High School Poet: Donna Murphy Gets Literary

09/03/22 • 50 min

Broadway? Movies? TV? That's nuthin'. Stage and screen actress Donna Murphy first found fame on the high school literary magazine staff with Michael and Sally. Listen in as they read poems by Donna and others 50 years later -- and get a big surprise.

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I Couldn’t Throw It Out - High School Poet: Donna Murphy Gets Literary

Transcript

I Couldn't Throw It Out, Podcast Episode 5

Our High School Magazine: Donna Murphy Gets Lit

THEME SONG EXCERPT
I couldn't throw it out
I have to scream and shout
Before I turn to dust
I've got to throw it out
Before I turn to dust
I've got to throw it out
END OF THEME SONG EXCERPT

MICHAEL SMALL: Hello Sally Libby

SALLY LIBBY: Hello Michael Small

MICHAEL: I hope you're ready for some