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Expanding the Canon with Shaun Leisher

Episode Summary

EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Who decides what plays and literature are "classics"? What stories will enrich the lives of a modern audience? And... is Shakespeare truly universal? Shaun Leisher (he/him) is a dramaturg and "new play doula". This week, we discuss championing new writers, challenging status quo, and how curiosity will save the arts.

Episode Notes

EPISODE DESCRIPTION:

Who decides what plays and literature are "classics"? What stories will enrich the lives of a modern audience? And... is Shakespeare truly universal?

Shaun Leisher (he/him) is a dramaturg and "new play doula". This week, we discuss championing new writers, challenging status quo, and how curiosity will save the arts.

SHOW NOTES:

Shaun Leisher is on Instagram
Book a Monologue Consultation with Shaun
Shaun finds new plays and playwrights on The New Play Exchange
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Les Blancs by Lorraine Hansberry
Sweat by Lynn Nottage
The Kilroys
Nelson Diaz-Marcano and his play World Classic
John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower
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