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Playwrights Local | Cleveland, OH | www.playwrightslocal.org | PL Radio presents new audio plays and other recordings produced by Playwrights Local, Cleveland's only theater devoted to original, home-grown works. Founded in 2015, our mission is to foster diverse talents and raise the profile of area playwrights both within Greater Cleveland and beyond. For more info on our season and programs, visit us at www.playwrightslocal.org.

04/03/2022

The Ghost Ship Hunter by Christopher Johnston

The Ghost Ship Hunter Written by Christopher Johnston Directed by Rachel Zake The year is 2078. Dr. Candace Wheatstone and her partner, Frank Drake, V, use time travel to find clues to treat diseases that emerged during the era of global climate change and COVID. However, using time travel also to find evidence of ancient ghost ship stories has become Frank's hobby, often getting him into trouble. That leads to this journey back to the Arctic Ocean in the 1770s, when Frank gets blown off a ghost ship in an ice storm. Candace and her father Alexander, a distinguished forensic astrophysicist, must figure out what really froze the old pirates in place -- including one running down a corridor -- before a whaling ship found their three-masted schooner off the coast of Greenland. Produced with Radio on the Lake Theatre Cast Robert Hawkes – Alexander Wheatstone, Ph.D. Benjamin Gregg – Frank Drake, V, Ph.D. Erin K. Moran – Cadence Wheatstone, M.D. Sound Effects Engineer John Watts Music "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner [RoyaltyFreeMusic] Recording (c) 2022 Playwrights Local The Ghost Ship Hunter (c) 2021 Christopher Johnston Additional information available at http://www.playwrightslocal.org/ghost-ship-hunter/. ================== PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL Cleveland's Home for Dramatic Writers www.playwrightslocal.org

21 min
09/23/2021

Love and Ecstasy by Gail Nyoka

Love and Ecstasy Written by Gail Nyoka Directed by Terrence Spivey From Ireland to Barbados, to Trinidad and to England, trauma passes through five generations of women. Each one denies her truth at her own cost and suffers in her own way. Each searches for love. The narrator has reached a crisis. Like her great-great grandmother, she is a seer. It is at this point of crisis that the narrator discovers her hidden abilities. Is she descending into madness? Do her ancestors have anything to teach her? And is she able to listen? Produced with Radio on the Lake Theatre Cast Jeannine Gaskin - Violet / VyVy Christina Johnson - Jean Jill Kenderes - Susannah Sharron McPherson-Foxx - Narrator Sound Effects Engineer Victoria Watts Music “Now The Silence” by Juan Sánchez “Fireflies” by Whitesand Recording (c) 2021 Playwrights Local Love and Ecstasy (c) 2021 Gail Nyoka Additional information available at http://www.playwrightslocal.org/love-and-ecstasy/. ================== PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL Cleveland's Home for Dramatic Writers www.playwrightslocal.org

36 min
08/29/2021

Things Needing Explanation by Julia Fisher

Things Needing Explanation Written by Julia Fisher Directed by Anne McEvoy Jacklean is driving her whip-smart teenage granddaughter Georgia to her house for the weekend when they decide to play Things Needing Explanation - a game from Georgia’s childhood where the two try to outsmart each other with made-up crime scenes. But when an invented crime begins to have eerie parallels to the real world, Georgia and Jacklean must unite their love of murder mysteries and each other to solve the case and save their family. Produced with Radio on the Lake Theatre Cast Dominique L. Gardner - Georgia Nadia Salett - Hattie Amy Schwabauer - Neely Lisa L Wiley - Jacklean Sound Effects Engineer John Watts Music "Black Fingerprint" by Dylan Owen Recording (c) 2021 Playwrights Local Things Needing Explanation (c) 2021 Julia Fisher Additional information available at http://www.playwrightslocal.org/things-needing-explanation/. ================== PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL Cleveland's Home for Dramatic Writers www.playwrightslocal.org

36 min
07/15/2021

The Portraits by Tom Hayes

The Portraits Written by Tom Hayes Directed by Brian Zoldessy After attending the funeral of their father, two adult siblings are stranded in a remote area next to their family plot. With a storm threatening and strange sounds coming from the nearby forest, 40-ish Ben and his younger sister Sam are forced to leave the plot on foot. As they walk, the two re-hash events of the past. They both air their grievances until the strange sounds begin to take physical form, forcing them into an abandoned house. Strangely, the house is not entirely empty and not entirely unfamiliar. There, they discover a truth they did not know, and come to terms with their shared history. Produced with Radio on the Lake Theatre Cast John Busser - Ben Lindsey Mitchell - Sam Sound Effects Engineer John Watts Music “Aftermath” by Kevin MacLeod Recording (c) 2021 Playwrights Local The Portraits (c) 2021 Tom Hayes Additional information available at http://www.playwrightslocal.org/portraits/. ================== PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL Cleveland's Home for Dramatic Writers www.playwrightslocal.org

24 min
06/03/2021

Heirloom by Mike Geither

Heirloom Written & performed by Mike Geither Heirloom is a non-fiction solo performance about four generations of my extended maternal family that’s based on interviews and historical records. Beginning with my mother and her siblings, and moving on to her father and grandfather’s lives, it examines the social and emotional inheritance of an extended family affected by incest, alcoholism, violence and genocide. It attempts to shed understanding on how any single person may affect the generation of family members that follow him or her and to glean a greater understanding of the dynamics of incest and rape. Produced with Radio on the Lake Theatre Sound Effects Engineer John Watts Music “Royalty Free Army Music” by Dar Golan “Royalty Free 70's Music” by Dar Golan Special Thanks John Watts, Karin Randoja, Dan Riordan, & Amy Schwabauer Recording (c) 2021 Playwrights Local Heirloom (c) 2020 Mike Geither Additional information available at http://www.playwrightslocal.org/heirloom/. ================== PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL Cleveland's Home for Dramatic Writers www.playwrightslocal.org

46 min
05/26/2021

Family Markers by Faye Sholiton

Family Markers Written by Faye Sholiton Directed by Fred Sternfeld On a June day in 1960, a still-grieving brother and sister made a horrifying discovery. Just days after their brother's burial, someone had exhumed his body and moved it, with no forwarding address. Exactly 50 years later, two adult strangers with the same last name run into each other at the family plot. They will attempt to sort out what might have gone wrong while everybody was above ground. And whether this brand of mishegas is hereditary. Produced with Radio on the Lake Theatre Cast Mary Alice Beck - Leah John Busser - Lee Sound Effects Engineer John Watts Music “Vivaldi: Spring” by Notepad Music Special thanks to Cantor Kathy Sebo for the use of her voice in this recording. Recording (c) 2021 Playwrights Local Family Markers (c) 2020 by Faye Sholiton Additional information available at http://www.playwrightslocal.org/family-markers/. ================== PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL Cleveland's Home for Dramatic Writers www.playwrightslocal.org

22 min
05/20/2021

Limbo by Agnes Herrmann

Limbo Written by Agnes Herrmann Directed by Brian Zoldessy Tess has recently lost her mother; Susan lives with her own mother, who has crippling arthritis. They meet on a commuter train heading home, after a blown transformer cuts the power out. Tess gets claustrophobic in the dark. Susan becomes a chatterbox. The atmosphere grows stifling. The two think they have nothing in common...but do they? In Limbo, the statement “your truth is my truth” becomes a reality that neither Tess nor Susan can deny. Produced in partnership with Radio on the Lake Theatre. Cast Agnes Herrmann - Susan Lindsey Mitchell - Tess Paul Slimak - Conductor Sound Effects Engineer John Watts Recorded live in studio in December 2020. Additional information available at http://www.playwrightslocal.org/limbo/. ================== PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL Cleveland's Home for Dramatic Writers www.playwrightslocal.org

23 min
03/13/2021

Entanglement by Les Hunter

ENTANGLEMENT A Historical Fantasy of Almost-Love and Almost-Loss, Art History and Entry-Level Quantum Physics Written by Les Hunter Directed by Christine McBurney Entanglement reimagines the 1925 moment when physicist Erwin Schrödinger discovered quantum mechanics. In this alternate history, Schrödinger's breakthrough in physics (and love) is inspired by art historian Gertrud Bing. Bing and her mentor Aby Warburg famously asserted that all societies develop at a relatively similar and interconnected rate, despite differences of space and time. This theory is spookily similar to the phenomena of quantum entanglement, which holds that two particles, once entangled, move and change at the same moment. Schrödinger made this discovery during a two-and-a-half week sexual spree in the Swiss Alps. Cats may or may not have been killed. Produced in partnership with Radio on the Lake Theatre. Cast John Busser - Erik Cathleen O’Malley - Gabriele Sound Effects Engineers John Watts Victoria Watts Recorded live at Radio on the Lake Studio Theatre in Shaker Heights, Ohio, on November 13, 2019. Additional information available at playwrightslocal.org/entanglement. ================== PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL Cleveland's Home for Dramatic Writers www.playwrightslocal.org

25 min
03/13/2021

Every Play is a Radio Play by Meghan Louise Wagner

Every Play is a Radio Play When You’re Blind Written by Meghan Louise Wagner Directed by Constance Thackaberry Layers of privilege collide when a naïve bridesmaid meets a semi-famous blind artist on a public bus. It’s Julia’s first time on the RTA and Jason offers to guide her across town. On the way, the unlikely pair discovers an unusual connection that is central to Jason’s art and career, making Julia the perfect subject for his next book. Produced in partnership with Radio on the Lake Theatre. Cast Denise Astorino - Rachel, Girl 2, Phone Rep Leonard Goff - Bus Driver, Mechanic, Chef, Donald Lewis Osgood Stuart Hoffman - Jason Kyle Huff - Kevin, Rico, Server Rachel Maria Inés - Julia Diane Mull - Dora, Girl 1 Laura Stitt - Mom, Vanessa Sound Effects Engineers John Watts Victoria Watts Recorded live at The 5th Annual Cleveland Playwrights Festival at the Creative Space at Waterloo Arts on October 12, 2019. Additional information available at playwrightslocal.org/everyplayisaradioplay. ================== PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL Cleveland's Home for Dramatic Writers www.playwrightslocal.org

37 min
02/05/2021

Stranded by Edward J. Walsh

Stranded A radio play by Edward J. Walsh Directed by Tim Tavcar Featuring Agnes Herrmann Vickie Schultz, a reporter, is not happy. Let go by her newspaper in Cincinnati, she starts a new job in New Jersey without her family, friends, and cheating fiancé. Vickie expects to cover a breaking story about the Mayor and his female Police Chief. Instead, she’s assigned to the arrival of a whale on the shore — a huge pelagic mammal, not unlike the mythical Moby Dick. The sooner this stranded subject returns to the ocean (or doesn’t), the sooner Vickie gets her career back on track. As with her own struggles, though, the whale’s plight won’t be resolved quickly. Recorded at Bad Racket studio in January 2018. Recording © 2018 by Playwrights Local. Stranded © 2017 by Edward J. Walsh. Additional information available at playwrightslocal.org/stranded. ================== PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL Cleveland's Home for Dramatic Writers www.playwrightslocal.org

40 min
01/31/2021

Flame Puppy by Mike Geither

Flame Puppy A play for voices written & directed by Mike Geither Featuring Benjamin Gregg, Beau Reinker, Amy Schwabauer, & Lauren B. Smith A beatnik finds peace through visions of a mythic turkey. A legless lout survives a ruthless drug dealer and rises to fame by manufacturing trailer hitches. The origin of the human body is recounted by two friendly anthropologists. And to bring them all together – a house-sized puppy made entirely of flame. Recorded live on November 6, 2015. © 2015 by Playwrights Local. Additional information available at playwrightslocal.org/flame-puppy. ================== PLAYWRIGHTS LOCAL Cleveland's Home for Dramatic Writers www.playwrightslocal.org

1h 12m

11 Episodes

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Playwrights Local | Cleveland, OH | www.playwrightslocal.org | PL Radio presents new audio plays and other recordings produced by Playwrights Local, Cleveland's only theater devoted to original, home-grown works. Founded in 2015, our mission is to foster diverse talents and raise the profile of area playwrights both within Greater Cleveland and beyond. For more info on our season and programs, visit us at www.playwrightslocal.org.

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Playwrights Local
Years Active

2021 - 2022
Episodes

11
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Explicit
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