Each month on The Subtext Brian speaks with a playwright about life,<\/strong> writing, and no matter itches we’re scratching.<\/p>\n This month Brian talks to Spenser Davis<\/a>, is a author and a director born and raised in Arkansas who\u2019s at present based mostly in Chicago. He was the 2020-21 Michael Maggio Directing Fellow on the Goodman Theatre, the place he served as affiliate director to creative director Bob Falls on his live-streamed manufacturing of The Sound Inside<\/em>. Davis is at present assistant-directing on Falls\u2019s manufacturing of Swing State<\/em> on the Goodman (a brand new play by Rebecca Gilman, who appeared on The Subtext within the winter of 2019<\/a>). Spenser\u2019s most up-to-date play is A Million Tiny Pieces, <\/em>which was featured at this yr\u2019s Pacific Playwrights Festival at South Coast Rep (who commissioned it as a part of the Elizabeth George Commission). Other performs of his embody Merge<\/em>, concerning the rise and fall of Atari, and Plainclothes<\/em>, about retail safety guards (which gained the 2019 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award).<\/p>\n Spenser tells Brian concerning the household influences that acquired him into the humanities, the help he acquired as a brand new playwright in Chicago, and about how and why he gravitates towards large-cast performs.<\/p>\n This episode will also be discovered\u00a0right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Subscribe to the Subtext on\u00a0iTunes<\/a>,\u00a0Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0Stitcher<\/a>,\u00a0Google Play<\/a>,\u00a0TuneIn<\/a>, or by way of its\u00a0RSS feed<\/a>.<\/p>\n Have one thing you\u2019d prefer to say to the Subtext? Call 505-302-1235. Your message could be used on a future episode. You may also e-mail the podcast at\u00a0TheSubtextPodcast@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0or ship a tweet to\u00a0@SubtextPodcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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