Podcasts Arts Performing Arts Playing On Air: Short Audio Plays NAPOLEON IN EXILE by Daniel Reitz (Re-Release)

NAPOLEON IN EXILE by Daniel Reitz (Re-Release)

Published: Feb. 21, 2021, 9:30 a.m.

\u201cI felt I really had given birth ... rebirth ... to Napoleon.\u201d

\u201cSo wait. Am I Napoleon? Or do I need to look for a job?\u201d

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Everyday life is a battlefield for single mother Evelyn and her adult son Corey, who has ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder). But underneath their sparring over Minecraft and job applications, a game-changing crisis is bubbling.


Directed by Golden Globe winner Marsha Mason (\u201cGrace and Frankie,\u201d The Goodbye Girl), NAPOLEON IN EXILE by Daniel Reitz (New Dramatists, Ensemble Studio Theatre) is a moving, unexpectedly funny portrait of a family on the brink. Emmy nominee Jane Kaczmarek (\u201cMalcolm in the Middle,\u201d Good People) and Will Dagger (HBO\u2019s \u201cI Know This Much Is True,\u201d PoA\u2019s The Press Conference) star as mother and son. After the performance, the artists join host Claudia Catania to discuss writing for actors and bringing theater chops to the world of sitcom TV.