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Apr 2018
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"Lysistrata" w/ Lucy Lawless, Emily Perk...

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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The PEL Players return to perform a "cold read" of Aristophanes's play about using a sex strike to end war, first performed in 411 BCE. Jeffrey Henderson's translation makes this very accessible, and it's still really damn funny. Your hosts are joined by five real actors from TV, film, and Broadway. We will be following this up in ep. 188 with a full discussion of the play and the issues it raises.

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