A monthly podcast where we read, watch, and unpack plays that rarely appear in high school classrooms, but should. Each episode explores why a play is overlooked, what it offers in performance, and how it could reshape the canon for today's students <br/><br/><a href="https://secondstagepodcast.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">secondstagepodcast.substack.com</a>
Second Stage Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Rediscovering the plays missing from today's classrooms and stages.
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Podcast Overview
A monthly podcast where we read, watch, and unpack plays that rarely appear in high school classrooms, but should. Each episode explores why a play is overlooked, what it offers in performance, and how it could reshape the canon for today's students <br/><br/><a href="https://secondstagepodcast.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">secondstagepodcast.substack.com</a>
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Recent Episodes
July 27, 2026
S1E21: Discovering American Son by Christopher Demos-Brown | Second Stage Podcast
<p>This week, we wrap up our July series for America's 250th with American Son, Christopher Demos-Brown’s gripping 2018 drama. The play features two parents (a black mom and a white father) desperately searching for answers after their teenage son Jamal goes missing following a traffic stop. What starts as a search for information spirals scene after scene into a relentless and unsolvable argument about race, rights, family, identity, and the complicated ways we experience America.</p><p>Second Stage is a Free Zone Radio production. You can find it and our other podcast, With Honors, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.</p><p>Also, throw some love at our brotherly podcast with Coach Haston, A Deadman’s Books. He’s also on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.</p><p>This episode’s music features “Caught in the Middle” by Amarent and “Flea Bop” by Mr. Smith, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://secondstagepodcast.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">secondstagepodcast.substack.com</a>
July 20, 2026
S1E20: Are There Angels in America 250? with Mark Creter | Second Stage Podcast
<p>This is our 3rd week of July 2026, celebrating America’s 250th on the stage, and we’re rewinding to 1985 and Tony Kushner’s groundbreaking play, Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches.</p><p>Second Stage is a Free Zone Radio production. You can find it and our other podcast, With Honors, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.</p><p>Also, throw some love at our brotherly podcast with Coach Haston, A Deadman’s Books. He’s also on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.</p><p>This episode’s music features “Caught in the Middle” by Amarent and “Flea Bop” by Mr. Smith, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://secondstagepodcast.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">secondstagepodcast.substack.com</a>
July 13, 2026
S1E19: What Do You Mean "American Dream" in A Raisin in the Sun? | Second Stage Podcast
<p>As America celebrates 250 years of its promise, A Raisin in the Sun asks us to consider whose dreams have been realized, whose remain deferred, and what that disparity reveals about the American experience today.</p><p>Second Stage is a Free Zone Radio production. You can find it and our other podcast, With Honors, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.</p><p>Also, throw some love at our brotherly podcast with Coach Haston, A Deadman’s Books. He’s also on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.</p><p>This episode’s music features “Caught in the Middle” by Amarent and “Flea Bop” by Mr. Smith, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://secondstagepodcast.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">secondstagepodcast.substack.com</a>
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