RELATIVE STRANGERS by Sheri Wilner (Summer 2022 Re-Release)
This week's summer re-release features RELATIVE STRANGERS, a bubbly comedic short from playwright Sheri Wilner (The Miracle of Chanukah, Cake Off, Kingdom City) about a young woman who, during a flight to South Carolina, decides the woman next to her just might be the mother she never had. She finds an ally in a wacky stewardess who, unlike the reluctant mother figure, thinks these two passengers are a match made in heaven.
Directed by founder, consulting director, and host Claudia Catania, RELATIVE STRANGERS features Tony Award recipient Julie Halston (You Can't Take It With You, Anything Goes, "Sex and the City"), actor, playwright, and composer Michael Keck (Fences, Voices in the Rain, Hollywood Scheherazade), Tony and Emmy Award winner Debra Monk (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, "The Gilded Age," "New Amsterdam"), and Merritt Wever ("Unbelievable," "Run," "Nurse Jackie").
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NEW YORK STORY by Mike Reiss
In New York Story by Mike Reiss ("The Simpsons"), Ed Asner plays a master of the one-liner to his public, pain-in-the-neck to his son (Peter Jacobson), total charmer to his new lady friend (Elizabeth Ashley), and pinch-hit babysitter for a frenzied mom (Daphne Rubin-Vega). Directed by Michael Wilson. Original music by Tom Kochan. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation with the artists moderated by our Artistic Director, Claudia Catania.
New York Story was supported in part by Don and Linda Silpe.
Download on iTunes, Podbay, Player FM, subscribe to our RSS feed, search ‘Playing on Air’ in your favorite podcasting app – or stream below! [31 Minutes 27 Seconds]
WAKING UP by Cori Thomas
WAKING UP by Cori Thomas juxtaposes an American urbanite and an African villager’s triumph over breast cancer. Featuring Lynnette R. Freeman, and Amy Staats. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation between the play’s director, host Claudia Catania, and playwright Cori Thomas.
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GETTING IN by Frank Gilroy
In GETTING IN, a short play by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning author Frank Gilroy, a scrappy GI gleefully recalls how he went from almost flunking high school to the trenches of WWII to Dartmouth. GETTING IN is directed by Claudia Catania and features David Beach, Kim Bendheim, Matthew Cowles, Carolyn Gilroy, Michael Godere, Carter Hudson, Lillian Laserson, Thomas Lyons, David Margulies, Fiana Toibin, and Jack Wetherall.
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A LITTLE PART OF ALL OF US by Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Eisenberg is both playwright and actor in this satirical short play about an anxious young hipster absurdly co-opting the tragedy of September 11th for his own personal narrative. Justin Bartha plays his old college buddy. A Little Part of All of Us features Jesse Eisenberg (The Spoils, The Social Network, The Revisionist) and Justin Bartha (The Hangover, National Treasure). Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation between Artistic Director Claudia Catania, the play’s director, and the cast.
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LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC by Arlene Hutton
In this week's podcast, a short play by Arlene Hutton: On the cusp of World War II, two young strangers meet on a train and find out they may know each other better than they know themselves. Last Train to Nibroc features Mamie Gummer (“The Good Wife,” “Emily Owens MD,” “The Big C”) and Gregg Mozgala. Directed by John Rando. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation between our Artistic Director, Claudia Catania and Arlene Hutton.
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POOF! by Lynn Nottage
In this week's podcast, a short play by Lynn Nottage, a woman's words prove cosmically powerful. Poof! by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (Ruined, Intimate Apparel, By The Way Meet Vera Stark) features multiple Tony winner Audra McDonald (Porgy and Bess, 110 In The Shade, A Raisin In The Sun, Ragtime), Tony winner Tonya Pinkins (Caroline or Change, Jelly's Last Jam), Keith Randolph Smith and is directed by Seret Scott. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation between our Artistic Director, Claudia Catania, and Lynn Nottage.
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CRAZY EIGHTS by David Lindsay-Abaire
In this week's podcast, Crazy Eights, a short play by David Lindsay-Abaire, recovering drug addicts (Rosie Perez, John Leguizamo) have their Saturday night card game rudely interrupted by Bobby Cannavale, who plays good cop/bad cop all by himself.
Crazy Eights written and directed by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire features Bobby Cannavale (Blue Jasmine, “Boardwalk Empire”) John Leguizamo (Ghetto Klown, Ice Age movies, Romeo + Juliet), Rosie Perez (Do The Right Thing, Academy Award nominee for Fearless) and Kevin Hogan. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation moderated by our Artistic Director, Claudia Catania, with David Lindsay-Abaire and cast.
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BITE THE HAND by Ara Watson
This week's podcast is a short play by Ara Watson in which a young woman of "ill repute” grabs a chance at marriage and a client shows up with some jaw dropping news. Directed by Tony winner Doug Hughes, it features Academy Award winner Chris Cooper, Emmy winner Margo Martindale, and Liv Rooth. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation moderated by our Artistic Director, Claudia Catania, with Ara Watson and the entire cast.
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WANDA'S VISIT by Christopher Durang
In this week's podcast, a short play from Christopher Durang (Tony 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. With 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. This short is followed by a conversation between playwright, Christopher Durang and Playing on Air's host, Claudia Catania.
Download on iTunes, Podbay, Player FM, subscribe to our RSS feed, search ‘Playing on Air’ in your favorite podcasting app – or stream below! [39 Minutes 34 Seconds]