world premiere, Jo Bonney, Dipika Guha, Wordsmith Duo, Keith Randolph Smith, Dan Moses Schreier, Rita Wolf, Love, Science Playing on Air world premiere, Jo Bonney, Dipika Guha, Wordsmith Duo, Keith Randolph Smith, Dan Moses Schreier, Rita Wolf, Love, Science Playing on Air

JACOB AND AMAL by Dipika Guha

On the precipice of making a world changing medical breakthrough, Amal visits an old lover and they contend with the uncertain future through the light of a shared, tumultuous past.

JACOB AND AMAL, our second Wordsmith Duo play this season supported by the Axe-Houghton Foundation, was written by Dipika Guha (Blown Youth, “Sneaky Pete,” “Black Monday”) and directed by Jo Bonney (Cost of Living, Father Comes Home from the War, Anna in the Tropics). It stars Rita Wolf (What Happened? The Michaels Abroad, Homeboy/Kabul), Keith Randolph Smith (Jitney, American Psycho, Fences), and Finn Kilgore, and features music by composer Dan Moses Schreier (A Soldier’s Play, Carmen Jones, American Psycho). Graphic design is by Harrison Gale.

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Drama, Lynn Nottage, Seret Scott, Audra McDonald, Tonya Pinkins, Keith Randolph Smith, 25 minutes, 25+ minutes, Magical realism, 1m2f, Friendship, TW Domestic violence, Marriage, Brooms, Death, Food, Alcohol, Kitchens, Education, College, bad boyfriends Playing on Air Drama, Lynn Nottage, Seret Scott, Audra McDonald, Tonya Pinkins, Keith Randolph Smith, 25 minutes, 25+ minutes, Magical realism, 1m2f, Friendship, TW Domestic violence, Marriage, Brooms, Death, Food, Alcohol, Kitchens, Education, College, bad boyfriends Playing on Air

POOF! by Lynn Nottage (Re-Release)

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We're re-releasing 5 of our most popular episodes for a 2020 fresh start! 
(Psst: keep your eyes open for an exciting announcement, coming soon...)

Loureen is at the end of her rope. And now, she's just turned her husband into a pile of ashes.

As Lynn Nottage's funny and wrenching POOF! opens, Loureen (Audra McDonald) has inadvertently made her abusive husband (Keith Randolph Smith) disappear. Enter her friend and neighbor Florence (Tonya Pinkins) to help her pick up the pieces and begin to imagine a life post-Samuel. Directed by Seret Scott, POOF! features Tony Award winners Audra McDonald (Porgy and Bess, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill) and Tonya Pinkins (Jelly's Last Jam; Caroline, or Change). Following the play, the 2-time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright (Sweat, Ruined) joins host Claudia Catania for a conversation about POOF! 's origins - and how she almost never became a playwright.

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