A Blind Play

86-year-old Dot is frustrated by life as dementia takes control. She wants to get rid of her husband, but the man at the customer service counter won't help her out. And why on earth won't Bernie eat his bacon butty?

“The Quiet One” was adapted from the British audio drama of the same name by Alan Veale. 

This episode was directed and edited by Michael Mau

STARRING

Toni Poe as Dot
Pascal Casimier as The Customer...

Told from the point of view of a peregrine falcon, Hero's Eyes is the story of fifteen-year-old Jessie as she learns to build trust with her partner Hero while also dealing with an overbearing mother.

“Hero’s Eyes” was adapted from the short story of the same name by Will Robin. This episode was directed and edited by Michael Mau

STARRING
Reagan Prum as Hero
Nneka as Jessica
Irene Santiago as Gloria. 

Origin...

Eric's trip to visit his cousin Jona in Charleston forces him to learn much more about life, death, and relationships than he had expected. Originally published in Cutbank.

“Charleston. Twenty-Two” was adapted from the personal essay of the same name by Eric Willis.

Directed and edited by Michael Mau

STARRING
Bryce Townsend as Eric
Elizabeth Laidlaw as Jona
Aryeh Krause-Nadler as Gregory
Tim K...

Coming in one week, Season Three of the anthology podcast series, A Blind Play. This season we will bring you ten more episodes with twelve stories of people navigating their worlds, facing their fears, and finding out who they really are.

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Three men find their lives intertwining over and over again. Are the cosmically linked, or is it a coincidence?

Written and directed by Michael Mau

STARRING
Evan Judway as the Narrator and every other character.

Music for this episode by Magnetic_Trailer,  Kevin McLeod, Steven Obrien, Rafael Krux, Alexander Nakarada, Frank Schroeter, and Trevor Tremaine who also composed the theme music. Links to licenses in the show no...

A homicidal senior citizen confesses to the murder of a family in a non-traditional way.

Signs was written and directed by Michael Mau

STARRING
Trudy Leonard as Madeline McGlynn

Music for this episode by Marc Corominas. 

Trevor Tremaine composed the theme music.

Geneva Hicks created the podcast cover art

Additional sound effects courtesy of Pixabay

Writer, comedian, and actor Nina Dicker helped produce this episode. Her memoir, T...

The bizarre death of the town eccentric has people vying for his collection of Christian memorabilia, and the town barber has something to say about it.

All episodes written and directed by Michael Mau

Elliott Bales as the Narrator

Aryeh Krause-Nadler as Scooter Friendly

Hannah Church as Charsey

Christa Burton as Susabeth

Hannah Dorph as the store clerk

Music for this episode by Johnny Dodds Trio, Frisco 'Jass' Band, George Lewi...

Greetings from Haiti and Hotel del Sol were both written and directed by Michael Mau

In "Greetings from Haiti," feeling guilty for his complacency, a man finally decides to lend a hand to the cause and finds himself alone in a tent in post-earthquake Haiti.

"Greetings from Haiti" stars Elliott Dixon as Paul.

Music for this episode by Teo Dholina

In "Hotel del Sol" a politician tries to make ...

When tragedy befalls the neighbor of a retired woman, she learns more about the woman than she ever expected.

"Marlboros, the King and 8 O'clock Bean" was written and directed by Michael Mau and stars 

Annie Weaver as the narrator 

Sandra Jones as Lavinia 

Catherine Gaffney as Jolene 

Mustafa Slack as Curtis  

Ari Kraus Nadler as Hardy

The theme music was composed by Trevor Tremaine. 

Additional music for this episode by Mus...

A man with a severe sleep disorder becomes the star of his own reality TV show, much to the chagrin of his girlfriend.

Sleepwalker X was written and directed by Michael Mau

And stars 

• Michael Mau as Wesley
• Elizabeth Pan as Joe
• Rich Greene as Derek Nikitas
• Elliott Dixon as Chris, the director
• Hannah Dorph as Rita

Additional voices for the ART Network commercials provided by
Juan Pablo Suarez
Christa Burton
Matt Hudgens...

(TRIGGER WARNING–This episode focuses on sexual assault and gaslighting. Characters make direct references to rape.)

A woman who mocks the #metoo movement finds herself conflicted when she shares her own story and is called a liar.

Written and Directed by Michael Mau

CAST

• Naomi Grossman as the Narrator
• Chad Morgan as Gina
• Peter Evangelista as Ryan
• Anastasia Wilson as Paola
• Hannah Church as Bridget
• Brendan Bradley as...

A rising musical star tries to keep a promise she made to her dying mentor and former lover. Inspired by the 2003 album This is Our North Dakota by No River City.

Written and Directed by Michael Mau

STARRING
Jennifer Keane as Corrine,

Todd Cattell as Charlie

Carrie Gibson as the narrator

With
Rich Green as Corrine’s father

Ryan Goffman as the Corrine’s Manager

And Toni Poe as Charlie’s Nurse

Musical ac...

After his girlfriend Andi disappears, Michael desperately searches for her while struggling with his own identity separate from her. 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY
Michael Mau

STARRING

Danny Gavigan as Michael

Nneka as Andi

Reagan Prum as Errol

Ryan Goffman as Ross

Juan Pablo Suarez as Serge

Toni Poe as the Neighbor

And featuring Alton Leonard as the Neurologist

The theme music was composed by Trevor Tremaine

With additional mu...

A timid man with a dark secret tries to mend his broken relationship with his brother. 

The Man from the Egg was written and directed by Michael Mau,

And stars Andrew Hunter as Jamie

Bryce Townsend as Cliff

Annie Weaver as Mother

Christa Burton as the Balloon Lady

And introducing Lucien deMan y McGeehan as Young Jamie

The theme music was composed by Trevor Tremaine

With additional music by Alexander Nakarada, Aleksey Chistilin, and Serge Q...

Two Albanian refugees find comfort in their clandestine dance rendezvous while surviving the lasting trauma of ethnic cleansing in Kosovo.
Adapted from the short story "Best Launderette," first published in Fifth Wednesday Journal.

Best Launderette stars

Ethan Herschenfeld as Beznik

Vassilea Terzaki as Bora

Irene Santiago as Lindita

This episode was written and directed by me, Michael Mau

The theme music was composed ...

This season on a Blind Play of Social Forces:

• BEST LAUNDERETTE:
• THE MAN FROM THE EGG
• LEFT & LEAVING
• THIS IS OUR NORTH DAKOTA
• GINA #ENGENDERED
• SLEEPWALKER X
• MARLBOROS, THE KING, AND 8 O’CLOCK BEAN
• GREETINGS FROM HAITI
• HOTEL DEL SOL
• ANOINT YOUR ENGINE FOR A HEAVENLY RIDE
• TEN SECONDS
• SIGNS

Starting May 4 and every Thursday after that, we will bring you ten more stories focused on damaged relationships and lonely people looking for who...

Invited to a "Predator/Prey Summit," Lion, Gazelle, Polar Bear, Seal, Crocodile, and Pelican must decide if they are willing to make peace or tear one another to pieces.

Adapted from the short story published in Ferocious Quarterly, Best Laid Schemes was inspired by a work of art by illustrator Emory Allen and a poem by Robert Burns–the same poem from which John Steinbeck borrowed the title of Of Mice and Men. Th...

Following a bigoted lesson on the September 11 tragedy, Sara is brutally attacked by a classmate. As school officials downplay the incident, the teacher who inspired the violence defends his backward beliefs. 

“ A Blind Play Of Social Forces” is adapted from an unpublished story originally written in 2014 and performed as a staged reading. It is based on several accounts of bullying which took place in American schools bet...

Inspired by a painting by Bo Bartlett, “Papa” was published in the British journal Firewords Quarterly in 2014. In 2018, the story was adapted into a staged reading. It is one of two stories I wrote about Albanian refugees. Like many of my stories, this one features a young female protagonist (voiced by my daughter).
Narrator--Dr. Michael Westmoreland
Blerta--Emaline Mau 
Lycrad Woman--Chad Morgan
Boyfriend--J. Bart...