Playing On Air: Short Audio Plays

A young woman of "ill repute" grabs a chance at marriage and a client shows up with some jaw dropping news. Featuring Academy Award winner Chris Cooper, Emmy winner Margo Martindale, and Liv Rooth. Directed by Tony winner Doug Hughes. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation moderated by our Artistic Director, Claudia Catania, with Ara Watson and the entire cast.

Playing on Air is a public radio show and podcast featuring great American short plays with great American actors. We distribute audio productions of contemporary short plays, translating stage works into enduring modern radio theater. We aim to redefine radio drama for today's digital, mobile audience.

In this week's podcast, a short play from Christopher Durang (Tony Award for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) in which a comfortable couple in Connecticut gets shaken up by a husband's high school fling's unexpected arrival. This radio drama features performances by Kate Jennings Grant (United 93, Frost/Nixon), Josh Hamilton (Frances Ha, J. Edgar), Jane Krakowski ("30 Rock") Aaron Clifton Moten (The Flick at Playwrights Horizons), with a cameo from Christopher Durang.

A door-to-door evangelist is invited into the home of an older man on his last day of service in Small Things, a short by Cary Pepper. With Bobby Steggert (Big Fish) and Jack Wetherall ("Queer as Folk").

Playing on Air is a public radio show and podcast featuring great American short plays with great American actors. We distribute audio productions of contemporary short plays, translating stage works into enduring modern radio theater. We aim to redefine radio drama for today's digital, mobile audience.

Husband-wife team Anne Meara (1929-2015) and Jerry Stiller play former Yiddish theater stars who steal the show at a memorial service in the The Burial Society, a comic play by Susan Sandler. Also featuring George Morfogen. Followed by an interview with playwright Susan Sandler.

Playing on Air is a public radio show and podcast featuring great American short plays with great American actors. We distribute audio productions of contemporary short plays, translating stage works into enduring modern radio theater. We aim to redefine radio drama for today's digital, mobile audience.

On a flight to South Carolina, a young woman selects a new mother. A short play by Sheri Wilner, with Julie Halston, Michael Keck, Debra Monk and Merritt Wever.

In this short play by Jacquelyn Reingold, a lovers' quarrel between two aging actors reveals the depth of their commitment. With Jack Davidson and Beth Dixon. Visit Playing on Air online at playingonair.org, @playingonair and facebook.com/playingonair.

In this short play by David Auburn, Pulitzer Prize winning author of PROOF, the daughter of a disgraced senator confronts the retired campaign strategist who dragged her family name through the dirt. With Rebecca Brooksher and David Rasche. Directed by David Auburn. Visting Playing on Air online at playingonair.org, facebook.com/playingonair and @playingonair on Twitter.

In a play by "Law and Order: SVU" writer/producer and Tony Award winner, Warren Leight, three friends and basketball fans share two stadium seats and two decades of Knicks' getting trounced. With Geoffrey Cantor, Peter Jacobson ("HOUSE"), and Cezar Williams. Directed by Fred Berner. Followed by an interview with Berner, Cantor, Jacobson and Williams. Recorded live at BRIC Arts Media House, 12/1/2014.

Sure Thing, a short play by David Ives, with Carson Elrod and Liv Rooth. From Playing on Air, Great American Short Plays with Great American Actors.

In this short play by John Patrick Shanley (Pulitzer for DOUBT, Oscar for MOONSTRUCK), a dying man is visited by an Irish sprite. Featuring Aidan Quinn and Geraldine Hughes.