Hear short, contemporary stage plays with first-rate casts. Playing on Air brings together award winners and emerging young talent, and each play is followed by a conversation with the playwrights and cast. Tune in for great American plays with great American actors, hosted and produced by Claudia Catania.
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Today we share the final audio play in our '25 - '26 Season, "A Headspace Meditation" by Mara Nelson-Greenberg, directed by Sarah Lunnie. Thank you for joining us as we explored a new format. We're excited to begin sharing conversations with our artists in the coming weeks, so if you missed those - have no fear, as you'll soon be able to deep dive with the artists from this season's plays. "A…
Today, we are back with a Playing on Air favorite! POA Regular, Playwright John Patrick Shanley and his two-hander, "The Red Coat". It's been an exciting '25-'26 Season here at Playing on Air! We've got 1 play left that drops in two weeks, "A Headspace Meditation" by Mara Nelson-Greenberg . This season, 4 of our plays are commissions. In December, we premiered "73, SK." by Else Went , directed by…
Today, we are proud to premiere the inaugural MC Libby Commission, "Father's Sin" by Maleek Rae with music by Xander Browne . "Father's Sin" is Directed by POA Alum, Goldie E. Patrick Jezelle the Gazelle and Revelations ) Welcome back to another episode of Playing on Air! Last month, we premiered "73, SK." by Else Went , directed by Emma Rosa Went , and "The Corner Cafe" by Charles Mee , directed…
Welcome back to another episode of Playing on Air! Playing on Air is back for a new season! We've got 5 plays for the '25 - '26 Season, 4 of which are new plays, and 3 of those new plays are commissions. Two weeks ago, we premiered "73, SK." by Else Went . Today, we drop our 2nd episode of the season, "The Corner Cafe" by Charles Mee, directed by Tom Dugdale . " The Corner Cafe" features the…
Playing on Air is back for a new season! We've got 5 plays for '25 - '26 Season, 4 of which are new plays, and 3 of those new plays are commissions. First up, is "73, SK." by Else Went , directed by Emma Rosa Went . "73, SK" features a company of actors each making their Playing on Air debut! We are thrilled to welcome: Olivia Rose Barresi , Paul Joseph Bernardo , Zachary Desmond , Chukwudi Iwuji…
Playing on Air's Leadership team, Artistic Director, Joshua Kahan Brody and Associate Artistic Director & Creative Producer, Garlia Cornelia Jones announce the '25 - '26 Season! Their 1st season together! This new season includes 5 plays, 4 of which are World Premieres and 3 of which are commissions and 1 Playing on Air regular! • 73, SK. Written by Else Went , Directed by Emma Rosa Went • THE…
When Dee–a forty-something from Rockford, Illinois–visits Harvard's namesake statue, she discovers a legacy student, hiding from his parents in the bushes. What could this recently suspended nerd have in common with a Midwestern working-class divorcee? Parents! College! Rules and regulations! Gay or not gay. Gay meanies. What's a poor little rich boy to do? A Sticky Memento is a world premiere…
It's not easy living with a zealot. Or being at the local supermarket where he prowls. Suppose you like bacon? Suppose disposable diapers? There is interference in the air. Sheila: A Year In The Life Of is a world-premiere James Stevenson commission from Playwright Laureate of Boston Kirsten Greenidge ( Milk Like Sugar ). Melia Bensussen (Artistic Director of Hartford Stage) directs a terrific…
What's with these birthdays that end in a zero? How is it that a mere multiple of ten can wield such power? A touch of wit and love language can help. Crisis Planning is a world premiere James Stevenson commission from Bay Area-playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb ( The Making of a Great Moment ). Directed by Jason Eagan (Founding Artistic Director of Ars Nova ), the play features Andrew Garman ( The…
It's 1942. WWIl is raging. Mr. Walt Disney is in New York to discuss another propaganda film requested by the US government to boost the wartime effort. At the moment, though, he is in a meeting with a former illustrator from his early days. It's Gyo Fujikawa. Disney/Fujikawa comes from the mind of 2023 Pulitzer Prize Finalist Lloyd Suh ( The Far Country , Franklinland) . Directed by Ralph Peña (…
