"Sometimes hilarious, often affecting and always refined productions... my new favorite form of pandemic-time entertainment... Browsing through the selection feels like diving to a treasure chest and picking out whatever jewel suits your fancy for that day... I turned off the vacuum and stalled in the hallway, afraid I’d miss a word... Go ahead, just listen.”

Maya Phillips, The New York Times

FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES’ “6 PODCASTS FOR THE THEATER BUFF”!

“This show is an answered prayer for anyone who craves more theater in their life… This show’s carefully curated selection of bite-size dramas is a weekly reminder of the unique intimacy this format can deliver.” Emma Didbin, The New York Times

“In the long-running podcast series “Playing on Air,” sterling actors sink their teeth into short plays by the country’s finest authors… The intimate directness is very much part of the point.” Elisabeth Vincentelli, The New Yorker

“[Since the pandemic] audiences have scoured the internet for ways to replace the theater-sized hole in their hearts. Enter: “Playing on Air,” a podcast and radio show that brings the theater wherever you are through the simple push of a button.” Nahal Amouzadeh, All Arts

“Very fine actors (Adam Driver, John Lithgow) perform short plays, and often hang around to analyse the work with the host, Claudia Catania.” Francesca Angelini, Dan Cairns, and Sarah Crompton, The Sunday Times of London

“The era of podcasts and audio storytelling is upon us, and it’s about time that theater got into the game…. The sheer quality of Playing On Air’s episodes make them required listening for working actors and other industry pros.”
Jack Smart, Backstage.com

"There are a lot of podcasts for short story readings, some of which are excellent. But listening to a good play performed by professional actors is, at least for me, far more engrossing."
James Ramsey, WNYC's Hodgepod

“[As] lifelong theatre lovers bemoan the escalating price of tickets… there is a solution: Playing on Air.

Whether commissioning new works from America’s great playwrights…  or recording early works by winning writers like Doug Wright—Playing on Air increases the accessibility of quality theatre to theatre-hungry audiences.” Ruthie Fierberg, Playbill

“[Playing On Air] redefines radio theater with ... the ability to appeal to both the theater aficionado and the newcomer.” Dave Gil de Rubio, Long Island Weekly

“America’s best actors and playwrights have discovered that some of the most compelling theater… happens on the radio, and now as a series of free podcasts too.

Playing On Air] make[s] great American theater just a click away for anyone, whenever they want to hear it.” Allen Mogol, Broadway Direct