In the last in our series of podcasts with the playwrights of Plays and Playwrights 2008, Martin Denton brings together three of the authors whose plays deal with serious, timely topics in today’s America. The playwrights are Leslie Bramm (Marvelous Shrine), Thomas Bradshaw (Cleansed), and Elena Hartwell (In Our Name).

Elena describes her play as a triptych in response to the Iraq war and its effect on those left home regardless of their political view. Leslie believes his play is as much about the inability of communication within the family as it is about war in general. Thomas looks into the psyche of a person of mixed race and questions why such a person must take the position of his minority race.

This leads to interesting discussions among the writers on more current topics and their feelings about the reactions of the audience to their work.

Episode Links:

• Plays and Playwrights 2008
• Elena Hartwell’s theatre company website

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