Good Person of Szechuan by Bertolt Brecht
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Unforgettable Elephants PBS Nature Series
“Whistler’s Mother” Season 1 Episode 20 Arrested Development
- a man in uniform
- tobacco
- a song
- a crappy job
- a body part that doesn’t work right
- a home with too many inhabitants
- an epilogue
- price tags
also:
The above (Joan Baez’s 1968 recording of “Tears of Rage”) and the photo below.
Give up? These are disparate "ingredients" of a Paula Vogelian bake-off centered on the theme of "the Matriarch" that Clubbed Thumb has concocted for its Biennial Commission.
Deadline is Sept. 1. Playwrights, start your engines!
Ok so I'm somewhat familiar with the Vogel bake-off. Might be a dumb question, but do ALL of these "ingredients" have to be included in the play literally? I mean, these are such extremely specific things. Wow.
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