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PEL Audioplayers: “Life Is a Dream” by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

May 27, 2019 by Mark Linsenmayer 3 Comments

Your hosts are joined by real actors to do an unrehearsed read of Calderón's 1636 comedy La Vida Es Sueño, using Stanley Appelbaum's 2002 translation. Think Shakespeare but in Spain. Concluding with a short discussion by the cast. After listening to this, listen to our discussion of the philosophical issues the play raises. The players recorded all in one room in NYC on 4/7:  Continue Reading …

PEL Audioplayers: “Life Is a Dream” by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (Citizen Edition)

May 27, 2019 by Mark Linsenmayer Leave a Comment

Your hosts are joined by real actors to do an unrehearsed read of Calderón's 1636 comedy La Vida Es Sueño, using Stanley Appelbaum's 2002 translation. Think Shakespeare but in Spain. Concluding with a short discussion by the cast. After listening to this, listen to our discussion of the philosophical issues the play raises. The players recorded all in one room in NYC on 4/7:  Continue Reading …

“Lysistrata” w/ Lucy Lawless, Emily Perkins, Erica Spyres, Bill Youmans & Aaron David Gleason

April 16, 2018 by Mark Linsenmayer 8 Comments

The PEL Players return to perform Aristophanes's comedy (first performed in 411 BCE) about using a sex strike to stop war, using Jeffrey Henderson's 1988 translation. Mark (old men's chorus leader), Wes (old men's chorus and Athenian), Dylan (old men's chorus), and Seth (Spartan sentry) are joined once again by TV's Lucy Lawless (Xena Warrior Princess, Ash vs. Evil Dead,  Continue Reading …

“Antigone” Read by PEL with Lucy Lawless and Paul Provenza

June 8, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 9 Comments

An unrehearsed, dramatic read-through of the text we'll be discussing on ep. 117, a Greek tragedy written around 441 BCE, telling the myth of the cursed line of Oedipus, mother-f*#king king of Thebes. Featuring Mark, Seth, Wes, and Dylan, plus special guest starts Lucy Lawless as Antigone, Paul Provenza as Creon, Alice Sinclair as Ismene, and John Castro as Haimon. After the  Continue Reading …

Sartre’s “No Exit” Read with Lucy Lawless & Jaime Murray

January 2, 2014 by Mark Linsenmayer 26 Comments

In support of our ep. #87 discussing Sartre, the PEL Players present our 2nd annual dramatic reading of a work of philosophical theater. Mark Linsenmayer and Wes Alwan are joined by real actresses Lucy Lawless (Xena, Battlestar Galactica, Parks & Recreation, etc.) and Jaime Murray (Defiance, Dexter, Warehouse 13, etc.), who are pals through working together on  Continue Reading …

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