Episode #6: Devil Doggos!

Hosted by Andrew Knight and Cameron Taylor

Special Guest: Actor, dramaturg and scholar Callie Banholzer

Points of Interest:

• Introduction
• What’s unique about the play and why we were drawn to it
• Brief Plot Summary
• Historical Context of Sawyer and familiars
• Tom and the Narrative of Witch of Edmonton
• Production History of Tom
• Interview with actor, dramaturg, and scholar Callie Banholzer
• Implications of staging on the narrative
• Wrap-up, how we would stage Tom

Episode #7: Which Witch is Which?

Hosted by Gil Mitchell and Ariel Tatum

Content Note: This episode contains depictions of hanging, as well as descriptions of violence. It also deals with heavy topics including the prosecution of individuals for witchcraft. Listener discretion is suggested.

Points of Interest:

• Biography of Elizabeth Sawyer 
• Performing Goodcole’s Pamphlet
• Play Breakdown and major themes
• Witchcraft in Early Modern England
  • Witch hunts
  • Familiars
• King James I’s Daemonologie 
• Takeaways and Practical Performance Applications

Episode #8: Disability and Performance

Hosted by George Durfee, Rachel Louis, and Dylan Mabe

Special guest: Actor and scholar Tim Briggs

Content Note: This episode includes discussion of abuse, mental illness, and physical and mental disability.

Points of Interest:

• Elizabeth Sawyer through the lens of disability theory
• Contemporary production history of the portrayal of Sawyer
• Interview our friend and alumni of the program Tim Briggs, a modern-day disabled multi-hyphenate theatremaker, to ask them about their experience with disability in the arts
• Conclusion, wrap up, and further reading