Theatrical Shenanigans

Hello there and welcome to our final instalment of "The Panel Presents", where I, for a change, am joined by 3 panellists instead of four.    Our final three panellists are:   Brent Alles (https://newplayexchange.org/users/80606/brent-alles & https://justbcuzproductions.com/)   Jamie Olah (https://newplayexchange.org/users/30792/jamie-olah & https://jamieolah.com/)   David Lipschutz (https...

Today is not only our fourth episode of the Law and Order series but also our 100th EPISODE since Theatrical Shenanigans began on 1st January 2024. To celebrate this extra special episode we have a longer play to you to enjoy entitled "Memory".   Synopsis: DS Hale is on the trail of the most evasive serial killer of her career with no leads. Will Amelia, the woman with the mind of a child be able...

Welcome to another instalment of our Law and Order series on Theatrical Shenanigans. This week we have a play entitled "A Few Questions" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2240055/few-questions )   Synopsis: 60 year old Jessie Burrows and her son have been brought in for questioning in relation to 16 bodies that have been discovered under her old house, the location of the husband who abandoned h...

Welcome once again to our Law and Order series. This week we have a piece entitled "The Case of Bloody Mary" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2218127/case-bloody-mary ).   Synopsis: Mary-Beth is in court trying to get justice for the death of her friends, but this is not ordinary courtroom and the defendant...Bloody Mary!   Cast: Judge Lucifer - George Sapio (https://newplayexchange.org/users/7...

Welcome to a brand new series from Theatrical Shenanigans! Every Sunday from now until 15th December you will hear a play, written by me, that has its feet firmly planted in the crime genre. This week we start with a play entitled "You Don't Know" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1917981/you-dont-know ) Synopsis: Five years ago, George’s world was shocked when his friend and partner in the poli...

Hello there and welcome to the final episode of the third series of Mini Shenanigans. The play for this final episode is "Confess" written by me ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1718530/confess ) Synopsis: Their father's brand new sports car with a broken window. Will Danny and Katie manage to hold it together, or will they turn on each other?   Cast: Danny - Raphael Key Katie - Amy Wilson Mum...

Hello there and welcome to our penultimate November instalment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panellists to discuss all things theatrical.   Our panellists for this episode are: Brian Cern ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/34692/brian-cern ) Pamela Morgan ( https://pamelamorganwrites.com/ ) Chris Plumridge (https://www.cjp-scripts.co.uk/ & https://n...

Hello there and welcome to the penultimate episode of this season of Mini Shenanigans. This week's play is brought to us by London based playwright Tom Jensen ( www.tomjensen.co.uk). The idea for the play came to Tom quite simply when he saw the phrase "Elevator Pitch" on a poster and thought it would make a good subject for an absurdist play. Cast: Woman - Cathy Flockton Jean - Gillie Stoneham Ca...

Welcome once again to Mini Shenanigans where we have another short play for you. This time the piece comes from British/Canadian emerging playwright, Ron Davies.  The piece is entitled "Parasomnia" and when talking about his inspiration for the piece Ron says: "Real men don't talk about personal matters (at least not easily) and especially not about romantic relationships. But sometimes when someo...

Greetings once again and I'm glad you could join me for another Mini Shenanigan. This week we have a piece by New York based playwright Cindi Sansone-Braff (https://newplayexchange.org/users/45654/cindi-sansone-braff & https://www.grantmeahigherlove.com/ ) entitled "The Menu" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1330771/menu ).   Synopsis: Set in the Final Exit Bar and Grill, Chris gets an Evit...

Greetings and Salutations and welcome to another Mini Shenaningan. This week we have a piece by Canadian playwright Guy Newsham ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/55711/guy-newsham & http://guynewsham.com ). The piece is entitled "Photo Finish" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1358954/photo-finish ) the inspiration for which is reported as "A surprise found by a close friend when sorting t...

Hello there and welcome to our October instalment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panellists to discuss all things theatrical.   Our panellists for this episode are: Kat Evans (https://newplayexchange.org/users/79783/kat-evans & https://www.katevansllc.com/) Karim Kronfli (https://www.dramaticvoice.co.uk/) Jacquelyn Priskorn (https://www.jacquiefloyd.c...

Greetings once again and welcome to another Mini Shenanigan. This week we have a piece by Chicago based writer, actor and singer Kat Evans entitled "Numbers Game". Kat says about the piece "Like many audio comedies, this one was triggered by a single joke idea, while contemplating a contemporary dilemma-- technology and the difficulties of finding true connection." As A lover of sci-fi, Kat decide...

Hello and welcome to the half way point of this series of Mini Shenanigans. This week we have a play by Nashville based queer, Jewish writer, Sam Heyman ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/68885/sam-heyman ). The piece is entitled "Sensories" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/3035290/sensories ).   Synopsis: The Institute of Subconscious Progress is dedicated to helping members of the public gai...

Greetings once again for another episode of Mini Shenanigans. This week we have a piece by award-winning playwright Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/38716/lisa-dellagiarino-feriend ) and her play "To The Moon!" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1333449/moon ) which was inspired by the idea of a person being afraid of the moon.   Cast: Alison - Megan Bickel Maria - Ka...

Hello there and welcome once again to Mini Shenanigans. This week we have a piece by Florida based playwright, Ken Preuss (https://newplayexchange.org/users/21201/ken-preuss & http://kenpreussplaywright.weebly.com/ ). The play is called "Science Friction" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/876820/science-friction-or-rapid-deconstruction-rational-mind ) in which an exasperated man finds that h...

Hello there and welcome to our September instalment of "The Panel Presents", where I, as your host am joined by four fabulous panellists to discuss all things theatrical.   Our panellists for this episode are:   Marj O'Neill-Butler - https://newplayexchange.org/users/2803/marj-oneill-butler   Fred Tacon - https://www.kyplays.org/ & https://newplayexchange.org/users/28025/fred-tacon   Marcia Ep...

Welcome once again to Mini Shenanigans for our third episode in our third season! This week we have a play written by Chicago based playwright Julie Brandon ( https://newplayexchange.org/users/12443/julie-brandon ) entitled "Can you Get There From Here?" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/955255/can-you-get-there-here ) which was inspired by a conversation with someone who had no sense of directi...

Greetings and welcome to episode 2 of this series of Mini Shenanigans. For this episode we have a play written by UK based playwright Paul Smith ( https://theatreplays.uk/ ) who was a featured playwright back in Season One with another piece "One Foot in Front of the Other" ( https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/episode-7-one-foot-in-front-of-the-other-christopher-plumridge/ ) Paul advised...

Hello there and welcome to a brand new series of Mini Shenanigans. We start this series with a piece entitled "Missing" ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/3029044/missing ) written by Kansas based playwright and Theatrical Shenanigans regular Debra A. Cole (https://newplayexchange.org/users/30609/debra-cole & http://www.debraacole-playwright.com/ ).   Synopsis - A family finds themselves in a...

Welcome to the very last episode in this Theatrical Shenanigans Special of "Faith, Trust &...", a film noir piece by Rachel Feeny-Williams. ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2153099/faith-trust-and )   Detective JM Barry has been slowly but surely getting to what he believes to be the truth behind the mysterious pink powder that was placed on his desk by Wendy Darling, along with a note thre...

Welcome to the very last episode in this Theatrical Shenanigans Special of "Faith, Trust &...", a film noir piece by Rachel Feeny-Williams. ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2153099/faith-trust-and )   So far in our story we know that private investigator Detective J.M. Barry is investigating a threat recieved by Wendy Darling, who he hasn't seen in years, as well as some mysterious pink pow...

Welcome to another Theatrical Shenanigans Special to end Season 3! In this episode we continue the story of "Faith, Trust &...", a film noir piece by Rachel Feeny-Williams. ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2153099/faith-trust-and ) For a quick reminder of the story so far, the play is set in the dark and dangerous city of Neverland, where Private Investigator Dt. JM Barry has been approache...

Welcome to another Theatrical Shenanigans Special to end Season 3! Over the next four episodes you will be hearing the play "Faith, Trust &...", a film noir piece by Rachel Feeny-Williams. ( https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2153099/faith-trust-and ) The city of Neverland has always been one of depravity, corruption and violence, but now Dt. JM Barry (P.I) has been approached by a woman from h...

Hello there and welcome to the very last episode of Season 3 of Theatrical Shenanigans! This week we have a piece by community director, actor, playwright and regular voice actor on Theatrical Shenanigans Tony Targan ( www.tonytargan.com ) with his piece "Curtains For You!"   When talking about the play Tony says "In the Wizard of Oz, the wizard’s declaration – “Pay no attention to the man behind...