Wilde'n Out
Wilde'n Out is a comedy podcast hosted by Zil and Kay, two theater nerds who share a love of riffing on bad media. In each episode they take a public domain show, read it aloud using character voices of wildly varying quality, and joke their way through it. The humor leans on improv, silly accents, and Mystery Science Theater 3000-style commentary. It is aimed at listeners who enjoy offbeat, amateur-friendly audio comedy.
Episodes
The Stronger
We return to August Strindberg, having realized he was far more interesting than appeared at first glance. Two women meet in a Cafe, and neither of them has a secret criminal past! But we still discover who is the stronger of the two of them. Maybe. Zil delivers a performance of a lifetime, Kay learns the value of quickly reviewing a script before recording, and both agree that drinking absinthe i
Pariah, or The Outcast
We move into another show, August Strindberg's Pariah, or The Outcast. Two men meet with mysterious criminal pasts and engage in a duel of words and wits. Or something. Listen, it was written by a very out-there Swede while corresponding with a certain German nihilist, so it gets weird. Come check it out. Expect sincere performances, wandering character voices, irreverent commentary, and the occa
The Game, a Morality Play in One Act
We start our first double digit episode with a look at Louise Bryant's one and only show: The Game, a Morality Play in One Act. We figure out who wins the fate of the hapless 'Youth' and incredibly named 'Girl' AND Kay teaches Zil how to say Bryant!Expect sincere performances, wandering character voices, irreverent commentary, and the occasional derailment. Whether you’re a literature nerd, a thea
Pygmalion Act 5
We are back for Act 5, the final act! Eliza finally gets a chance to fight back a bit, our favorite dustman returns, and Pickering sadly does not wear a dress. Join us to finish this behemoth of a story and complain about it!Expect sincere performances, wandering character voices, irreverent commentary, and the occasional derailment. Whether you’re a literature nerd, a theatre kid, or someone who
Pygmalion Act 4
A small summer break, and we are back for Act 4. Join us to be horrified at casual old-timey misogyny and domestic abuse! Small trigger warning and episode flagged as 'explicit' for that reason. Expect sincere performances, wandering character voices, irreverent commentary, and the occasional derailment. Whether you’re a literature nerd, a theatre kid, or someone who just likes hearing old shows g
Pygmalion Act 3
After a rumored kidnapping by enraged rogue linguists, we are back with Pygmalion in Act 3!. We express our love of K dramas, find out that Freud may have been onto something, and also find a second character we like in this show!Expect sincere performances, wandering character voices, irreverent commentary, and the occasional derailment. Whether you’re a literature nerd, a theatre kid, or someone
Pygmalion Act 2 pt 2
After a brief interlude, and me figuring out even more audio editing tools, we are back with Pygmalion into the second part of act 2, because we have to finish it someday. We learn about historical words like blackguard, get sidetracked about medieval saints into breast feeding, and learn that Henry Higgins is a dress sniffer.Expect sincere performances, wandering character voices, irreverent comm
Pygmalion Act 2 pt 1
We are back with Pygmalion into the first part of act 2, because man was this longer than we remembered. A girl gets kidnapped, we learn that's ok because she doesn't belong to anyone, and we are glad that Higgins was into accents and not skin.Expect sincere performances, wandering character voices, irreverent commentary, and the occasional derailment in the name of comedy. Whether you’re a litera
Pygmalion Act 1
Taking a break from fun shows, we switch things up with Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. He's.. entertaining in ways we assume did not intend to be. This is the first act/chunk of the show, and there's quite a few character breaks as we try to figure out what's going on.Expect sincere performances, wandering character voices, irreverent commentary, and the occasional derailment in the name of com
The Importance of Being Ernest Act 3
We return to finish The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. This episode covers Act Three, the return of a WAY over-talkative character, questionable family trees, and the answer to What is the importance of being Ernest? Expect sincere performances, irreverent commentary, and the occasional derailment.Whether you’re a literature nerd, a theatre kid, or someone who just likes hearing old s
The Importance of Being Ernest Act 2
We continue our adventure into The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. This episode covers Act Two, introducing a few more characters, muffin fights, and the timeless question: what if lying was simply more convenient? Expect sincere performances, irreverent commentary, and the occasional derailment.Whether you’re a literature nerd, a theatre kid, or someone who just likes hearing old show
The Importance of Being Ernest Act 1
In our very first episode, we dive into Act One of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.Join us as we perform a dramatic reading of Wilde’s razor-sharp comedy of manners: complete with mistaken identities, invented alter egos, and relentless social satire. We only occasionally break character to give it the good old Mystery Science Theater treatment. Classic theatre, lovingly performed…
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