Playwrights Horizons

Soundstage

Fiction EN ↓ 32 episodes

Theater is for everyone and we want to make it available everywhere. Soundstage is an anthological, scripted fiction series of portable stories from Playwrights Horizons theater in New York City. Featuring short-form commissions from America’s best playwrights, these audio experiences are written specifically for the ear, not translated or recorded live from the stage. Now, the theater is wherever you are. Follow us at @SoundstagePH on Instagram and Twitter. If you like what you hear and want to support this program, we hope you will consider making a donation that will allow us to commission...

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PLAY FOR ANY TWO PEOPLE: Person 1 30.04.2020 14:01

The first thing you have to know about this podcast, is that you can’t listen to it alone. You need a partner. If you haven't yet, go back and listen to the introduction track that should be just above this in your Soundstage feed - there's important instructions there. You and your partner will be listening to two different, but simultaneous tracks. One of you should pick Person 1 and the other s...

Next Week on Soundstage... 24.04.2020 2:17

If you haven't listened to Episodes 1 & 2 yet, now's your chance to catch up! Soundstage is moving to an every-other-week publishing schedule, but we're here on our off-week to give you a preview of Jordan Harrison's upcoming release because this one will be more than just a little different...

GATHER by Robert O'Hara 16.04.2020 17:24

Using the high-stakes drama of a spy thriller format, GATHER is a suspenseful and hilarious tale of a series of mysterious disappearances. GATHER was written and directed by Robert O'Hara. Visit soundstagepodcast.org for complete episode credits. Soundstage is a production of Playwrights Horizons. Follow us at @phnyc for more! If you like what you hear and want to support the Soundstage program, w...

PRIME: A Practical Breviary by Heather Christian 09.04.2020 40:31

Inspired by breviary masses performed by cloistered monks, PRIME employs modern language and rich, contemporary musical arrangements to reimagine what a modern prayer for a Tuesday morning at 6AM might sound like. PRIME: A PRACTICAL BREVIARY was written and composed by Heather Christian. Visit soundstagepodcast.org for complete episode credits. Soundstage is a production of Playwrights Horizons. I...

Introducing: Soundstage 02.04.2020 3:19

Over a year in the making, a new, original series of portable stories from Playwrights Horizons.

Heather Raffo, Iraqi Women in Diaspora 19.12.2018 1:00:49

Playwright and performer Heather Raffo gathers a multi-generational, multi-religious, multi-national group of women to discuss the themes and ideas of her play NOURA. Participating in the conversation were author and sociologist Zahra Ali, architect Hiba Hadid, author and dentist Cynthia Kaplan Shamash, and filmmaker and Executive Director of The Abraham Path Initiative Anisa Mehdi.

Craig Lucas, I Was Most Alive With You and Beyond 15.10.2018 30:10

In this in-depth conversation between playwright Craig Lucas and Associate Artistic Director Adam Greenfield, discover the big ideas that inspired Craig's play I Was Most Alive With You as well as a lifetime of crafting intimate theater.