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26 Queer Futures Jun 27, 2020

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Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. The New York Neo-Futurists have been celebrating Pride all week, and we're capping it off with episodes of Hit Play featuring some queer queer plays. You can head to nynf.org/prideweek to check out the rest of our art we made. This week: lineage, dreams, texting, and introductions!

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Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

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2:20 [CW: references to anti-Semitism] - If You're Hearing This, I'm Doing Fine by Lee LeBreton

5:17 - CollectiveFutureDream by Katie Kay Chelena featuring Rob Neill, Anooj Bhandari, Annie Levin, Shelton Lindsay, Yael Haskal, Michael John Improta, and Michaela Farrell

8:20 - Queer Fantasia (or a bunch of texts sent that we are now reading here) by Anooj Bhandari featuring Lee LeBreton

13:36 - Hello, my name is… by Sergio Maggiolo

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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25 As the Fire Grows Jun 21, 2020

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Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. In honor of Juneteenth, and the continual efforts of the Black Lives Matter movement, this week we're featuring plays that keep conversations about race going. This week: reflective questions, deep breaths, family recipes, sticky resin!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

Take care of yourself, take a video swagging out doing something you like to, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:49 - Tending to the Disillusion of Action: A Question Starter-Pack by Anooj Bhandari

5:07 [CW: brief mention of racial violence] - Hilary's steps for being, while being black circa June 2020 by Hilary Asare

7:20 - Quick Dinner Break (recorded outside because the weather was nice) by Robin Virginie

8:57 - Resin by Greg Lakhan featuring Caitlyn Jones, Aubrey Lace Taylor, Lindsay Mayberry, Robin Virginie, and Hilary Asare

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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24 Personal Histories Jun 20, 2020

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Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. In honor of Juneteenth, and the continual efforts of the Black Lives Matter movement, this week we're featuring plays that keep conversations about race going. This week: NY protests, Seattle history, preschool memories, Black joy!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

Take care of yourself, sing your favorite song into your favorite coffee mug, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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2:06 [CW: racial violence] - Making Tracks: Walk #7 (Protest Songs) by Kyra Sims; full essay here

8:08 - Two Legacies in Five Parts by Julia Melfi; Free Capitol Hill list of demands here

12:30 - Yellow Power, Black Peril by Topher Lin

15:39 - Variations on Black Joy by Hilary Asare featuring Rayne Harris, T Thompson, Nicole Hill, Robin Virginie

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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23 Recently Jun 14, 2020

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In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, we here at the New York Neo-Futurists are paying attention to the voices of our community that are asking us to listen, and to activate our roles in refusing to tune out. This week, here's a bit of what we're hearing.

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CW: This audio collage contains descriptions and mentions of racist police violence and white supremacy.

Consider joining the NYNF as we donate funds to the Black Visions Collective.

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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You Can't Say That: Kelley Girod Part 2 Jun 13, 2020

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In solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, we here at the New York Neo-Futurists are taking a moment of pause – to deeply pay attention to the voices of our community that are asking us to listen, and to activate our roles in refusing to tune out.

Instead of this week's regular episodes of Hit Play, we're featuring Part 2 of an episode of You Can't Say That, courtesy of the Broadway Podcast Network and Tonya Pinkins. Take a listen, subscribe to, and share their work. BPN.fm/YCST

On this show, Tony award winner Tonya Pinkins, has conversations with theatre-makers. Her guest on this episode is Kelley Nicole Girod, the founder and Executive Producing Director of Obie Award winning, The Fire This Time Festival, that also happens at The Kraine Theater – our shared theater home.

You Can't Say That is produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. The show is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Hit Play's logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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Helga: Elizabeth Alexander Jun 07, 2020

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Instead of this week's regular episodes of Hit Play, we're featuring an episode of Helga from WNYC Studios and WQXR. Take a listen, subscribe to, and share their work.

On this show, Helga Davis brings a soulful curiosity and love of people to her "Everyday Conversations with Extraordinary People". Her guest on this episode is Elizabeth Alexander, poet, educator, memoirist, and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation President.

Helga is produced by Krystal Hawes, technical direction by Curtis MacDonald, executive produced by Lukas Krohn-Grimberghe.

Hit Play's logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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You Can't Say That: Kelley Girod Jun 06, 2020

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Instead of this week's regular episodes of Hit Play, we're featuring an episode of You Can't Say That, courtesy of the Broadway Podcast Network and Tonya Pinkins. Take a listen, subscribe to, and share their work: BPN.fm/YCST

You Can't Say That is produced by Dori Berinstein, edited by Alan Seales, music by Anthony Norman. The show is a proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network.

Hit Play's logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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22 Chlortrille May 31, 2020

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Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: spelling bees, new normals, chanting monks, cat experts!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

Take care of yourself, tie-dye it up with your old Neo-Futurist merch, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:39, 7:44, 10:47 - The 0th Annual Totally Arbitrary Not-A-Word Spelling Bee by Michaela Farrell featuring Siyu Song, Yael Haskal, and Greg Lakhan

3:37 [CW pandemic] - The Normal: It Is New by Katharine Heller featuring Dan McCoy, Cecil Baldwin, Connor Sampson, Rob Neill, and Daniel Mirsky

9:21 - Meanwhile Rob drinks the 2nd to last beer from his fridge and hangs a small shelf for keys & masks by his door while listening to a few random monks chanting with, are those bells? yes, those are bells and monks! by Rob Neill

13:10 - You're the expert by Jeffrey Cranor featuring Cecil Baldwin

18:13 [CW 9/11-related PTSD] - Audio Crime provided by Cecil Baldwin

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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21 Yours, Mine, and Ours May 30, 2020

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Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: touch, horcruxes, unemployment jams, future storytime, breath, treasure!

Some of the plays in this episode may contain sensitive topics. For more specific content warnings, check out the timecodes below.

Take care of yourself, get into stop-animation, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:44 - Strange/r by Katie Kay Chelena

3:38 - Hairy Neos and the Better Days of He Who Must Not Be Named by Anooj Bhandari featuring Lee LeBreton, Shelton Lindsay, and Rob Neill

5:06 - Summer Jam for the 14.7% Like Me by Colin Summers

7:38 - This is how we'll tell it by Yael Haskal

9:58 [CW police brutality, racist violence, death] - For Good White Americans, Recorded in a Single Breath by Lee LeBreton

10:36 - Finding treasure in my phone, your phone, our phones: a collage by Anthony Sertel Dean featuring everyone they could find

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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20 Geographies May 24, 2020

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Thanks for Hitting Play and then listening to Hit Play. This week: mask meanings, seaside picnics, learning español!

Take care of yourself, paint your roommate's room while they're asleep, and share it with us on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook.

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1:23 - Found Sound Part II, Plus or Minus Some Masks by Anooj Bhandari

3:57 - Reflections while currently living on an island (based on a dream, a birthday, and a 100-year-old book) by Rob Neill

8:06 - A Spanish Lesson by Michael John Improta

Our logo was designed by Shelton Lindsay

Our sound is designed by Anthony Sertel Dean

Hit Play is produced by Anthony Sertel Dean, Julia Melfi, and Léah Miller

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