Comedy, Patricia Cotter, Michele O'Brien, Scott Adsit, Jeff Biehl, Lucy DeVito, Lisa Emery, Denise Manning, Debra Monk, 20+ minutes, 2m4f, funerals, Funerals, Death, Eulogies, Money, Poetry, Friendship, Mary Oliver, Pure Luck, Real Estate, Winners, Music, Losers Playing on Air Comedy, Patricia Cotter, Michele O'Brien, Scott Adsit, Jeff Biehl, Lucy DeVito, Lisa Emery, Denise Manning, Debra Monk, 20+ minutes, 2m4f, funerals, Funerals, Death, Eulogies, Money, Poetry, Friendship, Mary Oliver, Pure Luck, Real Estate, Winners, Music, Losers Playing on Air

WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE by Patricia Cotter

 
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There's a lot of money to be made at this funeral. 

Friends and flames have gathered to celebrate and remember the WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE of the charismatic, outrageous Sheila (Tony & Emmy winner Debra Monk)  — but the dearly departed still has one more trick up her sleeve. 

WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE by Emmy winner Patricia Cotter (PoA's Rules of Comedy, The Daughters) features an ensemble cast of Playing on Air favorites — Monk, Scott Adsit, Lucy DeVito, Denise Manning, Lisa Emery, and Jeff Biehl — original music by folk-rock duo Misner & Smith, produced and recorded by John Kilgore, arranged and performed by Charlie Rosen. Associate Producer Michele O’Brien directs. Stay tuned after the episode, as host Claudia Catania chats with the artists about celebrating life and how they’d like to be remembered.

Download on iTunes, search ‘Playing on Air’ in your favorite podcasting app – or stream below! [23 Minutes 36 Seconds]

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Comedy, Alan Zweibel, Fred Berner, Scott Adsit, Emily Bergl, Bill Buell, Susie Essman, 20 minutes, 20+ minutes, 2m2f, Babies, Pregnancy, God, Tennis, Science, Sports Playing on Air Comedy, Alan Zweibel, Fred Berner, Scott Adsit, Emily Bergl, Bill Buell, Susie Essman, 20 minutes, 20+ minutes, 2m2f, Babies, Pregnancy, God, Tennis, Science, Sports Playing on Air

PLAYING GOD by Alan Zweibel

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In PLAYING GOD, a divine comedy from SNL's Alan Zweibel (Playing on Air's HAPPY), a self-involved OB-GYN (Scott Adsit of "30 Rock") creates chaos for his pregnant patient (Emily Bergl). Over the objections of a heavenly assistant (Susie Essman of "Curb Your Enthusiasm"), God himself (Bill Buell) challenges the doctor to an outrageous squash match for his faith. Following the play, director Fred Berner and host Claudia Catania join the cast and playwright to talk about their roots in comedy. 

Download on iTunes, search ‘Playing on Air’ in your favorite podcasting app – or stream below! [23 Minutes 46 Seconds]


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Comedy, Fred Berner, Scott Adsit, Frankie Faison, Alan Zweibel, 35 minutes, 2m, Judaism, Baseball, Live show, Memory, Fathers, Long Island, Passover, Florida, Death, Sports Playing on Air Comedy, Fred Berner, Scott Adsit, Frankie Faison, Alan Zweibel, 35 minutes, 2m, Judaism, Baseball, Live show, Memory, Fathers, Long Island, Passover, Florida, Death, Sports Playing on Air

HAPPY by Alan Zweibel

 
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In Happy by Alan Zweibel (“SNL,” Curb Your Enthusiasm,” 700 Sundays with Billy Crystal) a baseball fan (Scott Adsit of “30 Rock” and “Veep”) makes a pilgrimage to the home of a former baseball star who is now a janitor in Delray Beach, Florida (Frankie Faison of “The Wire”) and asks him to sign a very special ball. After a fair amount of humor and misunderstanding, the power of baseball to bond fathers, sons and men emerges. Directed by Fred Berner (Executive Producer/Director, "Law & Order"). Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation with the artists moderated by 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! [33 Minutes 30 Seconds]

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