Ep 8 - Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis [2015 Winner]

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DeScripted

Randy Hunt

25 episodes

9 months ago

Actors Randy Hunt and Tyler Costigan host this show where they take a closer look at the plays that have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama since it was first awarded in 1918. We'll provide a brief introduction of the play, the playwright, and a synopsis. We'll then discuss how the play was received, it's influence on/by society, notable cast/crew, stories, scandals, fun facts, and some of our favorite lines.

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Ep 8 - Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis [2015 Winner]

DeScripted

21 minutes

4 years ago

Ep 8 - Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis [2015 Winner]

In this episode, Randy and Tyler take a look at the 2015 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis.

Synopsis from stageagent.com: Walter “Pops” Washington has had enough. His landlord won’t leave him alone, his wife recently passed away, and the liquor store can’t keep up with his thirst. Pops’ last living relative, his son Junior, has recently moved back to Pops’ house with his girlfriend, Lulu, and his newly-sober buddy, Oswaldo. With his heels dug into the floor of his rent-controlled Riverside Drive apartment, Pops holds onto old wounds -- physical and emotional -- picking continually at scabs he refuses to allow to heal. Pressure reaches a boiling point when an ultimatum comes from an unlikely source, pinning Pops squarely “between Riverside and crazy.”

******* IN OUR NEXT EPISODE *******
Join us as we discuss the play Icebound by Owen Davis, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1923. This play can be read for free online, as it is in the Public Domain: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59777.

Synopsis from wikipedia: The Jordan family is on their farm in Veazie, Maine in October 1922. They await the reading of the will by Judge John Bradford of the family matriarch who has just died. Much to the family's dismay, the farm and all of the money has been left to a distant cousin Jane Crosby. Jane has been told that she is to take care of the legal trouble of the young son of the family, Ben. Ben had left because he accidentally burned a neighbor's farm. Ben begins a flirtatious relationship with Nettie, the adopted daughter of Emma Jordan.

Note: This episode was recorded in 2021 amidst the COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") pandemic.

Things mentioned in this episode:

- "Lounging" by Randy Hunt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URF8yd3Lrno

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