Theatrical Shenanigans

Welcome back to our third episode of this fifth season of Theatrical Shenanigans!   Today's play is entitled "Night Light" ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/2790001/night-light ) and comes to us from Donald Loftus (https://newplayexchange.org/users/19611/donald-loftus & https://donaldloftus.com/) a New York playwright, librettist, and lyricist whose work has been presented on stages across...

Welcome back to our second episode of this fifth season of Theatrical Shenanigans!   Today's play is entitled "Natural" ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/2023006/natural ) and comes to us from Dana Leslie Goldstein (https://newplayexchange.org/users/5406/dana-leslie-goldstein & https://danalesliegoldstein.com/ ) a playwright and Lyricist Dana Leslie Goldstein with numerous awards to her nam...

Welcome to a brand new shiny series of Theatrical Shenanigans! I hope you are looking forward to 10 more episodes with audio plays from playwrights right across the world and chats with lovely guests.   Today's play is entitled "Maid/Man" and comes to us from Rich Rubin (https://newplayexchange.org/users/5361/rich-rubin & https://www.richrubinplaywright.com/ ) a playwright with plays produced...

Hello there and welcome to the final episode of this series of Mini Shenanigans! If you have enjoyed this series then please give us a rating on any of our platforms (or on Facebook/Instagram): https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theatrical-shenanigans/id1706499105 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/theatrical-shenanigans/id1706499105 https://open.sp...

Hello there and welcome to our penultimate episode of this series of Mini Shenanigans!   Our play this week is entitled "The Cleaning Lady's Corpse" and is written by Baltimore based playwright, composer and lyricist Rosmeary Frisino Toohey ( https://www.frisinotoohey.com/ ) who is a titan in the playwriting world! She's had word produced on 4 continents and in 45 states and has had more than 430...

Hello there and welcome, once again to Mini Shenanigans! We are down to our final three plays now but I hope you've enjoyed the ones you've heard so far and are looking forward to our last three.   Our play this week is entitled "Gods Sixth Month Appraisal" and is written by Staffordshire based playwright Ben Macnair (https://sheilanagigblog.com/ben-macnair/, https://arachnepress.com/authors-edito...

Hello there and welcome, once again to Mini Shenanigans, where we have another fabulous short play for you to enjoy.   Our play this week is entitled "Liars Anonymous" (https://newplayexchange.org/script/2032088/liars-anonymous) and is written by Ellen Abrams ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/13566/ellen-abrams )   Cast: Max - George Sapio (https://gsapio.wixsite.com/gsapio & https://gsapio....

Hello there and welcome, once again to Mini Shenanigans, where we have another fabulous short play for you to enjoy.   Our play this week is entitled "Park Benches" ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/2792014/park-benches ) and is written by Darrin J. Friedman (https://newplayexchange.org/users/76352/darrin-friedman & https://www.darrinwrites.com/ )   Cast: David - Darrin Ingram ( https://www...

Welcome, once again to another episode of Mini Shenanigans where we bring you another short play to listen to. This weeks play comes from Manchester based playwright Lucy singer who is student and a writer with a preference for dark comedy stories that test the limits of realism. She's also excited to be a part of the series so  here's hoping we do her play justice. Lucy's play is entitled "My Wor...

Today we continue our Mini Shenanigans series with the piece "How About Them Dodgers" (https://newplayexchange.org/script/2048432/how-about-them-dodgers) written by a brand new playwright to Theatrical Shenanigans, Philip Middleton Williams ( https://www.pmwplaywright.com/ )   Synopsis: What looks like a casual conversation on a park bench in Miami is anything but. There's some illicit business go...

Today we continue our Mini Shenanigans series with the piece "True Crime and Tea" written by a brand new playwright to Theatrical Shenanigans, Rosie Cammish Jones ( https://www.instagram.com/rosiecammishjones/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6LLsvOPT5tZ8I--bTXVchA)   Synopsis: When talking about this play Rosie says "I'd been listening to an analysis on Quentin Tarantino, which essentially said...

Today we continue our Mini Shenanigans series with the piece "I Don't Care" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/3140968/i-dont-care ) written by Theatrical Shenanigans regular Joe Swenson (https://newplayexchange.org/users/67940/joe-swenson & https://brokenartsentertainment.com/)   Joe's previous performances on Theatrical Shenanigans can be found here: Voice Actor - https://theatricalshenanig...

Welcome to our 3rd episode in this 4th series of Mini Shenanigans. This week we are bringing you the relationship drama play "Catching a Bus to Somewhere" by Scotland based playwright Vivien Jones ( http://www.vivienjones.info/ ) Synopsis: Bruce and Amy used to be lovers, but it all went wrong. However, by a most absurd coincidence it might be put right but can they trust each other after a such l...

Hello there and welcome to our first Father's Day Special here on Theatrical Shenanigans. For this episode I have with me three other wonderful playwrights with works that celebrate fathers and fatherhood.   Our four plays and playwrights are:   1) "Buried Treasure" ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/2045939/buried-treasure ) by George Sapio (https://newplayexchange.org/users/785/george-sapio &a...

Today we continue our Mini Shenanigans series with the chaotic comedy "Fresh Hell" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/3198761/fresh-hell ) by Minnesota based actor and playwright, Brian Cern ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/34692/brian-cern )    Synopsis: A true story about a marriage being put through the wringer as they try to register their child for summer camp.   Cast: Mom - Megan Bickel...

Hello and welcome to a shiny new series of Mini Shenanigans. We have 12 new episodes for you running every Sunday from now until 24th August so I hope you enjoy them. We start this series with a thrilling play "All My Love, T.L.C" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/3143926/all-my-love-tlc ) and it was written by me ( https://www.rfwscripts.co.uk/ )    Synopsis - CONTENT WARNING - DARK SUBJECT MAT...

Hello there and welcome to the last episode for this season of Theatrical Shenanigans! I hope you've enjoyed our previous nine episodes and the chats I've had with the nine guests.   Today's play comes from California based playwright Robert Weibezahl ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/17142/robert-weibezahl ) who has had 2 plays featured on Theatrical Shenanigans already in the forms of "Blitzen...

Hello there and welcome to our penultimate episode in this fourth season of Theatrical Shenanigans.   Today's play comes from Pittsburgh based playwright Greg Burdick ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/13045/greg-burdick ) who makes his debut as a playwright on Theatrical Shenanigans with this piece "Insert Token" ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/2000235/insert-token ) Synopsis: After shatter...

Hello and welcome once again to our fourth season of Theatrical Shenanigans. We've two more episodes to go after this but in the mean time I hope you enjoy todays episode. Today's play is entitled "You Bet Your Life" ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/2793101/you-bet-your-life ) and is written by Ron Rosenfeld (https://newplayexchange.org/users/90442/ron-rosenfeld & https://ronsplays.wixsite...

Greetings and once again welcome to Theatrical Shenanigans! We're all set with a new audio play and guest discussion for you!   Our play this week is "The Big Decision" by David James, who was born and raised on the third coast, Michigan. David has published seven books and has had more than thirty of his one-act plays produced in the U.S. and Ireland. After working in higher education for 45 year...

Hello once again and welcome back to Season 4 of Theatrical Shenanigans as we move past the half way point of this series. Today we are bringing you a play entitled "That's What Friends are For" by Dublin based playwright Tony Deegan. Synopsis: Ros asks her best friend Marge to meet for a coffee and catch up. Ros is not her usual self. She thinks her husband Paul is having an affair. So who best t...

Hello there and welcome to our half way point episode of Season 4 of Theatrical Shenanigans.   Our play this week comes from DC based playwright Andrew Martineau ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/1036/andrew-martineau ), who joined me as a guest back in Season 2 to discuss George Sapio's play "Maria and Little Joey Have A Baby" ( https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/s02-e09-episode-9-mari...

Hello there and welcome back to another episode of the fourth season of Theatrical Shenanigans.   Our play today is entitled "Bramble Green" and is written by UK based playwright Rebecca Frew ( https://www.facebook.com/p/Frew-Productions-61552423745483/ ).   Synopsis: When Dawn goes through a break up she decides to return home to Bramble Green, a small village that offers fabulous stories from in...

Hello there and welcome to our special celebrating International Women's Day. For this special I have got together with three amazing female playwrights to hear four plays celebrating women and having a chat about them. The four plays are: "Small Potatoes" ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/3201202/small-potatoes ) By Alli Hartley-Kong ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/47640/alli-hartley-kong...

Hello there and welcome back to our fourth season of Theatrical Shenanigans. I hope you enjoyed our play a day special and are looking forward to the rest of this season.   Our play today is entitled "If You Say So" ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/2711638/if-you-say-so ) and is written by F.J Hartland ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/64870/fj-hartland )   Synopsis: When Cara tells her reti...