EPISODE · Dec 13, 2024 · 34 MIN

Robert O'Hara — SHIT. MEET. FAN.

from The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers · host Robert O'Hara, Dan Rubins

Shit. Meet. Fan. is running at MCC Theater through December 15th. To learn more, visit www.mcctheater.org. Follow The Present Stage on Instagram at @thepresentstageThe Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers is hosted by Dan Rubins, a theater critic for Theatermania and Slant Magazine. You can also find Dan's reviews on Cast Album Reviews  and in The New Yorker's Briefly Noted column.The Present Stage supports the national nonprofit Hear Your Song. If you'd like to learn more about Hear Your Song and how to support empowering youth with serious illnesses to make their voices heard though songwriting, please visit www.hearyoursong.org

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Join Tony-nominated director and playwright Robert O'Hara talking about his new play Shit. Meet. Fan. What is it like to write the first English-language adaptation of the most-adapted film of all time? How do you put your own personal voice into a story that's been adapted so many times in the past decade? What's with all the celebrities in the cast? And how does the 2024 presidential election shape audience's understanding of a play about the secrets — and the secret hatreds — that friends hide?

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