The New Colossus is an unhinged dark comedy reboot of Anton Chekhov’s classic play, THE SEAGULL.

CONTENT WARNING: The New Colossus Audio drama is rated R for content.

Episodes contain: explicit language, lust and sexual situations, gunfire, death, dysfunctional conversations, illness, bad theatre, anti-patriotism, drinking, and arm-wrestling.

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry.

We hope you enjoy….The New Colossus.

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This is a production of Artist Soapbox and Soapbox Audio Collective with support from the Manbites Dog Theater Fund, the patrons of Artist Soapbox, the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Timothy McMackin, and Trailblazer Studios.

The New Colossus was written, directed, and produced by Tamara Kissane. This audio drama was adapted from Tamara’s 2016 stage play produced by Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern and inspired by Anton Chekhov’s play, THE SEAGULL written in 1895.

Big thanks to the incredible team who made this audio production possible:

Executive Producer: Aurelia Belfield

Sound design and editing by Sam Elia

Original Music by Edith Snow and Skylar Gudasz

The audio was recorded at Trailblazer Studios by Cameron Fitzpatrick, our audio engineer, and production manager Kyma Lassiter with additional support from production assistants Barbette Hunter and Kaley Morrison. Additional recording support by James Phillips.

This audio drama features the acting talents of Ron Lee McGill as Konrad, Carly P. Jones as Nina, Edith Snow as Irina, John Jimerson as Trig, Skylar Gudasz as Masha, Ryan Ladue as Meddie, Susannah Hough as Paulina and Michael Foley as Sorin. Kyma Lassiter was the anonymous interviewee on the street. Graphic design by Kaley Morrison.

For any questions or just to say hi, email us at thenewcolossuspodcast@gmail.com and check us out on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. To support the work of Artist Soapbox, please consider becoming a monthly Patreon contributor.

Episode 1 of 6:

Semi-famous actor, Irina Arkin, returns to her hometown to experience THE NEW COLOSSUS, her son’s original performance piece. Irina’s tart review: “It needs a colossal amount of work.”

*Featuring original music written by Skylar Gudasz (Masha) and performed by the cast.

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The New Colossus is an unhinged dark comedy reboot of Anton Chekhov’s classic play, THE SEAGULL.

A family of frustrated, attention-starved artists flocks to the seashore. One of them has a gun…what could possibly go wrong? A darkly comic reboot of Chekhov’s classic THE SEAGULL, this rollicking tale examines the pitfalls of making art and making love in modern day America.

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CONTENT WARNING:

The New Colossus Audio drama is rated R for content.

Episodes contain: explicit language, lust and sexual situations, gunfire, death, dysfunctional conversations, illness, bad theatre, anti-patriotism, drinking, and arm-wrestling. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. We hope you enjoy….The New Colossus.

THE NEW COLOSSUS CAST AND CREW:

Cast:

IRINA: Edith Snow*

TRIG: John Jimerson

NINA: Carly P. Jones

KONRAD: Ron McGill

MASHA: Skylar Gudasz*

MEDDIE: Ryan Ladue

PAULINA: Susannah Hough

SORIN: Michael Foley

ANONYMOUS INTERVIEWEE: Kyma Lassiter

*Skylar and Edith also composed and performed original music as part of their roles!!!

Team:

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Aurelia Belfield

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Kyma Lassiter

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: Barbette Hunter and Kaley Morrison

WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Tamara Kissane

SOUND DESIGNER: Sam Elia

AUDIO ENGINEER: Cameron Fitzpatrick

ADDITIONAL RECORDING SUPPORT: James Phillips

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Kaley Morrison

RECORDED at: Trailblazer Studios in Raleigh, NC

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This is a production of Artist Soapbox and Soapbox Audio Collective with support from the Manbites Dog Theater Fund, the patrons of Artist Soapbox, the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Timothy McMackin, and Trailblazer Studios.

Written by Tamara Kissane. Produced by Artist Soapbox + Soapbox Audio Collective.

www.thenewcolossuspodcast.com

www.artistsoapbox.org

Episode 2 of 6:

Konrad solicits feedback from friends and family about THE NEW COLOSSUS.

“The New Colossus Feedback Sessions with Konrad Arkin. We’re rolling.”

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The New Colossus is an unhinged dark comedy reboot of Anton Chekhov’s classic play, THE SEAGULL.

A family of frustrated, attention-starved artists flocks to the seashore. One of them has a gun…what could possibly go wrong? A darkly comic reboot of Chekhov’s classic THE SEAGULL, this rollicking tale examines the pitfalls of making art and making love in modern day America.

***

CONTENT WARNING:

The New Colossus Audio drama is rated R for content.

Episodes contain: explicit language, lust and sexual situations, gunfire, death, dysfunctional conversations, illness, bad theatre, anti-patriotism, drinking, and arm-wrestling. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. We hope you enjoy….The New Colossus.

THE NEW COLOSSUS CAST AND CREW:

Cast:

IRINA: Edith Snow*

TRIG: John Jimerson

NINA: Carly P. Jones

KONRAD: Ron McGill

MASHA: Skylar Gudasz*

MEDDIE: Ryan Ladue

PAULINA: Susannah Hough

SORIN: Michael Foley

ANONYMOUS INTERVIEWEE: Kyma Lassiter

*Skylar and Edith also composed and performed original music as part of their roles!!!

Team:

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Aurelia Belfield

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Kyma Lassiter

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: Barbette Hunter and Kaley Morrison

WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Tamara Kissane

SOUND DESIGNER: Sam Elia

AUDIO ENGINEER: Cameron Fitzpatrick

ADDITIONAL RECORDING SUPPORT: James Phillips

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Kaley Morrison

RECORDED at: Trailblazer Studios in Raleigh, NC

***

This is a production of Artist Soapbox and Soapbox Audio Collective with support from the Manbites Dog Theater Fund, the patrons of Artist Soapbox, the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Timothy McMackin, and Trailblazer Studios.

Written by Tamara Kissane. Produced by Artist Soapbox + Soapbox Audio Collective.

www.thenewcolossuspodcast.com

www.artistsoapbox.org

Episode 3 of 6:

Clothes come off and feelings surface.

Paulie and Irina come undone. Trig unleashes the dragon. Konrad roves with his camera. Trig and Nina go fishing.

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The New Colossus is an unhinged dark comedy reboot of Anton Chekhov’s classic play, THE SEAGULL.

A family of frustrated, attention-starved artists flocks to the seashore. One of them has a gun…what could possibly go wrong? A darkly comic reboot of Chekhov’s classic THE SEAGULL, this rollicking tale examines the pitfalls of making art and making love in modern day America.

***

CONTENT WARNING:

The New Colossus Audio drama is rated R for content.

Episodes contain: explicit language, lust and sexual situations, gunfire, death, dysfunctional conversations, illness, bad theatre, anti-patriotism, drinking, and arm-wrestling. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. We hope you enjoy….The New Colossus.

THE NEW COLOSSUS CAST AND CREW:

Cast:

IRINA: Edith Snow*

TRIG: John Jimerson

NINA: Carly P. Jones

KONRAD: Ron McGill

MASHA: Skylar Gudasz*

MEDDIE: Ryan Ladue

PAULINA: Susannah Hough

SORIN: Michael Foley

ANONYMOUS INTERVIEWEE: Kyma Lassiter

*Skylar and Edith also composed and performed original music as part of their roles!!!

Team:

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Aurelia Belfield

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Kyma Lassiter

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: Barbette Hunter and Kaley Morrison

WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Tamara Kissane

SOUND DESIGNER: Sam Elia

AUDIO ENGINEER: Cameron Fitzpatrick

ADDITIONAL RECORDING SUPPORT: James Phillips

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Kaley Morrison

RECORDED at: Trailblazer Studios in Raleigh, NC

***

This is a production of Artist Soapbox and Soapbox Audio Collective with support from the Manbites Dog Theater Fund, the patrons of Artist Soapbox, the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Timothy McMackin, and Trailblazer Studios.

Written by Tamara Kissane. Produced by Artist Soapbox + Soapbox Audio Collective.

www.thenewcolossuspodcast.com

www.artistsoapbox.org

Episode 4 of 6:

Welcome to Fun, Fun, Fun Day! Irina’s the MC of this backyard blow out that includes arm-wrestling, jockeying for position, public performances, and passion.

This is the end of Act One.

*Featuring a musical number written and performed by Edith Snow (Irina).

***

The New Colossus is an unhinged dark comedy reboot of Anton Chekhov’s classic play, THE SEAGULL.

A family of frustrated, attention-starved artists flocks to the seashore. One of them has a gun…what could possibly go wrong? A darkly comic reboot of Chekhov’s classic THE SEAGULL, this rollicking tale examines the pitfalls of making art and making love in modern day America.

***

CONTENT WARNING:

The New Colossus Audio drama is rated R for content.

Episodes contain: explicit language, lust and sexual situations, gunfire, death, dysfunctional conversations, illness, bad theatre, anti-patriotism, drinking, and arm-wrestling. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. We hope you enjoy….The New Colossus.

THE NEW COLOSSUS CAST AND CREW:

Cast:

IRINA: Edith Snow*

TRIG: John Jimerson

NINA: Carly P. Jones

KONRAD: Ron McGill

MASHA: Skylar Gudasz*

MEDDIE: Ryan Ladue

PAULINA: Susannah Hough

SORIN: Michael Foley

ANONYMOUS INTERVIEWEE: Kyma Lassiter

*Skylar and Edith also composed and performed original music as part of their roles!!!

Team:

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Aurelia Belfield

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Kyma Lassiter

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: Barbette Hunter and Kaley Morrison

WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Tamara Kissane

SOUND DESIGNER: Sam Elia

AUDIO ENGINEER: Cameron Fitzpatrick

ADDITIONAL RECORDING SUPPORT: James Phillips

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Kaley Morrison

RECORDED at: Trailblazer Studios in Raleigh, NC

***

This is a production of Artist Soapbox and Soapbox Audio Collective with support from the Manbites Dog Theater Fund, the patrons of Artist Soapbox, the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Timothy McMackin, and Trailblazer Studios.

Written by Tamara Kissane. Produced by Artist Soapbox + Soapbox Audio Collective.

www.thenewcolossuspodcast.com

www.artistsoapbox.org

Episode 5 of 6:

Three years have passed. Much has changed, and unfortunately much has remained the same. New arrivals and impending departures, and always….’art.’

This is the beginning of Act Two.

*Featuring original music written and performed by Skylar Gudasz (Masha).

***

The New Colossus is an unhinged dark comedy reboot of Anton Chekhov’s classic play, THE SEAGULL.

A family of frustrated, attention-starved artists flocks to the seashore. One of them has a gun…what could possibly go wrong? A darkly comic reboot of Chekhov’s classic THE SEAGULL, this rollicking tale examines the pitfalls of making art and making love in modern day America.

***

CONTENT WARNING:

The New Colossus Audio drama is rated R for content.

Episodes contain: explicit language, lust and sexual situations, gunfire, death, dysfunctional conversations, illness, bad theatre, anti-patriotism, drinking, and arm-wrestling. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. We hope you enjoy….The New Colossus.

THE NEW COLOSSUS CAST AND CREW:

Cast:

IRINA: Edith Snow*

TRIG: John Jimerson

NINA: Carly P. Jones

KONRAD: Ron McGill

MASHA: Skylar Gudasz*

MEDDIE: Ryan Ladue

PAULINA: Susannah Hough

SORIN: Michael Foley

ANONYMOUS INTERVIEWEE: Kyma Lassiter

*Skylar and Edith also composed and performed original music as part of their roles!!!

Team:

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Aurelia Belfield

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Kyma Lassiter

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: Barbette Hunter and Kaley Morrison

WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Tamara Kissane

SOUND DESIGNER: Sam Elia

AUDIO ENGINEER: Cameron Fitzpatrick

ADDITIONAL RECORDING SUPPORT: James Phillips

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Kaley Morrison

RECORDED at: Trailblazer Studios in Raleigh, NC

***

This is a production of Artist Soapbox and Soapbox Audio Collective with support from the Manbites Dog Theater Fund, the patrons of Artist Soapbox, the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Timothy McMackin, and Trailblazer Studios.

Written by Tamara Kissane. Produced by Artist Soapbox + Soapbox Audio Collective.

www.thenewcolossuspodcast.com

www.artistsoapbox.org

Episode 6 of 6:

A continuation of episode 5. Full of fractures and farewells, this is the final episode of The New Colossus.

*Featuring a musical number written and performed by Skylar Gudasz. (Masha)

*Excerpt of The Waste Land a poem by T.S. Elliot

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The New Colossus is an unhinged dark comedy reboot of Anton Chekhov’s classic play, THE SEAGULL.

A family of frustrated, attention-starved artists flocks to the seashore. One of them has a gun…what could possibly go wrong? A darkly comic reboot of Chekhov’s classic THE SEAGULL, this rollicking tale examines the pitfalls of making art and making love in modern day America.

***

CONTENT WARNING:

The New Colossus Audio drama is rated R for content.

Episodes contain: explicit language, lust and sexual situations, gunfire, death, dysfunctional conversations, illness, bad theatre, anti-patriotism, drinking, and arm-wrestling. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. We hope you enjoy….The New Colossus.

THE NEW COLOSSUS CAST AND CREW:

Cast:

IRINA: Edith Snow*

TRIG: John Jimerson

NINA: Carly P. Jones

KONRAD: Ron McGill

MASHA: Skylar Gudasz*

MEDDIE: Ryan Ladue

PAULINA: Susannah Hough

SORIN: Michael Foley

ANONYMOUS INTERVIEWEE: Kyma Lassiter

*Skylar and Edith also composed and performed original music as part of their roles!!!

Team:

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Aurelia Belfield

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Kyma Lassiter

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: Barbette Hunter and Kaley Morrison

WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Tamara Kissane

SOUND DESIGNER: Sam Elia

AUDIO ENGINEER: Cameron Fitzpatrick

ADDITIONAL RECORDING SUPPORT: James Phillips

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Kaley Morrison

RECORDED at: Trailblazer Studios in Raleigh, NC

***

This is a production of Artist Soapbox and Soapbox Audio Collective with support from the Manbites Dog Theater Fund, the patrons of Artist Soapbox, the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Timothy McMackin, and Trailblazer Studios.

Written by Tamara Kissane. Produced by Artist Soapbox + Soapbox Audio Collective.

www.thenewcolossuspodcast.com

www.artistsoapbox.org

In April 2020, Artist Soapbox released our second full length scripted audio drama THE NEW COLOSSUS. This is the first of two episodes that feature short interviews with the cast of THE NEW COLOSSUS audio drama (released in April 2020). This episode features half of the cast, all of whom play the younger generation of characters. 😊💕

You’ll hear from Ron Lee McGill, Carly Prentis Jones, Ryan Ladue, and Skylar Gudasz, interviewed by Kaley Morrison during our recording days in November of 2019. These are short snippets — each actor had only a few minutes between their calls to pop over and answer a few of Kaley’s questions.

(L-R: Ron Lee McGill, Carly Prentis Jones, Ryan Ladue, Skylar Gudasz)

If you’ve already listened to THE NEW COLOSSUS audio drama, then you know how talented these actors are. As you’ll hear in this episode, they are lovely, thoughtful and generous people as well.

The cast covers a variety of topics including: their individual characters in TNC, what it’s like to record an audio drama, the difference between acting for audio and acting on stage, why people should listen to TNC, their favorite moments and more. (Warning, there are a few spoiler alerts here if you haven’t finished all 6 episodes.)

WONDERFUL BONUS: This episode includes music written and performed by Sklyar Gudasz and recorded by James Phillips for Episodes 5 & 6 of THE NEW COLOSSUS. Enjoy it, and then go immediately to purchase Skylar’s newest album CINEMA (which has received incredible reviews!).

As of this release, TNC has been listened to in 20 countries and 30 US states. You can also listen to the six 20 minute episodes via the website www.thenewcolossuspodcast.com and via Apple Podcasts, Spotify and all the usual podcasts platforms.

If you’d like to hear more about THE NEW COLOSSUS and audio drama in general, our wonderful executive producer, Aurelia Belfield, and I will be co-leading an online session as part of the Women’s Theatre Festival on July 29 at 11am. Purchase tickets here for our individual session or for the entire month-long online conference and new play festival..

Big special thanks to our incredible TNC production team, to Trailblazer Studios where we recorded TNC, to the patrons of ASBX on Patreon, and to Manbites Dog Theatre Foundation and the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation for their support.

Ron Lee McGill (KONRAD) is grateful to be apart of this production. Born & raised in Durham, NC, Ron received his BA in Media Studies from the University of North Carolina and now resides in Charlotte, NC where he is an Actor, Writer, and Graphic Illustrator. Ron’s film credits include appearances on TVOne’s Fatal Attraction and the national advertisement for Meals on Wheels. Ron could last be seen on stage for the Children’s Theater of Charlotte in such productions as Judy Moody and Stink: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt and Last Stop on Market Street. Ron is humbled by the opportunity to be among such great and dedicated...