{"id":3245207,"date":"2017-02-02T16:30:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T20:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3245207"},"modified":"2017-02-02T15:43:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T19:43:13","slug":"lunchbox-interview-better-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/lunchbox-interview-better-living","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: Better Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2017-BetterLiving.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3245208\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/lunchbox-interview-better-living\/attachment\/lunchbox-2017-betterliving\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2017-BetterLiving.png\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LunchBox-2017-BetterLiving\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2017-BetterLiving-800x800.png\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3245208\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2017-BetterLiving-300x300.png\" alt=\"LunchBox-2017-BetterLiving\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2017-BetterLiving-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2017-BetterLiving-100x100.png 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2017-BetterLiving-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2017-BetterLiving-800x800.png 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBox-2017-BetterLiving.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The world is filled with stories, everyday, extraordinary, mundane and wonderful.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My guest today is &#8220;theatre poobah&#8221; <strong>Len Falkenstein<\/strong>, Director of Drama at UNB, and two of the actors from the upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unb.ca\/frond-and-spore\/2017\/01\/20\/theatre-unb-presents-better-living-by-george-f-walker-february-1-4\/\">production of George F. Walker&#8217;s <em>Better Living<\/em><\/a>, <strong>Brittany Plourde<\/strong> and <strong>Allyson Roy<\/strong>. Along with a demonstration of a scene from the play, Len explains why he thinks so highly of this series of plays from &#8220;one of Canada&#8217;s Greatest Playwrights&#8221;, and Brittany and Allyson reflect on how playing their characters reflects their own lives.<\/p>\n<p><em>Better Living<\/em> is being staged\u00a0 at Memorial Hall on UNB Fredericton Campus from February 1-4, with a matinee on Saturday at 2pm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1807\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20170201%20-%20Interview%20-%20Better%20Living%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('1807','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20170201%20-%20Interview%20-%20Better%20Living%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20170201%20-%20Interview%20-%20Better%20Living%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3245207-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20170201%20-%20Interview%20-%20Better%20Living%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20170201%20-%20Interview%20-%20Better%20Living%20-%20INTERVIEW%20EXTRACTED.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My guests today are Len Falkenstein, Brittany Plourde and Allyson Roy to talk about the staging of George F. 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