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Dead Playwrights, Live Audiences: Some Stories Still Need a Room · Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show

• 0:01
  Welcome
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  to
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  Phil
• 0:01
  and
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  Ted's
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  Sexy
• 0:02
  Boomer
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  Show.
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  I'm
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  Ted
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  Bonnitt.
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  And
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  I'm
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  Phil
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  Proctor.
• 0:04
  And
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  why
• 0:04
  don't
• 0:04
  we
• 0:05
  say
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  I'm
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  Phil
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  Proctor
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  and
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  you're
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  Ted
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  Bonnitt
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  after
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  all
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  these
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  years.
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  I
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  mean,
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  Ted.
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  Phil
• 0:10
  is
• 0:10
  like.
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  Rhymes
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  with
• 0:11
  dreadful.
• 0:12
  Yeah.
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  And
• 0:12
  Phil.
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  Ted
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  is
• 0:13
  like
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  filtered,
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  which
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  is
• 0:15
  what
• 0:15
  we
• 0:15
  do
• 0:15
  here.
• 0:15
  We
• 0:16
  filter
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  out
• 0:16
  all
• 0:16
  the
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  bad
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  news
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  and
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  just
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  stick
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  with
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  the
• 0:19
  good
• 0:20
  news.
• 0:20
  Okay,
• 0:21
  then.
• 0:21
  Welcome
• 0:21
  to
• 0:21
  Phil
• 0:21
  and
• 0:22
  Ted's
• 0:22
  Sexy
• 0:22
  Boomer
• 0:22
  Show.
• 0:23
  I'm
• 0:23
  Phil
• 0:23
  Proctor.
• 0:23
  And
• 0:24
  I'm
• 0:24
  Ted
• 0:24
  Bonnitt.
• 0:24
  Good
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  to
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  see
• 0:25
  you.
• 0:25
  Good.
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  So
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  much
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  better.
• 0:26
  Much
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  better.
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  Today
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  we
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  have
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  a
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  good
• 0:28
  friend
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  of
• 0:29
  mine
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  and
• 0:29
  a
• 0:29
  cohort
• 0:30
  who
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  will
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  be
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  talking
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  to
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  us
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  about
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  theater
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  and
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  predominantly
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  about
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  our
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  theater
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  company,
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  the
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  Anteas
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  Company.
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  Ladies
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  and
• 0:38
  gentlemen,
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  our
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  artistic
• 0:39
  director,
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  Nikay
• 0:41
  Ducas.
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  Oh,
• 0:42
  I
• 0:42
  like
• 0:42
  that
• 0:42
  pronunciation.
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  Thank
• 0:44
  you.
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  I'd
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  break
• 0:47
  a
• 0:47
  plate
• 0:47
  if
• 0:47
  I
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  could.
• 0:49
  Welcome
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  to
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  the
• 0:50
  show.
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  Thank
• 0:51
  you.
• 0:51
  You
• 0:51
  probably
• 0:51
  had
• 0:52
  the
• 0:52
  easiest
• 0:52
  commute
• 0:52
  of
• 0:52
  any
• 0:53
  guest
• 0:53
  ever.
• 0:53
  Your
• 0:54
  office
• 0:54
  is
• 0:54
  around
• 0:54
  the
• 0:54
  corner.
• 0:55
  Walking
• 0:55
  distance.
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  The
• 0:56
  Enta's
• 0:56
  Theater.
• 0:58
  First,
• 0:58
  I
• 0:58
  have
• 0:58
  to
• 0:58
  tell
• 0:58
  you,
• 0:58
  it's
• 0:59
  the
• 0:59
  Antaeus
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  Theater.
• 1:00
  Antaeus
• 1:00
  comes
• 1:00
  to
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  us.
• 1:01
  I'm
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  glad
• 1:01
  I
• 1:01
  got
• 1:01
  that
• 1:02
  right.
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  Well,
• 1:04
  you
• 1:04
  know,
• 1:04
  it's
• 1:04
  like
• 1:04
  Fireside
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  Theater.
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  What?
• 1:06
  Fireside
• 1:07
  what?
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  You
• 1:07
  know,
• 1:08
  why
• 1:08
  do
• 1:08
  we
• 1:08
  do
• 1:09
  use
• 1:09
  these
• 1:09
  names?
• 1:10
  But
• 1:11
  the
• 1:11
  story
• 1:11
  of
• 1:11
  Antaeus
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  is
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  based
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  on
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  the
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  Antean.
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  A
• 1:16
  Titan.
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  A
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  Greek
• 1:17
  Titan.
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  A
• 1:18
  Greek
• 1:18
  Titan.
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  And
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  don't
• 1:19
  ask
• 1:20
  me
• 1:20
  what
• 1:20
  Titans
• 1:20
  were.
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  Oh,
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  they
• 1:22
  were
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  big,.
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  Big
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  people.
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  And
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  this
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  one
• 1:27
  held
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  up
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  the
• 1:28
  sky
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  with
• 1:28
  one
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  hand
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  and
• 1:29
  had
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  one
• 1:29
  hand
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  on
• 1:30
  the
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  earth.
• 1:30
  The
• 1:30
  foot.
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  He
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  had
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  a
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  hand
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  on
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  the
• 1:32
  Earth.
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  Yeah.
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  Which
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  we
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  thought
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  was
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  a
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  good
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  symbol
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  for
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  what
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  we
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  do.
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  Rooted
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  in
• 1:37
  the
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  classics.
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  Family
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  member
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  of
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  Artemis
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  and
• 1:40
  Apollo.
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  See,
• 1:41
  you
• 1:42
  know
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  more
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  than
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  I
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  do.
• 1:43
  I
• 1:43
  don't.
• 1:43
  I'm
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  just
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  saying
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  that.
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  I
• 1:44
  mean,
• 1:44
  I'm
• 1:45
  0
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  for
• 1:45
  2
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  here.
• 1:46
  I
• 1:46
  just
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  still
• 1:46
  don't
• 1:46
  know.
• 1:46
  I
• 1:47
  still
• 1:47
  don't
• 1:47
  know
• 1:47
  what
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  the
• 1:47
  difference
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  between
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  a
• 1:48
  God
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  and
• 1:48
  a
• 1:49
  Titan
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  is.
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  And
• 1:49
  that's
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  something
• 1:50
  I
• 1:50
  should
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  look
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  up.
• 1:51
  I
• 1:51
  don't
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  think
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  a
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  Titan
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  is
• 1:52
  a
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  God.
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  I
• 1:53
  don't
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  either,
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  but
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  can
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  you
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  tell
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  me
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  what
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  a
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  Titan
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  is?
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  Form
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  of
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  God.
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  You're
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  looking
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  at.
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  That's
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  absolutely.
• 1:58
  The
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  Romans
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  had
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  lots
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  of
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  gods.
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  And
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  the
• 2:01
  children
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  of
• 2:02
  Uranus.
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  I
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  beg
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  your
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  pardon,
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  Gaia.
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  And
• 2:05
  ruled
• 2:06
  the
• 2:06
  cosmos
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  before
• 2:06
  the
• 2:07
  Olympians,
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  led
• 2:08
  by
• 2:08
  Cronus
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  and
• 2:10
  your
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  producer,
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  Donna
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  Walker.
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  That
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  makes
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  it
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  so
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  much
• 2:14
  clearer.
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  But
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  see,
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  now
• 2:15
  we
• 2:15
  know.
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  And
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  of
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  course,
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  one
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  of
• 2:17
  the
• 2:17
  reasons
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  that
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  we're
• 2:18
  talking
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  about
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  emphasizing
• 2:19
  all
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  this
• 2:20
  gift
• 2:20
  Greek
• 2:20
  stuff,
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  besides
• 2:21
  the
• 2:21
  fact
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  that
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  you
• 2:22
  are
• 2:23
  of
• 2:23
  Greek
• 2:23
  ancestry,
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  is
• 2:24
  because
• 2:24
  the
• 2:25
  next
• 2:25
  play
• 2:26
  that
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  we're
• 2:26
  going
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  to
• 2:26
  be
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  doing
• 2:27
  is
• 2:27
  Antigone.
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  Yes,
• 2:29
  It's
• 2:29
  a
• 2:29
  new
• 2:29
  adaptation
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  by
• 2:31
  Kenneth
• 2:31
  Cavender,
• 2:32
  who
• 2:32
  is
• 2:32
  a
• 2:32
  Greek
• 2:33
  scholar
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  and
• 2:34
  who
• 2:34
  we've
• 2:35
  done
• 2:35
  another
• 2:35
  play
• 2:36
  by
• 2:36
  him
• 2:36
  when
• 2:36
  we
• 2:36
  were
• 2:37
  in
• 2:37
  our
• 2:37
  old
• 2:38
  space
• 2:38
  before
• 2:38
  we
• 2:39
  moved
• 2:39
  to
• 2:39
  this
• 2:39
  one.
• 2:40
  And
• 2:40
  it's
• 2:40
  a
• 2:41
  really.
• 2:41
  Was
• 2:41
  that
• 2:42
  the
• 2:42
  Oedipus
• 2:42
  play
• 2:43
  that
• 2:43
  I
• 2:43
  was
• 2:43
  in?
• 2:43
  Oh,
• 2:44
  yeah,
• 2:44
  that
• 2:44
  was.
• 2:44
  Oh,
• 2:44
  you
• 2:44
  were
• 2:45
  in
• 2:45
  that?
• 2:45
  See?
• 2:45
  I
• 2:45
  sure
• 2:46
  was,
• 2:46
  yeah.
• 2:47
  Well,
• 2:47
  this
• 2:47
  one
• 2:48
  is
• 2:48
  a
• 2:48
  lot
• 2:49
  shorter
• 2:49
  than
• 2:49
  the
• 2:49
  one
• 2:49
  you
• 2:50
  did
• 2:50
  in
• 2:50
  about
• 2:51
  an
• 2:51
  hour
• 2:51
  and
• 2:51
  20
• 2:51
  minutes.
• 2:52
  It
• 2:52
  moves
• 2:53
  like
• 2:53
  a
• 2:53
  bullet.
• 2:54
  And
• 2:54
  it's
• 2:55
  sort
• 2:55
  of.
• 2:56
  He
• 2:56
  set
• 2:56
  it.
• 2:57
  It's
• 2:57
  very
• 2:57
  much
• 2:58
  the
• 2:58
  play
• 2:58
  Antigone,
• 2:59
  but
• 2:59
  he
• 3:00
  set
• 3:00
  it
• 3:00
  in
• 3:00
  sort
• 3:00
  of
• 3:01
  a
• 3:01
  post
• 3:01
  apocalyptic
• 3:03
  unnamed
• 3:04
  mid
• 3:04
  Eastern
• 3:05
  country.
• 3:05
  And
• 3:06
  the
• 3:06
  set
• 3:06
  is
• 3:06
  gonna
• 3:07
  be
• 3:07
  absolutely
• 3:08
  gorgeous.
• 3:09
  And
• 3:09
  instead
• 3:10
  of
• 3:10
  having,
• 3:10
  you
• 3:10
  know,
• 3:11
  traditionally
• 3:11
  Greek
• 3:12
  plays,
• 3:14
  a
• 3:14
  group
• 3:14
  of
• 3:14
  people
• 3:15
  who
• 3:15
  sort
• 3:16
  of
• 3:16
  challenge
• 3:17
  the
• 3:17
  protagonist.
• 3:18
  And
• 3:18
  in
• 3:18
  this
• 3:18
  case,
• 3:19
  he
• 3:19
  sort
• 3:19
  of
• 3:19
  made
• 3:20
  the
• 3:20
  chorus
• 3:21
  to
• 3:22
  soldiers
• 3:22
  who
• 3:22
  start
• 3:23
  the
• 3:23
  play.
• 3:24
  And
• 3:24
  there's
• 3:24
  another
• 3:25
  character
• 3:25
  who
• 3:25
  sort
• 3:25
  of
• 3:26
  comes
• 3:26
  in
• 3:26
  and
• 3:26
  takes
• 3:26
  on
• 3:26
  the
• 3:27
  voice
• 3:27
  of
• 3:27
  the
• 3:27
  chorus
• 3:27
  as
• 3:28
  well.
• 3:28
  It's
• 3:28
  a
• 3:29
  really
• 3:29
  beautiful
• 3:30
  adaptation.
• 3:31
  Well,
• 3:31
  you
• 3:31
  know,
• 3:31
  the
• 3:32
  last
• 3:32
  piece
• 3:33
  that
• 3:33
  was
• 3:33
  mounted
• 3:34
  at
• 3:34
  the
• 3:34
  theater,
• 3:35
  All
• 3:35
  My
• 3:35
  Sons
• 3:36
  by
• 3:36
  Henry
• 3:37
  Miller.
• 3:37
  Arthur.
• 3:38
  Henry.
• 3:39
  Arthur.
• 3:40
  I
• 3:40
  met
• 3:40
  Henry
• 3:40
  Miller,
• 3:41
  by
• 3:41
  the
• 3:41
  way.
• 3:42
  Tropical
• 3:42
  cancer.
• 3:43
  Right.
• 3:44
  Was
• 3:45
  of
• 3:45
  the
• 3:45
  most
• 3:45
  beautiful
• 3:45
  and
• 3:46
  moving
• 3:47
  and
• 3:47
  well
• 3:48
  presented
• 3:48
  acting
• 3:49
  things
• 3:49
  I've
• 3:50
  seen
• 3:50
  from
• 3:51
  the
• 3:51
  company.
• 3:52
  You
• 3:52
  are
• 3:52
  the
• 3:52
  artistic
• 3:53
  director
• 3:53
  of
• 3:53
  Anteas?
• 3:54
  I
• 3:54
  am
• 3:54
  the
• 3:55
  artistic
• 3:55
  director.
• 3:55
  What
• 3:55
  does
• 3:55
  the
• 3:56
  artistic
• 3:56
  director
• 3:56
  do
• 3:57
  for
• 3:57
  a
• 3:57
  theater?
• 3:58
  What
• 3:58
  doesn't
• 3:58
  the
• 3:59
  artistic
• 3:59
  director
• 3:59
  do?
• 4:00
  The
• 4:00
  artistic
• 4:00
  director,
• 4:02
  in
• 4:02
  our
• 4:02
  case,
• 4:02
  it's
• 4:03
  slightly
• 4:03
  different
• 4:03
  because
• 4:04
  we're
• 4:04
  a
• 4:04
  company,
• 4:04
  a
• 4:05
  membership
• 4:05
  company.
• 4:06
  So
• 4:06
  we
• 4:06
  have
• 4:07
  about
• 4:07
  150
• 4:08
  members.
• 4:09
  Only
• 4:09
  about
• 4:10
  50
• 4:11
  of
• 4:11
  our
• 4:11
  members
• 4:11
  are
• 4:11
  active.
• 4:12
  Some
• 4:12
  of
• 4:12
  us
• 4:12
  have,
• 4:13
  you
• 4:13
  know,
• 4:14
  gone
• 4:14
  to
• 4:14
  New
• 4:15
  York,
• 4:15
  retired,
• 4:15
  whatever.
• 4:16
  Died.
• 4:17
  Some
• 4:18
  of
• 4:18
  us
• 4:18
  have
• 4:18
  died.
• 4:19
  Not
• 4:19
  just
• 4:19
  on
• 4:19
  stage.
• 4:20
  No,
• 4:21
  no,
• 4:21
  no,
• 4:22
  not
• 4:22
  just
• 4:22
  on
• 4:22
  stage.
• 4:23
  Just
• 4:23
  clarifying
• 4:23
  that
• 4:24
  we've
• 4:24
  even
• 4:24
  had
• 4:24
  some
• 4:24
  incidents
• 4:25
  on
• 4:25
  stage,
• 4:25
  but
• 4:25
  I
• 4:25
  won't
• 4:26
  go
• 4:26
  into
• 4:26
  that
• 4:26
  anyway.
• 4:28
  So
• 4:28
  I'm
• 4:28
  responsible
• 4:29
  to
• 4:29
  the
• 4:29
  membership
• 4:30
  because
• 4:31
  I
• 4:31
  choose
• 4:32
  the
• 4:32
  plays
• 4:32
  and
• 4:33
  what
• 4:33
  the
• 4:33
  season's
• 4:34
  going
• 4:34
  to
• 4:34
  be,
• 4:34
  but
• 4:35
  I
• 4:35
  have
• 4:35
  to
• 4:35
  choose
• 4:35
  plays
• 4:36
  that
• 4:36
  are
• 4:36
  good
• 4:37
  for
• 4:37
  our
• 4:37
  company.
• 4:38
  Right.
• 4:39
  And
• 4:39
  we're
• 4:40
  we.
• 4:40
  So
• 4:41
  one
• 4:41
  of
• 4:41
  the
• 4:41
  things
• 4:41
  I
• 4:42
  do
• 4:42
  is
• 4:42
  I
• 4:42
  choose
• 4:42
  the
• 4:42
  plays.
• 4:43
  I
• 4:43
  oversee
• 4:44
  the
• 4:44
  auditions,
• 4:44
  I
• 4:45
  consult
• 4:45
  on
• 4:46
  all
• 4:46
  the
• 4:46
  productions.
• 4:46
  I
• 4:47
  direct
• 4:47
  one
• 4:47
  production
• 4:48
  a
• 4:48
  year.
• 4:48
  We
• 4:48
  have
• 4:49
  three
• 4:49
  productions
• 4:50
  a
• 4:50
  year.
• 4:50
  And
• 4:51
  we
• 4:51
  also
• 4:51
  have
• 4:51
  Classics
• 4:52
  Fest,
• 4:52
  which
• 4:52
  I
• 4:52
  know
• 4:52
  we're
• 4:53
  going
• 4:53
  to
• 4:53
  talk
• 4:53
  about
• 4:53
  later.
• 4:55
  So
• 4:55
  I
• 4:55
  choose
• 4:56
  all
• 4:56
  the
• 4:56
  plays,
• 4:57
  I
• 4:57
  help
• 4:57
  cast
• 4:57
  them,
• 4:58
  and
• 4:58
  then
• 4:59
  when
• 4:59
  they're
• 5:00
  in
• 5:00
  technical
• 5:00
  rehearsals,
• 5:01
  I
• 5:01
  come
• 5:01
  in
• 5:01
  and
• 5:02
  advise
• 5:02
  and
• 5:03
  an
• 5:03
  advisor
• 5:04
  to
• 5:04
  the
• 5:04
  director.
• 5:06
  And
• 5:06
  I'm
• 5:06
  in
• 5:07
  the
• 5:07
  lobby
• 5:07
  every
• 5:08
  performance,
• 5:09
  greeting
• 5:09
  Our
• 5:10
  audience
• 5:11
  because
• 5:11
  we're
• 5:11
  trying
• 5:11
  to
• 5:12
  get
• 5:12
  closer
• 5:12
  to
• 5:12
  the
• 5:13
  Glendale
• 5:13
  community
• 5:14
  and
• 5:14
  our
• 5:14
  theater
• 5:15
  community
• 5:15
  in
• 5:15
  general.
• 5:16
  And
• 5:17
  we
• 5:17
  also
• 5:17
  have
• 5:17
  an
• 5:17
  academy.
• 5:18
  We
• 5:18
  have
• 5:18
  a
• 5:19
  long
• 5:19
  tradition
• 5:20
  of
• 5:20
  education.
• 5:21
  Wonderful,
• 5:21
  wonderful
• 5:22
  academy.
• 5:22
  Yeah.
• 5:23
  We're
• 5:23
  full
• 5:23
  of
• 5:23
  scholars
• 5:24
  and
• 5:24
  teachers.
• 5:25
  Many
• 5:25
  of
• 5:25
  our
• 5:26
  actors
• 5:26
  are
• 5:26
  teachers.
• 5:26
  Yes.
• 5:27
  How
• 5:27
  long
• 5:27
  has
• 5:27
  NTS
• 5:28
  been
• 5:28
  in
• 5:28
  existence?
• 5:29
  We're
• 5:29
  just
• 5:30
  about
• 5:30
  to
• 5:30
  celebrate
• 5:30
  our
• 5:31
  35th
• 5:31
  anniversary.
• 5:32
  And
• 5:32
  your
• 5:33
  focus
• 5:33
  as
• 5:33
  a
• 5:34
  company
• 5:34
  are
• 5:34
  the
• 5:35
  classics?
• 5:35
  Yes.
• 5:36
  We
• 5:36
  do
• 5:36
  classic
• 5:37
  plays
• 5:37
  every
• 5:37
  year.
• 5:38
  Do
• 5:38
  one
• 5:39
  Shakespeare,
• 5:39
  we
• 5:39
  do
• 5:40
  one
• 5:40
  American
• 5:40
  classic.
• 5:41
  That
• 5:41
  was
• 5:41
  all
• 5:42
  my
• 5:42
  sons.
• 5:42
  And
• 5:42
  we
• 5:42
  do
• 5:43
  one
• 5:43
  world
• 5:43
  classic,
• 5:45
  which
• 5:45
  in
• 5:45
  this
• 5:45
  case
• 5:45
  is
• 5:45
  Antigone.
• 5:46
  How
• 5:47
  is
• 5:47
  public
• 5:48
  interest
• 5:48
  in
• 5:49
  classics
• 5:50
  these
• 5:50
  days?
• 5:51
  All
• 5:51
  my
• 5:52
  sons
• 5:52
  was
• 5:52
  at
• 5:52
  97%
• 5:53
  capacity.
• 5:54
  So
• 5:54
  we're.
• 5:55
  Congratulations.
• 5:56
  Yeah.
• 5:56
  It's
• 5:56
  been
• 5:57
  very
• 5:57
  gratifying.
• 5:58
  And
• 5:58
  I
• 5:58
  think
• 5:58
  one
• 5:58
  of
• 5:59
  the
• 5:59
  reasons
• 5:59
  is
• 5:59
  because
• 5:59
  I
• 6:00
  think
• 6:00
  we
• 6:00
  have
• 6:01
  an
• 6:01
  extraordinary
• 6:02
  ensemble
• 6:03
  of
• 6:03
  actors.
• 6:03
  Absolutely.
• 6:03
  We
• 6:04
  have
• 6:04
  actors
• 6:04
  who
• 6:05
  work
• 6:05
  regionally
• 6:06
  all
• 6:06
  over
• 6:06
  the
• 6:06
  country.
• 6:07
  And
• 6:08
  we
• 6:08
  were
• 6:08
  founded
• 6:08
  by
• 6:09
  actors
• 6:09
  who
• 6:09
  were
• 6:09
  doing
• 6:10
  film
• 6:10
  and
• 6:10
  television
• 6:11
  but
• 6:12
  were
• 6:12
  trained
• 6:12
  in
• 6:13
  the
• 6:13
  classics
• 6:13
  and
• 6:14
  wanted
• 6:14
  to
• 6:15
  keep
• 6:15
  their
• 6:15
  chops.
• 6:16
  Were
• 6:16
  you
• 6:16
  with
• 6:16
  the
• 6:17
  comedy
• 6:17
  from
• 6:17
  the
• 6:17
  beginning?
• 6:18
  Year
• 6:18
  two,
• 6:18
  Year
• 6:19
  two.
• 6:19
  They
• 6:19
  needed
• 6:20
  ingenues.
• 6:20
  That's
• 6:20
  how
• 6:21
  old
• 6:21
  I
• 6:21
  am.
• 6:21
  They
• 6:21
  needed
• 6:21
  ingenues.
• 6:22
  Yeah.
• 6:23
  They
• 6:23
  realized
• 6:23
  they
• 6:23
  had
• 6:23
  a
• 6:24
  bunch
• 6:24
  of
• 6:25
  seasoned
• 6:25
  actors.
• 6:26
  My
• 6:26
  late
• 6:26
  wife,
• 6:26
  Melinda
• 6:27
  Peterson,
• 6:27
  also
• 6:27
  joined
• 6:28
  the
• 6:28
  company.
• 6:28
  She
• 6:28
  joined
• 6:28
  the
• 6:29
  company
• 6:29
  a
• 6:29
  little
• 6:29
  after
• 6:29
  I
• 6:30
  did
• 6:30
  and
• 6:30
  brought
• 6:31
  you
• 6:31
  along
• 6:31
  just
• 6:31
  like
• 6:31
  I
• 6:31
  brought
• 6:32
  my
• 6:32
  husband
• 6:32
  along.
• 6:34
  Leo
• 6:35
  Marks.
• 6:35
  Wonderful,
• 6:36
  talented.
• 6:36
  We
• 6:37
  actually
• 6:37
  began
• 6:38
  at
• 6:38
  the
• 6:38
  Mark
• 6:38
  Taper
• 6:39
  Forum.
• 6:39
  Right.
• 6:40
  Gordon
• 6:40
  Davidson,
• 6:41
  who
• 6:41
  was
• 6:41
  the
• 6:41
  artistic
• 6:42
  director
• 6:42
  at
• 6:42
  the
• 6:42
  Mark
• 6:43
  Tabor
• 6:43
  Forum,
• 6:44
  sponsored
• 6:44
  us.
• 6:45
  And
• 6:45
  for
• 6:46
  a
• 6:46
  number
• 6:46
  of
• 6:46
  years
• 6:47
  we
• 6:48
  just.
• 6:49
  We
• 6:49
  were
• 6:49
  sort
• 6:49
  of
• 6:49
  a
• 6:49
  group
• 6:50
  that
• 6:50
  just
• 6:50
  met
• 6:50
  every
• 6:50
  Monday
• 6:51
  night
• 6:51
  and
• 6:51
  read
• 6:51
  plays
• 6:52
  out
• 6:52
  loud.
• 6:52
  And
• 6:52
  sometimes
• 6:53
  we'd
• 6:53
  study
• 6:53
  a
• 6:53
  play
• 6:54
  for
• 6:54
  a
• 6:54
  year.
• 6:54
  And
• 6:54
  then
• 6:54
  we
• 6:54
  started
• 6:55
  doing
• 6:55
  these
• 6:55
  readings
• 6:56
  and
• 6:57
  we
• 6:57
  got
• 6:57
  very
• 6:58
  hot.
• 6:58
  It
• 6:58
  turned
• 6:59
  out
• 6:59
  that
• 6:59
  people
• 6:59
  really
• 7:00
  wanted
• 7:00
  to
• 7:00
  come
• 7:00
  and
• 7:01
  hear
• 7:01
  all
• 7:01
  these
• 7:01
  amazing
• 7:02
  actors
• 7:02
  read
• 7:03
  plays
• 7:03
  out
• 7:03
  loud.
• 7:04
  And
• 7:04
  so
• 7:05
  that
• 7:05
  became
• 7:05
  sort
• 7:05
  of
• 7:05
  our
• 7:06
  signature
• 7:06
  for
• 7:07
  a
• 7:07
  while.
• 7:07
  And
• 7:07
  then
• 7:07
  we
• 7:08
  moved
• 7:08
  to
• 7:08
  North
• 7:08
  Hollywood.
• 7:09
  We
• 7:09
  were
• 7:09
  there
• 7:10
  for
• 7:10
  a
• 7:10
  couple
• 7:10
  places
• 7:10
  and
• 7:11
  we
• 7:11
  slowly
• 7:11
  started
• 7:12
  producing
• 7:12
  plays.
• 7:13
  And
• 7:13
  when
• 7:13
  we
• 7:13
  moved
• 7:14
  to
• 7:14
  the
• 7:14
  theater
• 7:14
  in
• 7:14
  Glendale,
• 7:15
  which
• 7:15
  is
• 7:15
  a
• 7:15
  really
• 7:16
  beautiful
• 7:16
  80
• 7:17
  seat
• 7:17
  intimate,
• 7:18
  it
• 7:18
  was
• 7:18
  built
• 7:18
  for
• 7:19
  us,
• 7:19
  wasn't
• 7:19
  it?
• 7:19
  Didn't
• 7:19
  we?
• 7:20
  It
• 7:20
  was
• 7:20
  built
• 7:20
  for
• 7:20
  us.
• 7:21
  Yeah.
• 7:21
  It's
• 7:21
  a
• 7:22
  beautiful
• 7:22
  space.
• 7:22
  Yeah.
• 7:23
  And
• 7:23
  we
• 7:23
  have
• 7:23
  a
• 7:23
  black
• 7:23
  box
• 7:24
  and
• 7:24
  we
• 7:24
  have
• 7:24
  a
• 7:24
  beautiful
• 7:25
  library
• 7:26
  where
• 7:26
  we
• 7:27
  have
• 7:27
  a
• 7:27
  partnership
• 7:27
  with
• 7:27
  the
• 7:27
  Glendale
• 7:28
  Public
• 7:28
  Library.
• 7:29
  We
• 7:29
  have
• 7:29
  the
• 7:30
  largest
• 7:31
  collection
• 7:31
  of
• 7:32
  theater
• 7:33
  literature
• 7:34
  west
• 7:34
  of
• 7:34
  the
• 7:34
  Mississippi.
• 7:36
  And
• 7:36
  you're
• 7:36
  allowed
• 7:37
  to
• 7:37
  browse
• 7:37
  our
• 7:37
  books
• 7:38
  while
• 7:38
  you're
• 7:38
  waiting
• 7:38
  to
• 7:38
  see
• 7:39
  the
• 7:39
  show.
• 7:39
  And
• 7:40
  so
• 7:40
  if
• 7:40
  you
• 7:40
  have
• 7:40
  a
• 7:41
  Glendale
• 7:41
  library
• 7:41
  card,
• 7:42
  you
• 7:42
  can
• 7:42
  borrow
• 7:42
  books
• 7:42
  from
• 7:42
  there.
• 7:43
  Oh,
• 7:43
  that's
• 7:43
  Wonderful.
• 7:44
  Great.
• 7:44
  Los
• 7:45
  Angeles
• 7:45
  as
• 7:45
  a
• 7:45
  market
• 7:46
  for
• 7:46
  theater
• 7:46
  seems
• 7:47
  to
• 7:47
  be
• 7:47
  pretty
• 7:47
  healthy.
• 7:48
  I
• 7:48
  know
• 7:48
  we
• 7:49
  have
• 7:49
  such
• 7:49
  a
• 7:49
  reputation
• 7:50
  and
• 7:50
  of
• 7:50
  course,
• 7:51
  we
• 7:51
  are
• 7:51
  an
• 7:51
  industry
• 7:51
  town,
• 7:52
  but
• 7:52
  the
• 7:52
  theater
• 7:53
  industry
• 7:53
  is
• 7:54
  quite
• 7:54
  lively
• 7:55
  in
• 7:55
  our
• 7:55
  city.
• 7:56
  Yeah,
• 7:56
  we've
• 7:56
  been
• 7:56
  raving
• 7:57
  about
• 7:57
  the
• 7:57
  productions
• 7:58
  we've
• 7:58
  seen
• 7:58
  recently.
• 7:58
  Amadeus
• 7:59
  at
• 7:59
  the
• 8:00
  Pasadena
• 8:00
  Playhouse,
• 8:01
  beautiful
• 8:02
  production.
• 8:02
  And
• 8:03
  west
• 8:03
  side
• 8:03
  Story,
• 8:04
  I
• 8:04
  was
• 8:04
  talking
• 8:05
  about
• 8:05
  at
• 8:05
  the
• 8:05
  Nocturne
• 8:06
  Theater,
• 8:07
  Kim's
• 8:07
  Convenience,
• 8:08
  which
• 8:09
  has
• 8:09
  been.
• 8:10
  You
• 8:10
  said
• 8:10
  you
• 8:11
  saw
• 8:11
  Master
• 8:11
  Harold
• 8:11
  and
• 8:11
  the
• 8:11
  Boys.
• 8:12
  Yep.
• 8:12
  And
• 8:12
  then
• 8:13
  there
• 8:13
  are
• 8:13
  all
• 8:13
  these
• 8:13
  small
• 8:13
  theaters,
• 8:14
  smaller,
• 8:14
  what
• 8:15
  we
• 8:15
  call
• 8:15
  mid
• 8:15
  sized
• 8:15
  theaters
• 8:16
  like
• 8:16
  Antaeus,
• 8:17
  who
• 8:17
  are
• 8:17
  more
• 8:17
  intimate
• 8:18
  spaces.
• 8:18
  And
• 8:19
  there
• 8:19
  are
• 8:19
  so
• 8:20
  many
• 8:20
  of
• 8:20
  those.
• 8:21
  You
• 8:21
  weren't
• 8:21
  artistic
• 8:22
  director
• 8:22
  back
• 8:22
  during
• 8:22
  the
• 8:23
  COVID
• 8:23
  days,
• 8:23
  but
• 8:24
  how
• 8:24
  did
• 8:24
  you
• 8:25
  survive
• 8:25
  that?
• 8:25
  I
• 8:25
  mean,
• 8:26
  it's
• 8:26
  great
• 8:26
  to
• 8:26
  see
• 8:27
  theater
• 8:27
  seemingly
• 8:28
  coming
• 8:28
  back
• 8:28
  big
• 8:29
  time.
• 8:29
  It
• 8:29
  really
• 8:30
  is.
• 8:30
  How
• 8:30
  do
• 8:30
  you
• 8:30
  see
• 8:30
  it
• 8:31
  from
• 8:31
  a
• 8:31
  business
• 8:31
  level?
• 8:32
  Well,
• 8:32
  what
• 8:33
  happened
• 8:33
  during
• 8:33
  COVID
• 8:34
  And
• 8:34
  again,
• 8:34
  I
• 8:35
  was
• 8:35
  an
• 8:35
  artistic
• 8:35
  director
• 8:35
  then.
• 8:36
  But
• 8:37
  they.
• 8:37
  We
• 8:38
  were
• 8:38
  very
• 8:38
  fortunate.
• 8:38
  Our
• 8:39
  supporters
• 8:39
  were
• 8:39
  very
• 8:40
  helpful
• 8:40
  in
• 8:40
  keeping
• 8:41
  us
• 8:41
  alive.
• 8:41
  But
• 8:41
  also
• 8:42
  we
• 8:43
  decided
• 8:44
  to
• 8:44
  produce
• 8:45
  radio
• 8:45
  plays.
• 8:46
  And
• 8:47
  there
• 8:47
  was
• 8:47
  this
• 8:47
  brilliant
• 8:48
  idea
• 8:48
  by
• 8:48
  our
• 8:49
  former
• 8:49
  executive
• 8:50
  director,
• 8:50
  Anna
• 8:50
  Rosa
• 8:51
  Halloran,
• 8:51
  of
• 8:52
  doing
• 8:52
  the
• 8:53
  zip
• 8:53
  code
• 8:53
  plays.
• 8:54
  It's
• 8:54
  called
• 8:54
  Various
• 8:54
  zip
• 8:55
  Codes
• 8:55
  in
• 8:55
  Los
• 8:55
  Angeles.
• 8:56
  We
• 8:56
  had
• 8:56
  original
• 8:56
  plays
• 8:57
  written
• 8:57
  because
• 8:57
  at
• 8:58
  that
• 8:58
  time
• 8:58
  we
• 8:58
  had
• 8:58
  a
• 8:58
  playwrights
• 8:59
  lab.
• 8:59
  We
• 9:00
  were
• 9:00
  also
• 9:00
  doing
• 9:00
  new
• 9:00
  plays
• 9:01
  in
• 9:01
  those
• 9:01
  days,
• 9:02
  which
• 9:02
  we
• 9:03
  don't
• 9:03
  do
• 9:03
  anymore.
• 9:04
  But
• 9:04
  you
• 9:04
  can
• 9:05
  go
• 9:05
  on
• 9:05
  our
• 9:05
  website,
• 9:05
  nts.org
• 9:06
  and
• 9:07
  you
• 9:07
  can
• 9:07
  hear
• 9:07
  these
• 9:07
  radio
• 9:08
  plays.
• 9:08
  And
• 9:08
  we
• 9:09
  really
• 9:09
  expanded
• 9:10
  our
• 9:12
  viewership
• 9:13
  from
• 9:13
  those
• 9:13
  plays.
• 9:15
  There's
• 9:15
  a
• 9:15
  play
• 9:15
  about
• 9:16
  91201
• 9:17
  in
• 9:18
  Los
• 9:18
  Angeles.
• 9:19
  So
• 9:19
  I
• 9:19
  did
• 9:20
  one.
• 9:20
  I
• 9:21
  did
• 9:21
  one
• 9:21
  that
• 9:21
  was
• 9:22
  about
• 9:22
  how
• 9:23
  it
• 9:24
  was
• 9:24
  fascinating.
• 9:25
  You
• 9:26
  may
• 9:26
  have
• 9:26
  heard
• 9:26
  of
• 9:26
  this,
• 9:26
  Bill.
• 9:27
  The
• 9:27
  Nazis
• 9:28
  were
• 9:28
  actually
• 9:28
  quite
• 9:29
  active
• 9:29
  in
• 9:29
  Los
• 9:30
  Angeles.
• 9:31
  And
• 9:31
  there
• 9:31
  was
• 9:32
  a
• 9:32
  building
• 9:32
  where
• 9:33
  they
• 9:33
  were
• 9:34
  gathering
• 9:34
  and
• 9:34
  having
• 9:35
  all
• 9:35
  kinds
• 9:35
  of
• 9:35
  wundhal.
• 9:36
  There
• 9:36
  you
• 9:36
  go.
• 9:36
  The
• 9:37
  one
• 9:37
  that's
• 9:37
  in
• 9:37
  Will
• 9:37
  Rogers.
• 9:38
  Exactly.
• 9:39
  The
• 9:39
  ruins
• 9:39
  of
• 9:39
  an
• 9:39
  enclave.
• 9:40
  Of
• 9:40
  course,
• 9:40
  it
• 9:40
  was
• 9:40
  German
• 9:40
  built,
• 9:41
  so
• 9:41
  it'll
• 9:41
  last
• 9:41
  like
• 9:41
  the
• 9:42
  pyramids.
• 9:42
  It's
• 9:42
  all
• 9:43
  cement
• 9:43
  and
• 9:43
  steel.
• 9:44
  But
• 9:44
  if
• 9:44
  you
• 9:44
  walk
• 9:45
  about
• 9:45
  a
• 9:45
  mile
• 9:45
  into
• 9:46
  the
• 9:46
  canyon
• 9:47
  behind
• 9:47
  Will
• 9:47
  Rogers,
• 9:48
  you'll
• 9:48
  come
• 9:49
  across
• 9:49
  these
• 9:49
  ruins.
• 9:50
  Really?
• 9:50
  You
• 9:51
  could
• 9:51
  tell
• 9:51
  it
• 9:51
  was
• 9:51
  German.
• 9:52
  Just
• 9:52
  the
• 9:52
  construction
• 9:53
  and
• 9:53
  the
• 9:53
  quality.
• 9:54
  And
• 9:54
  there's
• 9:54
  a
• 9:54
  Bunthal.
• 9:55
  Is
• 9:56
  it
• 9:56
  still
• 9:56
  there?
• 9:56
  Because
• 9:56
  I
• 9:56
  know
• 9:56
  Will
• 9:57
  Rogers.
• 9:57
  His
• 9:58
  home
• 9:58
  burned
• 9:58
  down,
• 9:58
  right?
• 9:59
  Yeah.
• 9:59
  These
• 9:59
  are
• 10:00
  concrete
• 10:00
  ruins.
• 10:00
  So
• 10:01
  there's
• 10:01
  still
• 10:01
  there.
• 10:01
  I'm
• 10:01
  sure
• 10:02
  they're
• 10:02
  still
• 10:02
  there.
• 10:03
  But
• 10:03
  there
• 10:03
  were
• 10:03
  three
• 10:04
  of
• 10:04
  these
• 10:05
  Nazi
• 10:05
  enclaves
• 10:06
  in
• 10:06
  America,
• 10:07
  two
• 10:07
  outside
• 10:07
  of
• 10:07
  Washington,
• 10:08
  Bunkers
• 10:09
  which
• 10:09
  did
• 10:09
  prior
• 10:10
  to
• 10:10
  World
• 10:10
  War
• 10:10
  II.
• 10:10
  There
• 10:11
  were
• 10:11
  two
• 10:11
  around
• 10:11
  D.C.
• 10:12
  and
• 10:12
  there
• 10:12
  was
• 10:12
  one
• 10:13
  here
• 10:13
  in
• 10:13
  LA.
• 10:13
  They
• 10:14
  were
• 10:14
  intended
• 10:14
  to
• 10:15
  take
• 10:15
  over
• 10:15
  the
• 10:15
  government,
• 10:16
  when
• 10:16
  the
• 10:16
  Nazis
• 10:16
  invaded
• 10:17
  successfully,
• 10:18
  the
• 10:18
  U.S.
• 10:19
  so
• 10:19
  the
• 10:19
  location
• 10:20
  in
• 10:20
  the
• 10:20
  Will
• 10:20
  Rogers
• 10:21
  area
• 10:21
  was
• 10:21
  to
• 10:22
  take
• 10:22
  over
• 10:22
  the
• 10:22
  Hollywood
• 10:22
  propaganda
• 10:23
  machine.
• 10:24
  Evidently,
• 10:24
  the
• 10:24
  two
• 10:24
  outside
• 10:25
  of
• 10:25
  Washington
• 10:26
  were
• 10:26
  also
• 10:26
  busy.
• 10:27
  Everybody
• 10:27
  knew
• 10:28
  where
• 10:28
  they
• 10:28
  were,
• 10:28
  and
• 10:28
  as
• 10:29
  soon
• 10:29
  as
• 10:29
  we
• 10:29
  declared
• 10:30
  war
• 10:30
  on
• 10:30
  Germany,
• 10:30
  they
• 10:31
  just
• 10:31
  went
• 10:31
  over
• 10:31
  and
• 10:31
  arrested
• 10:32
  them.
• 10:32
  That
• 10:32
  was
• 10:32
  the
• 10:32
  end
• 10:32
  of
• 10:32
  it.
• 10:33
  They
• 10:34
  knew
• 10:34
  where
• 10:34
  to
• 10:34
  fight.
• 10:35
  The
• 10:35
  Nazis
• 10:35
  were
• 10:35
  here.
• 10:36
  So
• 10:36
  anyway,
• 10:36
  that
• 10:36
  was
• 10:37
  one
• 10:37
  of
• 10:37
  the
• 10:37
  ways
• 10:37
  we
• 10:37
  survived
• 10:38
  Covid.
• 10:38
  Wow.
• 10:38
  Did
• 10:39
  you
• 10:39
  do
• 10:39
  it
• 10:39
  on
• 10:39
  Zoom?
• 10:40
  It
• 10:40
  was
• 10:40
  amazing.
• 10:41
  They
• 10:41
  came
• 10:42
  to
• 10:42
  my
• 10:42
  house
• 10:43
  with
• 10:43
  a
• 10:44
  box,
• 10:45
  and
• 10:45
  in
• 10:45
  the
• 10:45
  box
• 10:46
  were
• 10:46
  all
• 10:47
  the
• 10:47
  things
• 10:47
  I
• 10:47
  needed
• 10:48
  to
• 10:48
  set
• 10:48
  up
• 10:48
  my
• 10:48
  own
• 10:48
  studio
• 10:49
  in
• 10:49
  my
• 10:49
  house.
• 10:50
  And
• 10:50
  remotely
• 10:51
  we
• 10:51
  recorded
• 10:52
  these
• 10:52
  radio
• 10:53
  plays.
• 10:53
  We
• 10:53
  have
• 10:54
  this
• 10:54
  amazing
• 10:54
  guy,
• 10:54
  Jeff
• 10:55
  Gardner,
• 10:55
  who's
• 10:55
  one
• 10:55
  of
• 10:56
  the
• 10:56
  premier
• 10:56
  sound
• 10:56
  designers
• 10:57
  in
• 10:57
  la,
• 10:57
  and
• 10:57
  he
• 10:58
  was
• 10:58
  sort
• 10:58
  of
• 10:58
  responsible
• 10:59
  for
• 10:59
  making
• 10:59
  sure
• 11:00
  all
• 11:00
  the
• 11:00
  sound
• 11:01
  worked.
• 11:01
  Our
• 11:01
  director
• 11:02
  was
• 11:02
  on
• 11:02
  a
• 11:03
  camera
• 11:04
  talking
• 11:04
  to
• 11:04
  her.
• 11:05
  It
• 11:05
  was
• 11:05
  extraordinary.
• 11:06
  So
• 11:06
  after
• 11:07
  Covid,
• 11:08
  getting
• 11:08
  back
• 11:08
  into
• 11:09
  the
• 11:09
  habit
• 11:09
  of
• 11:09
  going
• 11:10
  out
• 11:10
  again.
• 11:11
  Not
• 11:11
  easy,
• 11:11
  especially
• 11:12
  because
• 11:12
  demographically,
• 11:13
  theatergoers
• 11:14
  are
• 11:14
  pretty
• 11:14
  old,
• 11:14
  aren't
• 11:15
  they?
• 11:16
  Well,
• 11:16
  or
• 11:16
  usually
• 11:17
  well,
• 11:17
  but.
• 11:18
  You're
• 11:19
  right,
• 11:20
  but
• 11:21
  we
• 11:21
  have
• 11:22
  been
• 11:23
  so
• 11:23
  fortunate.
• 11:24
  I
• 11:24
  mean,
• 11:24
  it's
• 11:24
  something.
• 11:24
  I'm
• 11:25
  really
• 11:25
  focused
• 11:25
  on
• 11:26
  bringing
• 11:26
  young
• 11:26
  people
• 11:26
  in,
• 11:27
  but
• 11:27
  for
• 11:27
  some
• 11:28
  reason,
• 11:28
  we
• 11:28
  have
• 11:29
  been
• 11:29
  really
• 11:30
  lucky
• 11:30
  in
• 11:30
  our
• 11:30
  lobbies.
• 11:31
  I
• 11:31
  don't
• 11:31
  know
• 11:31
  if
• 11:31
  you
• 11:31
  noticed
• 11:32
  when
• 11:32
  you
• 11:32
  were
• 11:32
  there
• 11:32
  that
• 11:33
  night.
• 11:34
  We
• 11:34
  have
• 11:34
  a
• 11:34
  really
• 11:35
  healthy
• 11:36
  demographic
• 11:36
  of
• 11:37
  young
• 11:37
  people,
• 11:37
  and
• 11:38
  it's
• 11:38
  thrilling.
• 11:39
  I'm
• 11:39
  starting
• 11:39
  to
• 11:39
  see
• 11:39
  that
• 11:40
  now,
• 11:40
  too.
• 11:40
  In
• 11:40
  all
• 11:40
  the
• 11:41
  theaters
• 11:41
  that
• 11:41
  I'm
• 11:41
  going
• 11:41
  to.
• 11:42
  I
• 11:42
  think
• 11:42
  no
• 11:43
  matter
• 11:43
  what
• 11:43
  they
• 11:43
  say
• 11:43
  about
• 11:44
  AI
• 11:44
  and
• 11:44
  no
• 11:45
  matter
• 11:45
  what
• 11:45
  they
• 11:45
  say
• 11:45
  about
• 11:46
  everybody's
• 11:46
  on
• 11:46
  their
• 11:46
  cell
• 11:47
  phone,
• 11:47
  all
• 11:47
  of
• 11:47
  that
• 11:47
  is
• 11:48
  true.
• 11:48
  I
• 11:49
  think
• 11:49
  the
• 11:49
  younger
• 11:49
  generation
• 11:50
  is
• 11:51
  really
• 11:51
  hungry
• 11:52
  for
• 11:52
  being
• 11:53
  in
• 11:53
  a
• 11:53
  room
• 11:53
  with
• 11:54
  other
• 11:54
  people
• 11:54
  and
• 11:55
  having
• 11:55
  live
• 11:55
  experience.
• 11:56
  We
• 11:57
  got
• 11:57
  the
• 11:57
  greatest
• 11:58
  compliment
• 11:58
  when
• 11:58
  we.
• 11:59
  Our
• 11:59
  first
• 11:59
  play
• 12:00
  of
• 12:00
  the
• 12:00
  season
• 12:00
  was
• 12:00
  Cymbeline
• 12:01
  by
• 12:01
  Shakespeare.
• 12:02
  Very
• 12:02
  rarely
• 12:02
  done
• 12:03
  Shakespeare.
• 12:04
  And
• 12:04
  we
• 12:04
  do
• 12:04
  student
• 12:05
  matinees.
• 12:05
  We
• 12:06
  have
• 12:06
  a
• 12:06
  deal
• 12:06
  with
• 12:06
  the
• 12:06
  Glendale
• 12:07
  public.
• 12:08
  We
• 12:08
  do
• 12:08
  two
• 12:08
  student
• 12:09
  matinees
• 12:09
  for
• 12:09
  each
• 12:09
  show,
• 12:10
  where
• 12:10
  we
• 12:10
  have
• 12:11
  high
• 12:11
  school
• 12:11
  kids
• 12:12
  come
• 12:12
  in
• 12:12
  and
• 12:14
  their
• 12:14
  teacher
• 12:14
  sent
• 12:15
  us
• 12:15
  some
• 12:15
  of
• 12:15
  their
• 12:15
  comments,
• 12:15
  and
• 12:16
  a
• 12:16
  couple
• 12:16
  of
• 12:16
  them
• 12:16
  said,
• 12:17
  I
• 12:18
  did
• 12:18
  not
• 12:18
  look
• 12:18
  at
• 12:18
  my
• 12:18
  phone
• 12:19
  once.
• 12:19
  I
• 12:19
  was
• 12:19
  so
• 12:20
  excited.
• 12:20
  How
• 12:21
  nice.
• 12:21
  So
• 12:22
  I
• 12:22
  thought,
• 12:22
  we
• 12:22
  can't
• 12:22
  get
• 12:23
  a
• 12:23
  better
• 12:23
  compliment
• 12:23
  than
• 12:23
  that.
• 12:24
  All
• 12:24
  this
• 12:24
  concern
• 12:25
  about
• 12:25
  attention
• 12:26
  spans
• 12:26
  being
• 12:27
  broken.
• 12:27
  You
• 12:27
  see
• 12:28
  these
• 12:28
  micro
• 12:28
  dramas
• 12:29
  on
• 12:29
  TikTok,
• 12:30
  which
• 12:30
  is
• 12:30
  a
• 12:30
  big
• 12:30
  business
• 12:30
  now.
• 12:31
  Yep.
• 12:31
  Yeah.
• 12:31
  But
• 12:32
  they're
• 12:32
  saying
• 12:32
  this
• 12:32
  is
• 12:32
  because
• 12:33
  people
• 12:33
  can't
• 12:33
  sit
• 12:34
  still.
• 12:35
  I
• 12:35
  think
• 12:35
  they're
• 12:36
  right.
• 12:36
  But
• 12:36
  I
• 12:37
  think
• 12:37
  that
• 12:37
  when
• 12:38
  you
• 12:38
  offer
• 12:38
  things
• 12:38
  like
• 12:38
  this,
• 12:40
  from
• 12:40
  the
• 12:40
  little
• 12:40
  I've
• 12:41
  read,
• 12:41
  I
• 12:41
  think
• 12:42
  that
• 12:42
  young
• 12:42
  people
• 12:43
  recognize
• 12:43
  there's
• 12:44
  something
• 12:44
  lacking
• 12:44
  in
• 12:45
  their
• 12:45
  Life.
• 12:45
  I
• 12:45
  keep
• 12:45
  hearing
• 12:46
  about
• 12:46
  these
• 12:46
  clubs
• 12:46
  where
• 12:47
  these
• 12:47
  kids
• 12:47
  say,
• 12:47
  we're
• 12:47
  going
• 12:47
  to
• 12:48
  have
• 12:48
  a
• 12:48
  club,
• 12:48
  and
• 12:48
  for
• 12:48
  an
• 12:48
  hour
• 12:49
  we
• 12:49
  put
• 12:49
  our
• 12:49
  phones
• 12:49
  in
• 12:49
  a
• 12:49
  basket
• 12:50
  and
• 12:50
  we
• 12:50
  don't
• 12:51
  use
• 12:51
  our
• 12:51
  telephones.
• 12:52
  I
• 12:52
  think
• 12:52
  they're
• 12:52
  starting
• 12:53
  by
• 12:53
  experientially
• 12:54
  realizing
• 12:55
  they're
• 12:55
  missing
• 12:55
  something.
• 12:56
  And
• 12:56
  I
• 12:56
  think
• 12:57
  that's
• 12:57
  why
• 12:57
  they
• 12:57
  want
• 12:57
  to
• 12:58
  experience
• 12:59
  things
• 12:59
  like
• 13:00
  that.
• 13:00
  You
• 13:00
  know,
• 13:00
  one
• 13:01
  of
• 13:01
  the
• 13:01
  things
• 13:01
  that
• 13:01
  Adele
• 13:02
  and
• 13:02
  I
• 13:02
  did
• 13:02
  on
• 13:03
  our
• 13:03
  last
• 13:03
  adventures
• 13:04
  back
• 13:04
  east
• 13:05
  was
• 13:05
  to
• 13:05
  see
• 13:06
  a
• 13:06
  play
• 13:06
  on
• 13:06
  Broadway,
• 13:07
  Schmigadoon,
• 13:09
  in
• 13:09
  its
• 13:10
  previews,
• 13:11
  a
• 13:11
  wonderful,
• 13:12
  funny
• 13:12
  musical
• 13:13
  parody
• 13:14
  of
• 13:15
  musical
• 13:15
  comedies.
• 13:17
  And
• 13:17
  the
• 13:18
  audience
• 13:19
  was
• 13:19
  absolutely
• 13:21
  the
• 13:21
  most
• 13:22
  involved
• 13:23
  and
• 13:24
  spontaneous
• 13:25
  audience
• 13:26
  I've
• 13:26
  ever
• 13:26
  felt.
• 13:27
  And
• 13:27
  I
• 13:27
  think
• 13:27
  that's
• 13:28
  part
• 13:28
  of
• 13:28
  it
• 13:28
  too.
• 13:29
  People
• 13:29
  are
• 13:30
  reveling
• 13:31
  the
• 13:31
  idea,
• 13:31
  especially
• 13:32
  in
• 13:32
  these
• 13:32
  scary,
• 13:33
  dark,
• 13:34
  weird
• 13:34
  times,
• 13:35
  that
• 13:36
  we
• 13:36
  can
• 13:36
  all
• 13:36
  be
• 13:37
  together.
• 13:38
  And
• 13:38
  whenever
• 13:38
  there
• 13:39
  was
• 13:39
  a
• 13:39
  line
• 13:40
  that
• 13:40
  even
• 13:41
  had
• 13:41
  any
• 13:41
  kind
• 13:42
  of
• 13:42
  a
• 13:42
  political
• 13:42
  implication,
• 13:43
  oh,
• 13:45
  great
• 13:46
  reaction.
• 13:46
  I
• 13:47
  think
• 13:47
  it
• 13:47
  reminds
• 13:48
  us
• 13:48
  that
• 13:48
  we
• 13:48
  need.
• 13:49
  That
• 13:49
  we
• 13:49
  need
• 13:49
  to
• 13:50
  be
• 13:50
  together.
• 13:50
  That's
• 13:51
  why
• 13:51
  people
• 13:51
  keep
• 13:51
  coming.
• 13:52
  Because
• 13:52
  when
• 13:52
  they
• 13:52
  get
• 13:53
  there
• 13:53
  and
• 13:54
  they
• 13:54
  realize
• 13:54
  how,
• 13:56
  whether
• 13:56
  it's
• 13:57
  comedy
• 13:57
  or
• 13:57
  whether
• 13:57
  it's
• 13:58
  drama,
• 13:58
  I
• 13:58
  need
• 13:58
  to
• 13:59
  hear
• 13:59
  this
• 13:59
  and
• 13:59
  I
• 13:59
  need
• 14:00
  to
• 14:00
  be
• 14:00
  with
• 14:00
  other
• 14:00
  people
• 14:02
  experiencing
• 14:02
  it.
• 14:03
  That's.
• 14:04
  It's
• 14:04
  addictive,
• 14:05
  but
• 14:05
  I
• 14:05
  think
• 14:05
  it's
• 14:06
  medicine
• 14:06
  for
• 14:06
  us
• 14:06
  right
• 14:07
  now.
• 14:07
  Yeah,
• 14:07
  well,
• 14:07
  you
• 14:08
  see
• 14:08
  it
• 14:08
  in
• 14:08
  the
• 14:08
  late
• 14:08
  night
• 14:09
  monologues.
• 14:10
  The
• 14:11
  call
• 14:11
  and
• 14:11
  response
• 14:11
  to
• 14:12
  the
• 14:12
  audience
• 14:12
  is,
• 14:12
  now
• 14:13
  they're
• 14:14
  in
• 14:14
  it.
• 14:14
  That's
• 14:14
  great.
• 14:15
  Nothing
• 14:15
  can
• 14:15
  beat
• 14:15
  great
• 14:16
  theater.
• 14:16
  No,
• 14:17
  it's
• 14:17
  true.
• 14:17
  It
• 14:17
  really
• 14:17
  can't.
• 14:18
  And
• 14:18
  it
• 14:18
  stays
• 14:19
  with
• 14:19
  you.
• 14:20
  But
• 14:20
  you
• 14:20
  would
• 14:20
  think
• 14:20
  the
• 14:21
  classics
• 14:21
  would
• 14:21
  be
• 14:21
  a
• 14:21
  pretty
• 14:22
  hard
• 14:22
  sell.
• 14:22
  I
• 14:23
  just
• 14:23
  feel
• 14:23
  like,
• 14:24
  again,
• 14:24
  for
• 14:25
  the
• 14:25
  same
• 14:25
  reasons,
• 14:26
  as
• 14:27
  far
• 14:27
  as
• 14:27
  Shakespeare
• 14:27
  goes,
• 14:27
  I
• 14:27
  feel
• 14:27
  like
• 14:28
  people
• 14:28
  are
• 14:28
  very
• 14:28
  intimidated
• 14:29
  by
• 14:29
  Shakespeare
• 14:30
  if
• 14:30
  they're
• 14:30
  not
• 14:30
  die
• 14:31
  hard
• 14:31
  Shakespeare
• 14:31
  fans.
• 14:32
  Right.
• 14:32
  But
• 14:33
  I
• 14:33
  know
• 14:34
  that
• 14:34
  our
• 14:34
  company
• 14:34
  is
• 14:35
  a
• 14:35
  group
• 14:35
  of
• 14:35
  actors
• 14:36
  that
• 14:37
  makes
• 14:38
  people
• 14:38
  feel
• 14:39
  comfortable
• 14:39
  with
• 14:40
  Shakespeare.
• 14:40
  People
• 14:41
  come
• 14:41
  up
• 14:41
  to
• 14:41
  me
• 14:41
  in
• 14:41
  the
• 14:41
  lobby
• 14:42
  all
• 14:42
  the
• 14:42
  time
• 14:42
  and
• 14:42
  say,
• 14:42
  I
• 14:42
  understood
• 14:43
  this.
• 14:43
  I
• 14:43
  had
• 14:43
  no
• 14:44
  problem.
• 14:44
  I
• 14:44
  enjoyed
• 14:45
  it
• 14:45
  so
• 14:45
  much.
• 14:45
  It's
• 14:45
  important.
• 14:46
  How
• 14:46
  do
• 14:46
  you
• 14:46
  do
• 14:46
  that?
• 14:47
  The
• 14:47
  actors
• 14:47
  have
• 14:47
  to
• 14:47
  know
• 14:48
  what
• 14:48
  they're
• 14:48
  saying.
• 14:50
  And
• 14:50
  we
• 14:50
  really
• 14:51
  spent
• 14:51
  a
• 14:51
  lot
• 14:51
  of.
• 14:51
  Time
• 14:52
  interpreting
• 14:53
  the
• 14:53
  dialogue.
• 14:53
  Yeah.
• 14:54
  A
• 14:54
  dramaturg,
• 14:55
  you
• 14:56
  know,
• 14:56
  like
• 14:56
  Dakin
• 14:57
  Matthews,
• 14:58
  a
• 14:58
  master
• 14:59
  of
• 14:59
  the
• 15:00
  classics,
• 15:00
  will
• 15:00
  come
• 15:01
  in
• 15:01
  and
• 15:01
  we'll
• 15:02
  read
• 15:02
  the
• 15:02
  play,
• 15:03
  and
• 15:04
  he'll
• 15:04
  explain
• 15:05
  things
• 15:06
  we
• 15:06
  may
• 15:06
  not
• 15:07
  understand,
• 15:08
  which
• 15:08
  puts
• 15:08
  us
• 15:09
  in
• 15:09
  the
• 15:09
  reality
• 15:10
  of
• 15:10
  what's
• 15:11
  going
• 15:11
  on.
• 15:11
  Also,
• 15:12
  a
• 15:12
  lot
• 15:12
  of
• 15:13
  the
• 15:13
  interpretations
• 15:14
  have
• 15:14
  been
• 15:14
  very
• 15:14
  playful.
• 15:15
  Cymbeline
• 15:16
  was
• 15:16
  set
• 15:16
  in
• 15:17
  the
• 15:17
  west,
• 15:18
  and
• 15:19
  I
• 15:19
  remember.
• 15:20
  What's
• 15:20
  the
• 15:21
  magical
• 15:21
  play
• 15:22
  they
• 15:22
  used
• 15:22
  the
• 15:22
  radio.
• 15:23
  The
• 15:23
  Tempest.
• 15:24
  That
• 15:24
  was
• 15:24
  the
• 15:24
  Tempest?
• 15:24
  Yeah.
• 15:26
  You
• 15:26
  directed
• 15:27
  that?
• 15:27
  Yes.
• 15:27
  Well,
• 15:28
  that
• 15:28
  was,
• 15:28
  again,
• 15:28
  a
• 15:29
  very
• 15:30
  exciting
• 15:31
  kind
• 15:31
  of
• 15:32
  out
• 15:32
  of
• 15:33
  the
• 15:33
  frame
• 15:34
  approach
• 15:35
  to
• 15:35
  a
• 15:36
  familiar
• 15:36
  play.
• 15:37
  And
• 15:38
  yet
• 15:38
  people
• 15:38
  said
• 15:38
  to
• 15:38
  me
• 15:39
  that
• 15:39
  was
• 15:39
  the.
• 15:39
  I
• 15:39
  heard
• 15:40
  lines
• 15:40
  I
• 15:40
  had
• 15:40
  never
• 15:40
  heard
• 15:40
  before.
• 15:41
  Exactly.
• 15:41
  I
• 15:41
  understood
• 15:42
  the
• 15:42
  play
• 15:42
  in
• 15:42
  a
• 15:42
  deeper
• 15:43
  way.
• 15:44
  That's
• 15:44
  the
• 15:44
  goal,
• 15:45
  always.
• 15:45
  Yeah,
• 15:45
  that's
• 15:45
  true.
• 15:46
  I
• 15:46
  never
• 15:47
  want
• 15:47
  to
• 15:47
  rewrite
• 15:47
  a
• 15:48
  play.
• 15:48
  I
• 15:48
  want
• 15:48
  to
• 15:49
  do
• 15:49
  Shakespeare's
• 15:49
  play.
• 15:50
  I
• 15:50
  don't
• 15:50
  want
• 15:50
  it
• 15:50
  to
• 15:50
  be
• 15:51
  Nicky
• 15:51
  Dukas
• 15:52
  Tempest.
• 15:52
  I
• 15:52
  want
• 15:53
  it
• 15:53
  to
• 15:53
  be
• 15:53
  Shakespeare's
• 15:53
  Tempest.
• 15:54
  But
• 15:55
  I
• 15:55
  feel
• 15:55
  like
• 15:56
  the
• 15:56
  way
• 15:56
  you
• 15:56
  do
• 15:57
  that
• 15:57
  is
• 15:57
  by
• 15:57
  studying
• 15:57
  the
• 15:58
  play
• 15:58
  really,
• 15:58
  really
• 15:59
  deeply
• 15:59
  and
• 15:59
  understanding
• 16:00
  at
• 16:01
  every
• 16:01
  level
• 16:01
  what
• 16:01
  it's
• 16:01
  about
• 16:02
  and
• 16:02
  getting
• 16:03
  actors,
• 16:04
  and
• 16:04
  some
• 16:04
  of
• 16:04
  it's
• 16:04
  just
• 16:05
  training
• 16:05
  and
• 16:05
  experience
• 16:07
  who
• 16:07
  understand
• 16:08
  how
• 16:08
  to
• 16:08
  make
• 16:08
  the
• 16:08
  words
• 16:09
  come
• 16:09
  to
• 16:09
  life.
• 16:09
  You're
• 16:10
  not
• 16:10
  changing
• 16:10
  the
• 16:10
  words.
• 16:11
  Never.
• 16:11
  Just
• 16:12
  in
• 16:12
  the
• 16:12
  way
• 16:12
  in
• 16:12
  which
• 16:12
  you
• 16:13
  deliver
• 16:13
  them.
• 16:13
  Occasionally,
• 16:14
  if
• 16:14
  there's
• 16:14
  a
• 16:14
  word.
• 16:15
  First
• 16:15
  of
• 16:15
  all,
• 16:16
  some
• 16:16
  of
• 16:16
  the
• 16:16
  plays
• 16:16
  are
• 16:16
  very
• 16:17
  long.
• 16:17
  Cymbeline.
• 16:17
  I
• 16:18
  cut
• 16:18
  quite
• 16:18
  a
• 16:18
  bit.
• 16:19
  I'll
• 16:19
  cut
• 16:20
  any
• 16:20
  joke
• 16:20
  that's
• 16:20
  not
• 16:20
  funny.
• 16:21
  And
• 16:21
  I
• 16:21
  believe
• 16:22
  that
• 16:22
  Shakespeare
• 16:23
  wanted
• 16:23
  me
• 16:23
  to
• 16:23
  do
• 16:23
  that.
• 16:24
  Because
• 16:25
  if
• 16:25
  there
• 16:25
  was
• 16:25
  ever
• 16:25
  a
• 16:25
  showman
• 16:26
  on
• 16:26
  earth,
• 16:26
  that
• 16:26
  was
• 16:27
  William
• 16:27
  Shakespeare.
• 16:27
  And
• 16:27
  I
• 16:28
  don't
• 16:28
  think
• 16:28
  he
• 16:28
  won
• 16:28
  any
• 16:28
  jokes
• 16:29
  that
• 16:29
  weren't
• 16:29
  funny
• 16:29
  anymore.
• 16:30
  But
• 16:31
  if
• 16:31
  there's
• 16:31
  a
• 16:31
  word
• 16:32
  that's
• 16:32
  critical
• 16:32
  to
• 16:33
  the
• 16:33
  plot
• 16:33
  and
• 16:33
  it
• 16:33
  now
• 16:34
  doesn't
• 16:34
  mean
• 16:34
  what
• 16:35
  it
• 16:35
  means,
• 16:36
  I
• 16:36
  will
• 16:36
  find
• 16:36
  a
• 16:36
  word
• 16:37
  of
• 16:37
  the
• 16:37
  same
• 16:37
  syllable
• 16:38
  length
• 16:38
  and
• 16:39
  substitute
• 16:39
  it
• 16:39
  if
• 16:40
  it
• 16:40
  doesn't
• 16:40
  sound
• 16:41
  odd.
• 16:41
  But
• 16:41
  other
• 16:42
  than
• 16:42
  that,
• 16:42
  that's
• 16:43
  fair.
• 16:43
  Yeah,
• 16:44
  yeah.
• 16:44
  But
• 16:44
  as
• 16:45
  I
• 16:45
  was
• 16:45
  saying
• 16:45
  at
• 16:46
  lunch,
• 16:46
  we
• 16:47
  saw
• 16:47
  Eddie
• 16:47
  Izzard's
• 16:48
  Hamlet
• 16:48
  and
• 16:49
  he
• 16:50
  changed
• 16:50
  a
• 16:50
  few
• 16:50
  things
• 16:51
  for
• 16:51
  clarity.
• 16:52
  And
• 16:52
  I
• 16:52
  found
• 16:53
  it
• 16:53
  jarring.
• 16:54
  Now,
• 16:54
  the
• 16:54
  way
• 16:54
  that
• 16:55
  you're
• 16:55
  talking
• 16:55
  about
• 16:55
  it
• 16:55
  is
• 16:56
  it's
• 16:56
  melded
• 16:57
  into
• 16:57
  the
• 16:58
  rhythms
• 16:59
  of
• 16:59
  the
• 16:59
  play
• 17:00
  so
• 17:00
  it
• 17:01
  would
• 17:01
  just
• 17:01
  embellish
• 17:01
  it.
• 17:02
  But
• 17:02
  he
• 17:03
  had
• 17:03
  a
• 17:03
  couple
• 17:03
  of
• 17:04
  times
• 17:04
  where
• 17:04
  he
• 17:04
  changed
• 17:05
  a
• 17:06
  very
• 17:06
  famous
• 17:07
  word.
• 17:08
  For
• 17:08
  instance,
• 17:09
  in
• 17:09
  the
• 17:10
  to
• 17:10
  be
• 17:10
  or
• 17:11
  not
• 17:11
  to
• 17:11
  be
• 17:11
  monologue.
• 17:12
  Instead
• 17:13
  of
• 17:13
  calling
• 17:13
  it
• 17:13
  a
• 17:14
  bare
• 17:14
  bodkin,
• 17:15
  end
• 17:15
  your
• 17:15
  life
• 17:16
  with
• 17:16
  a
• 17:16
  bare
• 17:16
  bodkin.
• 17:17
  He
• 17:17
  called
• 17:17
  it
• 17:17
  something
• 17:17
  like
• 17:18
  a
• 17:18
  sharp.
• 17:20
  A
• 17:20
  Sharpie?
• 17:21
  Yeah,
• 17:22
  a
• 17:22
  Sharpie.
• 17:24
  We'll
• 17:24
  just
• 17:24
  write
• 17:24
  that
• 17:24
  part
• 17:25
  out.
• 17:25
  And
• 17:26
  it
• 17:26
  was
• 17:26
  jarring.
• 17:26
  It
• 17:27
  was
• 17:27
  like,
• 17:27
  wait,
• 17:27
  no,
• 17:27
  no,
• 17:27
  that's
• 17:28
  a
• 17:28
  bare
• 17:28
  bodkin,
• 17:28
  for
• 17:29
  Christ's
• 17:29
  sake.
• 17:29
  And
• 17:29
  he
• 17:29
  did
• 17:30
  the
• 17:30
  thing
• 17:30
  of,
• 17:30
  you
• 17:30
  know,
• 17:30
  stabbing
• 17:31
  himself.
• 17:32
  So
• 17:32
  you
• 17:32
  knew
• 17:32
  what
• 17:32
  it
• 17:33
  was.
• 17:33
  I
• 17:34
  think
• 17:34
  there
• 17:34
  are
• 17:34
  some
• 17:34
  words
• 17:35
  that
• 17:35
  are
• 17:35
  archaic,
• 17:36
  but
• 17:36
  they're
• 17:36
  so
• 17:37
  sort
• 17:37
  of
• 17:37
  like
• 17:37
  the
• 17:37
  King
• 17:38
  James
• 17:38
  Bible.
• 17:39
  Not
• 17:39
  that
• 17:40
  I
• 17:40
  know
• 17:40
  anything
• 17:40
  about
• 17:40
  the
• 17:40
  Bible,
• 17:41
  but
• 17:41
  that
• 17:42
  it
• 17:42
  doesn't
• 17:43
  matter
• 17:43
  if
• 17:43
  you
• 17:43
  can't
• 17:43
  understand
• 17:44
  it.
• 17:44
  If
• 17:45
  the
• 17:45
  actor
• 17:45
  plays
• 17:46
  it
• 17:46
  with
• 17:46
  intention.
• 17:46
  You
• 17:47
  get
• 17:47
  the
• 17:47
  idea.
• 17:47
  And
• 17:47
  the
• 17:48
  Language
• 17:48
  is
• 17:48
  so
• 17:48
  beautiful,
• 17:49
  you
• 17:49
  don't
• 17:49
  care.
• 17:50
  But
• 17:50
  if
• 17:50
  it's
• 17:50
  gonna
• 17:50
  obscure
• 17:51
  the
• 17:51
  meaning,
• 17:51
  that's
• 17:52
  when
• 17:52
  I
• 17:52
  change.
• 17:52
  If
• 17:53
  I
• 17:53
  feel
• 17:53
  like
• 17:53
  we're
• 17:53
  leading
• 17:53
  the
• 17:53
  audience
• 17:54
  down,
• 17:54
  they're
• 17:54
  gonna
• 17:54
  misunderstand
• 17:55
  what
• 17:55
  we're
• 17:55
  trying
• 17:55
  to
• 17:56
  do
• 17:56
  here.
• 17:57
  It's
• 17:58
  intentional
• 17:58
  on
• 17:58
  the
• 17:58
  actor's
• 17:59
  part
• 17:59
  in
• 17:59
  terms
• 17:59
  of
• 18:00
  how
• 18:00
  they're
• 18:00
  delivering
• 18:00
  it.
• 18:01
  That
• 18:01
  makes
• 18:01
  the
• 18:01
  difference,
• 18:03
  the
• 18:03
  way
• 18:04
  you
• 18:04
  say
• 18:04
  something
• 18:04
  to
• 18:05
  someone.
• 18:06
  I
• 18:06
  mean,
• 18:06
  you
• 18:07
  can
• 18:07
  watch
• 18:07
  a
• 18:07
  foreign
• 18:07
  movie
• 18:08
  and
• 18:08
  follow
• 18:08
  a
• 18:08
  lot
• 18:08
  of
• 18:08
  what's
• 18:09
  going
• 18:09
  on
• 18:10
  just
• 18:10
  by
• 18:11
  intention.
• 18:11
  Intention,
• 18:12
  that's
• 18:12
  right.
• 18:12
  But
• 18:13
  these
• 18:13
  plays
• 18:14
  are
• 18:14
  in
• 18:14
  English.
• 18:15
  And
• 18:17
  when
• 18:17
  you
• 18:17
  know
• 18:17
  how
• 18:17
  to
• 18:18
  do
• 18:18
  it,
• 18:19
  you
• 18:19
  can
• 18:19
  understand
• 18:19
  most
• 18:20
  of
• 18:20
  it.
• 18:20
  That's
• 18:20
  right.
• 18:20
  And
• 18:21
  the
• 18:21
  actor
• 18:21
  really.
• 18:22
  The
• 18:22
  rehearsal
• 18:23
  period
• 18:24
  is
• 18:24
  a
• 18:24
  time
• 18:25
  where
• 18:25
  we
• 18:25
  find
• 18:26
  that
• 18:27
  proper
• 18:28
  way
• 18:28
  to
• 18:29
  express
• 18:29
  something
• 18:30
  that
• 18:30
  we
• 18:30
  know
• 18:31
  is
• 18:31
  gonna.
• 18:31
  The
• 18:32
  other
• 18:32
  actor
• 18:33
  will
• 18:33
  understand
• 18:33
  it,
• 18:34
  and
• 18:34
  therefore
• 18:35
  the
• 18:35
  audience
• 18:36
  will
• 18:36
  understand
• 18:36
  it.
• 18:37
  Yeah.
• 18:37
  And
• 18:37
  then
• 18:37
  there's
• 18:37
  the
• 18:38
  physical,
• 18:38
  too.
• 18:38
  I
• 18:38
  mean,
• 18:39
  you
• 18:39
  paint
• 18:39
  a
• 18:39
  picture.
• 18:40
  That's
• 18:40
  right.
• 18:40
  You
• 18:40
  create
• 18:41
  an
• 18:41
  environment,
• 18:42
  all
• 18:42
  that.
• 18:42
  Yeah.
• 18:43
  A
• 18:43
  person
• 18:43
  goes
• 18:43
  to
• 18:43
  see
• 18:43
  a
• 18:43
  film
• 18:44
  or
• 18:44
  goes
• 18:44
  to
• 18:44
  see
• 18:44
  a
• 18:45
  play.
• 18:45
  What
• 18:46
  are
• 18:46
  the
• 18:46
  advantages
• 18:46
  of
• 18:46
  the
• 18:47
  play?
• 18:48
  The
• 18:49
  advantages
• 18:49
  is
• 18:49
  that
• 18:50
  the
• 18:50
  actor
• 18:50
  is
• 18:50
  right
• 18:50
  in
• 18:51
  the
• 18:51
  room
• 18:51
  with
• 18:51
  you.
• 18:52
  And
• 18:52
  in
• 18:52
  our
• 18:52
  case,
• 18:52
  they're
• 18:53
  about
• 18:53
  2ft
• 18:53
  away
• 18:54
  from
• 18:54
  you,
• 18:54
  which
• 18:54
  is
• 18:54
  pretty
• 18:55
  thrilling.
• 18:55
  The
• 18:56
  other
• 18:56
  thing
• 18:56
  is,
• 18:58
  theater
• 18:58
  is
• 18:59
  literature
• 18:59
  and
• 19:00
  film
• 19:00
  is
• 19:01
  pictures.
• 19:02
  If
• 19:02
  you're
• 19:03
  looking
• 19:03
  to
• 19:03
  see
• 19:03
  a
• 19:04
  story
• 19:04
  told
• 19:04
  by
• 19:05
  the
• 19:05
  visuals,
• 19:06
  then
• 19:06
  you
• 19:06
  should
• 19:07
  go
• 19:07
  to
• 19:07
  a
• 19:07
  movie.
• 19:07
  If
• 19:07
  you're
• 19:08
  looking
• 19:08
  to
• 19:08
  see
• 19:08
  a
• 19:08
  story
• 19:08
  told
• 19:09
  through
• 19:09
  language,
• 19:10
  if
• 19:10
  you're
• 19:10
  somebody
• 19:10
  that
• 19:11
  language
• 19:11
  really
• 19:11
  speaks
• 19:12
  to,
• 19:12
  you
• 19:12
  want
• 19:13
  to
• 19:13
  go
• 19:13
  to
• 19:13
  see
• 19:13
  a
• 19:13
  play.
• 19:14
  And
• 19:15
  I
• 19:15
  mean,
• 19:16
  I
• 19:16
  think
• 19:16
  both
• 19:17
  art
• 19:17
  forms
• 19:18
  are
• 19:18
  beautiful.
• 19:20
  I
• 19:20
  don't.
• 19:20
  Well,
• 19:21
  you
• 19:21
  know,
• 19:21
  the
• 19:21
  kind
• 19:22
  of
• 19:22
  physical
• 19:23
  design
• 19:24
  that
• 19:24
  we've
• 19:25
  been
• 19:25
  doing
• 19:25
  at
• 19:25
  Antius
• 19:26
  recently,
• 19:27
  I
• 19:27
  think
• 19:28
  adds
• 19:28
  immeasurably
• 19:29
  to
• 19:30
  the
• 19:30
  experience.
• 19:31
  Because
• 19:31
  you
• 19:32
  do
• 19:32
  kind
• 19:32
  of,
• 19:32
  when
• 19:33
  you
• 19:33
  walk
• 19:33
  into
• 19:33
  that
• 19:34
  little
• 19:34
  space
• 19:35
  in
• 19:35
  that
• 19:36
  beautiful
• 19:36
  theater,
• 19:37
  as
• 19:37
  an
• 19:37
  audience
• 19:38
  I'm
• 19:38
  speaking
• 19:38
  now,
• 19:39
  you
• 19:40
  are
• 19:40
  immediately
• 19:41
  in
• 19:42
  the
• 19:42
  play.
• 19:44
  You
• 19:44
  know,
• 19:44
  there's
• 19:45
  a
• 19:45
  wonderful.
• 19:46
  The
• 19:47
  intimacy
• 19:48
  really
• 19:48
  does
• 19:49
  allow
• 19:49
  you
• 19:49
  to
• 19:50
  feel
• 19:50
  a
• 19:50
  part
• 19:50
  of.
• 19:51
  I
• 19:52
  agree
• 19:52
  with
• 19:52
  that,
• 19:52
  Phil.
• 19:52
  In
• 19:53
  fact,
• 19:53
  all
• 19:53
  my
• 19:53
  son
• 19:54
  set
• 19:54
  people
• 19:54
  kept
• 19:54
  saying
• 19:54
  to
• 19:55
  me,
• 19:55
  the
• 19:55
  grass
• 19:55
  came
• 19:55
  right
• 19:56
  under
• 19:56
  my
• 19:56
  feet.
• 19:57
  Yeah,
• 19:58
  yeah.
• 20:00
  And
• 20:00
  all
• 20:00
  my
• 20:00
  sons.
• 20:01
  Right.
• 20:01
  Yeah.
• 20:01
  I'm
• 20:02
  thinking
• 20:02
  of
• 20:02
  some
• 20:03
  theatrical
• 20:03
  experiences.
• 20:04
  When
• 20:04
  I
• 20:04
  was
• 20:05
  in
• 20:05
  Amsterdam,
• 20:06
  I
• 20:07
  didn't
• 20:07
  know
• 20:07
  what
• 20:07
  I
• 20:07
  was
• 20:07
  buying.
• 20:08
  I
• 20:08
  just
• 20:08
  bought
• 20:08
  a
• 20:08
  ticket.
• 20:08
  I
• 20:09
  was,
• 20:09
  I
• 20:09
  love
• 20:09
  you.
• 20:09
  You're
• 20:10
  my
• 20:10
  ideal
• 20:10
  theater
• 20:10
  goer.
• 20:11
  And
• 20:12
  I
• 20:12
  heard
• 20:12
  about.
• 20:13
  And
• 20:13
  I
• 20:13
  was
• 20:13
  like,
• 20:14
  I
• 20:14
  really
• 20:14
  didn't
• 20:14
  understand.
• 20:15
  I
• 20:15
  can't
• 20:15
  read
• 20:16
  Dutch,
• 20:16
  you
• 20:16
  know.
• 20:16
  So
• 20:16
  I
• 20:17
  bought
• 20:17
  a
• 20:17
  ticket
• 20:17
  to
• 20:17
  see
• 20:18
  this
• 20:18
  show.
• 20:18
  I
• 20:19
  get
• 20:19
  on
• 20:19
  a
• 20:19
  boat
• 20:19
  and
• 20:20
  go
• 20:20
  across
• 20:20
  the
• 20:20
  river
• 20:21
  to
• 20:22
  a
• 20:22
  shipyard.
• 20:23
  And
• 20:23
  we
• 20:23
  go
• 20:24
  into
• 20:24
  a
• 20:24
  shipyard
• 20:24
  and
• 20:25
  there's
• 20:25
  a
• 20:25
  dry
• 20:25
  dock.
• 20:26
  Oh,
• 20:26
  my
• 20:26
  God.
• 20:26
  And
• 20:26
  it's
• 20:27
  a
• 20:27
  giant
• 20:27
  dry
• 20:28
  dock.
• 20:28
  And
• 20:29
  inside
• 20:29
  the
• 20:29
  dry
• 20:30
  dock
• 20:30
  is
• 20:30
  the
• 20:31
  set.
• 20:32
  It
• 20:32
  was
• 20:32
  in
• 20:32
  a
• 20:32
  post
• 20:33
  apocalyptic
• 20:34
  show
• 20:35
  about
• 20:36
  people
• 20:36
  who
• 20:37
  were
• 20:37
  ruled
• 20:37
  by
• 20:38
  overlords.
• 20:38
  And
• 20:39
  they
• 20:39
  had
• 20:39
  a
• 20:39
  huge,
• 20:39
  like,
• 20:40
  sort
• 20:40
  of
• 20:40
  world
• 20:40
  Nazi
• 20:41
  World
• 20:41
  War
• 20:41
  II
• 20:41
  tower
• 20:42
  with
• 20:42
  spotlights
• 20:43
  and
• 20:43
  the
• 20:43
  whole
• 20:44
  thing.
• 20:44
  Okay,
• 20:44
  so
• 20:44
  movies
• 20:45
  can't
• 20:45
  do
• 20:45
  that.
• 20:45
  No,
• 20:46
  no.
• 20:46
  And
• 20:46
  I'll
• 20:47
  tell
• 20:47
  you
• 20:47
  what
• 20:47
  else
• 20:47
  they
• 20:47
  can't
• 20:47
  do
• 20:48
  is
• 20:48
  that
• 20:49
  as
• 20:49
  the
• 20:49
  show
• 20:49
  goes
• 20:49
  on,
• 20:50
  I
• 20:50
  know
• 20:51
  the
• 20:51
  river
• 20:51
  is
• 20:51
  about
• 20:52
  40ft
• 20:52
  above
• 20:53
  us.
• 20:53
  That
• 20:54
  was
• 20:54
  kind
• 20:54
  of
• 20:54
  interesting.
• 20:55
  I
• 20:55
  was
• 20:56
  about
• 20:56
  the
• 20:56
  first
• 20:57
  or
• 20:57
  second
• 20:57
  row.
• 20:58
  And
• 20:58
  the
• 20:59
  climax
• 20:59
  of
• 20:59
  the
• 20:59
  play
• 21:00
  was
• 21:01
  an
• 21:01
  apocalypse.
• 21:02
  And
• 21:02
  they
• 21:02
  started
• 21:03
  to
• 21:03
  open
• 21:03
  up
• 21:03
  the
• 21:03
  gates.
• 21:04
  Oh,
• 21:04
  my
• 21:04
  gosh.
• 21:04
  And
• 21:05
  water
• 21:05
  started
• 21:05
  coming
• 21:06
  in.
• 21:06
  Ooh,
• 21:07
  big
• 21:07
  leaves.
• 21:09
  And
• 21:09
  everybody's
• 21:10
  like,
• 21:10
  whoa,
• 21:10
  this
• 21:11
  is
• 21:11
  cool.
• 21:13
  And
• 21:14
  it's
• 21:14
  coming
• 21:14
  up
• 21:14
  and
• 21:14
  it's
• 21:15
  coming
• 21:15
  up
• 21:15
  and
• 21:15
  it's
• 21:15
  coming
• 21:15
  up.
• 21:15
  And
• 21:16
  of
• 21:16
  course,
• 21:16
  they
• 21:16
  had
• 21:16
  it
• 21:16
  all
• 21:16
  timed.
• 21:17
  Yeah.
• 21:18
  So
• 21:18
  it
• 21:19
  stopped
• 21:19
  as
• 21:20
  it
• 21:20
  lapped
• 21:20
  this
• 21:20
  far
• 21:21
  from
• 21:21
  the
• 21:21
  tip
• 21:22
  of
• 21:22
  the
• 21:22
  toe.
• 21:22
  End
• 21:23
  of
• 21:23
  show.
• 21:23
  That
• 21:23
  was.
• 21:24
  That's
• 21:24
  truly
• 21:25
  immersive.
• 21:27
  That
• 21:27
  was
• 21:27
  really
• 21:28
  immersive.
• 21:29
  And
• 21:29
  then
• 21:29
  Blue
• 21:29
  Man
• 21:30
  Group,
• 21:30
  we
• 21:31
  went
• 21:31
  to
• 21:31
  see
• 21:31
  them
• 21:31
  when
• 21:31
  they
• 21:32
  were
• 21:32
  in
• 21:32
  previews.
• 21:33
  In
• 21:33
  Vegas?
• 21:34
  No,
• 21:34
  New
• 21:34
  York
• 21:35
  at
• 21:35
  the
• 21:35
  pap.
• 21:36
  Whatever
• 21:37
  the
• 21:37
  theater
• 21:37
  was
• 21:37
  back
• 21:37
  in.
• 21:39
  We
• 21:39
  had
• 21:39
  covered
• 21:39
  it
• 21:39
  for
• 21:40
  our
• 21:40
  NPR
• 21:40
  show.
• 21:40
  So
• 21:41
  we
• 21:41
  were
• 21:41
  all
• 21:41
  invited
• 21:41
  to
• 21:41
  go
• 21:42
  see
• 21:42
  a
• 21:42
  preview
• 21:43
  of
• 21:43
  it.
• 21:44
  And
• 21:44
  no
• 21:45
  one
• 21:45
  knew
• 21:45
  who
• 21:45
  they
• 21:46
  were
• 21:46
  or
• 21:46
  what
• 21:46
  they
• 21:46
  were
• 21:46
  doing.
• 21:47
  And
• 21:47
  there
• 21:48
  were
• 21:48
  these
• 21:48
  coils
• 21:49
  you'd
• 21:49
  use
• 21:49
  for
• 21:49
  like
• 21:50
  a
• 21:50
  dryer
• 21:50
  exhaust,
• 21:51
  plastic
• 21:52
  pipe
• 21:52
  hanging
• 21:53
  down
• 21:54
  over
• 21:54
  like
• 21:55
  20
• 21:55
  or
• 21:55
  30
• 21:55
  of
• 21:56
  them
• 21:56
  kind
• 21:56
  of
• 21:56
  hanging
• 21:56
  over
• 21:57
  the
• 21:57
  audience.
• 21:58
  And
• 21:59
  we
• 21:59
  just
• 21:59
  grabbed
• 22:00
  one
• 22:00
  and
• 22:00
  said,
• 22:00
  yeah,
• 22:00
  I'd
• 22:00
  like
• 22:00
  to
• 22:01
  have
• 22:01
  pepperoni
• 22:01
  pizza,
• 22:01
  please.
• 22:04
  Ten
• 22:04
  minutes
• 22:04
  later,
• 22:05
  they
• 22:05
  came
• 22:05
  in
• 22:05
  with
• 22:06
  a
• 22:06
  pepperoni
• 22:06
  pizza.
• 22:07
  Who
• 22:07
  ordered
• 22:07
  the
• 22:07
  pepperoni
• 22:08
  pizza?
• 22:08
  Oh,
• 22:09
  that's
• 22:10
  again,
• 22:10
  that's
• 22:11
  theater.
• 22:11
  Right.
• 22:12
  These
• 22:12
  are
• 22:12
  great
• 22:13
  examples.
• 22:13
  Theater's
• 22:14
  happening
• 22:14
  in
• 22:14
  real
• 22:15
  time
• 22:15
  and
• 22:16
  mistakes
• 22:16
  get
• 22:16
  made.
• 22:17
  And
• 22:17
  the
• 22:17
  actors
• 22:18
  are
• 22:18
  responding
• 22:19
  to
• 22:19
  the
• 22:19
  audience.
• 22:19
  Whether
• 22:20
  the
• 22:20
  audience
• 22:20
  is
• 22:20
  aware
• 22:21
  of
• 22:21
  it
• 22:21
  or
• 22:21
  not,
• 22:21
  the
• 22:22
  actors
• 22:22
  are
• 22:22
  playing
• 22:23
  to
• 22:23
  that
• 22:23
  audience
• 22:24
  who's
• 22:24
  there
• 22:24
  on
• 22:24
  that
• 22:25
  day.
• 22:25
  And
• 22:26
  every
• 22:26
  performance
• 22:27
  is
• 22:27
  slightly
• 22:28
  different.
• 22:28
  It's
• 22:28
  just
• 22:29
  like
• 22:29
  it's
• 22:29
  a
• 22:29
  pleasure
• 22:30
  to
• 22:30
  read
• 22:30
  a
• 22:30
  play.
• 22:30
  It's
• 22:31
  a
• 22:31
  pleasure
• 22:31
  to
• 22:31
  read
• 22:31
  a
• 22:31
  play
• 22:31
  by
• 22:32
  Shakespeare.
• 22:32
  It's
• 22:32
  a
• 22:32
  pleasure
• 22:32
  to
• 22:33
  read
• 22:33
  a
• 22:33
  play
• 22:33
  by
• 22:33
  Arthur
• 22:33
  Mither.
• 22:34
  But
• 22:34
  it
• 22:34
  is
• 22:35
  not
• 22:35
  the
• 22:35
  same
• 22:35
  thing
• 22:37
  to
• 22:37
  see
• 22:37
  that
• 22:37
  play,
• 22:38
  to
• 22:38
  experience
• 22:38
  that
• 22:38
  play.
• 22:39
  However,
• 22:39
  you
• 22:40
  were
• 22:40
  saying
• 22:40
  earlier
• 22:41
  that
• 22:41
  we
• 22:41
  have
• 22:41
  also
• 22:42
  become
• 22:42
  very
• 22:42
  adept
• 22:43
  at
• 22:44
  presenting
• 22:44
  readings
• 22:46
  of
• 22:46
  works.
• 22:47
  Yes,
• 22:48
  that's
• 22:48
  a
• 22:48
  beautiful
• 22:48
  segue
• 22:49
  to
• 22:49
  something
• 22:49
  that's
• 22:50
  coming
• 22:50
  up
• 22:50
  very
• 22:50
  soon.
• 22:51
  We
• 22:51
  got
• 22:51
  sort
• 22:51
  of
• 22:51
  famous
• 22:52
  for
• 22:52
  our
• 22:53
  readings
• 22:53
  and
• 22:53
  A
• 22:54
  reading
• 22:54
  for
• 22:54
  people
• 22:55
  who
• 22:55
  haven't
• 22:55
  seen
• 22:55
  it
• 22:55
  in
• 22:56
  is
• 22:56
  simply
• 22:56
  actors
• 22:56
  standing
• 22:57
  in
• 22:57
  front,
• 22:57
  behind
• 22:58
  music
• 22:58
  stands,
• 22:59
  without
• 22:59
  any
• 22:59
  costumes,
• 23:00
  without
• 23:00
  any
• 23:01
  props,
• 23:02
  and
• 23:03
  just
• 23:03
  reading
• 23:04
  you
• 23:04
  the
• 23:04
  play
• 23:05
  over
• 23:05
  and
• 23:05
  over.
• 23:06
  People
• 23:06
  come
• 23:06
  up
• 23:06
  to
• 23:06
  me
• 23:07
  in
• 23:07
  the
• 23:07
  lobby
• 23:07
  who
• 23:07
  say
• 23:07
  to
• 23:08
  me,
• 23:09
  I
• 23:09
  could
• 23:09
  see
• 23:09
  the
• 23:10
  set.
• 23:10
  Or
• 23:10
  they
• 23:10
  tell
• 23:10
  me
• 23:10
  they
• 23:11
  remember
• 23:11
  a
• 23:11
  set
• 23:12
  from
• 23:12
  a
• 23:12
  reading
• 23:13
  they
• 23:13
  saw
• 23:13
  a
• 23:13
  few
• 23:13
  years
• 23:13
  ago
• 23:13
  today.
• 23:14
  And
• 23:14
  I
• 23:14
  think
• 23:14
  to
• 23:15
  myself,
• 23:15
  there
• 23:15
  was
• 23:15
  no
• 23:15
  set.
• 23:16
  You
• 23:16
  were
• 23:16
  just
• 23:17
  watching
• 23:17
  actors
• 23:17
  read
• 23:18
  a
• 23:18
  script.
• 23:19
  When
• 23:19
  you
• 23:19
  have
• 23:19
  really
• 23:19
  good
• 23:20
  actors
• 23:20
  reading
• 23:20
  you
• 23:20
  a
• 23:21
  play
• 23:21
  out
• 23:21
  loud,
• 23:22
  performing
• 23:22
  a
• 23:23
  play,
• 23:23
  they're
• 23:23
  not
• 23:23
  reading
• 23:24
  it,
• 23:24
  they're
• 23:25
  experiencing
• 23:25
  a
• 23:26
  play.
• 23:26
  It's
• 23:26
  a
• 23:26
  really
• 23:27
  magical
• 23:27
  experience
• 23:28
  because
• 23:29
  your
• 23:29
  imagination
• 23:30
  is
• 23:30
  so
• 23:31
  engaged
• 23:32
  and
• 23:33
  you
• 23:34
  start
• 23:34
  imagining
• 23:35
  what
• 23:35
  the
• 23:35
  house
• 23:35
  looks
• 23:35
  like.
• 23:35
  You
• 23:36
  start
• 23:36
  imagining
• 23:37
  what
• 23:37
  the
• 23:37
  costumes
• 23:38
  look
• 23:38
  like.
• 23:38
  That's
• 23:38
  right.
• 23:40
  And
• 23:40
  you're
• 23:40
  helping
• 23:41
  to
• 23:41
  write
• 23:41
  the
• 23:41
  play.
• 23:41
  That's
• 23:42
  kind
• 23:42
  of
• 23:42
  like
• 23:42
  the
• 23:42
  interactive
• 23:43
  nature
• 23:43
  of
• 23:43
  radio.
• 23:44
  In
• 23:44
  order
• 23:44
  to
• 23:45
  comprehend
• 23:45
  it,
• 23:45
  you
• 23:45
  have
• 23:45
  to
• 23:46
  stimulate
• 23:46
  your
• 23:46
  visual
• 23:46
  cortex.
• 23:47
  For
• 23:47
  example,
• 23:48
  I
• 23:48
  look
• 23:48
  just
• 23:48
  like
• 23:48
  Robert
• 23:49
  Redford
• 23:50
  and
• 23:50
  Phil.
• 23:51
  You
• 23:51
  Charlton
• 23:52
  Heston,
• 23:52
  I'd
• 23:53
  say,
• 23:53
  well,
• 23:54
  thank
• 23:54
  you.
• 23:56
  I
• 23:56
  was
• 23:57
  on
• 23:57
  television
• 23:58
  during
• 23:58
  the
• 23:59
  Easter
• 23:59
  holidays,
• 24:00
  by
• 24:00
  the
• 24:00
  way,
• 24:01
  I
• 24:01
  saw
• 24:01
  you
• 24:01
  there.
• 24:01
  Yeah,
• 24:02
  nice.
• 24:02
  I'm
• 24:03
  wearing
• 24:03
  the
• 24:03
  same
• 24:03
  makeup
• 24:03
  I
• 24:04
  was
• 24:04
  wearing
• 24:04
  in
• 24:04
  Ben
• 24:04
  Hur
• 24:05
  right
• 24:05
  now.
• 24:06
  From
• 24:06
  what
• 24:07
  I'm
• 24:07
  seeing
• 24:07
  firsthand
• 24:07
  in
• 24:08
  theaters,
• 24:08
  there's
• 24:09
  more
• 24:09
  excitement
• 24:09
  and
• 24:09
  audience
• 24:10
  going
• 24:10
  to
• 24:10
  theater
• 24:11
  than
• 24:11
  they
• 24:11
  are
• 24:11
  to
• 24:11
  the
• 24:11
  movie
• 24:12
  theaters
• 24:12
  at
• 24:12
  this
• 24:12
  point.
• 24:13
  Yeah.
• 24:13
  I
• 24:13
  guess
• 24:14
  the
• 24:14
  movies
• 24:14
  are
• 24:14
  struggling
• 24:15
  a
• 24:15
  little
• 24:15
  bit
• 24:16
  because
• 24:16
  people
• 24:16
  can
• 24:16
  do
• 24:16
  it
• 24:17
  at
• 24:17
  home.
• 24:17
  You
• 24:17
  can't
• 24:17
  do
• 24:18
  theater
• 24:18
  at
• 24:18
  home.
• 24:18
  That's
• 24:18
  right.
• 24:19
  That's
• 24:19
  right.
• 24:19
  And,
• 24:20
  you
• 24:20
  know,
• 24:21
  movie
• 24:21
  theaters
• 24:21
  now
• 24:22
  are
• 24:22
  a
• 24:22
  very
• 24:23
  kind
• 24:23
  of
• 24:23
  empty
• 24:24
  experience,
• 24:25
  which
• 24:25
  I
• 24:25
  always
• 24:25
  loved.
• 24:26
  I
• 24:26
  always
• 24:26
  went
• 24:26
  to
• 24:27
  Netties
• 24:27
  on
• 24:27
  purpose.
• 24:28
  I
• 24:28
  do,
• 24:28
  too.
• 24:28
  But
• 24:29
  I
• 24:29
  think
• 24:29
  most
• 24:29
  people
• 24:29
  like
• 24:29
  to
• 24:30
  go
• 24:30
  screening.
• 24:31
  No.
• 24:32
  Even
• 24:32
  despite
• 24:32
  the
• 24:33
  AMC's
• 24:33
  attempts
• 24:34
  to
• 24:34
  put
• 24:34
  in
• 24:34
  Barco
• 24:35
  Loungers.
• 24:35
  Right.
• 24:36
  I
• 24:36
  mean,
• 24:36
  it's.
• 24:37
  I
• 24:37
  feel
• 24:37
  bad
• 24:37
  about
• 24:37
  that,
• 24:38
  though,
• 24:38
  because
• 24:38
  seeing
• 24:38
  a
• 24:38
  movie
• 24:39
  in
• 24:39
  a
• 24:39
  movie
• 24:39
  theater
• 24:39
  is
• 24:39
  a
• 24:39
  very
• 24:40
  different
• 24:40
  experience
• 24:40
  than
• 24:41
  watching
• 24:41
  it.
• 24:41
  Totally.
• 24:41
  Yeah.
• 24:42
  I
• 24:42
  really
• 24:43
  try
• 24:43
  to
• 24:43
  make
• 24:43
  myself
• 24:44
  go
• 24:44
  because
• 24:44
  it's
• 24:45
  so
• 24:45
  easy
• 24:45
  to
• 24:45
  stay
• 24:46
  home
• 24:46
  and
• 24:46
  watch
• 24:46
  a
• 24:46
  movie.
• 24:46
  Just
• 24:47
  like
• 24:47
  when
• 24:47
  you
• 24:47
  go
• 24:47
  see
• 24:48
  a
• 24:48
  classic
• 24:49
  movie
• 24:49
  from
• 24:50
  the
• 24:50
  40s
• 24:50
  and
• 24:51
  you
• 24:51
  see
• 24:51
  it
• 24:51
  on
• 24:51
  screen
• 24:52
  for
• 24:52
  the
• 24:52
  first
• 24:52
  time
• 24:52
  and
• 24:52
  you
• 24:52
  realize
• 24:53
  what
• 24:53
  you've
• 24:53
  been
• 24:53
  missing
• 24:53
  watching
• 24:54
  it
• 24:54
  on
• 24:54
  television
• 24:55
  growing
• 24:55
  up.
• 24:55
  It's
• 24:55
  interesting
• 24:56
  to
• 24:56
  think
• 24:56
  about
• 24:57
  consuming
• 24:58
  drama
• 24:58
  in
• 24:59
  all
• 24:59
  these
• 24:59
  different
• 24:59
  ways.
• 25:00
  There's
• 25:00
  so
• 25:00
  many
• 25:00
  ways
• 25:01
  to
• 25:01
  experience
• 25:01
  it.
• 25:01
  So
• 25:03
  these
• 25:03
  readings
• 25:04
  are
• 25:05
  music
• 25:05
  stands
• 25:06
  on
• 25:06
  an
• 25:06
  empty
• 25:06
  space,
• 25:06
  lights
• 25:07
  up,
• 25:07
  the
• 25:07
  actors
• 25:08
  read
• 25:08
  the
• 25:08
  play,
• 25:08
  lights
• 25:08
  down.
• 25:09
  And
• 25:10
  we.
• 25:10
  We
• 25:11
  started
• 25:11
  doing
• 25:11
  this.
• 25:12
  Well,
• 25:12
  we've
• 25:12
  done
• 25:12
  it.
• 25:13
  Like
• 25:13
  I
• 25:13
  said,
• 25:13
  we've
• 25:13
  done
• 25:13
  it
• 25:13
  from
• 25:14
  the
• 25:14
  beginning.
• 25:14
  And
• 25:14
  then
• 25:14
  when
• 25:14
  we
• 25:15
  were
• 25:15
  in
• 25:15
  North
• 25:15
  Hollywood.
• 25:16
  We
• 25:16
  did
• 25:17
  this
• 25:17
  thing
• 25:17
  called
• 25:17
  Classics
• 25:18
  Fest
• 25:18
  where
• 25:18
  for
• 25:19
  a
• 25:19
  week
• 25:19
  or
• 25:19
  two
• 25:20
  we
• 25:20
  would
• 25:20
  have
• 25:20
  a
• 25:20
  series
• 25:20
  of
• 25:21
  plays
• 25:21
  that
• 25:21
  we'd
• 25:21
  read
• 25:21
  out
• 25:22
  loud.
• 25:22
  And
• 25:23
  we
• 25:24
  Covid
• 25:24
  was
• 25:24
  one
• 25:24
  of
• 25:24
  the
• 25:25
  things
• 25:25
  that
• 25:25
  knocked
• 25:25
  that
• 25:26
  off
• 25:26
  of
• 25:26
  our
• 25:27
  ability
• 25:27
  to
• 25:27
  do.
• 25:28
  And
• 25:29
  thanks
• 25:29
  in
• 25:29
  part
• 25:30
  to
• 25:30
  Phil
• 25:30
  and
• 25:31
  to
• 25:31
  Adele
• 25:32
  and
• 25:33
  to
• 25:33
  the
• 25:33
  memory
• 25:33
  of
• 25:33
  Melinda
• 25:34
  Peterson,
• 25:34
  who
• 25:35
  was
• 25:35
  a
• 25:35
  huge
• 25:36
  classics
• 25:37
  fan
• 25:37
  supporter,
• 25:38
  we
• 25:38
  have
• 25:39
  been
• 25:39
  able
• 25:40
  and
• 25:40
  also
• 25:41
  many
• 25:41
  of
• 25:41
  our
• 25:41
  company
• 25:42
  members
• 25:42
  really
• 25:42
  stepped
• 25:42
  up
• 25:43
  in
• 25:43
  support
• 25:43
  of
• 25:43
  this
• 25:43
  because
• 25:44
  it's
• 25:44
  so
• 25:44
  important
• 25:44
  to
• 25:44
  them
• 25:45
  and
• 25:46
  other
• 25:46
  friends.
• 25:47
  We're
• 25:47
  going
• 25:47
  to
• 25:47
  have
• 25:47
  our
• 25:48
  back
• 25:48
  to
• 25:48
  our
• 25:48
  Classics
• 25:49
  Fest
• 25:49
  this
• 25:49
  year.
• 25:50
  We're
• 25:50
  going
• 25:50
  to
• 25:50
  read
• 25:51
  three
• 25:51
  plays.
• 25:52
  So
• 25:52
  each
• 25:52
  play
• 25:52
  gets
• 25:53
  read
• 25:53
  twice.
• 25:54
  We're
• 25:54
  doing
• 25:54
  Candida
• 25:55
  by
• 25:55
  George
• 25:55
  Bernard
• 25:56
  Shaw,
• 25:57
  A
• 25:57
  Moon
• 25:57
  for
• 25:57
  the
• 25:57
  Misbegotten
• 25:58
  by
• 25:58
  Eugene
• 25:59
  o'
• 25:59
  Neill
• 25:59
  and
• 26:00
  a
• 26:00
  new
• 26:00
  adaptation
• 26:00
  by
• 26:01
  Richard
• 26:01
  Eyre,
• 26:02
  fairly
• 26:02
  new,
• 26:02
  it's
• 26:02
  a
• 26:02
  few
• 26:02
  years
• 26:03
  old.
• 26:03
  Of
• 26:03
  Ghosts
• 26:04
  by
• 26:04
  Henry
• 26:04
  Gibson
• 26:06
  and
• 26:06
  all
• 26:07
  really
• 26:07
  good
• 26:08
  plays
• 26:09
  that
• 26:10
  are
• 26:10
  a
• 26:10
  way
• 26:10
  for
• 26:10
  us
• 26:10
  to
• 26:11
  explore
• 26:11
  the
• 26:11
  play
• 26:12
  and
• 26:12
  just
• 26:12
  a
• 26:12
  way
• 26:12
  to
• 26:13
  share
• 26:13
  more
• 26:13
  material
• 26:13
  with
• 26:14
  our
• 26:14
  audience.
• 26:14
  We
• 26:14
  also,
• 26:14
  when
• 26:15
  we
• 26:15
  were
• 26:15
  doing
• 26:15
  Classics
• 26:16
  Fest,
• 26:16
  we
• 26:17
  would
• 26:17
  gauge
• 26:18
  the
• 26:18
  excitement
• 26:18
  of
• 26:19
  the
• 26:19
  audience
• 26:20
  in
• 26:20
  terms
• 26:20
  of
• 26:20
  some
• 26:20
  of
• 26:21
  the
• 26:21
  plays
• 26:21
  we
• 26:21
  were
• 26:22
  reading
• 26:22
  in
• 26:22
  and
• 26:22
  it
• 26:23
  could
• 26:23
  become
• 26:23
  a
• 26:23
  main
• 26:24
  stage
• 26:24
  production.
• 26:25
  Do
• 26:25
  you
• 26:25
  have
• 26:25
  like
• 26:25
  a
• 26:26
  pre
• 26:26
  show
• 26:26
  lecture
• 26:27
  to
• 26:27
  explain
• 26:28
  this?
• 26:28
  You
• 26:28
  know,
• 26:29
  we
• 26:30
  do
• 26:30
  a
• 26:30
  lot
• 26:30
  of
• 26:30
  that.
• 26:31
  We
• 26:31
  have
• 26:32
  for
• 26:32
  every
• 26:33
  play
• 26:33
  that
• 26:33
  we
• 26:34
  produce,
• 26:34
  we
• 26:34
  have
• 26:35
  classes
• 26:35
  that
• 26:35
  go
• 26:35
  with
• 26:36
  them.
• 26:36
  You
• 26:36
  can
• 26:36
  come
• 26:36
  for
• 26:36
  the
• 26:36
  weekend
• 26:37
  and
• 26:37
  study
• 26:37
  play.
• 26:37
  You
• 26:37
  can
• 26:38
  do
• 26:38
  it
• 26:38
  on
• 26:38
  a
• 26:38
  single
• 26:39
  night.
• 26:40
  And
• 26:40
  we
• 26:40
  all
• 26:40
  have,
• 26:40
  we
• 26:41
  always
• 26:41
  have
• 26:41
  talkbacks.
• 26:42
  We
• 26:42
  have
• 26:42
  all
• 26:42
  kinds
• 26:43
  of
• 26:43
  educational
• 26:43
  opportunities
• 26:44
  For
• 26:44
  Classics
• 26:45
  Fest,
• 26:45
  it's
• 26:46
  more
• 26:46
  of
• 26:46
  a
• 26:46
  whirlwind
• 26:47
  experience.
• 26:48
  You
• 26:48
  can
• 26:48
  come
• 26:49
  on
• 26:49
  a
• 26:49
  Saturday,
• 26:49
  see
• 26:50
  two
• 26:50
  plays.
• 26:50
  Well,
• 26:51
  last
• 26:51
  year,
• 26:51
  and
• 26:51
  I'm
• 26:52
  hoping
• 26:52
  we
• 26:52
  were
• 26:52
  doing
• 26:52
  this
• 26:52
  again,
• 26:53
  we
• 26:54
  had
• 26:54
  a
• 26:54
  buffet
• 26:54
  lunch
• 26:55
  that
• 26:55
  you
• 26:55
  could
• 26:55
  have
• 26:55
  between
• 26:56
  the
• 26:56
  shows
• 26:57
  so
• 26:57
  you
• 26:57
  can
• 26:57
  spend
• 26:57
  the
• 26:57
  whole
• 26:58
  day
• 26:58
  immersing
• 26:59
  yourself.
• 27:00
  Plus
• 27:00
  all
• 27:00
  the
• 27:00
  books.
• 27:01
  Plus
• 27:02
  all
• 27:02
  those
• 27:02
  books.
• 27:02
  You
• 27:03
  can
• 27:03
  do
• 27:03
  a
• 27:03
  little
• 27:03
  research
• 27:03
  on
• 27:03
  your
• 27:04
  own.
• 27:04
  That's
• 27:04
  right.
• 27:05
  That's
• 27:05
  right.
• 27:06
  That's
• 27:06
  wonderful.
• 27:07
  Yeah.
• 27:08
  But
• 27:08
  you
• 27:08
  know,
• 27:08
  you've
• 27:08
  given
• 27:09
  me
• 27:09
  an
• 27:09
  idea.
• 27:09
  I
• 27:09
  mean,
• 27:09
  because
• 27:10
  maybe
• 27:10
  there'll
• 27:10
  be
• 27:10
  something
• 27:11
  we'll
• 27:11
  be
• 27:11
  able
• 27:11
  to
• 27:11
  do
• 27:11
  in
• 27:12
  advance
• 27:12
  of
• 27:12
  it
• 27:13
  that
• 27:14
  just
• 27:14
  a
• 27:14
  little.
• 27:14
  Yeah,
• 27:15
  it
• 27:15
  might
• 27:15
  create
• 27:15
  a
• 27:15
  little
• 27:15
  excitement.
• 27:15
  Well,
• 27:16
  especially
• 27:16
  for
• 27:17
  people
• 27:17
  who
• 27:18
  are
• 27:18
  coming
• 27:18
  to
• 27:19
  Shakespeare
• 27:19
  for
• 27:20
  the
• 27:20
  first
• 27:20
  time.
• 27:20
  Oh,
• 27:21
  for
• 27:21
  Shakespeare,
• 27:21
  we
• 27:21
  definitely
• 27:22
  do
• 27:22
  that.
• 27:22
  We
• 27:23
  have
• 27:23
  a
• 27:23
  class
• 27:23
  called
• 27:23
  Getting
• 27:23
  to
• 27:24
  know
• 27:24
  whatever
• 27:25
  the
• 27:25
  play
• 27:25
  is
• 27:25
  Cymbeline
• 27:26
  and.
• 27:26
  And
• 27:26
  Dakin
• 27:26
  taught
• 27:27
  that
• 27:27
  class
• 27:27
  for
• 27:27
  a
• 27:28
  weekend.
• 27:29
  Two
• 27:29
  four
• 27:29
  hour
• 27:30
  classes.
• 27:30
  You
• 27:31
  read
• 27:31
  through
• 27:31
  the
• 27:31
  play,
• 27:31
  you
• 27:31
  talk
• 27:32
  about
• 27:32
  it,
• 27:32
  you
• 27:32
  talk
• 27:32
  about
• 27:32
  the
• 27:32
  challenges
• 27:33
  for
• 27:33
  actors,
• 27:33
  you
• 27:33
  talk
• 27:34
  about
• 27:34
  different
• 27:34
  productions.
• 27:35
  We're
• 27:35
  doing
• 27:35
  it
• 27:35
  for
• 27:36
  Antigone
• 27:36
  right
• 27:36
  now.
• 27:37
  We
• 27:37
  Have
• 27:37
  a
• 27:37
  weekend
• 27:38
  class,
• 27:38
  and
• 27:39
  I
• 27:39
  think
• 27:39
  it's
• 27:39
  a
• 27:39
  Wednesday
• 27:39
  or
• 27:40
  Thursday
• 27:40
  night
• 27:40
  class
• 27:40
  that
• 27:41
  you
• 27:41
  can
• 27:41
  take,
• 27:41
  and
• 27:41
  that's
• 27:42
  on
• 27:42
  our
• 27:42
  show.
• 27:42
  So
• 27:42
  it's
• 27:42
  sort
• 27:43
  of
• 27:43
  a
• 27:43
  Shakespeare
• 27:44
  for
• 27:44
  Beginners.
• 27:44
  Well,
• 27:45
  you
• 27:45
  know,
• 27:45
  we
• 27:45
  actually
• 27:46
  get
• 27:46
  a
• 27:47
  lot
• 27:47
  of
• 27:47
  knowledgeable
• 27:48
  people.
• 27:48
  It's
• 27:48
  a
• 27:48
  really
• 27:48
  nice
• 27:49
  mix
• 27:50
  because.
• 27:50
  And
• 27:50
  so
• 27:51
  there's
• 27:51
  always
• 27:51
  a
• 27:51
  lot
• 27:51
  of
• 27:51
  lively
• 27:52
  discussions,
• 27:52
  and
• 27:53
  it's
• 27:53
  really
• 27:54
  more.
• 27:56
  Less
• 27:56
  of
• 27:56
  a
• 27:56
  class
• 27:57
  and
• 27:57
  just
• 27:57
  more.
• 27:57
  Of
• 27:57
  an
• 27:57
  exploration
• 27:58
  and
• 27:58
  a
• 27:58
  website.
• 27:59
  I
• 28:00
  should
• 28:00
  say
• 28:00
  that
• 28:00
  we
• 28:00
  spell
• 28:00
  our
• 28:01
  name
• 28:02
  A
• 28:02
  as
• 28:02
  in
• 28:02
  Apple,
• 28:03
  N
• 28:03
  as
• 28:03
  in
• 28:04
  Nicky,
• 28:04
  T,
• 28:05
  A,
• 28:05
  e,
• 28:06
  u,
• 28:06
  s.
• 28:07
  Auntias.org
• 28:08
  antias.org
• 28:10
  yes.
• 28:11
  But
• 28:11
  you
• 28:11
  can
• 28:11
  always
• 28:12
  call
• 28:12
  us
• 28:12
  if
• 28:12
  it's
• 28:13
  too
• 28:13
  complicated
• 28:14
  to
• 28:14
  remember
• 28:14
  how
• 28:15
  to
• 28:15
  spell
• 28:15
  our
• 28:15
  name.
• 28:16
  Now,
• 28:17
  you
• 28:17
  are
• 28:17
  an
• 28:18
  actual
• 28:18
  by
• 28:18
  trade
• 28:19
  as
• 28:19
  well.
• 28:19
  I
• 28:20
  am.
• 28:20
  I
• 28:20
  started
• 28:20
  as
• 28:20
  an
• 28:21
  actor.
• 28:21
  In
• 28:21
  fact,
• 28:21
  one
• 28:21
  of
• 28:22
  the
• 28:22
  first
• 28:22
  television
• 28:22
  shows
• 28:23
  I
• 28:23
  ever
• 28:23
  did
• 28:23
  was
• 28:23
  with
• 28:23
  Phil.
• 28:24
  You
• 28:24
  may
• 28:24
  not
• 28:25
  remember
• 28:25
  that.
• 28:25
  Yes.
• 28:25
  Oh,
• 28:26
  yes.
• 28:26
  A
• 28:26
  Diary
• 28:26
  of
• 28:27
  a
• 28:27
  Terrorist.
• 28:27
  Yes.
• 28:28
  And
• 28:28
  then
• 28:28
  they
• 28:28
  changed
• 28:29
  it
• 28:29
  to
• 28:29
  Terrorist
• 28:29
  on
• 28:29
  Trial.
• 28:30
  This
• 28:30
  was
• 28:30
  in
• 28:31
  the
• 28:31
  days
• 28:31
  of
• 28:31
  tv.
• 28:32
  Sam
• 28:32
  Waterston
• 28:32
  was
• 28:33
  the
• 28:33
  lead.
• 28:33
  Yes.
• 28:34
  And
• 28:34
  you
• 28:34
  were
• 28:34
  so
• 28:34
  kind.
• 28:34
  Because
• 28:35
  I
• 28:35
  had
• 28:36
  such
• 28:36
  a
• 28:36
  thing
• 28:36
  for
• 28:36
  Sam
• 28:36
  Waterston
• 28:37
  because
• 28:37
  I
• 28:37
  had
• 28:37
  seen
• 28:38
  him
• 28:38
  in
• 28:38
  Much
• 28:38
  Ado,
• 28:38
  and
• 28:39
  you
• 28:39
  introduced
• 28:39
  me
• 28:39
  to
• 28:39
  him.
• 28:40
  Oh,
• 28:40
  yeah.
• 28:41
  Okay.
• 28:41
  I
• 28:42
  mean,
• 28:42
  as
• 28:42
  an
• 28:42
  actor,
• 28:42
  I
• 28:43
  just
• 28:43
  thought
• 28:43
  he
• 28:43
  was
• 28:43
  so.
• 28:44
  And
• 28:44
  you
• 28:45
  came
• 28:45
  out
• 28:45
  Originally?
• 28:46
  I
• 28:46
  grew
• 28:47
  up
• 28:47
  in
• 28:47
  Massachusetts,
• 28:48
  but
• 28:48
  I
• 28:48
  went
• 28:48
  to
• 28:48
  graduate
• 28:49
  school
• 28:49
  at
• 28:49
  the
• 28:49
  American
• 28:49
  Conservatory
• 28:50
  Theater
• 28:50
  in
• 28:51
  San
• 28:51
  Francisco.
• 28:52
  And
• 28:52
  then
• 28:52
  I
• 28:52
  came
• 28:53
  down
• 28:53
  to
• 28:53
  la.
• 28:54
  And
• 28:54
  so
• 28:55
  I
• 28:55
  was
• 28:55
  a
• 28:55
  classically
• 28:55
  trained
• 28:56
  actor
• 28:56
  in
• 28:56
  la.
• 28:57
  And
• 28:58
  then
• 28:58
  for
• 28:58
  many
• 28:59
  years,
• 28:59
  I
• 28:59
  did
• 28:59
  a
• 29:00
  lot
• 29:00
  of
• 29:00
  television.
• 29:00
  And
• 29:01
  then
• 29:01
  I
• 29:01
  went
• 29:01
  back
• 29:02
  to
• 29:02
  my
• 29:02
  true
• 29:03
  love,
• 29:03
  which
• 29:03
  was
• 29:03
  theater.
• 29:03
  And
• 29:04
  I
• 29:04
  was
• 29:04
  a
• 29:05
  big
• 29:05
  regional
• 29:05
  theater
• 29:06
  actor
• 29:06
  for
• 29:06
  a
• 29:06
  long
• 29:07
  while.
• 29:07
  And
• 29:07
  then.
• 29:08
  And
• 29:08
  then
• 29:08
  about
• 29:09
  15
• 29:09
  years
• 29:10
  ago,
• 29:10
  I
• 29:10
  was
• 29:10
  teaching,
• 29:11
  and
• 29:12
  I've
• 29:13
  taught
• 29:13
  acting
• 29:13
  for
• 29:13
  a
• 29:14
  long
• 29:14
  time
• 29:14
  as
• 29:14
  well.
• 29:15
  And
• 29:15
  I
• 29:16
  started
• 29:16
  directing.
• 29:17
  I
• 29:17
  just.
• 29:17
  I
• 29:17
  had
• 29:18
  always
• 29:18
  wanted
• 29:18
  to.
• 29:18
  And
• 29:18
  I
• 29:19
  sort
• 29:19
  of
• 29:19
  fell
• 29:19
  into
• 29:20
  it.
• 29:20
  And
• 29:20
  so
• 29:20
  for
• 29:20
  the
• 29:21
  last
• 29:21
  15
• 29:21
  years
• 29:21
  or
• 29:21
  so,
• 29:21
  I've
• 29:22
  also
• 29:22
  been
• 29:22
  a
• 29:22
  director.
• 29:23
  Wonderful
• 29:23
  progression.
• 29:24
  I
• 29:24
  feel
• 29:24
  so
• 29:25
  lucky
• 29:25
  because
• 29:25
  I
• 29:26
  just
• 29:26
  feel
• 29:26
  like
• 29:26
  everything
• 29:27
  I
• 29:27
  do,
• 29:27
  I
• 29:27
  love.
• 29:28
  So
• 29:28
  that's
• 29:29
  a
• 29:29
  good
• 29:29
  thing.
• 29:29
  That's.
• 29:29
  Boy,
• 29:30
  that's
• 29:30
  so
• 29:30
  important,
• 29:30
  isn't
• 29:31
  it?
• 29:31
  I
• 29:31
  mean,
• 29:31
  you
• 29:31
  get
• 29:31
  to
• 29:31
  a
• 29:31
  point
• 29:32
  in
• 29:32
  your
• 29:32
  life
• 29:32
  where
• 29:32
  you
• 29:32
  just.
• 29:33
  If
• 29:33
  you're
• 29:33
  gonna
• 29:33
  do
• 29:34
  something,
• 29:34
  you
• 29:34
  better
• 29:35
  enjoy
• 29:35
  it.
• 29:35
  You're
• 29:36
  so
• 29:36
  grateful.
• 29:36
  And
• 29:36
  when
• 29:36
  you're
• 29:37
  young,
• 29:37
  you
• 29:37
  just.
• 29:37
  It
• 29:38
  takes
• 29:38
  so
• 29:38
  much
• 29:38
  work
• 29:39
  and
• 29:39
  you
• 29:39
  just
• 29:39
  wonder
• 29:39
  if
• 29:39
  anyone's
• 29:40
  ever
• 29:40
  gonna
• 29:40
  see
• 29:40
  you.
• 29:41
  And
• 29:42
  finally
• 29:42
  you
• 29:42
  get
• 29:43
  to
• 29:43
  a
• 29:43
  place
• 29:43
  where
• 29:43
  people
• 29:44
  do.
• 29:45
  The
• 29:46
  one
• 29:47
  great
• 29:47
  thing
• 29:47
  about
• 29:47
  acting
• 29:48
  to
• 29:48
  me,
• 29:49
  though,
• 29:49
  is
• 29:50
  that
• 29:50
  you're
• 29:51
  in
• 29:52
  a
• 29:52
  family.
• 29:53
  When
• 29:54
  you're
• 29:54
  in
• 29:54
  a
• 29:54
  play,
• 29:54
  you're
• 29:55
  in
• 29:55
  A
• 29:55
  family.
• 29:56
  And
• 29:56
  you're
• 29:57
  all
• 29:57
  working
• 29:58
  together
• 29:59
  to
• 29:59
  create
• 30:00
  something
• 30:01
  that's
• 30:01
  greater
• 30:02
  than
• 30:03
  your
• 30:03
  own
• 30:03
  little
• 30:04
  part
• 30:04
  in
• 30:04
  it.
• 30:05
  And
• 30:06
  it's
• 30:06
  a
• 30:07
  sustainable,
• 30:07
  wonderful
• 30:08
  way
• 30:08
  to
• 30:09
  live.
• 30:10
  And
• 30:10
  when
• 30:11
  you're
• 30:11
  not
• 30:11
  doing
• 30:12
  it,
• 30:12
  you're
• 30:12
  learning
• 30:12
  your
• 30:13
  lines.
• 30:13
  Yeah,
• 30:13
  that's
• 30:14
  right.
• 30:14
  So
• 30:14
  that
• 30:14
  it's
• 30:15
  a
• 30:15
  very
• 30:15
  immersive
• 30:17
  thing.
• 30:17
  I
• 30:17
  think
• 30:17
  that's
• 30:18
  why
• 30:18
  people
• 30:18
  respond
• 30:19
  to
• 30:19
  our
• 30:19
  actors
• 30:19
  in
• 30:19
  our
• 30:20
  company,
• 30:20
  too,
• 30:20
  because
• 30:21
  so
• 30:21
  many
• 30:21
  of
• 30:21
  us
• 30:22
  have
• 30:22
  been
• 30:22
  in
• 30:22
  this
• 30:22
  company
• 30:23
  for
• 30:23
  so
• 30:23
  long.
• 30:23
  I
• 30:24
  mean,
• 30:24
  obviously
• 30:24
  we
• 30:24
  also
• 30:25
  have
• 30:25
  to
• 30:25
  bring
• 30:25
  in
• 30:25
  the
• 30:25
  young
• 30:26
  actors,
• 30:26
  and
• 30:26
  we
• 30:26
  have
• 30:27
  wonderful
• 30:27
  new
• 30:28
  young
• 30:28
  actors.
• 30:29
  But
• 30:30
  when
• 30:30
  you
• 30:30
  come
• 30:31
  see
• 30:31
  our
• 30:31
  shows,
• 30:32
  you
• 30:32
  get
• 30:32
  this.
• 30:33
  You
• 30:33
  get
• 30:33
  a
• 30:33
  real
• 30:34
  sense
• 30:34
  of
• 30:34
  a
• 30:34
  shared
• 30:34
  vocabulary.
• 30:35
  You
• 30:35
  really
• 30:35
  do.
• 30:36
  A
• 30:37
  deep
• 30:37
  bench
• 30:38
  and
• 30:38
  deep
• 30:38
  experience
• 30:38
  of
• 30:39
  people
• 30:39
  who
• 30:39
  really
• 30:40
  work
• 30:40
  well
• 30:40
  together.
• 30:42
  Yeah.
• 30:42
  And
• 30:43
  no,
• 30:43
  AI
• 30:44
  can't
• 30:45
  get
• 30:45
  away
• 30:45
  with
• 30:45
  the
• 30:45
  AI.
• 30:46
  Not
• 30:46
  yet,
• 30:46
  at
• 30:47
  least.
• 30:47
  There
• 30:48
  will
• 30:48
  be
• 30:48
  AI
• 30:49
  in
• 30:49
  the
• 30:49
  future.
• 30:50
  NT's
• 30:51
  Holographic
• 30:51
  Productions
• 30:52
  presents
• 30:53
  Poisoner,
• 30:54
  hopefully
• 30:55
  won't.
• 30:55
  Be
• 30:55
  around
• 30:55
  for
• 30:55
  that.
• 30:58
  That's
• 30:58
  another
• 30:58
  reason
• 30:59
  why
• 30:59
  theater
• 30:59
  will
• 30:59
  become
• 31:00
  more
• 31:00
  relevant
• 31:01
  rather
• 31:01
  than
• 31:01
  less
• 31:02
  relevant.
• 31:02
  Right.
• 31:03
  I
• 31:03
  think.
• 31:04
  And
• 31:04
  hope
• 31:04
  organic.
• 31:05
  That's
• 31:06
  right.
• 31:06
  And
• 31:06
  you
• 31:06
  know
• 31:06
  what
• 31:07
  I
• 31:07
  mean.
• 31:07
  I
• 31:07
  think
• 31:07
  this
• 31:07
  is
• 31:07
  what
• 31:08
  we
• 31:08
  were
• 31:08
  getting
• 31:08
  at
• 31:08
  earlier.
• 31:09
  I
• 31:09
  think
• 31:09
  why
• 31:09
  people
• 31:10
  are
• 31:10
  keeping
• 31:10
  interested
• 31:11
  in
• 31:11
  classical
• 31:11
  plays
• 31:12
  is
• 31:12
  because
• 31:12
  I
• 31:13
  think
• 31:13
  you
• 31:13
  go
• 31:13
  back
• 31:13
  because,
• 31:13
  you
• 31:13
  know
• 31:14
  they're
• 31:14
  going
• 31:14
  to.
• 31:14
  They're
• 31:14
  always
• 31:14
  teaching
• 31:15
  you
• 31:15
  something.
• 31:16
  These
• 31:16
  plays
• 31:16
  work.
• 31:16
  We
• 31:17
  know
• 31:17
  these
• 31:17
  plays
• 31:17
  work.
• 31:17
  I
• 31:18
  mean,
• 31:18
  if
• 31:18
  you're
• 31:18
  a
• 31:18
  theater
• 31:18
  person,
• 31:19
  you
• 31:19
  know,
• 31:19
  play's
• 31:20
  going
• 31:20
  to
• 31:20
  work,
• 31:20
  see
• 31:20
  it.
• 31:21
  But.
• 31:22
  Which
• 31:22
  is
• 31:22
  not
• 31:23
  to
• 31:23
  say
• 31:23
  anything
• 31:23
  against
• 31:23
  new
• 31:24
  plays,
• 31:24
  because
• 31:24
  that's
• 31:24
  really
• 31:24
  important
• 31:25
  and
• 31:25
  exciting,
• 31:25
  too.
• 31:26
  But.
• 31:27
  But
• 31:27
  I
• 31:27
  do
• 31:27
  think
• 31:28
  there's
• 31:28
  something
• 31:29
  so
• 31:29
  thrilling
• 31:29
  about
• 31:30
  seeing
• 31:30
  a
• 31:30
  play
• 31:31
  written
• 31:32
  by
• 31:32
  an
• 31:32
  ancient
• 31:33
  Greek
• 31:34
  or
• 31:34
  written
• 31:34
  by
• 31:34
  William
• 31:35
  Shakespeare
• 31:35
  or
• 31:35
  by
• 31:36
  Arthur
• 31:36
  Miller
• 31:36
  and
• 31:37
  feel
• 31:37
  like
• 31:38
  nothing
• 31:38
  has
• 31:39
  changed
• 31:40
  in
• 31:40
  terms
• 31:41
  of
• 31:41
  the
• 31:41
  human
• 31:41
  condition.
• 31:42
  Yes.
• 31:42
  There's
• 31:42
  a
• 31:43
  human
• 31:43
  condition
• 31:44
  that
• 31:44
  we
• 31:45
  all
• 31:45
  share
• 31:47
  and
• 31:47
  that
• 31:47
  we
• 31:47
  can
• 31:48
  be
• 31:48
  comforted
• 31:48
  by
• 31:49
  that.
• 31:49
  We
• 31:49
  can
• 31:49
  be
• 31:49
  challenged
• 31:50
  by
• 31:50
  that.
• 31:50
  We
• 31:51
  can
• 31:51
  be
• 31:51
  inspired
• 31:53
  by
• 31:53
  that.
• 31:53
  We
• 31:53
  can
• 31:54
  be
• 31:54
  warned
• 31:55
  by
• 31:55
  that.
• 31:55
  And
• 31:56
  there's
• 31:56
  something
• 31:57
  really
• 31:57
  deep
• 31:58
  and
• 31:58
  profound
• 31:59
  about
• 31:59
  seeing
• 32:00
  these
• 32:00
  plays
• 32:01
  over
• 32:01
  and
• 32:01
  over
• 32:01
  again.
• 32:02
  From
• 32:02
  the
• 32:02
  60s
• 32:03
  on,
• 32:04
  things
• 32:05
  got
• 32:05
  very
• 32:05
  experimental,
• 32:06
  very
• 32:06
  liberal,
• 32:07
  anything
• 32:07
  goes.
• 32:08
  Maybe
• 32:09
  there's
• 32:09
  a
• 32:09
  cyclical
• 32:09
  nature
• 32:10
  of,
• 32:10
  okay,
• 32:11
  been
• 32:11
  there,
• 32:11
  done
• 32:11
  that.
• 32:12
  This
• 32:12
  idea
• 32:13
  of
• 32:13
  a
• 32:13
  traditional
• 32:14
  play,
• 32:15
  a
• 32:15
  classic.
• 32:16
  Yeah,
• 32:16
  maybe.
• 32:17
  Yeah.
• 32:17
  I
• 32:18
  think
• 32:18
  everything
• 32:18
  is
• 32:18
  cyclical
• 32:19
  in
• 32:19
  the
• 32:19
  arts.
• 32:19
  Right.
• 32:20
  Are
• 32:20
  there
• 32:20
  any
• 32:20
  playwrights
• 32:21
  now
• 32:21
  that
• 32:22
  we
• 32:22
  don't
• 32:22
  know
• 32:22
  about
• 32:22
  or
• 32:23
  that
• 32:23
  you
• 32:23
  know
• 32:23
  about?
• 32:24
  I
• 32:24
  mean,
• 32:24
  we
• 32:25
  have
• 32:25
  so
• 32:25
  many
• 32:25
  great
• 32:26
  playwrights.
• 32:26
  Lynn
• 32:27
  Nottage,
• 32:27
  I
• 32:27
  think,
• 32:27
  is
• 32:28
  one
• 32:28
  of
• 32:28
  the
• 32:28
  great
• 32:28
  American
• 32:29
  playwrights.
• 32:29
  She's
• 32:30
  written
• 32:30
  many
• 32:31
  beautiful
• 32:31
  plays.
• 32:31
  She
• 32:32
  wrote
• 32:32
  a
• 32:32
  play
• 32:32
  called
• 32:32
  Intimate
• 32:32
  Apparel.
• 32:33
  That,
• 32:33
  to
• 32:33
  me,
• 32:33
  is
• 32:34
  a
• 32:34
  perfect
• 32:34
  play.
• 32:35
  A
• 32:35
  Perfect
• 32:35
  play
• 32:36
  there.
• 32:37
  There's
• 32:38
  just
• 32:39
  a
• 32:39
  lot
• 32:39
  of
• 32:39
  great
• 32:39
  playwrights
• 32:40
  are
• 32:40
  also
• 32:40
  writing
• 32:40
  for
• 32:40
  television,
• 32:41
  which
• 32:41
  I
• 32:42
  feel
• 32:42
  a
• 32:42
  little
• 32:42
  sad
• 32:43
  about
• 32:43
  because
• 32:43
  it's
• 32:43
  taking
• 32:43
  them
• 32:44
  away
• 32:44
  from
• 32:44
  the
• 32:44
  stage
• 32:45
  and
• 32:45
  because
• 32:47
  there
• 32:47
  aren't
• 32:47
  a
• 32:47
  lot
• 32:47
  of
• 32:47
  plays
• 32:48
  being
• 32:48
  produced
• 32:48
  in
• 32:48
  New
• 32:49
  York
• 32:49
  right
• 32:49
  now.
• 32:49
  Most
• 32:50
  new
• 32:50
  plays
• 32:50
  are
• 32:50
  being
• 32:51
  developed
• 32:51
  in
• 32:51
  the
• 32:52
  regional
• 32:52
  theaters,
• 32:52
  which
• 32:52
  is
• 32:53
  great
• 32:53
  expenses,
• 32:54
  primarily.
• 32:56
  Well,
• 32:56
  people
• 32:56
  haven't
• 32:57
  had
• 32:57
  a
• 32:57
  habit
• 32:57
  of
• 32:57
  coming
• 32:58
  to.
• 32:58
  They
• 32:58
  want
• 32:58
  to
• 32:59
  see
• 32:59
  musicals
• 32:59
  when
• 32:59
  they
• 32:59
  go
• 32:59
  to
• 32:59
  New
• 33:00
  York.
• 33:00
  That's
• 33:00
  right.
• 33:01
  I'm
• 33:01
  hoping
• 33:01
  that's
• 33:02
  starting
• 33:02
  to
• 33:02
  change
• 33:02
  now,
• 33:03
  but
• 33:03
  I
• 33:03
  think
• 33:04
  we
• 33:04
  have
• 33:05
  many
• 33:07
  amazing
• 33:07
  writers
• 33:08
  writing
• 33:08
  right
• 33:09
  now.
• 33:09
  Beth
• 33:10
  Woll
• 33:10
  is
• 33:10
  a
• 33:11
  great
• 33:11
  playwright.
• 33:13
  There's
• 33:13
  so
• 33:13
  many.
• 33:13
  And
• 33:13
  I'm
• 33:14
  gonna
• 33:14
  be
• 33:14
  bad
• 33:14
  about
• 33:14
  remembering
• 33:15
  names.
• 33:15
  Are
• 33:16
  there
• 33:16
  companies
• 33:16
  here
• 33:16
  in
• 33:16
  town
• 33:16
  that
• 33:17
  are
• 33:17
  usually
• 33:17
  pushing
• 33:18
  in
• 33:18
  that
• 33:18
  direction
• 33:19
  that
• 33:19
  are
• 33:19
  known
• 33:19
  to
• 33:20
  do
• 33:20
  new
• 33:20
  plays?
• 33:20
  Yeah,
• 33:21
  Rogue
• 33:21
  Machine,
• 33:22
  the
• 33:22
  Fountain
• 33:22
  does
• 33:23
  a
• 33:23
  lot
• 33:23
  of
• 33:23
  new
• 33:23
  plays.
• 33:23
  They
• 33:24
  sort
• 33:24
  of
• 33:24
  do
• 33:24
  a
• 33:24
  mixture,
• 33:24
  but
• 33:24
  I
• 33:25
  think
• 33:25
  they
• 33:25
  mostly
• 33:25
  do
• 33:25
  new
• 33:26
  plays.
• 33:27
  The
• 33:27
  Road
• 33:28
  does
• 33:28
  a
• 33:28
  lot
• 33:28
  of
• 33:29
  new
• 33:29
  plays.
• 33:30
  And,
• 33:30
  you
• 33:30
  know,
• 33:30
  PRT
• 33:31
  in
• 33:31
  Venice,
• 33:32
  they
• 33:32
  do
• 33:32
  sort
• 33:33
  of
• 33:33
  a
• 33:33
  combination.
• 33:33
  They
• 33:34
  do
• 33:34
  classics
• 33:34
  like
• 33:35
  they're
• 33:35
  where
• 33:35
  you're
• 33:35
  gonna.
• 33:36
  You've.
• 33:36
  You
• 33:36
  were
• 33:36
  going
• 33:36
  to
• 33:36
  go
• 33:37
  see
• 33:37
  the
• 33:37
  Price
• 33:37
  there.
• 33:38
  They
• 33:38
  also
• 33:39
  have
• 33:40
  company
• 33:40
  members
• 33:40
  who
• 33:41
  write
• 33:41
  and
• 33:41
  develop
• 33:41
  new
• 33:42
  plays.
• 33:43
  So,
• 33:43
  yeah,
• 33:43
  there's
• 33:44
  plenty
• 33:44
  of
• 33:44
  stuff.
• 33:44
  Now,
• 33:44
  mentioning
• 33:45
  all
• 33:45
  these
• 33:45
  theaters,
• 33:46
  is
• 33:46
  there
• 33:46
  some
• 33:46
  kind
• 33:47
  of
• 33:47
  an
• 33:47
  alliance
• 33:48
  of
• 33:49
  artistic
• 33:50
  directors
• 33:51
  where
• 33:51
  you
• 33:51
  can
• 33:52
  talk
• 33:52
  about
• 33:53
  what
• 33:53
  works
• 33:53
  and
• 33:54
  what
• 33:54
  doesn't
• 33:54
  work?
• 33:56
  There's
• 33:56
  an
• 33:56
  alliance
• 33:57
  that's
• 33:58
  just
• 33:58
  for
• 33:59
  theaters.
• 33:59
  There's
• 34:00
  nothing
• 34:00
  specifically
• 34:00
  for
• 34:01
  directors.
• 34:01
  But
• 34:02
  I'm
• 34:02
  actually
• 34:03
  thinking
• 34:03
  about
• 34:03
  starting
• 34:04
  one.
• 34:04
  Ah.
• 34:05
  Ah.
• 34:05
  Okay.
• 34:06
  I'll
• 34:06
  let
• 34:06
  you
• 34:06
  know.
• 34:07
  You
• 34:07
  heard
• 34:08
  it
• 34:08
  here.
• 34:09
  What
• 34:09
  would
• 34:09
  you
• 34:09
  say
• 34:09
  the
• 34:09
  difference
• 34:10
  between,
• 34:10
  say,
• 34:10
  New
• 34:10
  York
• 34:11
  and
• 34:11
  Los
• 34:11
  Angeles
• 34:12
  in
• 34:12
  terms
• 34:12
  of
• 34:12
  the
• 34:12
  theater
• 34:13
  scene?
• 34:13
  It
• 34:14
  seems
• 34:14
  like
• 34:14
  LA
• 34:14
  is
• 34:15
  really
• 34:15
  strong,
• 34:15
  the
• 34:16
  amount
• 34:16
  of
• 34:16
  people
• 34:16
  going
• 34:17
  out
• 34:17
  to
• 34:17
  see
• 34:17
  them.
• 34:17
  There's
• 34:18
  far
• 34:18
  more
• 34:18
  people
• 34:18
  going
• 34:19
  to
• 34:19
  see
• 34:19
  theater
• 34:20
  in
• 34:20
  New
• 34:20
  York
• 34:20
  because
• 34:20
  they
• 34:21
  have
• 34:21
  a
• 34:22
  certain
• 34:22
  number
• 34:22
  of
• 34:22
  houses
• 34:22
  of
• 34:23
  that
• 34:23
  size.
• 34:23
  We
• 34:23
  have
• 34:24
  a
• 34:24
  lot
• 34:24
  of
• 34:24
  small
• 34:24
  houses,
• 34:25
  but
• 34:26
  we
• 34:26
  have
• 34:26
  the
• 34:26
  Geffen,
• 34:27
  we
• 34:27
  have
• 34:27
  the
• 34:27
  Album,
• 34:28
  we
• 34:28
  have
• 34:28
  the
• 34:28
  Taper,
• 34:29
  the
• 34:29
  Pasadena
• 34:30
  Playhouse.
• 34:31
  The
• 34:31
  other
• 34:31
  thing
• 34:31
  I'm
• 34:31
  noticing
• 34:32
  in
• 34:32
  theater
• 34:32
  more
• 34:33
  is
• 34:33
  the
• 34:33
  sound
• 34:33
  design.
• 34:34
  It
• 34:34
  seems
• 34:35
  to
• 34:35
  be
• 34:35
  getting
• 34:35
  more
• 34:36
  sophisticated.
• 34:36
  Yeah,
• 34:37
  I
• 34:37
  think
• 34:38
  everything
• 34:38
  is.
• 34:39
  I
• 34:39
  mean,
• 34:39
  hopefully
• 34:40
  everybody
• 34:41
  gets
• 34:41
  better
• 34:41
  as
• 34:41
  we
• 34:41
  go
• 34:42
  on.
• 34:42
  But
• 34:42
  yeah,
• 34:42
  we
• 34:42
  have
• 34:43
  this.
• 34:43
  Like
• 34:43
  I
• 34:43
  said,
• 34:43
  our
• 34:44
  sort
• 34:44
  of
• 34:44
  company
• 34:45
  member,
• 34:45
  he
• 34:46
  started
• 34:46
  as
• 34:46
  an
• 34:46
  actor
• 34:46
  is
• 34:47
  Jeff
• 34:47
  Gardner,
• 34:47
  and
• 34:48
  he's
• 34:48
  able
• 34:48
  to
• 34:48
  do
• 34:48
  things
• 34:49
  in
• 34:49
  our
• 34:49
  theater.
• 34:49
  He
• 34:50
  really
• 34:50
  is
• 34:50
  where
• 34:50
  the
• 34:50
  seats
• 34:51
  vibrate,
• 34:51
  you
• 34:52
  know,
• 34:52
  when
• 34:52
  exciting
• 34:52
  things
• 34:53
  happen,
• 34:53
  and
• 34:53
  is
• 34:53
  extraordinary.
• 34:54
  And
• 34:55
  I
• 34:55
  think
• 34:55
  you're
• 34:55
  right.
• 34:56
  It's
• 34:56
  probably
• 34:57
  to
• 34:57
  do
• 34:57
  with
• 34:57
  technology
• 34:58
  that
• 34:58
  we're
• 34:58
  just
• 34:59
  able
• 34:59
  to
• 34:59
  do
• 34:59
  more
• 35:00
  than
• 35:00
  one.
• 35:00
  Well,
• 35:00
  now,
• 35:00
  we
• 35:01
  can
• 35:01
  direct
• 35:01
  sound.
• 35:02
  That's
• 35:03
  right.
• 35:03
  It
• 35:03
  can
• 35:03
  come.
• 35:04
  If
• 35:04
  you
• 35:04
  have
• 35:04
  a
• 35:05
  sound
• 35:05
  of
• 35:05
  a
• 35:05
  doorbell,
• 35:05
  it
• 35:06
  can
• 35:06
  come
• 35:06
  from
• 35:06
  where
• 35:06
  the
• 35:06
  door
• 35:07
  is.
• 35:07
  And
• 35:07
  you
• 35:07
  can
• 35:08
  do
• 35:08
  that
• 35:08
  on
• 35:09
  a
• 35:09
  more
• 35:10
  intimate
• 35:10
  level
• 35:11
  with
• 35:11
  the
• 35:12
  same
• 35:12
  kind
• 35:12
  of
• 35:12
  wonderful
• 35:13
  effect.
• 35:14
  You
• 35:14
  gotta
• 35:14
  compete
• 35:14
  with
• 35:14
  home
• 35:15
  entertainment.
• 35:15
  It's
• 35:16
  like
• 35:16
  bringing
• 35:16
  back
• 35:17
  smell
• 35:17
  o
• 35:17
  vision.
• 35:18
  Yeah,
• 35:19
  I.
• 35:19
  I
• 35:19
  do
• 35:19
  think
• 35:19
  that's.
• 35:21
  I
• 35:21
  do
• 35:21
  think
• 35:21
  that's
• 35:21
  where
• 35:21
  some
• 35:22
  of
• 35:22
  the
• 35:22
  impetus
• 35:22
  comes
• 35:22
  from.
• 35:24
  How
• 35:24
  do
• 35:24
  we
• 35:24
  get
• 35:24
  them
• 35:24
  out
• 35:25
  here
• 35:25
  and
• 35:25
  do
• 35:25
  something
• 35:25
  you
• 35:25
  can't
• 35:26
  do
• 35:26
  at
• 35:26
  home?
• 35:26
  People
• 35:27
  are
• 35:27
  inundated
• 35:27
  and
• 35:28
  suffering
• 35:29
  subscription
• 35:29
  fatigue,
• 35:30
  and
• 35:30
  they're
• 35:30
  raising
• 35:30
  prices
• 35:31
  all
• 35:31
  the
• 35:31
  time.
• 35:32
  Even
• 35:32
  going
• 35:33
  to
• 35:33
  a
• 35:33
  movie
• 35:33
  is
• 35:34
  a
• 35:34
  financial
• 35:35
  commitment.
• 35:35
  A
• 35:36
  play
• 35:36
  is
• 35:36
  even
• 35:37
  a
• 35:37
  bigger
• 35:37
  financial
• 35:38
  commitment.
• 35:38
  It
• 35:38
  is.
• 35:39
  It
• 35:39
  is
• 35:40
  what
• 35:40
  I
• 35:40
  would
• 35:40
  say
• 35:40
  is
• 35:41
  what
• 35:41
  people
• 35:41
  pay
• 35:42
  to
• 35:42
  go
• 35:42
  to
• 35:42
  see
• 35:42
  the
• 35:43
  Dodgers
• 35:43
  play.
• 35:44
  I
• 35:44
  would
• 35:44
  say
• 35:45
  you
• 35:45
  can
• 35:45
  have
• 35:45
  just
• 35:46
  as
• 35:46
  good
• 35:46
  a
• 35:46
  time.
• 35:47
  I
• 35:47
  mean,
• 35:47
  I
• 35:47
  love
• 35:47
  the
• 35:47
  Dodgers,
• 35:48
  but
• 35:48
  you
• 35:48
  can
• 35:49
  have
• 35:49
  just
• 35:49
  as
• 35:49
  good
• 35:49
  a
• 35:49
  time
• 35:49
  coming
• 35:50
  to
• 35:50
  see
• 35:50
  us.
• 35:50
  And
• 35:52
  if
• 35:52
  you
• 35:52
  come
• 35:52
  during
• 35:52
  preview
• 35:53
  week,
• 35:53
  which
• 35:53
  is
• 35:53
  the
• 35:54
  week
• 35:54
  before
• 35:54
  we
• 35:54
  open,
• 35:54
  we
• 35:55
  have
• 35:55
  six
• 35:55
  performances.
• 35:56
  I
• 35:56
  believe
• 35:56
  the
• 35:57
  tickets
• 35:57
  are
• 35:58
  $35,
• 35:59
  which
• 35:59
  is
• 35:59
  very,
• 36:00
  I
• 36:00
  think,
• 36:00
  reasonable.
• 36:01
  And
• 36:01
  we
• 36:01
  have
• 36:02
  student
• 36:02
  rates,
• 36:02
  and
• 36:02
  we
• 36:02
  have
• 36:03
  group
• 36:03
  rates,
• 36:04
  so
• 36:05
  we're
• 36:05
  always
• 36:06
  trying
• 36:06
  to.
• 36:07
  And
• 36:08
  next
• 36:08
  season,
• 36:08
  we're
• 36:08
  going
• 36:08
  to
• 36:09
  offer
• 36:09
  a
• 36:09
  pay
• 36:09
  what
• 36:09
  you
• 36:09
  will
• 36:09
  night
• 36:10
  so
• 36:10
  that
• 36:10
  if
• 36:10
  you
• 36:10
  can
• 36:11
  only
• 36:11
  afford
• 36:11
  to
• 36:11
  pay
• 36:11
  $10,
• 36:12
  you
• 36:12
  can
• 36:12
  pay
• 36:12
  $10.
• 36:13
  Good
• 36:13
  for
• 36:13
  you.
• 36:14
  Because
• 36:14
  I
• 36:14
  think.
• 36:14
  I
• 36:14
  think
• 36:15
  it's
• 36:15
  really
• 36:15
  important
• 36:16
  that
• 36:16
  everybody
• 36:17
  who
• 36:17
  wants
• 36:17
  to
• 36:17
  see
• 36:17
  a
• 36:17
  play
• 36:18
  can.
• 36:18
  See
• 36:18
  a
• 36:18
  play
• 36:18
  and
• 36:18
  to
• 36:19
  build
• 36:19
  the
• 36:19
  subscription
• 36:20
  base.
• 36:20
  Yeah.
• 36:21
  Oh,
• 36:21
  gosh,
• 36:21
  I
• 36:22
  enjoy
• 36:22
  that
• 36:22
  so
• 36:22
  much.
• 36:23
  I
• 36:23
  want
• 36:23
  to
• 36:23
  come
• 36:23
  back.
• 36:23
  But,
• 36:24
  you
• 36:24
  know,
• 36:24
  it's
• 36:24
  amazing
• 36:25
  what
• 36:25
  we
• 36:25
  will
• 36:26
  pay
• 36:26
  for
• 36:26
  what
• 36:26
  we
• 36:27
  will
• 36:27
  pay
• 36:27
  for
• 36:27
  a
• 36:27
  drink.
• 36:29
  And
• 36:29
  then
• 36:29
  if
• 36:29
  you
• 36:29
  think
• 36:29
  about.
• 36:30
  So
• 36:30
  would
• 36:30
  you
• 36:31
  pay
• 36:31
  $40
• 36:32
  to
• 36:32
  see
• 36:32
  a
• 36:32
  play
• 36:33
  when
• 36:33
  you're
• 36:33
  paying
• 36:34
  $7.99
• 36:35
  to
• 36:35
  have
• 36:35
  a
• 36:35
  drink?
• 36:35
  You
• 36:36
  know,
• 36:36
  $7.99.
• 36:37
  That's
• 36:38
  a
• 36:38
  pretty
• 36:38
  good
• 36:38
  deal.
• 36:38
  That's
• 36:38
  a
• 36:38
  really
• 36:39
  good
• 36:39
  deal.
• 36:39
  I
• 36:39
  wasn't
• 36:39
  even
• 36:39
  thinking
• 36:40
  of
• 36:40
  a
• 36:40
  mixed
• 36:40
  drink.
• 36:40
  I
• 36:40
  was
• 36:40
  thinking
• 36:40
  of
• 36:41
  a
• 36:41
  coffee.
• 36:44
  Well,
• 36:44
  we
• 36:44
  are
• 36:45
  out
• 36:45
  of
• 36:45
  time.
• 36:46
  Are
• 36:46
  we?
• 36:46
  Yeah.
• 36:47
  Can
• 36:47
  you
• 36:47
  believe
• 36:47
  it?
• 36:47
  That
• 36:48
  was
• 36:48
  so
• 36:48
  quick,
• 36:48
  you
• 36:48
  guys.
• 36:49
  I
• 36:49
  know.
• 36:49
  Thank
• 36:49
  you.
• 36:51
  Our
• 36:52
  good
• 36:52
  friend
• 36:52
  and
• 36:53
  artistic
• 36:53
  director
• 36:54
  of
• 36:54
  the
• 36:54
  Anteas
• 36:54
  Theatre
• 36:55
  Company.
• 36:55
  And
• 36:56
  I'm
• 36:56
  so
• 36:57
  happy
• 36:57
  that
• 36:57
  theater
• 36:58
  is
• 36:58
  doing
• 36:58
  so
• 36:58
  well
• 36:59
  in
• 36:59
  Los
• 36:59
  Angeles.
• 37:00
  Thank
• 37:00
  you.
• 37:00
  Especially
• 37:01
  post
• 37:01
  Covid.
• 37:02
  It's
• 37:02
  wonderful
• 37:02
  to
• 37:03
  see.
• 37:03
  I
• 37:03
  think
• 37:03
  people
• 37:03
  want
• 37:04
  to
• 37:04
  come
• 37:04
  out
• 37:04
  and
• 37:04
  experience
• 37:05
  life
• 37:05
  again.
• 37:06
  Yeah.
• 37:06
  Yes,
• 37:07
  absolutely.
• 37:07
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• 37:08
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• 37:08
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• 37:08
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• 37:09
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• 37:09
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• 37:09
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• 37:09
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• 37:09
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• 37:09
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• 37:09
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• 37:10
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• 37:10
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