Soundstage

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Soundstage

Theater is for everyone and we want to make it available everywhere. Soundstage is an anthological, scripted fiction series of portable stories from Playwrights Horizons theater in New York City. Featuring short-form commissions from America’s best playwrights, these audio experiences are written specifically for the ear, not translated or recorded live from the stage. Now, the theater is wherever you are. Follow us at @SoundstagePH on Instagram and Twitter. If you like what you hear and want to support this program, we hope you will consider making a donation that will allow us to commission more artists, complete production on more podcasts, and continue to provide our writers with a much-needed creative outlet and an audience in these unprecedented times. To support us, text SOUNDSTAGE20 to 44-321.

  1. Bonus! YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM YOURSELF by Erin Courtney

    04/18/2024

    Bonus! YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM YOURSELF by Erin Courtney

    A darkly comedic fable of violently lonely doppelgängers who mind-meld and are brought together through cookies, rats, and their cosmic connection to an exterminator. Written by Erin Courtney Produced and directed by Kate Bergstrom Written for Crystal Finn and Lucy Taylor and Todd Almond as the Exterminator. Sound Designer and Additional Music Works by Michael Costagliola Associate Produced and Stage Managed by Calvin Anderson   With music by Todd Almond

    16 min
  2. Bonus! FREEDOM, FREEDOM, FREEDOM, ET CETERA by Dave Harris

    06/14/2023

    Bonus! FREEDOM, FREEDOM, FREEDOM, ET CETERA by Dave Harris

    A panel of Black thinkers (a Broadway playwright, a spoken word poet, a Columbia professor, and an activist) try to define Freedom in the year ???? in this dark comedy about ancestors and artists. Written by Dave Harris Directed by Taylor Reynolds Sound Design by Ben Scheff Sound Editing by Dylan Carrow Production Stage Manager -- Hanako Rodriguez CAST: Walter Mixon Riley -- JEROME PRESTON BATES LaToya Beasley -- BRITTANY BRADFORD Jake Dillers / Sponsors / Announcer -- YONATAN GEBEYEHU Jones Joseph -- DAVE HARRIS Jerome Barker Thomas -- BEETHOVEN ODEN Season 2 of Soundstage was made possible with the generous support of the Scherman Foundation’s Katharine S. and Axel G. Rosin Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts.   Playwrights Horizons is supported in part by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. In addition, Playwrights Horizons receives major support from the Howard Gilman Foundation, the J. L. Greene Arts Access Fund in The New York Community Trust, and The Shubert Foundation.

    37 min
  3. Bonus! VAPOR TRAIL by Ken Urban

    09/20/2022 · BONUS

    Bonus! VAPOR TRAIL by Ken Urban

    This week we're so happy to bring you a full length audio play written, directed, and produced by our friends and frequent collaborators Ken Urban, Dan Kluger, and Knud Adams. It premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Festival as part of their Audio Storytelling program, and we're so pleased to be able to re-release and amplify it here for you, our Soundstage audience! Enjoy! At a chance meeting at the farmers market, two strangers find a connection rooted in their own unspeakable tragedies. The evening they spend together becomes an encounter they can’t forget. Written by Ken Urban Directed by Knud Adams Audio Produced and Mixed by Daniel Kluger Starring Maulik Pancholy and April Matthis Recorded by Noel Nichols Edited by Noel Nichols and Christian Frederickson Foley by Daniela Hart Additional Sound Design by Christian Frederickson Produced by John Albert Harris Original Music by Daniel Kluger and Occurrence To listen to the music from Vapor Trail, the soundtrack is available here: https://occurrencemusic.ffm.to/vaportrail VAPOR TRAIL premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Festival as part of their Audio Storytelling program and it was developed at the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis, MN during the 2020-21 season. VAPOR TRAIL was made possible thanks to the support of the d'Arbeloff Fund, the DeFlorez Fund and the SHASS Research Fund from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    57 min
  4. THE MARRIAGE OF EARTH AND SKY by Agnes Borinsky

    08/30/2022

    THE MARRIAGE OF EARTH AND SKY by Agnes Borinsky

    The farmer wants the shepherd. The shepherd wants God. The playwright isn't quite sure what she wants. A play about grief and desire and the mess that is the theater. Written by Agnes Borinsky Directed by Brooke O'Harra Sound Design by Nick Auer CAST: Loretta -- JANICE AMAYA   Leah / Bruce -- JESS BARBAGALLO Bonita -- AGNES BORINSKY   Vinie -- VINIE BURROWS Martha -- ANNIE FANG Adam -- ADAM GREENFIELD Mary -- MARY NEUFELD Bettina -- BRYNA TURNER Flautist -- Isabel Lepanto Gleicher

    39 min
  5. HIS CHEST IS ONLY SKELETON by Julia Izumi

    08/24/2022

    HIS CHEST IS ONLY SKELETON by Julia Izumi

    A little meditation on what it is to carry what we can and can't control, and the crossroads of being and belonging. Written by Julia Izumi Directed by Sarah Cameron Hughes Sound Design by Fan Zhang Rocks -- JESS BARBAGALLO Someone -- JORGE CORDOVA   Grandchild -- MIDORI FRANCIS    She -- HARUNA LEE He -- RONALD PEET Mother -- SAORI TSUKADA

    31 min
  6. (THERE'S) NO TIME FOR COMEDY / LOOPS by David Greenspan

    08/16/2022

    (THERE'S) NO TIME FOR COMEDY / LOOPS by David Greenspan

    Two audio plays -- an old radio comedy of anxiety in the modern world, and a soliloquy of lost love -- sprung from the mind of this singular and iconic playwright. Written by David Greenspan Directed by Ken Rus Schmoll Sound Design by Leah Gelpe (There's) No Time for Comedy Cast: Sidney - EVANDER DUCK JR. Henry Flower - DAVID GREENSPAN Darlene - BETH GRIFFIN Mona - LISA KRON Donald - PACO TOLSON Loops Cast: Player - DAVID GREENSPAN

    26 min
  7. LAST WORDS OF UNCLE DIRT by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig

    08/09/2022

    LAST WORDS OF UNCLE DIRT by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig

    An abandoned limestone statue chronicles centuries of adventures through and beyond the Chinese diaspora. Written by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig Directed by Michael Roth CAST: Uncle Dirt - KOK-HWA LIE Music Composition/Arrangements/Sound Design/Editing by Michael Roth Final Sound Mix and Mastering by Jessica Paz

    46 min
  8. PROGRAM B: RAPID IMMERSION by Sheila Callaghan

    08/02/2022

    PROGRAM B: RAPID IMMERSION by Sheila Callaghan

    Congratulations for choosing Program B! Our goal is to challenge and elevate you. It won't be easy, but transformation is possible! If you trust the process. Written by Sheila Callaghan Directed, Designed, and Edited by Alex Barron Original music by Surrija CAST: Rashan – FRANCIS BENHAMOU Chatty Stranger – SHEILA CALLAGHAN Whispering Man – MATTHEW J. HARRIS Additional voices – BRANDT ADAMS, KAILEE AYYAR, ALEX BARRON, ALISON KOCH, NGOFEEN MPUTUBWELE, J.J. SUELTO, MAGGIE THOMPSON, NYSELI VEGA Learn more at phnyc.org/soundstage or text PHNYC to 44-321.

    45 min
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Theater is for everyone and we want to make it available everywhere. Soundstage is an anthological, scripted fiction series of portable stories from Playwrights Horizons theater in New York City. Featuring short-form commissions from America’s best playwrights, these audio experiences are written specifically for the ear, not translated or recorded live from the stage. Now, the theater is wherever you are. Follow us at @SoundstagePH on Instagram and Twitter. If you like what you hear and want to support this program, we hope you will consider making a donation that will allow us to commission more artists, complete production on more podcasts, and continue to provide our writers with a much-needed creative outlet and an audience in these unprecedented times. To support us, text SOUNDSTAGE20 to 44-321.

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  • Creator
    Playwrights Horizons
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Playwrights Horizons
  • Show Website
    Soundstage

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