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Football! Wait no soccer - Soccer!

This Pulitzer-nommed play from 2016 follows an U17s indoor girls soccer team as they warm up for various games. Very little happens, and it's one of the most devastating plays we've ever read.

We talk teen archetypes, coming of age, and (unfortunately) whether or not certain play-structures are mimicking of the male bedroom experience.

Content Warnings: Death/racism/bullying/sports

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'The trashiest play we've ever done.'

Content Warnings: Murder/Drugs/Classism

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Theme music this episode: Spooky music by Victor_Natas -- https://freesound.org/s/560181/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

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After an infamously terrible debut, this classic Russian play went on to define naturalism, changing how we make theatre in the West forever. It is also full of sad theatre makers, which may go some way to explain its enduring popularity with theatre makers.

We talk 3D characters, endurance, and theatres first goth icon.

Content Warnings: Suicide/Ageism/Infant death/Mortality

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