The Designated Mourner
As Jack's country descends into violence and authoritarianism, Jack himself plunges into his own parallel decline, a chilling abdication of everything he once valued. Gideon Media brings a modern stage classic from Wallace Shawn to the world of podcasts.
Episodes
June 19, 2021 • 2 mins
Something’s happening in the country where Jack lives. There’s violence in the streets. Leaders are being replaced. Public life is transforming. The government is cracking down on anyone suspected of subversion. But Jack—consumed with his atrophying marriage to Judy, his corrosive envy of his famous poet–intellectual father-in-law Howard, and his disintegrating sense of self—barely notices. As the once-liberal society around him de...
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June 25, 2021 • 25 mins
Howard, a well-known writer, lives with his thoughtful adult daughter Judy and her amusing husband Jack. Jack resents Howard.
Featuring Wallace Shawn, Deborah Eisenberg, and Larry Pine.
Written by Wallace Shawn, directed by André Gregory, sound design and music composed by Bruce Odland, and produced by Sean Williams.
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June 25, 2021 • 28 mins
The ruling regime doesn't like Howard. Jack thinks Howard is an arrogant snob.
Featuring Wallace Shawn, Deborah Eisenberg, and Larry Pine.
Written by Wallace Shawn, directed by André Gregory, sound design and music composed by Bruce Odland, and produced by Sean Williams.
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June 25, 2021 • 25 mins
As political violence threatens Howard, Judy remains loyal to him, but Jack's hatred towards him increases.
Featuring Wallace Shawn, Deborah Eisenberg, and Larry Pine.
Written by Wallace Shawn, directed by André Gregory, sound design and music composed by Bruce Odland, and produced by Sean Williams.
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June 25, 2021 • 28 mins
Howard is beaten up. Jack asks Judy to leave the house with him. She won't. Jack leaves by himself.
Featuring Wallace Shawn, Deborah Eisenberg, and Larry Pine.
Written by Wallace Shawn, directed by André Gregory, sound design and music composed by Bruce Odland, and produced by Sean Williams.
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June 25, 2021 • 25 mins
Judy, Howard, and their friends are arrested. Jack becomes a columnist for a popular news outlet.
Featuring Wallace Shawn, Deborah Eisenberg, and Larry Pine.
Written by Wallace Shawn, directed by André Gregory, sound design and music composed by Bruce Odland, and produced by Sean Williams.
Gideon Media crafts gripping productions that explore human grace and darkness through popular genre forms. Learn more at www.gideon-media.co...
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June 25, 2021 • 37 mins
As Judy and Howard head toward their predetermined destinies, Jack studies pornographic magazines and resolves his internal conflicts.
Featuring Wallace Shawn, Deborah Eisenberg, and Larry Pine.
Written by Wallace Shawn, directed by André Gregory, sound design and music composed by Bruce Odland, and produced by Sean Williams.
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July 6, 2021 • 2 mins
In Wallace Shawn's most disturbing and dreamlike drama, a groundbreaking nutrient radically disrupts the food chain, bringing on global illness and outbreaks of disturbing behavior. Directed by André Gregory and featuring Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Jennifer Tilly, and Emily Cass McDonnell.
Follow and subscribe to Grasses of a Thousand Colors wherever you get your podcasts. All episodes available July 9th, 2021.
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July 12, 2021 • 1 min
From the writer of The Message, Life/After, and Steal the Stars. They call the crashed spaceship “The Ghosthouse” because it screams—the screams of thousands of extraterrestrial political prisoners trapped in its horrific mainframe. The only way to free them... is to transfer them into humans willing to share their minds with a second consciousness forever. Who would volunteer for that?
Written by Mac Rogers and directed by Jordan...
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August 9, 2021 • 1 min
People tune into Brent Ziff’s radio show to hear him make fun of losers. But tonight’s loser, Leo Short, is calling with a message from the Earth that’s gonna put everything Brent knows on shaky ground.
Written by Mac Rogers and directed by Jordana Williams.
Follow and subscribe to The Earth Moves wherever you get your podcasts. Part one premieres August 13th, 2021.
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August 23, 2021 • 1 min
A dark fairy tale about a gaslighting relationship, as one woman desperately seeks the story that will take her back across the narrow, dangerous bridge to freedom. Written by Mac Rogers and directed by Jordana Williams.
Follow and subscribe to God of Obsidian wherever you get your podcasts. Chapter one premieres August 27th, 2021.
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