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It’s the future and America is at war… again. Actually it’s the fifth war this year and television news is providing non-stop coverage of it from start to finish, which ends up being 90 minutes. “A New War” is new gut-busting theatre satire that pokes fun at everything from TV news, war and patriotism to America’s rip-snorting national ego. This hour we talk with the show’s producer and share some hilarious scenes from the play.

Guests:

Gip Hoppe, playwright and author of “A New War”

Actors Caitlin Gibbon, Nathaniel McIntyre, Michael Dorval and Stephen Russell.

 
 

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