Episode # 142 - Dysphoria
In this episode, Martin Denton sits down with playwright/director Alec Duffy to talk about his newest theatre piece, Dysphoria, which is coming to the Ontological Theater in August as part of their Incubator series. Dysphoria is about the members of a religious community who are trying to follow the dictates of their former leader, who has recently died but has been cloned.
Alec talks at length about the genesis of Dysphoria, which interestingly began as part of a project for the EST/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (he also explains what “dysphoria” means, which is fascinating).
Alec also discusses some of his earlier works, including The Top Ten People of the Millennium Sing Their Favorite Schubert Lieder, which NYTE included in their anthology Plays and Playwrights 2006.
He also tells listeners about his new theatre company, Hoi Polloi, and their recent experience presenting a week of the 365 Plays/365 Days project.
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