Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium
Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium produces portable theatre for the ear. Since 2012 we’ve produced over 50 podcasts featuring the work of over 50 artists from around the world. We’ve recorded live at Chicago Fringe, Chicago Dramatists, The Biograph at Victory Gardens Theater, Simon's Tavern, and the Swedish American Museum in Andersonville. Small Fish Radio Theatre is a featured podcast on Atlanta Fringe Audio. Whether recorded before a live audience or in "a studio in an undisclosed location in Chicago", our podcasts are offered for free here on iTunes and via our website - smallfishradio.com. Small Fish Radio Theatre is produced by Trina Kakacek and Michael John Kelly
Episodes
Recorded live from the Swedish American Museum in Chicago on October 22, 2023, Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium presents PAST LIVES AMUSEMENT PARK, featuring the talents of Joy Thorbjornsen Coates, Mark Kater, MJ Kelly, Kristina Schramm, Stan Winiarski, Trina Kakacek and foley artist Ele Matelan.
Featured writers: THE FARAWAY TREE by Evan Baughfmann, ANNABELLE LEE by Edgar Allan Poe, JOHN MORTONSON'S FUNERAL by Ambro...
Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium presents our 10th Anniversary Approximately 20-Minute Variety Hour “Holiday Special,” featuring the talents of Mark Kater, Michael John Kelly, Joy Thorbjornsen-Coates, Stan Winiarski, and special guest Kristina Schramm. In celebration of our 10th Anniversary, we’ve included our first episode of Fridgerton—and maybe we had a bit too much eggnog because we had more than one hiccup. Dare we sa...
Recorded live from the Swedish American Museum in Chicago on October 23, 2022, Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium presents its first live show since before times—LOCKED IN!
Our 2022 horror show opens with an original song, WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF FEAR by Small Fish Radio Theatre co-producer, voice actor, and singer/songwriter MJ Kelly. Five short plays follow.
SUPPLY CLOSET by Christina Meyer. Milwaukee area playwright Ch...
Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium’s 10th Anniversary Season presents THE COMMERCIAL SHOW, a celebration of our favorite bogus contrived, fictitious, false, phony-baloney, pretend, put-on, sham commercials featured in the past 10 years. We’re still waiting for some clever inventor out there to bring some of these brilliant products to life—so consider this your friendly reminder. And now, a word from our fake sponsors…
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Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium presents “The Approximately 20-Minute Variety Hour Holiday Special,” featuring the talents of Mark Kater, Michael John Kelly, Joy Thorbjornsen-Coates, Stan Winiarski, and special guests Eli Katz and Zev Katz Castellano.
Writing and other lame ideas by Trina Kakacek, Michael John Kelly, and Joy Thorbjornsen-Coates.
Directing and sound design by Trina Kakacek.
Additional music by Kevin Ma...
Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium presents "The GREAT Pandemic NOT Baking Show" by Trina Kakacek. Join us for our annual holiday show - where this year we create signature holiday dishes by foraging in the wilds of our own homes.
"The GREAT Pandemic NOT Baking Show" features Mark Kater, Eli Katz, Michael John Kelly, Sharon Phillips, Joy Thorbjornsen-Coates and Stan Winiarski.
Directing and sound design by Trina Kakacek.
...Episode 6 — THE AUCTION by Trina Kakacek
In this episode's play, a family bequeaths heirlooms in an unorthodox way. Here's AUCTION by Trina Kakacek, featuring Eli Katz, Michael John Kelly, Sharon Phillips, and Joy Thorbjornsen-Coates. This episode's host is Stan Winiarski.
Directing and sound design by Trina Kakacek.
Additional music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - ht...
Episode 5 — THE COLLETTE by Michael John Kelly
This week’s short play asks the question, "Just how badly do we need paper?" Here's THE COLLETTE by Michael John Kelly, featuring Eli Katz and Michael John Kelly. And, a visit from Waylon and WIllie? No, it's Michael John Kelly with THE PLAYWRIGHT’S SONG, written by Michael John Kelly and Trina Kakacek. This week’s host is Mark Kater.
Directing and sound design by Trina Kakacek.
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Episode 4 — ITEM FOUR by Trina Kakacek
Ever wonder if we're being controlled by things we can't see or hear? Find out today in ITEM FOUR by Trina Kakacek.
Featuring Stan Winiarski as Norm, Joy Thorbjornsen-Coates as Grace, and Eli Katz as Lurleen. Host Michael John Kelly.
Directing and sound design by Trina Kakacek.
Additional music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - h...
Episode 3 — FULL CUSTODY by Michael John Kelly
FULL CUSTODY by Michael John Kelly explores the end of a relationship and who gets custody of certain items. Featuring Mark Kater and Joy Thorbjornsen-Coates, with host Sharon Phillips.
Directing and sound design by Trina Kakacek.
Additional music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
...EPISODE 2 - LAST WORDS by Thomas J. Misuraca
Ever wondered what would happen if you tried planning your last words? Find out in LAST WORDS by Thomas J. Misuraca of Tarzana, California. Featuring Stan Winiarski as Ed, Michael John Kelly as Brian, and Sharon Phillips as Nurse. With host Eli Katz.
Directing and sound design by Trina Kakacek.
Additional music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By A...
EPISODE 1 - INCUBATION PERIOD by Trina Kakacek
INCUBATION PERIOD by Trina Kakacek asks the age-old question, can a woman obsessed with right angles and a man who eats them find love in the public library?
INCUBATION PERIOD features Sharon Phillips as Lucy, Stan Winiarski as Lester, and Mark Kater as the Narrator.
Directing and sound design by Trina Kakacek.
Additional music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under ...
This year, mindful of the number of distressing events we are being subjected to on a daily basis, we offer a teeny-tiny bit of virtual horror in the spirit of the season.
Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium presents our 2020 Horror Show: PAGE NOT FOUND, a very short play by Trina Kakacek. Recorded somewhere in the ether, PAGE NOT FOUND features the talents of Eli Katz, Mark Kater, MJ Kelly, Sharon Phillips, Joy Thorbjornse...
Small Fish Radio Theater and Thespinarium presents THE APPROXIMATELY 6-MINUTE SOCIAL DISTANCE SHOW. EPISODE 7 (August 12, 2020) features the talents of Trina Kakacek, Mark Kater, MJ Kelly, Mia McCullough, Tom Misuraca, and Joy Thorbjornsen-Coates.
Directing and sound design by Trina Kakacek.
Additional music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/...
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