6 episodes

Don Futterman’s Performance Podcast of Moving & Hilarious Autobiographical Monologues
Don Futterman is the author of ADAM UNREHEARSED (Wicked Son Books 2023) - Finalist for the National Jewish Book Awards
“Beguiling. Piercing and witty adult tales, relevant to all our lives. Time flows by as swiftly as Futterman’s crises.” The Boston Globe*
“Futterman mixes comedy and philosophy in an incredibly powerful form, and with only one person talking, it’s very intimate.” The Boston Herald*
*From stage productions

Futterman's One-Man Show Don Futterman

- Arts
- 4.9 • 14 Ratings

- MAY 25, 2022
Part 1 - Son of a Surgeon

Part 1 - Son of a Surgeon

Son of a Surgeon - At 26, Don faces manhood, seasickness and his father - in the Operating Room

Part 1 – The Hairy Man

Inspired by the great Hairy Man, Don wants to find out what his Dad does all day
- 31 min
- MAY 24, 2022
Part 2 - Son of a Surgeon

Part 2 - Son of a Surgeon

Part 2 - Son of a Surgeon – The O.R.

Will Don destroy his father’s career or discover a key to his father’s life?
- 26 min
- MAR 30, 2021
Part 1 - I Never Compete With My Brother

Part 1 - I Never Compete With My Brother

Episode One – Psychological Warfare

Can sibling rivalry and Jewish summer camp lead to Absolute Perfection?

Written and performed by Don Futterman, directed by Linda Lovitch and Gizem Ozdimir, with engineering and sound design by Gizem Ozdimir.

For more of Natan Gesundheit’s entrancing album, Melaveh Malkah, which is sampled in I Never Compete with My Brother, go to Natan’s Youtube or Facebook page.
- 26 min
- MAR 30, 2021
Part 2 - I Never Compete With My Brother

Part 2 - I Never Compete With My Brother

Episode Two – Mystical Combat

Don reaches spiritual heights in Israel, but will his grandmother’s fear of escalators knock Don back to earth?

Written and performed by Don Futterman, directed by Linda Lovitch and Gizem Ozdimir, with engineering and sound design by Gizem Ozdimir.

For more of Natan Gesundheit’s entrancing album, Melaveh Malkah, which is sampled in I Never Compete with My Brother, go to Natan’s Youtube or Facebook page.
- 22 min
- MAY 24, 2020
Part 1 - The Incomplete Life of a Filmmaker

Part 1 - The Incomplete Life of a Filmmaker

ALL-NIGHTERS - Will Don finish his college courses before his Ivy League education finishes him?
- 24 min
- MAY 23, 2020
Part 2 - The Incomplete Life of a Filmmaker

Part 2 - The Incomplete Life of a Filmmaker

Will Don ever emerge from The Editing Zone?
- 23 min

4.9 out of 5

14 Ratings

Fantastic

I just finished listening to both parts of I Never Compete with My Brother.

Fantastically wonderful performance.

I so enjoyed listening to the stories of your life with your brother. Loved it all.

Please continue with this podcast it is terrific.

I was so glad that you finally purged your brother from being (or, more accurately, thinking and feeling that he is) your conscience!

I also listen to you on The Promised Podcast and I love the perspective you bring, your confidence in expressing your own unique opinions and the menchlichkeit that shows up when you speak on the podcast.

BTW, I am wondering if, as the father to your twin sons, whether you handled their (natural sibling) rivalry and competition any differently from your own parents’ dealing with yours and your brother’s…..

Thank you for the gift.

Dita Teitelbaum
Palmetto Bay, Florida