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Stories from Among the Stars

BONUS: Introducing The Designated Mourner

Stories from Among the Stars

Macmillan Audio

Science Fiction, Fiction

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

From the producers of Steal the Stars comes another new podcast: The Designated Mourner. Find and follow The Designated Mourner wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

From the producers of Steal the Stars, I am the designated warrior.

0:13.0

Gideon Media and PRX reunite my dinner with Andre Stars while a Sean and Andre Gregory

0:19.6

to bring Sean's modern stage classic to the world of podcasts.

0:23.8

A high brow was a person who liked the finer things.

0:28.6

It's just remarkable that your father is allowed to exist.

0:35.6

And meanwhile, your attention is entirely turned away from the human suffering that is going on all around you.

0:42.6

First staged in 1997, the designated mourner is a work of astonishing presence.

0:48.6

And that whole awful year began to unfold.

0:53.6

First there was the rock through Howard's window.

0:57.6

This helped me please, darling.

0:59.6

There was something about these particular demonstrations that seemed different.

1:06.6

No, you're trying to kill me.

1:10.6

Variety raved that the designated mourner is mesmerizing, often earthly funny.

1:16.6

And the New Yorker called it, among our generation's few great plays.

1:21.6

It was so exactly like what one had always imagined.

1:27.6

They knocked on the door.

1:30.6

Close your eyes.

1:34.6

Just wait for the moment that you know will come.

1:39.6

While a Sean, Debra Eisenberg and Larry Pine star in the designated mourner directed by Andre Gregory,

1:47.6

all episodes available on podcast platforms everywhere June 25th.

1:52.6

I guess I've always really been a lowbrow at heart.

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