In an attempt to remind her family of their privilege and help them bond, Ms. Anna Barker invites Pilgrim reenactors to stay with them over Thanksgiving. When the “actors” refuse to break character, the Barker family learns that there is such a thing as too much gratitude.
Writer mom desperately wishing to connect with her precocious daughter joins an unscripted Improv class to learn the art of listening and playing. She discovers that both Improv and motherhood are failure based art forms.
This special is a recording of the presentation of the Algur H. Meadows Award for Excellence in the Arts presented by Southern Methodist University in 1994. The performance, by students at the school and guest artists Bernadette Peters, Chip Zien and Debra Monk, is intercut with interviews with Sondheim, Hal Prince, James Lapine and videotaped testimonials from Angela Lansbury and Jason Alexander.
Beth Curry won the Oscar-sponsored Nicholl Fellowship in 2020 for her script Lemon, which went on to be optioned by Mandalay Pictures. Her script, The Wonder Yard, starring Kate Mara, Tony Shalhoub, and Jacki Weaver will hopefully shoot in early 2026. She has another feature called Almost Normal, with Annaleigh Ashford attached to star. As a multi-hyphenate, Beth used to perform on the Broadway stage in shows like Legally Blonde, Good Vibrations, Young Frankenstein, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. She has appeared in many TV shows as an actor: Hacks, GLOW, Shining Vale, Superstore, Hart of Dixie, Pretty Freekin’ Scary, Hacks, Seal Team, Paradise, and many others. She just directed and produced a short film of her Nicholl script, Lemon, which helped her become a Shondaland Directing Fellowship Finalist of 2025.
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