Our Podcast

Our catalog contains 150 short plays and counting, all available for free via our podcast.

Our plays exist where dialogue and imagination meet. We rely on the strength of the writing, the precision of the acting, and the intelligence of the direction to create vivid scenes in the listener’s mind.

I love Playing on Air because it makes the listener my collaborator, supplying faces, settings and atmosphere beyond anything designers or I might supply.
— Frank Gilroy

We work with the best and brightest of American theatre to bring our audio plays to life. Previous collaborators include Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights Lynn Nottage, David Lindsay-Abaire, and John Patrick Shanley; Tony-winning actors Audra McDonald, John Lithgow, and Jonathan Groff; and Tony-winning directors Daniel Aukin, Rachel Chavkin, and Rebecca Taichman.

Playing on Air allows actors to have the thrilling experience of acting without having to look in a mirror first.
— Jesse Eisenberg

Most of our plays hover around the 20-minute mark. Every episode includes a conversation with the artists that covers such topics as the actors’ process, the playwright’s method, and the meaning of the particular work.