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Staged readings for your ears! Lauren and Jackson, two LA-based actors, read short plays and screenplays by new writers and interview them. They also talk about their theatre, film, and tv viewings from each week and provide their critiques and recommendations. Submit scripts to tglsubmit@gmail.com!
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Friday Jan 01, 2021
Friday Jan 01, 2021
This week, we’re reading a comedy about a Ladybug Scout plotting to overthrow the troop leader and take her place by any means necessary. Our writer of the week, Alexander Perez, discusses comics, giving back, and smooth jazz. We have two guest actors joining us this week, so you’re in for a treat! Happy New Year!
Detours: We Can Be Heroes (Netflix), Wonder Woman 1984 (HBO Max)
Follow Jenine on Instagram: @jenine.florence
Contact Alexander Perez: alexandergusperez@gmail.com
Check out Paul Makes Everything Worse, a Lego stop motion web series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4uEr5DFWAI
Moon in the Milk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDkLZ94_ILtOQn9eCwxYeXA
Writing, acting, and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com
Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight
Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com!
Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551
Check out our YouTube channel with both of our shows, J&L Closet Pods: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUY4LtkBlJSmI5Hzbi0JiPQ
Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!
Follow Lauren on Instagram and Twitter: @hunkeleberry
Follow Jackson on Instagram and Twitter: @j_woodward_c
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
This week, we’re reading a bottle screenplay about a cab driver and a tarot reader stuck in traffic by Rebecca Ma. Rebecca talks about Idaho, finding new inspiration during quarantine, and representation of non-western cultures.
Detours: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (HBO Max), Soul (Disney+)
Contact Rebecca Ma: rebecca.xu.ma@gmail.com
Writing, acting, and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com
Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight
Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com!
Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551
Check out our YouTube channel with both of our shows, J&L Closet Pods: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUY4LtkBlJSmI5Hzbi0JiPQ
Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!
Follow Lauren on Instagram and Twitter: @hunkeleberry
Follow Jackson on Instagram and Twitter: @j_woodward_c
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
This week, we’re reading a new writer’s first completed script, and it’s a super fun one! Brotherly Scholars is about a group of college students who get caught up in a plagiarism scandal as they scramble to finish their final project. Our writer, Michaela Hartigan, talks about some of her favorite shows, mechanical engineering, and being an early bird.
Detours: Deck the Halls (Carol and Mary Higgins Clark), Below Deck (Peacock), History of Swear Words (Netflix)
Contact Michaela Hartigan: michaelahartigan1@gmail.com
Writing, acting, and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com
Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight
Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com!
Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551
Check out our YouTube channel with both of our shows, J&L Closet Pods: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUY4LtkBlJSmI5Hzbi0JiPQ
Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!
Follow Lauren on Instagram and Twitter: @hunkeleberry
Follow Jackson on Instagram and Twitter: @j_woodward_c
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
This week, we’re bringing it back to our housemates with “The Waiting Room,” a short film created by William Leitch and written by Blake Benson. Four people, recently deceased, find themselves in a comfy purgatory where they have to decide which one of them will return to the land of the living. Will and Blake talk about their collaborative process, worldbuilding, and the people they’d have a drink with in heaven.
Detours: Ready Player One (Ernest Cline), Atlanta (Hulu), Servant (Apple TV)
Contact Blake Benson: blakebenson97@gmail.com
Follow Will Leitch on Instagram: @willmalynn
Writing, acting, and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com
Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight
Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com!
Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551
Check out our YouTube channel with both of our shows, J&L Closet Pods: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUY4LtkBlJSmI5Hzbi0JiPQ
Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!
Follow Lauren on Instagram and Twitter: @hunkeleberry
Follow Jackson on Instagram and Twitter: @j_woodward_c
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
This week, we’re reading an excerpt from a pilot of an animated kid’s series, Micropioneers! Three kids get a mysterious package from their older brother: a device called the Minimizer that allows them to shrink down and solve the world’s tiniest problems! Egidio Concas, our writer of the week, talks about getting involved in the film/TV industry from an Italian island, having a party with his hermit crab, and the correct way to make pasta. We also have three returning guest actors this week!
But: Tristan Cameron
Alva: Jenine Florence Jacinto
William: Kenny Hertling
Detours: Forged in Fire (Netflix), Toy Story 4 (Disney+)
Contact Egidio Concas: concasegidio@gmail.com
Writing, acting, and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com
Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight
Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com!
Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551
Check out our YouTube channel with both of our shows, J&L Closet Pods: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUY4LtkBlJSmI5Hzbi0JiPQ
Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!
Follow Lauren on Instagram and Twitter: @hunkeleberry
Follow Jackson on Instagram and Twitter: @j_woodward_c
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Season 2 finale! This week, we’re reading an excerpt from a feature by Bailey Neve, Full Flower of the Evening. Two kids from a northeastern fishing town run away to Paris with the help of a territorial fisherman, leaving their legion of child filmmakers behind. Bailey talks about the undertaking of writing a feature, Salt Lake City, and being a new father! This is our season finale, so we'll be taking a two week break after this episode, but you can still catch some detours on our Patreon. See you soon!
Detours: Godzilla (YouTube), Kong: Skull Island (HBO Max), Godzilla: King of Monsters (HBO Max), A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)
Contact Bailey Neve: baileyneve10@gmail.com
Bodhi/Jin: Jong Sang Rheu
Delilah: Hanna Zammarieh
Writing, acting, and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com
Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight
Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com!
Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551
Check out our YouTube channel with both of our shows, J&L Closet Pods: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUY4LtkBlJSmI5Hzbi0JiPQ
Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!
Follow Lauren on Instagram and Twitter: @hunkeleberry
Follow Jackson on Instagram and Twitter: @j_woodward_c
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Welcome back to season 3 of The Green Light! For our first week back, we’re reading World’s Longest Car Ride about a perfect anniversary weekend gone horribly wrong. Our writer, Zach Freshley, talks about his wild ride that led him to writing, subverting expectations, and whether or not he’s a morning person.
Detours: The Chase (Hulu), The Mummy Returns (HBO Max)
Contact Zach Freshley: zfreshley@gmail.com
OR follow him on Twitter! @Z_Fresh7
Writing, acting, and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com
Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight
Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com!
Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551
Check out our YouTube channel with both of our shows, J&L Closet Pods: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUY4LtkBlJSmI5Hzbi0JiPQ
Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!
Follow Lauren on Instagram and Twitter: @hunkeleberry
Follow Jackson on Instagram and Twitter: @j_woodward_c
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
This week, we’re reading an animated comedy pilot about what the aliens do on Earth after they exterminate us! Our writer of the week, Cody Guy, talks about Australia, Bojack Horseman, and his space food of choice.
Detours: Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting and Internet Killer (Netflix), Tom and Jerry (HBO Max)
Contact Cody Guy: codyjguy@gmail.com
Azizi/Kera: Tori Saleh
Axxention: Zack Butchin
Remio: Kenny Hertling
Writing, acting, and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com
Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight
Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com!
Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551
Check out our YouTube channel with both of our shows, J&L Closet Pods: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUY4LtkBlJSmI5Hzbi0JiPQ
Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!
Follow Lauren on Instagram and Twitter: @hunkeleberry
Follow Jackson on Instagram and Twitter: @j_woodward_c
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
Thursday Mar 11, 2021
We’re reading a pure drama this week! A short two-hander by fellow southerner Nathan Blankenship, The Final Touch is about Jimmy, a gay man dying of AIDS during the height of the epidemic, and his nurse Lynette. Nathan talks about representation in art, pursuing writing for the stage and screen in two different cities, and his favorite southern comfort food.
Detours: Judas and the Black Messiah (HBO Max); Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work!, and Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad (Austin Kleon)
Contact Nathan Blankenship: nathansmail2001@gmail.com
Check out Nathan’s film on IG: @brokenroad_themovie
Jimmy: William Leitch
Writing, acting, and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com
Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight
Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com!
Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551
Check out our YouTube channel with both of our shows, J&L Closet Pods: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUY4LtkBlJSmI5Hzbi0JiPQ
Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!
Follow Lauren on Instagram and Twitter: @hunkeleberry
Follow Jackson on Instagram and Twitter: @j_woodward_c
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
This week, we’re reading a short comedy that is getting made into a feature! Her Name is Harriet is about a guitar… or is it? Our writer this week, John-Michael Powell, talks about his experience as a film editor and how it impacts his writing, his favorite tattoos, and the LONG process of getting a movie made.
Detours: Circe (Madeline Miller), Murder Among the Mormons (Netflix)
Contact John-Michael Powell: jmp@threeohseven.com
Check out Women is Losers: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9024096/
Clayton: Blake Benson
Action Lines: William Leitch
Rudie: Jackson Campbell
Harriet: Lauren Hunkele
Writing, acting, and music submissions: tglsubmit@gmail.com
Become one of our producers on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thegreenlight
Make a one-time donation on PayPal at tglsubmit@gmail.com!
Check out our new show, Who is that? The Masked Singer Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/who-is-that-the-masked-singer-podcast/id1531834551
Check out our YouTube channel with both of our shows, J&L Closet Pods: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUY4LtkBlJSmI5Hzbi0JiPQ
Follow us on social media at @tgl_pod on Instagram and Twitter and @greenlightpod on Facebook!
Follow Lauren on Instagram and Twitter: @hunkeleberry
Follow Jackson on Instagram and Twitter: @j_woodward_c