Radio Play Revival

S. 3, Ep. 7: The Swimmer by John Cheever


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The Suburbs, 1964: Neddy Merrill is lounging poolside at a friend’s party, gin in hand, when a genius thought materializes in his mind. He’s going to swim home! His ensuing pilgrimage across the familiar neighborhood swimming pools- a symbol of everything right in his life- leads him back to his own house, where everything has gone so wrong.​


Cast (in speaking order):

PATRICK PAGE as The Narrator

NATHAN MALIN as Donald Westerhazy / The Lifeguards

KELLY FAIRBROTHER as Lucinda Merrill / Shirley Abbott

GIA MANTEGNA as Helen Westerhazy / Enid Bunker

REBECCA KUZNICK as Mrs. Graham

JOSH JOHNSTON as Neddy Merrill

KITTY SWINK as Mrs. Halloran

LASHETTE SHOWERS as Helen Halloran

TIA DeSHAZOR as Grace Biswanger

with SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR

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