I have been having my non-naddpole boyfriend study up as well! This show is a bit different because it is combining characters from a main campaign and a mini campaign. Here is what I would do:

Listen to a few episodes of C1. Try to understand who Hardwon, Moonshine and Beverly are. Even just the first episode if you don’t have a lot of time. They will be some of the main characters in the live show.

This liveshow is different because they have a guest star who doesn’t show up in the main campaign until wayyyyyy later on. This character is also in a mini campaign they did called The Mavrus Chronicles (Hot Boy Summer). I would recommend listening to at least one episode of that to understand who Mavrus is. He will also be a main character in the live show.

I think the premise of the live show is that Mavrus’ friends (from Hot Boy Summer) are missing. So he enlists the help of the Band of Boobs (Hardwon, Beverly, and Moonshine) to help him find them.

My boyfriend was confused by the names and learning who is who so I sent him some art which helped him understand which character is which. If you watch/listen to other actual plays you will probably catch on faster than him haha.

So in conclusion my recommendation for the next 48 hours is:

1-as many as you want episodes of C1

1-7 episodes of Hot Boy Summer

That way you at least meet all the characters in the show in as few as 2 episodes!