Statement on Non-traditional Casting
Eric Bogosian’s Talk Radio is a play that on the surface seems perfect for utilizing non-traditional casting, but upon deeper inspection can prove problematic when trying to cast cross-racially. While one can make the argument that the role of Barry Champlain can be played by any race, the fact that the script includes a caller that calls Barry a “jewboy” suggests that if one casts the role without regard to race that special attention should be placed on finding an actor who does not have a dialect that could be recognized as a specific race. At a certain point in the script a caller who calls in identifies himself as “black.” At this revelation, Barry comments that “everyone should own one.” This particular phrase can make it problematic to cast the role with no regard to race at all. It is important to note that the two Broadway productions (the original and the revival) cast Barry as a white male. The argument could be made that Barry could be played by a black male, in spite of the above reference, and the comment then might be viewed as ironic and sarcastic. Of course, this would need to be explored by the specific production and the actors in the production. The roles of Sid Greenberg, Bernie, Dan Woodruff, and even Kent really could be played by any race. The importance of these roles really lies in how the actor embodies the character and this can be achieved by a talented actor of any race. The callers in the original production utilize very specific racially and socio-economically identifiable dialects often chosen by the playwright because of the area around Cleveland that the caller was calling from. In the revival this became less important and when Bogosian revised the script some of the callers were omitted and new callers were written in that reflected the new demographic of the area (it is safe to say that in twenty years many things have changed). The revisions make race less important with regard to casting. However, there is one caller that is clearly anti-Semitic and there is one caller that identifies himself as black. These are two specific instances that one who is casting the production should consider. Of course, these nuances are most important to consider if the production chooses to actually show the callers.
In regard to gender, it is more difficult to apply non-traditional casting. Although the Talk Radio is not a play that is specifically about gender, it is the gender of the characters that holds the fabric of these relationships together. For example, just the names of the characters themselves are gender specific: Linda, Barry, Susan, Dan. Further supporting the importance of specific gender for specific role is the revelation of Linda MacArthur’s sexual involvement with Barry Champlain. Another is Kent’s initial story that his girlfriend is unresponsive. This insinuates he is the boyfriend. Perhaps, one could make the argument that Kent could be played by a woman calling in about her girlfriend (lesbian lovers), but later when Kent arrives at the station he gives a shout-out to “Diamond Dave and Billy the bass player and the babes at the mall.” This is more indicative of a male figure, in my opinion. Particularly when taken in the context that the play is set in 1987. It is again important to note that the decision to reveal the callers or to keep them off-stage would be an important consideration when deciding whether a male could be the voice of a female or vice versa.
Talk Radio is perfect for casting actors with disabilities. Since the play is set in a radio station, there is very little movement required of the actors and the movement that is required. It could be performed by someone in a wheelchair or on crutches fairly easily. The callers, by their very nature, could be represented by an actor with a disability quite readily. There is a caller who is a Vietnam Veteran who calls in and talks to Barry. He is wheelchair bound due to amputation. Although the play is not primarily about disability, it is nice that there is a specific reference to an individual with a disability. Again, the decision must be made whether to actually show the characters or not when deciding how to handle this particular character.
Talk Radio contains certain racial references, gender references, etc that should be looked at closely when deciding if non-traditional casting is the right way to go. It is important to keep in mind whether the callers are only going to be heard or if they are going to be seen. It is, however, worth looking at from the perspective of trying to use non-traditional casting.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Characters
Men
Barry Champlain - Host of "Nighttalk," a controversial "shock-jock" and kind of a loner. It is unclear what the true details of his life are, but he was found by Dan Woodruff at a station in Akron, Ohio
Sid Greenberg - Financial Talk Show Host
Bernie - Sid's Operator
Spike - Engineer
Dan Woodruff - Executive Producer, WTLK
Stu Noonan - Barry Champlain's Operator who met him in 1972 when he was "deejaying at a progressive rock station in Akron, Ohio."
Kent - Guest who is young and wild.
Women
Linda MacArthur - Associate producer for "Nighttalk" and sometimes love interest of Barry Champlain
Doctor Susan Fleming - Talk Show host. The role is usually played by an actor who plays the callers.
Not Gender Specific
Operator for Dr. Susan Fleming - takes Stu's spot and assists Dr. Susan Fleming. The role is usually played by an actor who was one of the callers.
Callers - Some of the callers are male and some are female. The callers are offstage voices that call in and the roles are usually doubled with one actor performing several of the calls. The text calls for "extreme dialect" in some cases.
Barry Champlain - Host of "Nighttalk," a controversial "shock-jock" and kind of a loner. It is unclear what the true details of his life are, but he was found by Dan Woodruff at a station in Akron, Ohio
Sid Greenberg - Financial Talk Show Host
Bernie - Sid's Operator
Spike - Engineer
Dan Woodruff - Executive Producer, WTLK
Stu Noonan - Barry Champlain's Operator who met him in 1972 when he was "deejaying at a progressive rock station in Akron, Ohio."
Kent - Guest who is young and wild.
Women
Linda MacArthur - Associate producer for "Nighttalk" and sometimes love interest of Barry Champlain
Doctor Susan Fleming - Talk Show host. The role is usually played by an actor who plays the callers.
Not Gender Specific
Operator for Dr. Susan Fleming - takes Stu's spot and assists Dr. Susan Fleming. The role is usually played by an actor who was one of the callers.
Callers - Some of the callers are male and some are female. The callers are offstage voices that call in and the roles are usually doubled with one actor performing several of the calls. The text calls for "extreme dialect" in some cases.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Fable with Plot Summary
Fable
Talk Radio Shock Jock Barry Champlain is on the air for another night of controversy, opinion, etc. on Cleveland, Ohio radio station WTLK. Barry’s program follows a program hosted by Sid Greenberg that answers callers’ questions about taxes and finance. Barry comes into the station with his loyal production crew that includes Spike (his engineer), Stu (his operator), Linda (Associate Producer), and Dan (Executive Producer). Linda sets up Champlain’s desk which includes a cup of hot coffee. There is a marked hostility between Linda and Barry as she asks him where he was the night before. He gives a flippant answer and she remarks that she doesn’t appreciate being stood up again. All of this exchange takes place as everyone is preparing to go on air. Linda gives Barry the shocking news headlines for the night and he chooses what topics to open with.
The show is ready to air as the last commercial finishes playing and Barry is on giving the headlines including one about a NAMBLA chapter that is opening in the area and with that the lines are open. The callers are over-the-top and bring up a huge range of topics. One caller is a closeted transvestite who is saving money for an operation and is unceremoniously hung up on. Another caller, is concerned about Perry Nuclear Power Plant and begins to read some sort of group treatise against nuclear power. A lonely, social misfit calls in to talk about how much he loves his cat and how his cat eats dinner with him. Barry suggests some sort of sexual impropriety with the cat and the caller is cut off. An Anti-Semite calls in calling Barry a “dirty, Jew-boy” and Barry debates with him telling a story about having visited Dachau and while there finding a gold Star of David on the ground which he currently has in his hand (actually a glass of brandy or bourbon). The caller, again, is cut off. Another man calls in to defend Jews, who he calls a noble race. He identifies himself as being black to which Barry says he likes blacks and “everyone should own one.” Dialogue ensues until this caller is cut off. A young woman calls in who is a germaphobe and talks about how she is afraid of the germs in the garbage disposal and of postage stamps which might have been licked by someone with AIDS. A sixteen year-old girl calls in and tells Barry about her boyfriend , Stan, who is older and has a truck with the vanity license plate, STAN3. It seems she hasn’t seen him in a while and she has just found out that she is pregnant and doesn’t know what to do. Barry shows no sympathy for her asking her if she is sorry for what she did to Stan. During a commercial break, Dan Woodruff, Executive Producer, comes down to tell Berry that Metroscan wants to syndicate his program and make it a national feature. He tells Berry not to screw up because all the Metroscan executives are listening. The Anti-Semite caller calls back in asking Barry if he received the package yet and implies that it is a bomb. Woodruff in the booth freaks out and wants to call the police. Barry tells Woodruff not to call and then defies orders by unwrapping the package anyway. It’s not a bomb but the package does contain a Nazi flag and dead rat.
A caller, Kent, calls in and says his parents are in Fiji and he’s been “partying” with his girlfriend for several days. The problem is that he can’t wake her up. Barry thinks he is lying, but tells him to hang on the line so that Stu can get his information and have paramedics check the girlfriend out. Kent refuses and a debate ensues amongst Barry and other members of the station as to how the situation should be handled. Executive Producer, Dan Woodruff, tells Barry the Metroscan people are concerned by the call and want it to be resolved differently. An argument ensues about how it should be handled because Barry still believes Kent is lying. Barry, in his typical shocking manner, goes on the air and gets Kent back on the line. Barry bullies Kent into admitting that the whole story was false. When Kent is asked why he did that, he reveals that he really just wants to meet Barry. In an unprecedented move, Barry invites him to the studio. The rest of the station staff are uncertain if this is the safe since they don’t know Kent at all. When Kent arrives, Barry insists that he be admitted and even allows him to talk on air. A bit later, Kent, is fishing around in his pocket and pulls something out. Are all the fears of the station staff to be realized? Stay tuned to see what happens…
Plot Summary
The drama is set in the studio of Cleveland's WTLK Radio over the course of Barry Champlain's two-hour broadcast, being scrutinized that night by producers with an interest in taking the show national, and fueled as always by coffee, cocaine, and Jack Daniel's. Barry's jousts with his unseen callers-ranging from a white supremacist to a woman obsessed with her garbage disposal-are peppered with insights into his character from his ex-deejay pal and his sometime girlfriend/producer, and punctuated with a transformative visit from an embodied voice.
"Your fear, your own lives, have become your entertainment."-Talk Radio
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Talk-Radio/Eric-Bogosian/e/9781559363242#TABS
Talk Radio Shock Jock Barry Champlain is on the air for another night of controversy, opinion, etc. on Cleveland, Ohio radio station WTLK. Barry’s program follows a program hosted by Sid Greenberg that answers callers’ questions about taxes and finance. Barry comes into the station with his loyal production crew that includes Spike (his engineer), Stu (his operator), Linda (Associate Producer), and Dan (Executive Producer). Linda sets up Champlain’s desk which includes a cup of hot coffee. There is a marked hostility between Linda and Barry as she asks him where he was the night before. He gives a flippant answer and she remarks that she doesn’t appreciate being stood up again. All of this exchange takes place as everyone is preparing to go on air. Linda gives Barry the shocking news headlines for the night and he chooses what topics to open with.
The show is ready to air as the last commercial finishes playing and Barry is on giving the headlines including one about a NAMBLA chapter that is opening in the area and with that the lines are open. The callers are over-the-top and bring up a huge range of topics. One caller is a closeted transvestite who is saving money for an operation and is unceremoniously hung up on. Another caller, is concerned about Perry Nuclear Power Plant and begins to read some sort of group treatise against nuclear power. A lonely, social misfit calls in to talk about how much he loves his cat and how his cat eats dinner with him. Barry suggests some sort of sexual impropriety with the cat and the caller is cut off. An Anti-Semite calls in calling Barry a “dirty, Jew-boy” and Barry debates with him telling a story about having visited Dachau and while there finding a gold Star of David on the ground which he currently has in his hand (actually a glass of brandy or bourbon). The caller, again, is cut off. Another man calls in to defend Jews, who he calls a noble race. He identifies himself as being black to which Barry says he likes blacks and “everyone should own one.” Dialogue ensues until this caller is cut off. A young woman calls in who is a germaphobe and talks about how she is afraid of the germs in the garbage disposal and of postage stamps which might have been licked by someone with AIDS. A sixteen year-old girl calls in and tells Barry about her boyfriend , Stan, who is older and has a truck with the vanity license plate, STAN3. It seems she hasn’t seen him in a while and she has just found out that she is pregnant and doesn’t know what to do. Barry shows no sympathy for her asking her if she is sorry for what she did to Stan. During a commercial break, Dan Woodruff, Executive Producer, comes down to tell Berry that Metroscan wants to syndicate his program and make it a national feature. He tells Berry not to screw up because all the Metroscan executives are listening. The Anti-Semite caller calls back in asking Barry if he received the package yet and implies that it is a bomb. Woodruff in the booth freaks out and wants to call the police. Barry tells Woodruff not to call and then defies orders by unwrapping the package anyway. It’s not a bomb but the package does contain a Nazi flag and dead rat.
A caller, Kent, calls in and says his parents are in Fiji and he’s been “partying” with his girlfriend for several days. The problem is that he can’t wake her up. Barry thinks he is lying, but tells him to hang on the line so that Stu can get his information and have paramedics check the girlfriend out. Kent refuses and a debate ensues amongst Barry and other members of the station as to how the situation should be handled. Executive Producer, Dan Woodruff, tells Barry the Metroscan people are concerned by the call and want it to be resolved differently. An argument ensues about how it should be handled because Barry still believes Kent is lying. Barry, in his typical shocking manner, goes on the air and gets Kent back on the line. Barry bullies Kent into admitting that the whole story was false. When Kent is asked why he did that, he reveals that he really just wants to meet Barry. In an unprecedented move, Barry invites him to the studio. The rest of the station staff are uncertain if this is the safe since they don’t know Kent at all. When Kent arrives, Barry insists that he be admitted and even allows him to talk on air. A bit later, Kent, is fishing around in his pocket and pulls something out. Are all the fears of the station staff to be realized? Stay tuned to see what happens…
Plot Summary
The drama is set in the studio of Cleveland's WTLK Radio over the course of Barry Champlain's two-hour broadcast, being scrutinized that night by producers with an interest in taking the show national, and fueled as always by coffee, cocaine, and Jack Daniel's. Barry's jousts with his unseen callers-ranging from a white supremacist to a woman obsessed with her garbage disposal-are peppered with insights into his character from his ex-deejay pal and his sometime girlfriend/producer, and punctuated with a transformative visit from an embodied voice.
"Your fear, your own lives, have become your entertainment."-Talk Radio
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Talk-Radio/Eric-Bogosian/e/9781559363242#TABS
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Exegesis (Selective)
"...you've either taken a second mortgage or completely refinanced that property with an A-R-M."
A mortgage with an interest rate that may change, usually in response to changes in the Treasury Bill rate or the prime rate. The purpose of the interest rate adjustment is primarily to bring the interest rate on the mortgage in line with market rates. The mortgage holder is protected by a maximum interest rate (called a ceiling), which might be reset annually. ARMs usually start with better rates than fixed rate mortgages, in order to compensate the borrower for the additional risk that future interest rate fluctuations will create.
http://www.investorwords.com/105/Adjustable_Rate_Mortgage.html
"North-American Man-Boy Love Association has a chapter in Shaker Heights."
We support the rights of youth as well as adults to choose the partners with whom they wish to share and enjoy their bodies. We condemn sexual abuse and all forms of coercion. Freely-chosen relationships differ from unwanted sex. Present laws, which focus only on the age of the participants, ignore the quality of their relationships. We know that differences in age do not preclude mutual, loving interaction between persons. NAMBLA is strongly opposed to age-of-consent laws and all other restrictions which deny men and boys the full enjoyment of their bodies and control over their own lives.
http://www.nambla.org/welcome.htm
The North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) is a New York City and San Francisco-based unincorporated organization in the United States that advocates the liberalization of laws against sexual relations between adult and minor males - resolving to "end the oppression of men and boys who have freely chosen mutually consenting relationships".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Man/Boy_Love_Association
"...propaganda that a bunch of Zionists are perpetrating on the American -"
Zionists believe that the Jews are a people and deserve a country of their own. Zionists believe in Zionism, the national liberation movement of the Jewish people.
http://www.zionism-israel.com/Zionists.htm
"I don't know how to break this to you, John, but they're never gonna let you in B'nai B'rith."
B'nai B'rith International, the global voice of the Jewish community, is the most widely known Jewish humanitarian, human rights, and advocacy organization. Since 1843, BBI has worked for Jewish unity, security, continuity, and tolerance. BBI's reach extends to more than 50 countries around the world.
Today B'nai B'rith International is a national and global leader in the fight against antisemitism and anti-Israel bias; provides senior housing and advocacy on issues of vital concern to seniors and their families; helps communities in crisis; and promotes Jewish identity through cultural activities.
http://www.bnaibrith.org/about_us/index.cfm
"Shot him in the back of the skull with his M-16 during a firefight outside of Khe Sahn."
Khe Sanh was one of the most remote outposts in Vietnam...
http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/khe/index.html
The gem of American military superiority in Vietnam was the strategic Marine Corps base a Khe Sanh. Located a few miles from the borders of North Vietnam and Laos, Khe Sanh was heavily fortified in late '67 by Gen. William Westmoreland, and designed to carry out reconnaissance attacks on the Ho Chi Minh trail and enemy supply lines from the north.
http://www.vietnam-war.info/battles/siege_of_khe_sanh.php
"I'm right here. Downtown. In the Terminal Tower. In the studio"
Fully completed in 1930 the Cleveland Terminal Tower was formerly known as Cleveland Union Terminal. Similar to Cincinnati's Union Terminal, Terminal Tower Cleveland was utilized as a major center for rail transportation in the Midwest. Competition from airlines to Ohio as well as the growing popularity of cars faded the need for the railway center and after some time the Cleveland Terminal Tower ceased functioning as a station for passengers. Unhappy with the station's idle status the city of Cleveland decided to renovate and revitalize the building, transforming the original Terminal Tower into a shopping center and allowing other commercial ventures use the interior space.
This landmark building is the Public Square's focal point with a unique architectural design much like a castle touret topped with an elevated and detailed dome.
http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/ohio/cleveland-terminal-tower
"Stu, see if you can find a copy of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue while we break for a little commercial consolation."
The best selling jazz record of all time was released 40 years ago and it still sells 5,000 copies a week. It is a universally acknowledged masterpiece, revered as much by rock and classical music fans as by jazz lovers.
Kind of Blue brought together seven now-legendary musicians in the prime of their careers: tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, pianists Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, drummer Jimmy Cobb and of course, trumpeter Miles Davis.
http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/miles_kob.html
Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River, west of Cleveland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorain,_Ohio
A mortgage with an interest rate that may change, usually in response to changes in the Treasury Bill rate or the prime rate. The purpose of the interest rate adjustment is primarily to bring the interest rate on the mortgage in line with market rates. The mortgage holder is protected by a maximum interest rate (called a ceiling), which might be reset annually. ARMs usually start with better rates than fixed rate mortgages, in order to compensate the borrower for the additional risk that future interest rate fluctuations will create.
http://www.investorwords.com/105/Adjustable_Rate_Mortgage.html
"North-American Man-Boy Love Association has a chapter in Shaker Heights."
We support the rights of youth as well as adults to choose the partners with whom they wish to share and enjoy their bodies. We condemn sexual abuse and all forms of coercion. Freely-chosen relationships differ from unwanted sex. Present laws, which focus only on the age of the participants, ignore the quality of their relationships. We know that differences in age do not preclude mutual, loving interaction between persons. NAMBLA is strongly opposed to age-of-consent laws and all other restrictions which deny men and boys the full enjoyment of their bodies and control over their own lives.
http://www.nambla.org/welcome.htm
The North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) is a New York City and San Francisco-based unincorporated organization in the United States that advocates the liberalization of laws against sexual relations between adult and minor males - resolving to "end the oppression of men and boys who have freely chosen mutually consenting relationships".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Man/Boy_Love_Association
"...propaganda that a bunch of Zionists are perpetrating on the American -"
Zionists believe that the Jews are a people and deserve a country of their own. Zionists believe in Zionism, the national liberation movement of the Jewish people.
http://www.zionism-israel.com/Zionists.htm
"I don't know how to break this to you, John, but they're never gonna let you in B'nai B'rith."
B'nai B'rith International, the global voice of the Jewish community, is the most widely known Jewish humanitarian, human rights, and advocacy organization. Since 1843, BBI has worked for Jewish unity, security, continuity, and tolerance. BBI's reach extends to more than 50 countries around the world.
Today B'nai B'rith International is a national and global leader in the fight against antisemitism and anti-Israel bias; provides senior housing and advocacy on issues of vital concern to seniors and their families; helps communities in crisis; and promotes Jewish identity through cultural activities.
http://www.bnaibrith.org/about_us/index.cfm
"Shot him in the back of the skull with his M-16 during a firefight outside of Khe Sahn."
Khe Sanh was one of the most remote outposts in Vietnam...
http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/khe/index.html
The gem of American military superiority in Vietnam was the strategic Marine Corps base a Khe Sanh. Located a few miles from the borders of North Vietnam and Laos, Khe Sanh was heavily fortified in late '67 by Gen. William Westmoreland, and designed to carry out reconnaissance attacks on the Ho Chi Minh trail and enemy supply lines from the north.
http://www.vietnam-war.info/battles/siege_of_khe_sanh.php
"I'm right here. Downtown. In the Terminal Tower. In the studio"
Fully completed in 1930 the Cleveland Terminal Tower was formerly known as Cleveland Union Terminal. Similar to Cincinnati's Union Terminal, Terminal Tower Cleveland was utilized as a major center for rail transportation in the Midwest. Competition from airlines to Ohio as well as the growing popularity of cars faded the need for the railway center and after some time the Cleveland Terminal Tower ceased functioning as a station for passengers. Unhappy with the station's idle status the city of Cleveland decided to renovate and revitalize the building, transforming the original Terminal Tower into a shopping center and allowing other commercial ventures use the interior space.
This landmark building is the Public Square's focal point with a unique architectural design much like a castle touret topped with an elevated and detailed dome.
http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/ohio/cleveland-terminal-tower
"Stu, see if you can find a copy of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue while we break for a little commercial consolation."
The best selling jazz record of all time was released 40 years ago and it still sells 5,000 copies a week. It is a universally acknowledged masterpiece, revered as much by rock and classical music fans as by jazz lovers.
Kind of Blue brought together seven now-legendary musicians in the prime of their careers: tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, alto saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, pianists Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers, drummer Jimmy Cobb and of course, trumpeter Miles Davis.
http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/miles_kob.html
"We been reading William Blake?
(1757-1827) British writer. William Blake was an artist, mystic, and poet, who is often considered the first of the great English Romantic poets. http://classiclit.about.com/cs/profileswriters/p/aa_wblake.htm
"Calling from Painesville."The City of Painesville is one of 23 municipalities in Lake County in northeast Ohio. Covering 7.903 square miles, the City of Painesville is bounded on the north by the Villages of Grand River and Fairport Harbor; on the east by Painesville township; on the south by Concord township; and on the west by the City of Mentor. Painesville is located 30 miles east of the City of Cleveland and approximately 2.5 miles south of Lake Erie. http://www.painesville.com/index.asp?
"John, calling from Lorain."Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River, west of Cleveland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorain,_Ohio
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Basic Facts
Talk Radio By Eric Bogosian
Basics
Full-Length play written in English without acts, scenes, or intermission
7 m., 2 f., plus offstage voices.
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1565
Setting: 1987, a radio studio (WTLK) in Cleveland, Ohio.
Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes.
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/theater/reviews/12talk.html?pagewanted=2
Running time: 1 HOUR, 45 MIN.
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117933046.html?categoryid=33&cs=1&query=talk+radio
Genre
Comedy
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1565
"passionate, funny, sharply-written drama"
http://www.goldstar.com/events/los-angeles-ca/talk-radio.html
Playwright - Biography
Eric Bogosian (Playwright) In addition to Talk Radio (originally produced at the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1987), is the author of the plays subUrbia (LCT), and Griller (Goodman), both directed by Robert Falls, Red Angel (Williamstown Theater Festival), Humpty Dumpty (McCarter Theatre) and six solo performances (Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll and others), which he starred in Off-Broadway between 1980 and 2000, for which he received three Obie Awards. He adapted and starred in Oliver Stone's film of Talk Radio (Berlin Film Festival – Silver Bear Award), and wrote the screenplay for Richard Linklater's film version of subUrbia. Mr. Bogosian is the author of two novels, Mall and Wasted Beauty and a novella, Notes from Underground. As an actor, Bogosian has appeared in numerous films and television programs, starring in Robert Altman's The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Under Siege 2, Atom Egoyan's Ararat and Wonderland. Currently he stars on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" on NBC. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Eric Bogosian is married to director Jo Bonney. www.ericbogosian.com
http://www.talkradioonbroadway.com/creative.php
Publication
Available for purchase from Samuel French, Inc. at http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1565
Available for purchase at http://www.amazon.com/ in The Essential Bogosian: Talk Radio, Drinking in America, FunHouse and Men Inside (Paperback)
Rights
Samuel French, Inc.
45 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10010-2751
(866) 598-8449
http://www.samuelfrench.com/
Professional: professional@samuelfrench.com
Amateur/Nonmusical: amateur@samuelfrench.com
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/contact_us.php
Basics
Full-Length play written in English without acts, scenes, or intermission
7 m., 2 f., plus offstage voices.
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1565
Setting: 1987, a radio studio (WTLK) in Cleveland, Ohio.
Running time: 1 hour, 40 minutes.
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/theater/reviews/12talk.html?pagewanted=2
Running time: 1 HOUR, 45 MIN.
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117933046.html?categoryid=33&cs=1&query=talk+radio
Genre
Comedy
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1565
"passionate, funny, sharply-written drama"
http://www.goldstar.com/events/los-angeles-ca/talk-radio.html
Playwright - Biography
Eric Bogosian (Playwright) In addition to Talk Radio (originally produced at the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1987), is the author of the plays subUrbia (LCT), and Griller (Goodman), both directed by Robert Falls, Red Angel (Williamstown Theater Festival), Humpty Dumpty (McCarter Theatre) and six solo performances (Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll and others), which he starred in Off-Broadway between 1980 and 2000, for which he received three Obie Awards. He adapted and starred in Oliver Stone's film of Talk Radio (Berlin Film Festival – Silver Bear Award), and wrote the screenplay for Richard Linklater's film version of subUrbia. Mr. Bogosian is the author of two novels, Mall and Wasted Beauty and a novella, Notes from Underground. As an actor, Bogosian has appeared in numerous films and television programs, starring in Robert Altman's The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Under Siege 2, Atom Egoyan's Ararat and Wonderland. Currently he stars on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" on NBC. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Eric Bogosian is married to director Jo Bonney. www.ericbogosian.com
http://www.talkradioonbroadway.com/creative.php
Publication
Available for purchase from Samuel French, Inc. at http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/1565
Available for purchase at http://www.amazon.com/ in The Essential Bogosian: Talk Radio, Drinking in America, FunHouse and Men Inside (Paperback)
Rights
Samuel French, Inc.
45 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10010-2751
(866) 598-8449
http://www.samuelfrench.com/
Professional: professional@samuelfrench.com
Amateur/Nonmusical: amateur@samuelfrench.com
http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/contact_us.php
Friday, July 10, 2009
Definitions of Dramaturgy
Dramaturgy is the art of dramatic composition and the representation of the main elements of drama on the stage. Some dramatists combine writing and dramaturgy when creating a drama. Others work with a specialist, called a dramaturg, to adapt a work for the stage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramaturgy
dram⋅a⋅tur⋅gy
–noun
the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Dramaturgy
dramaturgy
A noun
1
dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre
the art of writing and producing plays
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/dramaturgy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramaturgy
dram⋅a⋅tur⋅gy
–noun
the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Dramaturgy
dramaturgy
A noun
1
dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre
the art of writing and producing plays
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/dramaturgy
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