Stephen Karam
American playwright and screenwriterWikipedia
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Oct 14, 2026
Jonathan CakeHOST
I was so struck by how many great modern plays you've directed.
Jonathan CakeHOST
Blackbird, Take Me Out, all the collaborations with Terrence McNally, The Humans, this brilliant Stephen Karam play, th- the, um, Vagina Monologues.
Jonathan CakeHOST
I mean, so many more.
Jonathan CakeHOST
But I was also struck by how few, to use a probably discredited term now, how few plays from the canon-
EricHOST
We're only three episodes away from finishing the 2021 year of A24 and from hosting the 2021 A24 Oscars before we permanently shift this podcast to movie mind melt.
EricHOST
But today we're reviewing the 2021 psychological drama The Humans, written and directed by Stephen Karam.
EricHOST
But first, we tell you what we're drinking.
EricHOST
Kevin, what are you drinking? Good evening,
DanHOST
It's a very comfortable, nice shirt.
DanHOST
A24 on the racks.
EricHOST
All right, well, so The Humans was originally a play written by Stephen Karam that originally opened in Chicago in November of 2014.
EricHOST
Before it opened on Broadway in February of 2016 to much critical acclaim, it was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2016 and won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play.
Jonathan CakeHOST
If you don't know his work, Joe is the great director, to my mind, of new plays in American theater.
Jonathan CakeHOST
David Harrower's Blackbird, The Vagina Monologues, Take Me Out, uh, Stephen Karam's The Humans, uh, Little Bearage Road, which was on Broadway just before our show was, uh, also starring Laurie Metcalf, Joe's great collaborator of recent years.
Jonathan CakeHOST
Anyway, look, he's also the man behind the cultural juggernaut that is Wicked in all its manifestations.
Jonathan CakeHOST
Oh, something I should quickly explain before I bring in Joe.