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Coming Soon! – Out Lines Podcast
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Introducing Out Lines – where we explore the intersections between independent theatre, LGBTQ+ culture, and history.
Join hosts Virginia Baeta, Mark Finley and Jordan Schildcrout on a 10-episode journey. In our first season, we travel through Doric Wilson’s Now She Dances.
Episode One arrives June 1, 2021.
Read the play! Download Doric Wilson’s Now She Dances
Read up on the playwright – Doric Wilson
Learn more about TOSOS – tososnyc.org
Episode Transcript
[theme music]
0:00:01.9 Doric Wilson: Technically, the first modern gay plays were done at the Caffe Cino, on Cornelia Street. Written by myself, Lanford Wilson, Robert Patrick. We never realized what we were doing was brave.
0:00:16.8 Virginia Baeta: That was Doric Wilson, playwright, provocateur, and even if he wasn’t aware of it at the time, pioneer. I’m Virginia Baeta.
0:00:24.8 Jordan Schildcrout: I’m Jordan Schildcrout.
0:00:25.0 Mark Finley: And I’m Mark Finley. This is Out Lines, where we explore how playwrights changed the game for the LGBTQ plus community and beyond.
0:00:35.2 VB: We have a lot to say about that.
[laughter]
0:00:39.5 VB: A lot to say about that.
0:00:40.6 JS: So so much.
0:00:42.7 MF: The first episodes of Out Lines will drop on June 1st.
0:00:45.3 VB: Season One will focus on Doric Wilson’s NOW SHE DANCES. A deeply layered play that brings together Oscar Wilde, Salome and gay liberation.
0:00:53.4 JS: Plus we’ll get an assist from the actors of TOSOS: The Other Side of Silence.
0:00:56.9 MF: New York City’s first professional gay theater company, which Doric helped to create.
0:01:02.0 Karen Stanion (as Gladys): Something tingling with excitement is about to take place.
0:01:05.9 VB: History. Culture. Theater. And occasionally cats.
[space cats sound effect]
0:01:11.5 JS: Visit outlinespod.com to learn more and subscribe.
0:01:15.4 MF: We’ll see you in June.
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0:01:21.4 MF: We sound like we know we’re doing I like it.
0:01:23.1 VB: Meatball. [chuckle] Oh my god, Sarah, would you please… Take that cat away!
