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Podcast title	BrassRingWriting's Playwriting Podcast
Website URL	http://podcast.brassringwritin...
Description	BrassRingWriting's playwriting podcast is a series of open round-table discussions led by your hosts Dr. Alan Litsey, playwriting professor at Birmingham-Southern College, and playwrights Scott McClellan and Trey Tatum. Each episode focuses different aspects of the playwriting process from idea and inception to production and beyond. You'll also find information about upcoming submissions and contests; as well as, current playwriting news from the trenches. Join Doc Litsey, Scott McClellan, Trey Tatum and an ever-changing line up of working playwrights as they journey through the process of creating works for the stage.
Updated	Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:06:54 -0500
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1. SHOW: 13 - 'Holiday Leftovers' http://podcast.brassringwritin... download (audio/mpeg, 25.35Mb) Description: Scott and Trey are back with some more thoughts on Character Development. They go more in depth with internal struggle, types of character interactions and the idea of modification. Just more Character Thought fodder for the wall!
2. SHOW: 12 - 'Heed the Brass Ring... Or Disaster!' http://podcast.brassringwritin... download (audio/mpeg, 41.33Mb) Description: The whole family has gathered this holiday season... to talk about Predicaments! Predicament Statements, actually. Also known as Situation Statements, this is a wonderful tool whether starting or revising a script.
3. SHOW: 11 - 'Stockings Stuffed with Listener Mail' http://podcast.brassringwritin... download (audio/mpeg, 37.46Mb) Description: We go over some listener mail and ramble on from there. Foreshadowing and building it into your script is the topic of the week.
4. SHOW: 10 - 'You Can't Take It With You... Unless You Have An iPod.' http://podcast.brassringwritin... download (audio/mpeg, 46.99Mb) Description: Thanksgiving ain't over 'til you have leftovers. So come on and heat up a plate full of Playwriting Know-how. It's the Big 10 and the gang is back... if you can believe, and they're talking about Character Development.
5. SHOW: 9 - 'Awww... What Do (Pause) You Know! (Silence)' http://podcast.brassringwritin... download (audio/mpeg, 52.06Mb) Description: Scott kills a hooker... But enough about that, let's talk about what you know... or don't know! In Episode 9, Scott and Trey talk about the value of writing about what your passionate about, regardless of how familiar you are to the subject matter.
6. SHOW: 8 - 'Nothing Kills a Show Like too Much Exposition...' http://podcast.brassringwritin... download (audio/mpeg, 43.01Mb) Description: Yeah, yeah... We didn't come up with the title. It's a feather-dusting podcast, and in accordance with it's title, it's bound to be long and repetitive. Everyone's finally back for another round!
7. SHOW: 7 - 'The Man Who Wrote Too Much' http://podcast.brassringwritin... download (audio/mpeg, 59.61Mb) Description: Scott and Trey talk about one part of the revision process; what to do after you finish the first draft. Doc's away and it's all knuckles and know-how as the fellas hold down the fort.
8. SHOW: 6 - 'Tic-Tech-Toe' http://podcast.brassringwritin... download (audio/mpeg, 54.48Mb) Description: Scott's off to Reno and it's up to Doc and Trey to carry on! This week, the boys interview the design team behind Doc's 'Miss Julie' Adaptation; Scenic Designer: Matthew Mielke, Costume Designer: Patti Manning and Fight Choreographer Nikki Craft.
9. SHOW: 5 - 'Churning Milk Leads to Butter, CPs and You!' http://podcast.brassringwritin... download (audio/mpeg, 38.77Mb) Description: Episode five introduces us to a tool that all playwrights should have in order to ensure that there scripts are strong and active: the Conceptual Premise. Listen, as we give CP examples from classic plays and talk about how they strengthen the pieces.
10. SHOW: 4 - 'The Julie of the Nile' http://podcast.brassringwritin... download (audio/mpeg, 27.61Mb) Description: Episode four is the continuation we promised in episode two. Doc is involved right now in having his play, 'Miss Julie,' produced. We'll catch up with him and get a detailed look into his revamping of the Strindberg classic.
11. SHOW: 3 - 'Make Plays, Not War' http://podcast.brassringwritin... download (audio/mpeg, 36.99Mb) Description: In Episode three, Alan's away and Scott and Trey are angry! Listen as the two of them tear into the subject of political plays. Here what they like about them, what they hate about them and how to write them.
12. SHOW: 2 - 'I'll Show You My Adaptation, If You'll Show Me Yours.' http://podcast.brassringwritin... download (audio/mpeg, 40.37Mb) Description: In Episode two, we discuss ways to tackle an adaptation for the stage. Finding a voice and adding your own themes to existing stories are highlighted; as well as, updating older material, giving new significance for contemporary audiences.
13. SHOW: 1 - 'Mommy, Where Do Plays Come From?' http://podcast.brassringwritin... download (audio/mpeg, 52.77Mb) Description: Our inaugural episode discusses what we, as playwrights, do before we pen the first word. We discuss multiple ways to catalogue and summarize ideas to make the writing process easier.