Wordplay: Theater for the Ear and the Imagination

Three Roman soldiers speak to Jesus as they nail him to the cross.

Twain's condemnation of the celebration and glorification of war and his revealing of the true consequences of praying for victory in war.

A series of brief monologues spoken by persons and animals associated with the birth of Jesus. Compiled from works by several authors, including Dorothy L. Sayers and Madeleine L'Engle

A comedy in which a ghost, whom no one is afraid of any longer, shares his woes with a writer on Christmas Eve.

Not everyone was happy about the miracles of Jesus. Edgar Lee Masters imagines what the reactions of three people in the Gospel might have been to the miracles.

"The wheels of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small." - H W Longfellow.  A barber chair is the location for the dispensing of justice.

A fairy tale about a statue and a bird and about giving and self sacrifice.

A series of monologues spoken by people associated with the arrest and trial of Christ.

Death takes on human form for three days to investigate life among mortals.

The Wise Rabbi is a series of short Jewish folktales, both humorous and serious, which reflect the wisdom of the traditional rabbi and his place of respect in the Jewish community. The tales were gleaned from various Eastern European Jewish collections.

The Lightning Rod Man is a short audio play based on the story by Herman Melville. Melville is best known to us as the author of such classic novels as Moby Dick and Billy Budd . But Melville also had a lighter side. In The Lightning Rod Man he has fun contrasting the person who appreciates and embraces life, despite all of its hazards, with the person who fears it. The short play opens during a t...

The Blind Spot by Saki. Saki, the pen name of early 20th century British writer Hector Hugh Munro, was known for his witty stories with surprise endings. In The Blind Spot a lady gourmand finds the truth inconvenient and must choose between justice and pleasure.

Ars Moriendi: The Art of Dying. Dominican Father Dominic Rover wrote this monologue after he was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

An irreligious father sends his child to an arts and crafts program at a local church. 3.5 minutes

The Atheist’s Mass     by Honore de Balzac   In 19th century France a young intern physician tries to discover why his mentor, a great surgeon and strident atheist, occasionally attends Mass.   19 minutes  

The Diaries of Adam and Eve     by Mark Twain   Twain’s comic twist on the book of Genesis. What if the first man and first woman had kept diaries? 24 minutes