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Short Story
Jul.29.2008
things left unsaid...six short stories an original play by lynn liccardo   Production note: I like to think of these 10-minute plays as Legos: all six can stand alone, but can also be put together in various combinations. the choice is hers A new, well, newly renewed, relationship; an unplanned pregnancy: Cali has a choice to make. things left unsaid...
Short Story
Jul.02.2008
Broadcast on SCAT (Somerville Community Access Television) as part of Dead Air Live
Settling In An original play by Lynn Liccardo PRODUCTION NOTE:   Settling In contains three, stand-alone ten-minute plays: The first scene is a stand-alone called, Getting Settled; scenes two, four, five and six, The Choice is Hers; and scene eight, You’re Okay With That?. Scene 1 The stage is split. Stage right set with outdoor furniture: a table and...
Article
Jun.29.2008
Convergence Culture Consortium
Over the past few weeks I’ve been checking in on the blog Sam Ford set up for his class on The American Soap Opera: here. The student comments touch on many of the issues that underlie the current, sorry state of the American Soap Opera. Of course, being only a few weeks into the course, and from what I can tell, relatively new soap viewers, they lack the...
Article
Jun.29.2008
Convergence Culture Consortium
As I watched I Charlie Rose’s interview with A. G. Lafley, P&G’s CEO, I was pretty sure I wasn’t going to hear anything about P&G’s two long-running soap operas, As the World Turns and Guiding Light, and indeed, I did not. But what I did hear has enormous and immediate relevance for the current sorry state of these two shows. I was immediately struck by...