Show Notes
Dennis connects via Zoom with two of the people behind the play The Sandwich Ministry; playwright Miranda Rose Hall and Armando Huipe, who is the Executive Director of the Skylight Theatre Company in Los Angeles where the show is running through July 7, 2024. The play is one of the best things Dennis has seen on stage in years. The story concerns three women, two of whom are queer, who gather in a church basement to make sandwiches for people in need after a once-in-lifetime storm hits their community. Miranda talks about what inspired her to write the play, her own background growing up in an LGBT-friendly Presbyterian Church in Baltimore and her goal of examining how to live in a time of chronic emergency. Armando recalls reading the play for the first time during a massive rainstorm in LA and being moved to tears by it. He also explains how the sandwiches being made by the actors on stage are actually packed up after the show and given to local organizations to help feed people in need. Other topics include: the recent Tony Awards, the doubts and fears that come with choosing to pursue an artistic life, the challenges of getting folks back to the theater after the pandemic, the importance of third spaces in people's lives and what kind of sandwich is the most delicious.
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