Mini Shenanigans - Episode 3 - "Early One Evening at the Miskatonic University Ladies Auxiliary Book Club" by John Busser

About this episode

This episode features a play by John Busser and discusses his contributions to theater.

Hello there and welcome to our third episode in this 6th series of Mini Shenanigans. Our play today is from Cleveland based actor/writer/graphic artist John Busser (https://newplayexchange.org/users/34757/john-busser) &. John is the co-runner of Cleveland Public Theatre’s writer's workshop, The Dark Room which helps new and seasoned playwrights test drive new work. He is the author of over 115 short plays that have been produced throughout the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and most recently, South India. John’s relationship with us here at Theatrical Shenanigans goes way back to Season One where his play “A Conversation about Mom” ended our very first season (https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/episode-10-a-coversation-about-mom-jonathan-cook/). He then joined me as a guest at the start of season 2 to discuss Lisa Quoresmio’s play “Cloudy with a chance of Contempt” (https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/s02-e01-episode-1-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-contempt-john-busser/). He joined me again as a guest with three other panellists in November 2023 on the Panel presents…

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Feeny-Williams

Guest: John Busser

Topics covered

• theater
• playwriting
• book club
• Cleveland arts
• short plays

Keywords

• Miskatonic University
• Ladies Auxiliary
• John Busser
• Cleveland Public Theatre
• short plays

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cleveland Public Theatre

Books & works: A Conversation about Mom, Cloudy with a chance of Contempt, you went there, They’re in There, Taken to S

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