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Tulsa's American Theatre Company Presents "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett

Public Radio Tulsa | By Rich Fisher
Published October 30, 2015 at 12:27 PM CDT
Aired on Friday, October 30th.

On this edition of ST, we learn about the newest production from Tulsa's own American Theatre Company, "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett. Our guest is Lisa Wilson, who's directing this postmodernist/absurdist classic. The play will be staged from tonight (the 30th) though November 7th at the ATC space in downtown Tulsa near 3rd and Lansing. As noted of this play at the ATC website (where you'll also find more info on tickets and show times): "There they are; a leafless tree on a desolate road, and Vladimir and Estragon, those two homeless men in tattered bowler hats.... 'Godot' has become one of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past fifty years and a cornerstone of twentieth-century drama." Also on today's show, we welcome a new commentator, Jeff Nix, to the StudioTulsa line-up. Jeff's piece is an amusing aside on how reliably unreliable -- if not totally and strangely inconsistent -- certain everyday words and phrases can be.
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Rich Fisher
Rich Fisher is celebrating his 40th year of service to Public Radio Tulsa. Since 2000, he has been the general manager of Public Radio Tulsa, and previously served as the host of the public affairs program, StudioTulsa, which ran from 1992-2021. Prior to that, he served as music director, a program host and operations director for the station.
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