Playing On Air: Short Audio Plays

A HEADSPACE MEDITATION by Mara Nelson-Greenberg

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

THE RED COAT by John Patrick Shanley

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 S

FATHER'S SIN by Maleek Rae

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, Goldi

THE CORNER CAFE by Charles Mee

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

73, SK. by Else Went

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, S

Playing on Air '25 - '26 Season Announcement

Playing on Air's Leadership team, Artistic Director, Joshua Kahan Brody and Associate Artistic Director & Creative Producer, Garlia Cornelia Jones ‪announce the '25 - '26

A STICKY MEMENTO by Ken Urban

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 thi

SHEILA: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF by Kirsten Greenidge

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 ai

CRISIS PLANNING by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb

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 Plann

DISNEY/FUKIJAWA BY Lloyd Suh

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, th

REVERIE by John Patrick Shanley

A woman (Carol Kane) is drawn into a neighborhood church by the sound of music beautifully sung. A marriage is taking place within. Do beautiful music and ceremony make a

KANSAS ANYMORE by David Ives

1976 Kansas or Oz, that is the question. Here's a new spin on a great tale spun. To go, or say no? And in which direction? Kansas? or Oz? Tell me. Anyone?   K

DID I MISS ANYTHING IMPORTANT by Patricia Cotter

Parents, Don and Charlotte, summon their adult children, Susanna and Brian, to a meeting at Le Pain Quotidien scheduled smack in the middle of their workday. What's up? P

BONNET by John Patrick Shanley

In BONNET, the incredibly talented John Patrick Shanley's marital (and sometimes martial) comedy of manners, Dan (John Turturro) has a few questions for his wife Ava (Deb

SECOND SIGHT by David Ives

In SECOND SIGHT, a world premiere written and directed by renowned playwright David Ives, a retired historian's (Danny Burstein) minor surgery brings up major questions t

TYPHOID MARY by Mike Lew

It's 1915 and another typhoid fever outbreak, this one in a bustling hospital run by an officious Supervisor (Cindy Cheung), has once again led dogged sanitation engineer

MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY by Rehana Lew Mirza

It's 1907 and a typhoid fever outbreak among New York City's elite families has led zealous sanitation engineer George Soper (Matt Park) to the home of the haughty Mr. Wi

I DON'T KNOW by James McLindon

An old school drill sergeant under fire from his very modern and diverse new recruits desperately longs for simpler times. Directed by John Giampietro, James McLindon's

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. ABERNATHY by Lloyd Suh

In Lloyd Suh's HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. ABERNATHY, a shared story, formerly repressed, begins to bridge the racial and generational distance between a white American centenari

THE ARMY DANCE by Cary Gitter

It's the summer of 1955, and a new U.S. Army private stationed far away from his New Jersey hometown may have met his match, a very modern Southern belle, at a USO-style