You’ve heard of Rodgers and Hammerstein. You’ve heard of Bernstein and Sondheim. But have you heard of Forrester and Andrews?!

In this episode the CenterForLit crew is joined by Adam’s good friend Scott Forrester to talk about Missy’s favorite stage play: Creator.

Creator is one of many musicals on which Adam and Scott have collaborated since their heyday in the theater department at Hillsdale College. It is an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein that explores what might have happened if Victor Frankenstein had given in to the Creature’s request for a bride.

Adam and Scott discuss the joys of artistic collaboration in a way that may inspire your young artists to enjoy their own dramaturgical interests no matter how large their audience!

Be sure to stay tuned until the end to listen to one of the musical numbers from Creator: “There’s a Charm on the Woods.”

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CenterForLit Director Adam Andrews explains what you can expect from the CenterForLit Podcast Network going forward.

In summary:

* The BiblioFiles archives and previous How to Eat an Elephant seasons will only be available to paid Substack subscribers.

* The format of our public-facing podcast will be changing slightly while future topical seasons (including our next season on AI) will only be available to paid subscribers.

* A huge thank you to everyone who has faithfully listened to and supported our shows over the last decade. We are so grateful to you for making our conversations possible!

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For our season finale we’re reflecting on how far we’ve come since Medea. We offer our final thoughts on the difference between written literature and dramatic performance, identify trends in theater history, and take a little time to be silly before we call it quits.

In this episode each member of the CenterForLit crew takes turns casting one of the plays we’ve discussed. Then we imagine hypothetical conversations between two characters we’ve met this season. Finally we reveal favorite plays that we didn’t get a chance to discuss in anticipation of talking about them in our bonus episodes for paid Substack subscribers!

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