Theatrical Shenanigans

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: "Best Friends Forever" ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/2020732/best-friends-forever ) by Samantha Oty (https://newplayexchange.org/users/31320/samantha-oty...

Hello there and welcome to this episode of Theatrical Shenanigans, marking the half way point for our 6th Season. Today we are bringing you the play “Irreparable Damage” ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/3243756/irreparable-damage ) by playwright, author, musician, educator, and podcaster Izolda Trakhtenberg ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/90481/izolda-trakhtenberg & https://izoldat.com...

Hello there and welcome to our 4th instalment of this 6th season of Theatrical Shenanigans. Today we are bringing you the play “Dances with Wives” by Guy Newsham ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/55711/guy-newsham & https://guynewsham.com/ ) Guy was first featured on Theatrical back in October 2024 when his play “Photo Finish” featured as part of Mini Shenanigans (https://theatricalshenaniga...

Hello there and welcome to another episode in this sixth season of Theatrical Shenanigans. Today we are bringing you a play by Brent Alles ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/80606/brent-alles & https://justbcuzproductions.com/). Based in Wyoming, MI, playwright Brent Alles is the author of numerous full-length and one-act plays.  His work has been featured in festivals across the USA & hi...

Hello there and welcome to our 2nd episode of the sixth season of Theatrical Shenanigans!   Our play for this episode is "The Appointment" ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/2045332/the-appointment ) and is written by Darrin Ingram (https://newplayexchange.org/users/59169/darrin-ingram & https://www.darrin-ingram.com/ ) a familiar name on Theatrical Shenanigans due to his many voice acting p...

Hello there and welcome to this shiny sixth season of Theatrical Shenanigans!   Our first play of this season is “A Rainy Night in Hollywood” ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/2049518/a-rainy-night-in-hollywood-one-act-based-on-actual-events-in-1940s-hollywood ) by Tom Erb ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/16892/tom-erb )   Synopsis: The play follows the encounter between Rita Hayworth, a fam...

Welcome to 2026 and the Theatrical Shenanigans One year Anniversary Special! For this two hour long special you will hear thirteen plays written by playwrights, actors and guests who appeared on the show during 2025 as well as some lovely kind messages from them.   The Plays: 1) "Lack of Inspiration" by Rachel Feeny-Williams ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/2030962/lack-of-inspiration ) Max -...

Hello there and Happy Christmas Eve! Welcome to our final episode for this festive season and indeed this year on Theatrical Shenanigans. For this episode we have a play written by me ( www.rfwscripts.co.uk ) entitled "Last Call Christmas" ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/2050597/last-call-christmas ). Synopsis: Sadie has not experienced 'the most wonderful time of the year' as far as Christma...

Hello there and welcome to our penultimate episode in this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day.   Our ninth playwright of this series is Marnie Thomson ( https://marniethomson.co.uk  &  https://www.spotlight.com/9094-6752-4968 ), who actually had a festive start with Theatrical Shenanigans with her first performance being the Ghost i...

Hello there and welcome to our 8th episode in this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day.   Our eighth playwright of this series is Connie Dinkler (https://newplayexchange.org/users/42212/connie-dinkler & https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12394501/) who is making her debut on Theatrical Shenanigans with her play "Holiday Help" ( https://newp...

Hello there and welcome to our 7th episode in this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day.   Our seventh playwright of this series is Kathleen Maule Holen ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/77724/kathleen-maule-holen ) who is making her debut on Theatrical Shenanigans with her play "Santa Afterhours" ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/32...

Hello there and welcome to our 6th episode in this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day.   Our sixth playwright of this series is Pamela Morgan (https://newplayexchange.org/users/57532/pamela-morgan & https://pamelamorganwrites.com/ ) who has joined us twice on Theatrical Shenanigans before, once as a panellist on The Panel Presents (...

Hello there and welcome to our half way point of this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day.   Our fifth playwright of this series is James Kelsey Nelson (https://www.jameskelseynelson.com/ & https://newplayexchange.org/users/88410/james-kelsey-nelson ) from Chicago. He’s a director and playwright who’s full length plays have been prod...

Hello there and welcome to our 4th episode in this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day.   Our fourth playwright of this series is Lisa Holzman Marciano ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-holzman-marciano-bba9b527/ ), a resident playwright for Santa Barbara City College’s Continuing Education theater courses. Her one-acts have been finali...

Hello there and welcome to our 3rd episode in this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day. Our third playwright of this series is Steve Korbar ( https://doollee.com/PlaywrightsK/korbar-steven.php ), a playwright who’s had full length and one act plays produced in the USA, Canada, The UK and Australia. He’s also had three short plays publish...

Hello there and welcome to our 2nd episode in this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day. Our second playwright for this series is Toby Inoue (https://newplayexchange.org/users/85239/toby-inoue & https://wabi-sa.com/ ), a playwright from Evanston, Illinois who writes about how the glass is half empty and half full.  She’s had a staged...

Hello there and welcome to a shiny new series of Mini Shenanigans. In this series we'll be bringing you a festive play every single day as we countdown to Christmas Eve. Our first playwright featured in this series is the wonderful Robert J. LeBlanc (https://newplayexchange.org/users/37762/robert-j-leblanc & https://www.dramatistsguild.com/members/robertleblanc ). Bob has featured on Theatrica...

Hello and welcome to our final episode of this 5th season of Theatrical Shenanigans. We hope you've enjoyed the episodes you've heard this season and if so do not hesitate to let us know with a review on Facebook or a rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Our final play for this season is "On the Zephyr" by Vicki Riba Koestler (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm16376638/ & https://creators.spotify.co...

Hello there and welcome to Episode 9 of Season 5 of Theatrical Shenanigans and the first half of our weekend double bill to end this series. Today’s play is “A Line of Stitches” ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/2037489/a-line-of-stitches ) comes to us from David Bareford ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/69652/david-bareford & https://www.barefordplays.com/), a playwright, theatrical vio...

Hello and welcome once again to another episodes in this 5th Season of Theatrical as we move towards the end of the season. Fear not though we still have more plays for you to listen to and guests for me to chat to, including the ones we have today. Our play for today is entitled "Not Your Usual Princess" ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/3222420/not-your-usual-princess ) and is written by M.K...

Hello and welcome to episode 7 in this 5th Season of Theatrical. Our play for today is entitled "And I Ate a Pear" (https://newplayexchange.org/script/3195986/and-i-ate-a-pear) and is written by Beth Harpaz (https://newplayexchange.org/users/76579/beth-harpaz). Beth recently quit her job to pursue playwriting after decades as a journalist for The Associated Press and other U.S. news outlets. She's...

Welcome back to Season 5 of Theatrical Shenanigans as we move past the half way point of the series! As always, we have a fabulous audio play for you to hear and another guest for me to chat to. Today's play is entitled "Here Be Dragons" ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/2021011/here-be-dragons ) and comes to us from Wendy Gough Soroka ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/7443/wendy-gough-soroka...

Hello there and welcome to our first ever Halloween Special here on Theatrical Shenanigans. For this episode I have with me three other wonderful playwrights with works that celebrate all things horror and spooky!   Our four plays and playwrights are:   1) "Trail of Blood" ( https://newplayexchange.org/script/2012105/trail-of-blood-an-audio-play ) by Evan Baughfman (https://newplayexchange.org/use...

Welcome back to our half way point episode of this fifth season of Theatrical Shenanigans! Today's play is entitled "Another Life" written by Southern California based writer, improv performer and actor Rob Kirby. Rob has a MFA in screenwriting and is the 2023 Online Improv World Champion. He describes his main goal is to entertain the audience in anyway possible to help provide an escape from lif...

Welcome back to our fourth episode of this fifth season of Theatrical Shenanigans!   Today's play is entitled "Stage Door Blues" (https://newplayexchange.org/script/2040773/stage-door-blues-17-minutes) and comes to us from Marc Harris (https://newplayexchange.org/users/73161/marc-harris & https://www.theatreplays.co.uk ), a playwright, poet, singer-songwriter and guitarist based in the UK, wit...