Michael Mayer and Dick Scanlan Talk "Whorl Inside A Loop" (Bonus Episode. Episode 43)

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4.8 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2015

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Co-Directors Michael Mayer and Dick Scanlan tell all about their new hit play "Whorl Inside A Loop." Co-written by Scanlan and Sheire Rene Scott, the play is loosely based on Scanlan and Scott's experience working with prison inmates on writing and performing monologues about the circumstances that landed the inmates in jail. Currently playing at Second Stage Theater, the new work is a New York Times Critic's pick.

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0:00.0	Yeah, I'm Lynn Manuel Miranda.
0:02.5	I'm Celia Kean Bolger.
0:03.7	This is Queen Leslie.
0:04.7	I'm Robin de Hesuz.
0:05.7	I'm Aaron Davy.
0:06.4	Hi, this is Ellen Marie Marsh.
0:07.9	I'm LaShaan.
0:08.7	I'm Tally Leong.
0:09.6	Hi, I'm Eden Espinoza.
0:10.9	I'm Laura Osniss.
0:11.9	I'm Katie Finneran.
0:13.0	Hi, I'm Tanya Pinkins. Podcast. Hello, fellow theater people.
0:21.6	Welcome to the Theater People podcast.
0:23.1	I'm Patrick Hines, your host.
0:25.1	Today we're bringing a new sort of a mini episode.
0:28.1	Rather than focusing on an individual in their career,
0:30.5	today we're focusing on the terrific new play Whorrel Inside a Loop,
0:34.3	which is now running at second stage.
0:36.4	The show was written by Sherry Renee Scott and Dick Scanlan.
0:39.7	It was co-directed by Michael Mayer and Dick Scanlan, and these are the same creative team
0:43.5	behind Everyday Rapture, which as some of you know may be my favorite show of all time.
0:48.7	The play is very loosely based on Sherry Renee Scott and Dick Scanlan's experience working
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