Sophie McIntosh, Nina Goodheart, BT Hayes, & Morgan S. Perry of “Benevolent”

Good Apples Collective presents BENEVOLENT, written by Sophie McIntosh, directed by Nina GoodheartListen in as Benevolent playwright Sophie McIntosh, director Nina Goodheart, associate director & dramaturg BT Hayes, and actor Morgan S. Perry, discuss wicker basket handling, figuring out what you’re after, the meaning of “soiled shift,” historical blogs, finding the right word, “critical fabulation,” finding your washing style, the importance of intimacy direction, covering as an understudy, and writing past realities back into the narrative.

“…these corners of society that, at the time, were documented in a kind of less than…gracious? …what’s the word…”
“Benevolent?”
“Yeah! A less than benevolent way. […] What is missing from a section of society that was highly oppressed […] A lot of our conversations beyond the physical world of [1917…], a lot of it was about imagining beyond the archive, in a way that does not conform to the archive…”

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Bernard Bosio, Elena Lozonschi, Camila Melgar, Claude Choukrane, Ted Thompson, & Phil Williams of “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot”

The Heights Players present THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, written by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Bernard BosioListen in as The Last Days of Judas Iscariot director Bernard Bosio, along with performers Elena Lozonschi, Camila Melgar, Claude Choukrane, Ted Thompson, & Phil Williams, discuss the culture of Heights Players, the importance of understudies, the sound of real New York dialogue, despair and hope, vibe shifts, inspiring conversations, relying on your collaborators, and the brilliance of Stephen Adly Guirgis.

“…people do make mistakes, and some of them are catastrophic…but are all of them irredeemable?”

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