60 episodes

The Parsnip Ship, hosted by Iyvon Edebiri, is an intimate series of plays performed before live audiences and made accessible as a monthly podcast. The series fosters community by exploring diverse perspectives and bringing awareness to inspiring voices.

The Parsnip Ship Broadway Podcast Network

    • Arts
    • 4.5 • 2 Ratings

The Parsnip Ship, hosted by Iyvon Edebiri, is an intimate series of plays performed before live audiences and made accessible as a monthly podcast. The series fosters community by exploring diverse perspectives and bringing awareness to inspiring voices.

    Cockfight by Peter Gil-Sheridan

    Cockfight by Peter Gil-Sheridan

    Directed by Anna Brenner
    Music from Vicki Quintero & Nakul Agrawal 
    Actors: Andrea Negrete, Kelley Rae O'Donnell. Alex Hernandez, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Annie Henk, David Anzuelo

    Juanie is a painter. His canvas: a giant egg, big enough to hold a full-grown adult man. Inside that egg is Juanie’s father’s dream: a prizewinning rooster that he hopes will become a star on the cockfighting circuit. When the egg hatches, the bird’s nature collides with Big Juan's vision for him. He embarks on a campaign to toughen the bird, to turn the bird into a warrior. When Juanie learns that most roosters that fight in cockfights die, Juanie searches for ways to save his family and his bird from total oblivion.

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    • 2 hrs 11 min
    Are You There Truman?... by Garrett David Kim

    Are You There Truman?... by Garrett David Kim

    directed by Gaven Trinidad
    musical guest Téhilah

    ARE YOU THERE TRUMAN? IT’S ME, JUST ANOTHER GUY WHO GREW UP SECRETLY WORSHIPING YOUR CHISELED PORN STAR BODY ONLINE, AND NOW I THINK I LOVE YOU

    Cast includes Jonathan Low, Ryan Jacobucci, Kathleen Choe, Shaun Anthony, Wesley Han, and Chris White

    ARE YOU THERE TRUMAN?... was recorded live in February 2023
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    • 1 hr 56 min
    American Spies by Sam Hamashima

    American Spies by Sam Hamashima

    directed by Gregory Keng Strasser
    musical guest Lauryn Alexandria

    News travels across the Pacific on Dec. 7 resulting in foolhardy claims of Japanese sympathizers. As calls for war perpetrate a nation, The Ishii Family undertakes radical assimilation to calm the local police and fearful neighbors. Mixing family testimony and cartoon studio-ghibli charm, AMERICAN SPIES is a Queer Japanese American grandson's interpretation of the Japanese Americans’ response to national disaster and their struggle to prove their patriotism.

    Cast includes Sam Hamashima, Marina Kondo, Grace Hamashima, Ako, Jo Ellen Pellman, and Roger Yeh

    AMERICAN SPIES was recorded live in January 2023
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    • 1 hr 16 min
    Sea Longing by Nina Ki

    Sea Longing by Nina Ki

    Director: Cara Hinh
    Musical Guest: Will Bug

    A young Korean American girl struggles to grow up without her mother, who has been deported. A sea lion pup is forced to take on the duties of an adult sea lion, when his mother and he are affected by climate change. A play that examines loss, healing, and the connection between all living things.

    Cast includes Phoenix Ra, Brittany Anikka Liu, Jully Lee, Estelle Lee, Sarah Shin, and Teresa Langford

    SEA LONGING was recorded live in December 2022
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    • 1 hr 39 min
    AN ECO-FABLE: A WOLF, RABBIT, CROW, AND PLANT GIVE IT THEIR ALL by Robin Rice

    AN ECO-FABLE: A WOLF, RABBIT, CROW, AND PLANT GIVE IT THEIR ALL by Robin Rice

    Directed by Melinda Hall
    Music from Pamela Jean Agaloos
    Cast: Yuriko Miyake, Aaron Banes, Marcie Henderson, Renee Flemings, and Pamela Karp
    Recorded live November 28th, 2023

    "Five years ago, Mother Wolf was captured and taken away from her pack and newborn pups. Now she returns to Homeland and there is no sign of other wolves. There are frequent avalanches; the glacier is melting at a rapid rate; forest fires and fierce storms are devastating the land. Mother Wolf convinces a lonely, teenage jackrabbit, a starving crow and Clem, a flower on a clematis vine, to team up with her. Together, they struggle to rectify the situation before it's too late."

    Produced by The Parsnip Ship and Business Lunch Productions.
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    • 1 hr 42 min
    Luciérnagas by Javier Rivera DeBruin

    Luciérnagas by Javier Rivera DeBruin

    Directed by Rebecca Aparicio, Musician Vie Darling
    Cast: Gary Dooley, Imani Russell, Carol Cadby, Saul Nache, Yohanna Florentino and Maribel Martinez
    Recorded live Mon, October 31, 2022

    "When Mal’s grandmother dies, she inherits a mysterious cabin in the woods. Reunited with her estranged mother Silvia, they parse through possessions, ghosts, and long held family secrets, over a weekend the two of them won’t soon forget. Luciérnagas is a play about shadows: our own, and those of our family. It is a play about heritage, forgiveness, and legacy that passes between women in a diaspora."
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    • 1 hr 55 min

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