Playing On Air: Short Audio Plays podcast

Playing On Air: Short Audio Plays

Hear short, contemporary stage plays with first-rate casts. Playing on Air brings together award winners and emerging young talent, and each play is followed by a conversation with the playwrights and cast. Tune in for great American plays with great American actors, hosted and produced by Claudia Catania.

Hear short, contemporary stage plays with first-rate casts. Playing on Air brings together award winners and emerging young talent, and each play is followed by a conversation with the playwrights and cast. Tune in for great American plays with great American actors, hosted and produced by Claudia Catania.

 

#197

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 whic... more

05 Dec 2025

46 MINS

46:21

05 Dec 2025


#196

Playing on Air '25 - '26 Season Announcement

Playing on Air's Leadership team, Artistic Director, Joshua Kahan Brody and Associate Arti... more

05 Dec 2025

06 MINS

06:44

05 Dec 2025


#195

A STICKY MEMENTO by Ken Urban

When Dee–a forty-something from Rockford, Illinois–visits Harvard's namesake statue, she d... more

29 Dec 2024

33 MINS

33:38

29 Dec 2024


#194

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. Sup... more

29 Dec 2024

37 MINS

37:42

29 Dec 2024


#193

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 ... more

29 Dec 2024

32 MINS

32:46

29 Dec 2024


#192

DISNEY/FUKIJAWA BY Lloyd Suh

It's 1942. WWIl is raging. Mr. Walt Disney is in New York to discuss another propaganda fi... more

29 Dec 2024

44 MINS

44:05

29 Dec 2024


#191

REVERIE by John Patrick Shanley

A woman (Carol Kane) is drawn into a neighborhood church by the sound of music beautifully... more

22 Dec 2024

24 MINS

24:36

22 Dec 2024


#190

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... more

22 Dec 2024

51 MINS

51:20

22 Dec 2024


#189

DID I MISS ANYTHING IMPORTANT by Patricia Cotter

Parents, Don and Charlotte, summon their adult children, Susanna and Brian, to a meeting a... more

22 Dec 2024

39 MINS

39:38

22 Dec 2024


#188

BONNET by John Patrick Shanley

In BONNET, the incredibly talented John Patrick Shanley's marital (and sometimes martial) ... more

27 Aug 2023

19 MINS

19:30

27 Aug 2023


#187

SECOND SIGHT by David Ives

In SECOND SIGHT, a world premiere written and directed by renowned playwright David Ives, ... more

20 Aug 2023

47 MINS

47:19

20 Aug 2023


#186

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 zealou... more

13 Aug 2023

33 MINS

33:26

13 Aug 2023


#185

TYPHOID MARY by Mike Lew

It's 1915 and another typhoid fever outbreak, this one in a bustling hospital run by an of... more

13 Aug 2023

32 MINS

32:32

13 Aug 2023


#184

I DON'T KNOW by James McLindon

An old school drill sergeant under fire from his very modern and diverse new recruits desp... more

06 Aug 2023

23 MINS

23:59

06 Aug 2023


#183

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. ABERNATHY by Lloyd Suh

In Lloyd Suh's HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. ABERNATHY, a shared story, formerly repressed, begins t... more

30 Jul 2023

22 MINS

22:22

30 Jul 2023


#182

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 Jerse... more

23 Jul 2023

30 MINS

30:39

23 Jul 2023


#181

ECHO AND NARCISSUS by Amanda Quaid

Hear that? In ECHO AND NARCISSUS, playwright Amanda Quaid's newfangled take on an infamous... more

16 Jul 2023

25 MINS

25:04

16 Jul 2023