Playing On Air: Short Audio Plays

In Two Jewish Men In Their Seventies , by pulitzer nominated playwright Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros, comedians Jerry Stiller ("Seinfeld", "The King of Queens") and Bob Dishy ( Sly Fox, Along Came Polly ) carry on as they play two old friends visiting a new holocaust museum. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation with with the playwright, moderated by our Host, Claudia Catania. Playin...

In Closing Costs by Arlene Hutton, a real estate broker hits her threshold when a client reveals her listing is the 396th co-op he's seen. It features Amy Ryan ( Gone, Baby, Gone; Bridge of Spies, Birdman) and Michael Stuhlbarg ( A Serious Man, "Boardwalk Empire"). Playwright Arlene Hutton is an alumna of New Dramatists and author of The Nibroc Trilogy and Gulf View Drive . Directed by Gaye Taylor...

Tony, Oscar and Pulitzer Prize winner John Patrick Shanley (Doubt, Moonstruck, Outside Mullingar) writes and directs this short play about a banshee, a fantastical Irish spirit. In it, she pays an ailing teacher a visit and makes him an ​otherworldly proposal. ​It features Geraldine Hughes (​Jerusalem, ​Gran Torino, Rocky Balboa) and Aidan Quinn ("Elementary," Michael Collins, Desperately Seeking...

First Lieutenant Vernon Baker and Captain Daniel Inouye (who later became the long-serving US Senator from Hawaii) both experienced racism in the armed forces during WWII and recount that as well as the incidents that earned them the Medal of Honor many years later. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation with Stephen Lang and Producing Artistic Director, Claudia Catania. Playing on Ai...

In  The Other Woman  by David Ives, an insomniac writer experiences a different side of his wife after darkness falls. It features Laila Robins ( " Homeland "; Planes, Trains & Automobiles ) and Robert Cuccioli ( Jekyll and Hyde ,  Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark ). Directed by Tony Award winner, John Rando. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation with the playwright, David Ives, and Pro...

In the comic  Damage Control , a political operative has a public relations nightmare on his hands as he preps a scandal-plagued politician to meet the press.  Damage Control  by Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn ( Proof ), features Jay O. Sanders ("True Detective") and Joey Slotnick ("Nip/Tuck"). It was recorded live at BRIC Arts Media House in downtown Brooklyn. Stay tuned after the performance...

In  You Belong To Me by Daniel Reitz, two old friends from graduate school meet in a subway car 18 years later under vastly different circumstances. Featuring Amy Ryan (Oscar nomination for Gone, Baby, Gone; Birdman ) and Michael Stuhlbarg ( A Serious Man , "Boardwalk Empire"). Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation with the playwright. Playing on Air is a public radio show and podcas...

In CHRISTMAS BREAKS by Patrick Gabridge, a young man surprises his girlfriend with some curve ball gifts. Featuring Steven Boyer ( Hand to God ) ,  Zach Appelman ("Sleepy Hollow", Julie Taymor's  A Midsummer Night's Dream) and Halley Feiffer. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation between our Artistic Director, Claudia Catania and the cast. Playing on Air is a public radio show and po...

In The Miracle of Chanukah by  Sheri Wilner , a holiday guest's personal miracle throws a family for a loop. Featuring   Zach Appelman , Peter Friedman , Judy Gold (Emmy Award), Marcia Jean Kurtz and Lisa Joyce . Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation with the playwright and cast. Playing on Air is a public radio show and podcast featuring great American short plays with great America...

A deposed dictator's beloved pet answers to the disenfranchised population of Romania in  The Final Interrogation of Ceausescu's Dog  by Warren Leight. Featuring Ed Asner ( UP , "The Mary Tyler Moore Show") as Dog and Jesse Eisenberg ( The Social Network, The Spoils - playwright) as the Interrogator. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation with with Ed Asner and Warren Leight, moderate...

In The Press Conference by Jessica Dickey, Inner longing and outer reality come to a hilarious head in the form of a chaotic Sheriff's press conference in small town America. Featuring Jay O. Sanders ( The Day After Tomorrow , Oliver Stone's JFK ), Will Dagger and Paul Thureen, directed by Judith Ivey (Tony Award winner for Steaming  and Hurlyburly ). Stay tuned after the performance for a convers...

In I'M WITH YA, DUKE , by Oscar and Tony winner Herb Gardner ( A Thousand Clowns, I'm Not Rappaport ), Jerry Stiller plays a fruit vendor dreaming of the good old days when Duke Snider played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and there was someone "ya could root for." Duke and the other Dodgers who won the 1947 pennant: Amoros, Gilliam, Campanella, Furillo, Hodges, Padres are his heart and Red Barber his v...

In  New York Story  by Mike Reiss ("The Simpsons"), Ed Asner  plays a master of the one-liner to his public, pain-in-the-neck to his son (Peter Jacobson), total charmer to his new lady friend (Elizabeth Ashley), and pinch-hit babysitter for a frenzied mom (Daphne Rubin-Vega). Directed by Michael Wilson. Original music by Tom Kochan. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation with the arti...

In West of Stupid by Cusi Cram , a teacher vacationing with her son, falls for Rome and won't go home. Featuring Alfredo Narciso , and Tony Award winner, J. Smith-Cameron . Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation with the playwright, moderated by our Artistic Director Claudia Catania. Playing on Air is a public radio show and podcast featuring great American short plays with great Amer...

It's spring in Hell's Kitchen in  Something I'll Tell You Tuesday  by Tony winner John Guare ( Six Degrees of Separation ) and family members don't seem to be facing the real crisis at hand. It features theater luminaries Lois Smith ( Grapes of Wrath ), Peter Maloney ( Requiem for a Dream ), Julie White ( The Little Dog Laughed ), Jeremy Shamos ( Clybourne Park ), and as the nosy neighbor, Carol K...

In this week's podcast, two vultures have a bone to pick with Saint Francis. St. Francis Preaches To The Birds by  David Ives , features  Carson Elrod  (Peter and the Starcatcher),  Julie Halston  (Vampire Lesbians of Sodom),  Matthew Saldivar  (Peter and the Starcatcher), and Lois Smith (East of Eden, Five Easy Pieces); directed by Tony Award winner,  John Rando . Stay tuned after the performance...

In this week's Short Play Podcast Skin by Naveen Choudhury, romance sparks at the college health clinic, and a student sings in Bengali to win over a fellow co-ed. Featuring  Vandit Bhatt , and  Nitya Vidyasagar ("Sesame Street"). Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation with the playwright moderated by founding Artistic Director Claudia Catania. Playing on Air is a public radio show an...

A morning person and a night owl make for a mixed marriage in this week's podcast, Breakfast at the Track by Lanford Wilson. Featuring Jeanine Serralles ( Inside Llewyn Davis ) and Lorenzo Pisoni ( The Explorers Club at MTC), directed by Caitriona McLaughlin. Recorded live at BRIC Arts Media in downtown Brooklyn, stay tuned after the performance for a conversation with the artists moderated by fou...

In  David Auburn 's  Fifth Planet , a professional astronomer played by  Amy Ryan  ( Birdman ;  Gone, Baby, Gone;  "The Wire," "In Treatment," "The Office") and an amateur astronomer ( Bobby Moreno,   Year of the Rooster ) hazard a friendship and learn more about Jupiter than they bargained for. David Auburn directs. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation with the artists moderated by...

In Holly Walter Kerby 's Attention , Amber (Tony nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger ) is bummed out that her boyfriend has visited his family without her. She takes solace in playing The Sims computer game. When her boyfriend David (Tony nominee Steven Boyer ) calls to ask her the big question, he finds her hopelessly in the loving clutches of The Sims! Directed by Michael Barakiva . Stay tuned after the...

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, Claud...

In this week's podcast,  A Very Very Short Play   by  Jacquelyn Reingold ,  two passengers of very different statures meet on a plane and take off. It features Tony Nominee   Hope Davis  ( God of Carnage ),  Richard Kind  ( Inside Out, Spin City), and  Robert Stanton  directed by Jonathan Bernstein . Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation between the playwright, director, and founding...

ANNIVERSARY by Rachel Bonds, a comic drama about a young, grieving woman who finds love again. Featuring  Michael Esper  ( The Last Ship, A Beautiful Mind ), Sarah Sokolovic  ("Homeland"),  Steven Boyer  ( Hand to God ), and  Sue Jean Kim  ( Water by the Spoonful ). Directed by Linsay Firman. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation between the playwright and founding Artistic Director,...

Take radars, magnetrons, and dielectric heating; add two teenagers; mix and get lots of heat in this funny short about a teenage first date. Bounce With Me! We're Being Heated! by Christopher Sullivan features Lucy DeVito and Christopher Sullivan  in a performance role. Directed by John Giampietro . Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation with the artists moderated by founding Artistic...

In Mere Mortals  by David Ives, three bridge-and-tunnel construction workers reveal secret pasts over their lunch pails. Featuring Bobby Cannavale ("Vinyl " , Blue Jasmine) , Matthew Maher ( The Flick, A Most Violent Year) , and Alfredo Narciso ( The Motherf***er With the Hat) . Directed by Tony Award winner John Rando. Stay tuned after the performance for a conversation between playwright, direct...