How To Die: Andy Pederson

Season of No More Doomscrolling

The 2025-2026 Season of Exploration at The George Theater has officially begun! And who better to sit down and chat about it with than our Executive Artistic Director Jayme McGhan! Two and a half years after his first episode, how has A.D. Player grown? How do we pick a season? What happens when you don’t get the rights to a show? Where is A.D. Players headed? All these questions answered and more on this episode of By George!

Did the cat die?!? w/ Bob Smiley and Jesse GrothOlson

Should you take sports advice from your standup comedian? What if your landscaper was funnier than you? γιατί αυτό είναι στα πρωτότυπα ελληνικά? More unanswered questions in this episode of By George, but this time with Jesse GrothOlson and Bob Smiley!

Clean Comedy is Actually Good? w/BOB SMILEY

What’s the deal with little soaps at hotels? Are pagers making a come back? Who is Bob Smiley, and how did he get into my office? None of these questions are answered on this episode of By George! But it’s still a fun time.

Faith and Courage W/ Fr. Micah Snell

How to Die: The Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer is a complex show, that poses many questions. So sit down with Fr. Micah, as we discuss and parse through Bonhoeffer's works and theology. What does Bonhoeffer mean when he says to suffer is to have faith? How do we know what is God's will for us? How does a theologian, conspire to assassinate? Sit back, grab a snack, and a journal to take notes, it's going to be a long one.

How To Die: Andy Pederson

Famous pastor and theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's story comes to life at the George Theater. Bonhoeffer, who, upset by the complacency he saw in the German church toward the Nazi party, makes the hardest decision he's ever had to make-- a willing attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Hear how his story, from boyhood to martyrdom, was brought to the stage, from the playwright himself Andy Pederson. How does one write a play on a historical figure? What is reality and what is dramatized? What makes it from the script to the stage? All these questions answered and more in this episode of By George!