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A Very Very Short Play by Jacquelyn Reingold
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Hope Davis
Two passengers of very different statures meet on a plane and take off! A Very Very Short Play by Jacquelyn Reingold features Tony nominee Hope Dav...

  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 13:37
Beyond Glory - Three short pieces by Stephen Lang
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Stephen Lang
"As starkly moving as taps at dusk" says the Washington Post about BEYOND GLORY, a powerful tribute to military valor written and performed by stag...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KWIT and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 14
Listen Up: Two Short Plays
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Carol Kane
Carol Kane, Julie White, and Steven Boyer are among the stars in these two shorts. It’s spring in the neighborhood "Hell’s Kitchen" in SOMETHING I'...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WHRV, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Cosmic Connections: Two Short Plays by David Auburn and David Ives
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Amy Ryan
Two short plays. In Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn’s Fifth Planet, a professional astronomer played by Amy Ryan (Birdman; Gone, Baby, Gone) an...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WHRV, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Wence Upon A Time
From: Andrew Smith
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Wence Upon A Time is a Christmas musical radio play, based on the legend of Good King Wenceslas

Bought by WNMU-FM and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Dec 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 2
Waking Up: A short play by Cori Thomas
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Lynette Freeman
A perfect choice for Breast Cancer Awareness month is Waking Up by Cori Thomas. It juxtaposes the experiences of an American urbanite's and an Afri...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 18:02
Christmas Breaks: A short play by Patrick Gabridge
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Zach Appelman
In Christmas Breaks by Patrick Gabridge, a young man surprises his girlfriend with some curve ball gifts. Featuring Zach Appleman (War Horse and "S...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 15:57
Teenagers: The Agony and the Ecstasy - Two short plays by Christopher Sullivan
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Lucy DeVito
Two short plays about teenagers facing their futures. With summer imminent, they look ahead with anxiety, optimism, resignation, possibility. In th...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), Oregon Public Broadcasting, WHRV, and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 04, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Miracle of Chanukah: A short play by Sheri Wilner
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Judy Gold
Featuring Judy Gold, In The Miracle of Chanukah, a holiday guest’s story of a personal miracle throws a family for a loop. Humorous, wacky, and tho...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 17:36
Two Jewish Men In Their Seventies: A short play by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Jerry Stiller
Two Jewish Men In Their Seventies by Pulitzer Prize finalist Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros features the hilarous Bob Dishy (Along Came Polly) and Je...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 15:10
The Philadelphia: A Short Play by David Ives
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Jenn Harris
In the manic, outrageous and other dimension comedy The Philadelphia by David Ives, even ordering a sandwich is a challenge of epic proportions - l...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, and KZYX


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 15:04
  • Purchases: 3
Fall Quiet
From: Richard Fair
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An atmospheric poem for Halloween.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2015
  • Length: 03:17
All Well and Good: Two Short Plays by David Ives
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Kelly Hutchinson
Two short plays by the master of the form, David Ives (Venus In Fur, All in the Timing). In David Ives’ ITS ALL GOOD, a Chicago native visits his h...

Bought by WHRV, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KZYX, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
SHERLOCK HOLMES The Adventure of the Speckled Band pt1
From: Rachel Liu
Series: Anthology
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle part one, directed by Jason Merrin, composed by...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:44
Cake and Pie
From: Lauren Barnes
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Little girl journeys all over New Orleans to find her role model.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 04:15
Tuned to Yesterday #9
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Tuned to Yesterday
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Tuned to Yesterday #9 Drama Broadcasts include, "CBS Radio Workshop" and "Stars Over Hollywood".

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
Detroit As Backdrop For Shakespeare
From: Rendered
Caption: Shakespeare In Detroit's Romeo & Juliet, Credit: courtesy of Shakespeare in Detroit
Sam White saw potential in the drama of a struggling city — a perfect setting for Shakespeare's plays.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 19:51
Teaming Up: Two Short Comedies by Kim Merrill and Lanford Wilson
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Marsha Mason
Marsha Mason (4 time Academy Award nominee) and Steven Boyer (Tony nominee for HAND TO GOD and regular on TV's "Trial and Error") star in TASHA WA...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WHRV, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Mother and Son: Two Plays by Daniel Reitz and David Cale
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Jane Kaczmarek
Jane Kaczmarek ("Malcolm in the Middle") stars in the touching and humorous first piece, Napoleon in Exile, directed by Marsha Mason (four time Aca...

Bought by KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCPN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 7
Sure Thing: A Short Play by David Ives
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Liv Rooth
A meet-cute in a coffeeshop contains multitudes, in this entertaining, experimental short, now a classic, from David Ives (Venus in Fur). It is fro...

Bought by KZYX, KUNM, and WABE


  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 15:03
  • Purchases: 3
Section 310, Row D, Seats 5 & 6: A Short Play by Warren Leight
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Peter Jacobson
SECTION 310, ROW D, SEATS 5 & 6 is a short entertaining play from Tony winner Warren Leight about three buddies who bond over their shared passion ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 29:40
Spin Central - Two Short Plays by David Auburn
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: David Auburn
Two short plays about political operatives by Pulitzer Prize Winner David Auburn. In the comic DAMAGE CONTROL, a political aide has a public relati...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KZYX, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUNM and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 6
Vets and Nets
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Tonya Pinkins
In Forward Observer, Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins plays a harried Veterans Administration Hospital clerk. An elderly World War II veteran is giv...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Banshee: A Short Play by John Patrick Shanley
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Aidan Quinn
In BANSHEE, a teacher (Aidan Quinn) who's home sick receives a visitation from an Irish sprite (Geraldine Hughes) and an out-of-this-world proposal...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2015
  • Length: 25:46
I Do's
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Michael Urie
Michael Urie, Harriet Harris and a great ensemble of actors star in three short plays about love and marriage. A couple celebrates their 24th anniv...

Bought by KUNM, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Oregon Public Broadcasting, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and KUNM


  • Added: Feb 11, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5