Can a new society arise from a cataclysm? Does humanity deserve a second chance? Chicago author and journalist Natalie Moore joins a virtual audience to explore utopia, dystopia, and the radical imagination while discussing the great Chicago dramatist's "What Use Are Flowers?".
--------------------------------------
Listen to Lorraine Hansberry’s What Use Are Flowers?:
https://makebelieve.fm/flowers
Listen to Natalie Moore and Jeremy McCarter’s City on Fire: Chicago Race Riot 1919:
https://makebelieve.fm/city-on-fire
Credits for this episode:
Hosted by Jeremy McCarter
Music, mixing, and mastering by Mikhail Fiksel
Graphics and social media by Carly Pearlman
Credits for What Use Are Flowers?:
Directed by Daniel Kyri
Music by Mikhail Fiksel
Sound by Erisa Apantaku and Mikhail Fiksel
Production manager - Madeleine Borg
Stage manager - JC Widman
Cast:
Hermit – Billy Branch
Charlie – Daniel Kyri
Lily – Khloe Janel
William – Tevion Lanier
Narration read by Kiayla Ryann
Thank you to the Lorraine Hansberry Literary Trust for allowing us to produce the audio drama; and to the Chauncey and Marion Deering McCormick Foundation and the Poetry Foundation for making season one possible
Popular Podcasts
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
The Nikki Glaser Podcast
Every week comedian and infamous roaster Nikki Glaser provides a fun, fast-paced, and brutally honest look into current pop-culture and her own personal life.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.