''Pang!'' is an audio drama podcast about food insecurity that was written and directed by
Dan Froot and commissioned by the CSPS Legion Arts.
Background
The show was commissioned by the CSPS Legion Arts and premiered on October 20, 2017 at the
C.S.P.S. Hall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The show was performed live as a theater play and is also a podcast. The podcast includes episodes containing interviews with the families that the stories were based on. From April 20–22, 2023, the show was performed live at the
University at Albany
The State University of New York at Albany (University at Albany, UAlbany, or SUNY Albany) is a Public university, public research university in Albany, New York, United States. Founded in 1844, it is one of four "university centers" of the St ...
.
One of the stories follows a family living in Los Angeles who were forced to move out after their uncle was scammed out of a large amount of money. Another story is about a family of immigrants from Burundi who live in Iowa. A third story follows a 7-year-old living in
Overtown whose friend was killed in a shooting. The script about the immigrant family was based on 12 hours of interviews and over 200 pages of transcriptions, which was trimmed down to three 30 minute segments.
The show was primarily voiced by three actors and contains
foley.
Dan Froot was the lead writer and director of the play and Bobby Gordon was the
dramaturge
A dramaturge or dramaturg (from Ancient Greek δραματουργός – dramatourgós) is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and pr ...
. The show was performed by Natalie Camunas, Donna Simone Johnson,
Christopher Rivas, as well as Dan Froot and
Robert Een. The show's lighting director was Katelan Braymer and lighting design was by Christopher Kuhl. The sound engineer was Gary Markowitz and the sound design was by
Cricket Myers with music by Robert Een.
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://www.pangpodcast.com/
2019 podcast debuts
2021 podcast endings
Audio podcasts
Scripted podcasts
American podcasts
2017 plays
English-language plays
American plays
Plays based on actual events
Plays about families
Plays about race and ethnicity