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This week, PlayMakers Repertory Company is raising the curtain on a world-premiere musical, “A Good Boy” by Lynden Harris. Harris is the founder and director of Hidden Voices, which helps people in marginalized communities tell their stories – and “A Good Boy” grew out of true stories shared by inmates, families, and officers on death row.

“A Good Boy” runs at PlayMakers from August 20-24. Click here to buy tickets and get more information.

Aaron welcomes Lynden Harris and director Kathryn Hunter-Williams to discuss the show.

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