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Kathryn Funkhouser

@katfunkhouser.bsky.social
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Plays and other writing at kathrynfunkhouser.com

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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sacha Baron Cohen Will Star (oh no) in London (ok fine) Quentin Tarantino Stage Play (we've strayed so far from God's light) The Popinjay Cavalier (PARDON ME THE WHAT NOW)
Screenshot of a Playbill headline: Sacha Baron Cohen Will Star in Quentin Tarantino Stage Play The Popinjay Cavalier. 
Above, a photo of Sacha Baron Cohen
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We realized that we were visiting DC during the UFC fight with some trepidation, but it turns out if you want to enjoy a deserted art museum, it's honestly not a bad choice
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Ending the Tonys with Lorne Michaels sighing "it's been a long night" because he's mad he had to stand up is unfortunately hilarious #tonyawards
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Joshua Henry thanking Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell is so lovely!!! #tonyawards
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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I love her, I love this song, but A Chorus Line is a song about dancers & I would have liked to see someone dancing
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Very happy about Bess Wohl, gonna have to look at the ceiling for a while and think about the fact she's the first female playwright to win Best Play IN 40 YEARS #tonyawards
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
If Valerie Cherish was in the Chicago medley we could have saved Broadway, you cowards #tonyawards
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The Tony Awards: This is for every lonely child who ever dreamed they could find a family in this art that is the height of human expression The Tony Awards 20 seconds later: gitchie gitchie Laurie Metcalf #tonyawards
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce has advanced H.R. 7661. Here's what you need to know about what the "Stop the Sexualization of Children Act" means for book bannings: #booksky
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What to Know About the National Book Ban Bill - Reactor
House Resolution 7661 is a potentially significant piece of book ban legislation. Here's what you need to know about it.
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Proud that @mbyrd.bsky.social wrote a really good explainer of the proposed book ban bill with the world's most misleading name. (May I suggest the "Start Letting a Random Christian Homeschooling Website Dictate what Books Are Allowed in Public Schools Act"?)
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Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 16/03/2026
Javier Bardem at the Oscars: No to war, and free Palestine.
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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
We may easily convince you that Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie isn't a Nirvana documentary, but @mbyrd.bsky.social would also like to add that it's a Back to the Future parody (and it's even a good one):
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A Sci-Fi Comedy in Disguise: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Parodies a Classic - Reactor
Like Galaxy Quest and Young Frankenstein, Nirvanna is a lover letter as good as its inspiration
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The Muppet Show special is so good I'm gonna do this if I ever see Seth Rogen
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kermit the frog is dancing on a stage in front of a red curtain and saying yeah .
ALT: kermit the frog is dancing on a stage in front of a red curtain and saying yeah .
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Yes, the Golden Globes are nonsense, and yes, I will be watching, because the alternative is paying attention to literally anything else.
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
WE CONGRATULATE YOU, CAROL! (Rhea Seehorn is beyond wonderful on Pluribus) #GoldenGlobes
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I'm just glad that somewhere in New Jersey right now, Bobby Cannavale is looking deep into a bearded dragon's eyes, telling it that his wife just won a Golden Globe #GoldenGlobes
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The Golden Globes commercials for Survivor season 50 feel like the Jaws 19 ad in Back To the Future II. #GoldenGlobes
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Thrilled Google AI is now regularly updating everyone on how different celebrities feel about Jennifer Lopez's presence. Meryl Streep ambivalent about JLo's occasional presence! Mr. Beast furious about JLo's theoretical presence! We're curing cancer with this technology any minute now, I can feel it
Screenshot of a Google AI update under a weather app notification reading "Ben Affleck frustrated: Ben Affleck is frustrated by Jennifer Lopez's constant presence"
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
We can and should abolish ICE #AbolishICE
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
1. Wow, NYT, "what did they do to deserve scorn" feels STRIKINGLY "what was she wearing"-adjacent, 2. Conservatives realized they can't say the f-slur on TV anymore, 3. GLEE IS ABOUT SHOW CHOIR and also not a documentary #theatre #theater #theaterkid
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ITYSL memes 💦🥩 @ityslmemes.com · 27/11/2025
thinking of her today
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Every time someone says AI will cure cancer or whatever, please note this technology is consistently used to create more sophisticated versions of the body pillow James Franco prefers to Jenna on 30 Rock
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
"and now a toast to the Cracker Barrel logo, which has a guy on it again"
Screenshot of  The Simpsons Republican Party Headquarters - caption: "ominous organ chord, bird screeches"
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Jon Tayler (Jon Tayler’s Version) @jontayler.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
OBSESSED with the cartoonishly hideous Wizard of Oz in the Las Vegas Sphere. reactormag.com/the-wizard-o...
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The Wizard of Oz Sphere Footage Adds to the Vegas Project's Growing Controversies - Reactor
Dorothy is transported from Kansas to Las Vegas in this new footage from the controversial Sphere version of The Wizard of Oz.
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
This piece does an excellent job pinning down a particular facet of the general horrors with cultural context. Really appreciating the writing on @defector.com lately
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
So sweaty but such democracy! Go vote. Thank u lovely poll workers of Bed Stuy.
Sweaty white woman with an "I voted early"* sticker
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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 19/06/2025
You can do it to the tune of the Farmers jingle. Don't rank Cuomo BUM BA DA DUM BUM BUM BUM BUM
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Don't rank Cuomo
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
"No book writer is officially attached"? CALL ME, PAUL WILLIAMS, I already have twelve ideas, own a Death Records t-shirt, and am not Bret Easton Ellis, that's three things right there
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Already planning to vote for Zohran, but Michael Bloomberg, DoorDash, and hedge fund billionaire William Ackman sending mail to my house that says "watch out, he's gonna defund the police!" sure increases how much fun I will have doing it.
 An political mailer that says "NYC can't risk a mayor who supports defunding the police. Reject Zohran Mamdani. Vote June 24." Small print at the bottom (text in next image)Zooming in on the bottom of the mailer, small print reads "Paid for by Fix the City, Inc. COO Meaghan Brown. Top three donors: Michael Bloomberg, Doordash, and William Ackman."
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Genuinely beautiful
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Zach Schiffman @zachschiffman.me · 09/06/2025
I always forget that Sarah Snook sounds like she came to this place for magic
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Me watching the Tonys after 1 aperol spritz #TonyAwards #Tonys
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bart simpson and milhouse from the simpsons are standing next to each other
ALT: bart simpson and milhouse from the simpsons are standing next to each other
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Me slouching jazzily into Tony time
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two people are dancing together on a stage .
ALT: two people are dancing together on a stage .
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
ICE is a criminal organization willfully carrying out illegal orders and the people of California are right to resist this. respect to the fighters and power to the people
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
This was very very interesting and complicated for the theatre industry and the media and America in decline and stuff... but it is an uncomplicated DELIGHT to get an UNEXPECTED PAUL GROSS TREAT
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Posting this screenshot in a prominent location so every time a headline raises my blood pressure I can just say
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a cartoon of a man in a blue hat driving a vehicle
Alt: Simpsons bus driver saying "don't make me tap the sign"
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The Wicked trailer was good but I do think they should edit this in after "I had so many friends...but only one that mattered." #JusticeForPfannee
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a man wearing glasses says wow in front of a screen that says snl
Alt: gif of Bowen Yang, who plays Glinda's friend Pfannee, saying "wow"
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This is not good for playwrights variety.com/2025/legit/n...
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Concord Buys Broadway Licensing Global (EXCLUSIVE)
Concord has purchased Broadway Licensing Global, which represents authors such as Arthur Miller, Lynn Nottage, Tom Stoppard and Tennessee Williams.
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Great job saving feminism, t*rfs. Sure, you set us back 50 years and now we can all be denied credit without a man's signature, but you focused on what was truly important, which was the genitals of everyone on your local high school's volleyball team. www.newsweek.com/trump-execut...
Screenshot of Newsweek article about Trump's executive order rolling back the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Text reads:

The EO, titled Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy is intended to encourage "meritocracy and a colorblind society, not race- or sex-based favoritism."

It calls for an evaluation of all pending proceedings under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), which was first passed in 1974 and amended in 1976 to prevent lenders from discriminating against women based on marital status.

Although the EO cannot change the law, that can only be done by an act of Congress, if independent federal agencies abide by the order they will stall litigation protecting women from being discriminated against for credit, and they will roll back guidance and regulations which were in place to protect people's rights.
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Guy In Salvadorian Prison Responds: "You THINK?!?"
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Everything RFK Jr. says is twice as chilling when you think about what their family did to Rosemary
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Is Microsoft Word way buggier and generally worse than it used to be? Or did it just pick up the vibe of the rest of society
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Every day now is like, "Trump announces plan to hit people who think they're better than him on the head with a hammer. All helmets now cost $600 and must be made out of Cybertrucks by detained children. AI memes riddled with slurs will be replacing food stamps. Oh they walked back the helmet thing"
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
"But on LinkedIn, the congratulations rolled in." A very good story that made me want to boil my brain
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Kathryn Funkhouser @katfunkhouser.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
"It’s very unpleasant. You can make horrible things if you want, but I want nothing to do with it.” - Miyazaki gizmodo.com/open-ai-ghib...
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ChatGPT's Studio Ghibli AI Art Trend Is an Insult to Life Itself
Open AI's latest update to ChatGPT ignores any prior restraint and jumps headfirst into aping the actual talents of Studio Ghibli.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
If I had an important job that was dependent on my ability to think, and I actually didn’t like thinking & would rather have a machine do it for me, I would not publicly state that in writing
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