THE PLAYWRITING PODCAST
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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.

103. INTERVIEW: Terry Guest – Beckett’s Babies

**This episode has some explicit language. Be sure to grab those headphones if you have kiddos around!** Hello listeners! This week’s guest on the show is TERRY GUEST! Terry Guest is a Chicago-based playwright, actor, and teaching artist from Atlanta, Georgia. His works At The Wake of a Dead Drag Queen, Marie Antoinette and the Magical Negros, and The Magnolia Ballet reexamine American history through the experiences of Black people.  To learn more about Terry, check out the links below! Website: https://www.terrycguest.com/ New Play Exchange: https://newplayexchange.org/users/38107/terry-guest Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terryexplainsitall/ GLISTENS: Sarah: My Tweets Sam: Spending time with family; Dad’s cousin Terry: Nicki Minaj’s Mixed Tape “Beam Me Up Scotty” ________________________ 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: http://www.beckettsbabies.com Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by  Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) Sponsorships: on for this episode — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beckettsbabies/support
  1. 103. INTERVIEW: Terry Guest
  2. 102. TOPIC: Rewriting… AGAIN
  3. 101. PLAY: Kim's Convenience by Ins Choi
  4. 100. INTERVIEW: Brian James Polak (HAPPY 100TH EPISODE!!!)
  5. 99. TOPIC: Writing Groups
It’s our 100TH EPISODE! Thank you so much for joining us every week. We can’t wait to share even more ideas, interviews, and plays with you! 🌟New Episode! 🌟 This week’s guest on the show is DANIEL OLIVAS! Daniel Olivas is the author of nine books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. His first full-length play, Waiting for Godínez, was selected for the Playwrights' Arena 2020 Summer Reading Series. Daniel was selected for Circle X Theatre Co.'s inaugural Evolving Playwrights Group where he is adapting his 2011 novel, The Book of Want, with a planned Zoom reading in 2021. By day, he is an attorney and makes his home in Southern California with his wife. Hello listeners!  This week’s guest on the show is ANDY BOYD! Andy Boyd is a playwright based in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. His play “The Trade Federation, or, Let's Explore Globalization Through the Star Wars Prequels” is available through NoPassport Press, and his play “Three Scenes in the Life of a Trotskyist” is available as a podcast. To learn more about Andy and his work, be sure to visit his website at https://www.andyjboyd.com/

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