre things. Enjoy! ____________________________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends or follow us on Instagram @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: www.beckettsbabies.com Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:00:42:00

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162. SEASON FINALE: We graduated kindergarten. Hooray!

12/23/2023
THAT'S A WRAP FOR SEASON 5! Thank you all so much for tuning in every week and hear us chat about all things playwriting. NOTE: Towards the second half of the episode, Sarah's mic went off and had some audio issues. We apologize for the quality! A real cherry on top to the year Sarah had... we hope you enjoy nonetheless. Thank you again for another incredible season. Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday season... See you next year! ____________________________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: www.beckettsbabies.com Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:00:37:45

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161. INTERVIEW: Sarah Johnson

12/5/2023
Hello listeners! On this episode, we are so excited to bring on a fellow colleague from our days at Iowa, SARAH JOHNSON! Sarah Johnson is Assistant Professor of Dramaturgy and Head of the M.F.A. Dramaturgy program at Indiana University Bloomington. She researches and writes about intercultural theatre, new play development, and dramaturgy for applied theatre. In her creative work, she works professionally as a dramaturg with theatre companies across the country. Sarah Johnson is Assistant Professor of Dramaturgy and Head of the M.F.A. Dramaturgy program at Indiana University Bloomington. Her research focuses on intercultural theatre, new play development, and dramaturgical methodologies. Her writing has been featured in Asian Theatre Journal, Theatre Topics, and multiple edited volumes. She works professionally as a dramaturg with theatre companies across the country. She was a casebook writer for Broadway's Allegiance. In regional theatre, she has provided dramaturgical support for productions with Outpost Repertory Theatre (as Resident Dramaturg), Timeline Theatre, Portland Stage, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Athena Arts Project, National Women’s Theatre Festival, and several playwriting clients. She serves as the Performance Review Editor for PARtake: The Journal for Performance as Research. Before her time at Indiana University Bloomington, she was the Assistant Professor of Dramaturgy and Head of Playwriting at Texas Tech University and Executive Director and Resident Dramaturg of the WildWind Performance Lab. https://theatre.indiana.edu/about/faculty/johnson-sarah.html GLISTEN Cho - Zebra Gel Pen .07mm Sam - Standard Time Sarah - Coach Bob Knights’ passing and Chair sale in his honor ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram or Threads: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:00:53:43

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160. INTERVIEW: Sherry Kramer

11/20/2023
Hello listeners! On this episode of BB, we have the one and only SHERRY KRAMER on the show! Sherry Kramer is a playwright and professor who has been writing plays for 50 years and teaching playwriting for 40. Her book about meaning making in timebound art, Writing for Stage and Screen: Creating a Perception Shift in the Audience, was published this summer by Methuen Publishing. In this episode, Sherry shares her knowledge on writing and we know you will want to save this episode to revisit for your playwriting journey! We can't wait for you to listen! Sherry Kramer’s plays have been produced here and abroad and include David’s RedHaired Death, When Something Wonderful Ends, The Wall of Water, and Three Quarter Inches of Sky. Her work is centered in the personal as political, and often speaks to the power of class and money and philanthropy: The Bay of Fundy, How Water Behaves; the power of a conservative press to distort and sway a people and a country: The Ruling Passion; the power of the beauty myth: A Thing of Beauty; and the power of anti-Semitism: Ivanhoe, MO. Her awards include the Weissberger, a National McKnight, The Jane Chambers Award, an NEA, and a NYFA. She taught regularly in the MFA programs of The Michener Center for Writers, UT Austin, the Iowa Playwrights’ Workshop, where she has served as head of the workshop, and currently teaches playwriting at Bennington College. She was the first national member of New Dramatists. Her book Writing for Stage and Screen: Creating a Perception Shift in the Audience was published by Bloomsbury in July, 2023. To learn more about Sherry's work, be sure to check out her website at sherrykramer.net GLISTEN Cho - My baby is teething! Help! Sam - Haunted cornfield Sherry - Israel / Gaza conflict ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:01:07:25

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159. INTERVIEW: Rebecca Wear

11/6/2023
Hello listeners! This week on the show, we have the one and only director REBECCA WEAR! Rebecca is a freelance director and dramaturg with a focus on new play development, as well as an assistant professor in performance, play, and design. To learn more about Rebecca, be sure to check out her website at https://www.rebeccawear.com/ GLISTEN Cho - Amazon Prime TV show "Invincible" Sam - Movie "Swimmers" on Netflix Rebecca - Pear Tree ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:01:03:34

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158. INTERVIEW: Greg Geffrard

10/24/2023
Hello listeners! This week on the show, we had GREG GEFFRARD on the show! This is a JUICY one with so much pearl of wisdom. Greg is here to make sure your sexy sustainable. PLEASE ENJOY! Greg Geffrard is an educator, Intimacy professional, culture worker, actor, poet, and facilitator. He cultivates sustainable artistic spaces of exploration by sharing consent-based trauma-informed advocacy tools. He is an Associate Faculty member with Theatrical Intimacy Education. As an Intimacy Professional, he has worked on 62+ productions ranging from theatre and opera to building policies with arts institutions as an Intimacy Consultant. He is the Associate Artist Director of the Gainesville Theatre Alliance and Head of the BFA Acting program at Brenau University. Shows currently in production: GLISTEN Cho - Sedona, AZ Sam - old home videos Greg - bandwidth / what does singularly focus version look like ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:01:06:18

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157. INTERVIEW: David Hanzal

10/11/2023
Hello listeners! This week on the show, we had the one and only David Hanzal on the show! David is a Minneapolis-based director, puppeteer, and teaching artist. We first met David in our first year of graduate school in Iowa. We had an amazing time speaking with David and catching up! There's so much pearls of wisdom packed in this episode. PLEASE ENJOY! David Hanzal (they/he) is a Minneapolis-based director, puppeteer, and teaching artist. They were the Artistic Director of Collective Unconscious Performance from 2014-2020. Previously, their stage direction and design has received awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre National Festival and the University of Iowa. They completed their Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Directing at the University of Iowa, where they regularly developed and directed premieres of new plays and devised work with writers from the nationally recognized Iowa Playwrights’ Workshop. David has also trained with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company, Kari Margolis and the Margolis Brown Adaptors Company, Czech master puppeteer Miroslav Trejtnar, the Wesley Balk Opera/Music-Theatre Institute, and the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival. To learn more about David, check out his work on: https://davidhanzaltheatre.carbonmade.com/ Instagram: @lavender_scented_nostalgia GLISTEN Cho - Olivia Rodrigo’s GUTS Sam - bears David - Save the Cat book, Once upon a Disney podcast ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:01:14:24

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156. INTERVIEW: Wai Yim

9/26/2023
Hello listeners! We here at BB love a good WOO-WOO sesh especially as we're approaching the Halloween season so we are fortunate to have actor, director, choreographer, playwright, and workaholic witch WAI YIM join us this week. We get into talking about this path into theater and TAROT CARDS. Oh, this is a juicy one folks. ENJOY! Wai Yim is basically a workaholic. He's an actor/ director/ choreographer/ playwright. He is one of those "multi-hyphenate artists". He is the managing director of Token Theatre in Chicago, an Asian-American Theatre Company. He is also a witch. Instagram: @whyyim GLISTEN Cho: GHOSTS?? Sam: "Saving Time Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock" by Jenny Odell Wai: Childhood ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:01:28:50

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155. INTERVIEW: Alex Casillas

9/11/2023
Hello listeners! We were so fortunate to have designer ALEX CASILLAS join us on the show! We had such an incredible time chatting with Alex about her life and experience as a designer as well as thinking about representation in the creative teams. Enjoy!!! Alex Casillas, a native of Houston, TX, is a professional scenic and lighting designer holding a dual MFA from The University of Iowa. Previously, Alex has designed scenery for The Revolutionists (Strawdog Theatre), Mas Cara (The Vortex) Sonia, Vanya, Masha and Spike, Seven Spots on the Sun, and Braided Sorrow (University of Iowa) and has created a conceptual design for December (Alley Theatre: All New Festival). Also a professional lighting designer, Alex has worked on Secret Things (1st Stage Theatre), Cabaret, The Crucible(Parallel 45), and Peter and the Starcatcher, The Addams Family and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Festival 56). A dramaturgy-focused designer specializing in new work, Alex brings special focus to script analysis and structure to assist playwrights, directors and devisers truly realize their vision. She has a passion for educating young designers and theatre artists from marginalized communities and hopes to one day see true representation both on and off the stage. Website: http://www.acdesigns.space/ Instagram: @acasdesigns To Learn More about Design, here are Alex's Top Book recommendations! GLISTEN Cho: Monologue Joke Writing Challenge / LaughtHER Collective Sam: Film "Patrick and The Whale" Alex: Dungeons and Dragqueens EPISODE CORRECTION: Please note that in the podcast, Alex mentioned Jennifer Tipton had a book when it was equally prolific female lighting pioneer Jean Rosenthal who wrote a book. ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:01:16:29

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154. TOPIC: Let's Get Unstuck with Our Plays

8/28/2023
Hello, listeners! In today’s episode, we attempt to get 'unstuck' ourselves with scenes from plays we wrote. We read, discuss, and ask questions about the scenes we're stuck on. Do we get unstuck with our work? You'll have to listen to find out! GLISTENS Sam - Ellen McLaughlin in King Lear at CSF Cho - a dream within a dream ____________________________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: www.beckettsbabies.com Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:00:43:13

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153. INTERVIEW: Charly Evon Simpson

8/15/2023
Hello listeners! We were so fortunate to have CHARLY EVON SIMPSON join us on the show! We had such an incredible time chatting with Charly about writing and life as playwright and TV writer. We hope you enjoy!!! Charly Evon Simpson is a playwright, TV writer, and teacher based in Brooklyn. Her plays include Behind the Sheet, sandblasted, Jump, form of a girl unknown, it’s not a trip it’s a journey, and more. Her work has been seen and/or developed with Vineyard Theatre, WP Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Round House Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Salt Lake Acting Company, and others. She is a recipient of the Vineyard Theatre’s Paula Vogel Playwriting Award and the Dramatists Guild’s Lanford Wilson Award. She is currently a resident of New Dramatists. In TV, she has worked on shows for Showtime, HBO, and Netflix including American Rust and Industry. Charly has a BA from Brown University, a master’s in Women’s Studies from University of Oxford, New College, and her MFA in Playwriting from Hunter College. www.charlyevonsimpson.com GLISTENS: Cho - "How to Sell a Haunted House" by Grady Hendrix Sam - cherries Charly - "Yellowface" by R. F. Kuang ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:01:11:47

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152. PLAY: Burning Vision by Marie Clements

7/24/2023
Every month, we pick a play to discuss, and for this week's episode, we read "Burning Vision" by Marie Clements. We discuss what we noticed, what we liked, and questions that came up while reading the play. SPOILER ALERT: There are going to be some spoiler alerts! We highly recommend you read the play before listening to this episode! Glistens: Sam: River documentary Cho: in-person open mic ____________________________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends or follow us on Instagram @beckettsbabies! And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: www.beckettsbabies.com Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:00:43:31

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151. INTERVIEW: Jihye Kim

7/3/2023
Hello listeners! This week’s guest joining us on the show is JIHYE KIM! We had such an incredible time having Jihye on the show. She is so insightful!!! We hope you enjoy her brilliant mind! Jihye is a freelance dramaturg and a deviser based in L.A and Seoul. Her interest and specialty lie in new play development, ensemble-devising, site-specific immersive works, and literary translation (Korean to English). Jihye has worked for Great Plains Theatre Common’s New Play Conference in 2022 and 2023 and Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists Playwrights Project in 2022, UCSB’s Launch Pad in 2019, DMV Q Fest 4.0 in 2021, and Clay & Water in 2022. She is a current season researcher at Doosan Art Center in Seoul. In 2021-2022, Dogs or Cats; Augmented Body, the experimental puppet show she co-developed with Chicago-based puppet artist Jaerin Son has performed in Steppenwolf and Links Hall Chicago. In addition to her dramaturgy work, she enjoys teaching devising and solo performance workshop for non-professional performers. GLISTENS: Cho - TV show 1883 Sam - My Octopus Teacher Jihye - discovering the joy of a morning run ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:01:21:01

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150. PLAY: Why Marry? by Jesse Lynch Williams

6/20/2023
Every month, we pick a play to discuss, and for this week's episode we read "Why Marry?" by Jesse Lynch Williams. We discuss what we noticed, what we liked, and questions that came up while reading the play. SPOILER ALERT: There are going to be some spoiler alerts! We highly recommend you read the play before listening to this episode! Glistens: Cho: Los Angeles public library card Sam: Best Town Buntport Theater ____________________________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends or follow us on Instagram @beckettsbabies! And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: www.beckettsbabies.com Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:00:44:41

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149. WE ARE BACK FOR SEASON 5, BABIES!

6/5/2023
Hello, listeners! We officially started Kindergarten and we're a little nervous after taking a long break! In this episode, we share a few life updates. One of us had a baby so you better tune in to find out WHO. And we all want to know... will their baby go into the life of theater?! GLISTENS: Cho: trying out commonplace book / using Wit & Delight journal notebook Sam: Nightwalking podcast Bianca Giaever and Terry Tempest Williams ____________________________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends or follow us on Instagram @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: www.beckettsbabies.com Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:00:44:15

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148. SEASON FINALE: when babies become toddlers... 4 years, baby.

10/24/2022
THAT'S A WRAP FOR SEASON 4! Thank you all so much for tuning in every week and hear us chat about all things playwriting. We loved every single one of our guests on this season so even if they're not mentioned, we suggest you going back and give it a listen! Thank you again for another incredible season. Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday season... See you next year! GLISTENS ____________________________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: www.beckettsbabies.com Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:00:44:16

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147. TOPIC: Location in Plays

10/3/2022
Hello, listeners! In today’s episode we get into a discussion about all things locations! Location in plays, writing location into a play, and whether or not location informs the play. We read the following plays inspired by places we lived or currently living to help us get into the discussion. Plays we read: Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith Almost, Maine by John Cariani Leaving Iowa by Tim Clue and Spike Manton GLISTENS Sam - 24 hour play festival Cho - Hocus Pocus & Hocus Pocus 2 ____________________________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: www.beckettsbabies.com Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:00:55:12

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146. PLAY: Native Gardens by Karen Zacarias

9/19/2022
Every month, we pick a play to discuss, and for this week's episode we read "Native Gardens" by Karen Zacarias. We discuss what we noticed, what we liked, and questions that came up while reading the play. SPOILER ALERT: There are going to be some spoiler alerts! We highly recommend you read the play before listening to this episode! Glistens: Sam - chokecherries Cho - Youtube channel "Korean Englishman" ____________________________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: www.beckettsbabies.com Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:00:38:45

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145. We took a very short hiatus and now we're back...!!!

9/5/2022
Hey listeners! We had a very busy summer! It's been awhile since we last recorded so we're checking in! GLISTENS Sarah: Pregnant & Michigan Sam: Bear Poop ____________________________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @beckettsbabies And as always, we would love to hear from you! Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: www.beckettsbabies.com Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

Duration:00:44:53