SECOND SIGHT by David Ives
A retired historian’s (Danny Burstein) minor surgery brings up major questions that his affable surgeon (Steven Boyer), bemused wife (Susie Essman) and brother (Lee Wilkof) can’t seem to answer. Can he find a happy medium ? Or is he, with a little otherworldly help (Brittany K. Allen), just seeing things clearly for the first time?
SECOND SIGHT, a world premiere from renowned playwright David Ives, is directed by the playwright himself and features music by Dan Moses Schreier, musical direction and piano by Alan Johnson, and special guest vocals by Chloe Holgate, Hai-Ting Chinn, Gregory Purnhagen, and Barbara Rearick. Stay tuned after the play for an insightful conversation with Ives, the actors, Founder and Consulting Director Claudia Catania, and executive director Yvie Jones. (Running Time: 47 minutes, 18 seconds)
Listen below, on Apple Podcasts, or your favorite podcast platform!
CELL by Cassandra Medley (Re-Release)
Tony winner Tonya Pinkins (Jelly’s Last Jam, “Fear the Walking Dead,” PoA’s Poof!), Tony nominee Condola Rashad (Saint Joan, “Billions”), and Melanie Nicholls-King ("The Wire," "Little Fires Everywhere”) star in Cassandra Medley’s CELL. When a jaded supervisor at an immigrant detention center finds jobs there for her sister and niece, family tensions erupt into a battle over home and homeland security.
Directed by Diverse City Theater Company founder Victor Lirio, CELL by Cassandra Medley (Relativity, Coming Up for Air) “deftly explores the dirty antidemocratic secret of institutionalized racism” (New York Times). After the play, host Claudia Catania joins Pulitzer Prize-winning immigration journalist Julia Preston, Broadway producer Cheryl Wiesenfeld, and playwright Medley to move beyond headlines and explore the real lives that inspired CELL.
Download on iTunes, search ‘Playing on Air’ in your favorite podcasting app – or stream below! [54 Minutes 14 Seconds]
THE MIRACLE OF CHANUKAH by Sheri Wilner
In Sheri Wilner’s THE MIRACLE OF CHANUKAH, directed by host Claudia Catania, a holiday guest’s personal miracle throws a family for a loop. Featuring Zach Appelman, Peter Friedman, Emmy Award winner Judy Gold, Marcia Jean Kurtz, and Lisa Joyce. Stay tuned after the performance for Catania’s conversation with the playwright and cast.
Download on iTunes, Podbay, Player FM, subscribe to our RSS feed, search ‘Playing on Air’ in your favorite podcasting app – or stream below! [ 17 Minutes 36 Seconds]
NAPOLEON IN EXILE by Daniel Reitz
This week's podcast, Napoleon in Exile by Daniel Reitz, is about a single mother and her young adult son who has ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder). It features Will Dagger and Jane Kaczmarek (“Malcolm in the Middle”) and is directed by Marsha Mason (The Good-bye Girl and Chapter Two). Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation between the artists and founding Artistic Director, 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! [ 37 Minutes 59 Seconds]