Play On Podcasts
Play On Podcasts are epic audio adventures reimagining timeless tales, featuring original music composition and the voices of extraordinarily gifted artists. This is where Theatre meets Podcast, combining the modern-day audio phenomenon with the power of live performance.
Episodes
June 30, 2025 • 37 mins
Abasiama tries to keep Disciple in the present as he relives his experiences in war-torn Nigeria.
The Huntington continues the sweeping nine-play Ufot Family Cycle and announces plans for runboyrun, the powerful drama written by Mfoniso Udofia and directed by Christopher V. Edwards. The third play in Boston’s epic nine-play Ufot Family Cycle, runboyrun will be recorded and made nationally available as a podcast in partnership wit...
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June 23, 2025 • 41 mins
“This is us. These are our neighbors”. Mfoniso Udofia and Kevin Becerra talk with Michael Goodfriend about the process of making “runboyrun” meaningful for listeners in Boston and beyond, writing into the future, disrupting the Unities, staying present with the work, and how sometimes holding can hurt.
The Huntington continues the sweeping nine-play Ufot Family Cycle and announces plans for runboyrun, the powerful drama written...
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June 16, 2025 • 49 mins
After a humiliating day teaching at the local community college in Worcester, Massachusetts, Disciple tries to focus on his writing but is pulled by his past into another conflict with his wife, Abasiama.
The Huntington continues the sweeping nine-play Ufot Family Cycle and announces plans for runboyrun, the powerful drama written by Mfoniso Udofia and directed by Christopher V. Edwards. The third play in Boston’s epic nine-pla...
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June 11, 2025 • 1 min
Next Chapter Podcasts and Huntington Theater present Mfoniso Udofia's haunting series "runboyrun." What happens when war continues inside the body of a survivor?
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June 9, 2025 • 189 mins
In honor of sound designer and composer Palmer Hefferan's recent Tony nomination, Next Chapter Podcasts presents her work on the Play On Podcast series, CORIOLANUS, in its entirety.
Play On Podcasts Series Coriolanus is produced by Next Chapter Podcasts and is made possible by the generous support of The Hitz Foundation.
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June 2, 2025 • 161 mins
In honor of director Harry Lennix and actor Glenn Davis' recent Tony nominations for their currenly running Broadway show 'Purpose,' Next Chapter Podcasts presents their collaboration on the Play On Podcast series, JULIUS CAESAR, in its entirety.
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The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “JULIUS CAESAR”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by SHISHIR KURUP. All episodes were directed by HARRY LENNI...
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May 26, 2025 • 216 mins
In honor of sound designer Lindsay Jones's recent Webby victory for his work on the series, Next Chapter Podcasts presents the complete Play On Podcast series, OTHELLO, in its entirety. The series also earned Lindsay an Ambie for Best Original Score and Music Supervision in 2024.
The Play On Podcast series, “OTHELLO”, was written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and translated into modern English verse by MFONISO UDOFIA. Radio play by CAT...
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May 12, 2025 • 49 mins
Discover The Actor’s Instrument, a podcast for actors dedicated to guiding listeners through the complexities of the entertainment industry. Join host and actor Hassiem Muhammad as he interviews industry experts—from casting directors to Hollywood and Broadway stars—unveiling invaluable insights and career-building strategies. Whether you're starting out or are seasoned in your craft, tune in to demystify the path to building a sus...
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May 5, 2025 • 66 mins
“What happens if we talk?” Mfoniso Udofia digs into the tough questions raised by her brutal translation of OTHELLO, with discussions about dispossession, marginalization, malignancy, immigration, how to build within a home that wasn’t built for you, and what happens after Shakespeare's story ends.
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April 28, 2025 • 44 mins
“I like them better in Shrew!” Allen Gilmore and Susannah Rogers compare notes on playing Kate and Petruchio in “The Taming of the Shrew” and “Shrew!” Plus, what the word obey really means in a relationship between equals, where Kate’s inner volcano really comes from, finding agency as an artist, the importance of humor in a rehearsal room, and the not-so-blind date these two plan to go on after working on two productions together ...
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April 21, 2025 • 143 mins
Next Chapter Podcasts presents the complete Play On Podcast series, Shrew!, in its entirety.
The PLAY ON PODCAST SERIES, “SHREW!”, was written by AMY FREED and directed by ART MANKE. Radio play by CATHERINE EATON.
The cast is as follows:
SUSANNAH ROGERS as KATHERINE MINOLA and THE WOMAN WRITER
ALLEN GILMORE as PETRUCHIO
ANNIE ABRAMS as ...
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April 14, 2025 • 31 mins
Lucentio and Bianca hurry to meet the priest Biondello bribed to perform the marriage. Gremio greets Petruchio, Katherine, Grumio and the real Vincentio at Lucentio’s house, where they are met by the Merchant, who insists that he’s Lucentio’s father. Vincentio challenges him and chaos ensues as Tranio tries desperately to keep up the ruse. The newlyweds finally arrive and seeing no way out, they confess their gambit and beg forgive...
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April 7, 2025 • 29 mins
Seeing he has no chance against Lucentio (AKA “Cambio”), Hortensio drops his “Licio” disguise and swears off women. Biondello, meanwhile, has found an old merchant who will pretend to be Lucentio’s father, Vincenzio, so that Lucentio can marry Bianca without getting his real father’s permission. Meanwhile, Katherine wakes in the comfort of Petruchio’s home and is further smitten as he describes the goings-on at his farm. Later, Bap...
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March 31, 2025 • 33 mins
Katherine reluctantly goes to church to be married, only to learn through an elaborate pantomime performed by Grumio and Biondello that Petruchio is running late. Finally, a drunk priest arrives with Petruchio, who is dressed as a gondolier. They make a mockery of the wedding but a humiliated Katherine is nonetheless sent off with her new husband by her clueless father, who reminisces fondly about young love. The newlyweds eventual...
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March 24, 2025 • 29 mins
Petruchio negotiates with Baptista for Katherine’s hand until Licio emerges from his tutoring session bruised and battered. It only strengthens Petruchio’s resolve to woo Katherine and when she arrives, the two engage in a spirited match of wits. Katherine reluctantly agrees to go with Petruchio when he tells her that her father has agreed to marry her off to him. Gremio and Tranio (as Lucentio) immediately try to out-do each other...
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March 17, 2025 • 26 mins
Petruchio tells Hortensio he’s come to Padua to find a partner to give him renewed life after grieving the loss of his first wife. Hortensio tells him about Baptista’s daughter, Katherine, but warns him that she’s quite the shrew. Petruchio realizes he knows her father and is not put off. Hortensio agrees to provide an introduction if, in exchange, Petruchio presents him to Signior Baptista as a tutor for the object of his affectio...
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March 10, 2025 • 27 mins
Mistress Slapbottom clears the pub of all its rowdy revelers, leaving her alone with a woman who laments being tasked with ghost writing a sexist play about the taming of a shrew. She begins a page one rewrite, making the female protagonist, Katherine, a woman who loves learning and cannot stand being cooped up by the men who try to control her. We meet Lucentio and Tranio, who are visiting Padua. Strolling through the university, ...
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March 3, 2025 • 48 mins
“She’s possibly the worst written character in all of dramatic history.” Amy Freed on why she re-wrote Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”, with director Art Manke.
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February 24, 2025 • 56 secs
Written by Amy Freed in response to Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”, hear how one of America’s leading contemporary writers brings an out-moded classic up to date. Featuring an outstanding ensemble of accomplished stage and screen actors, with original music composition and sound design by Lindsay Jones. Directed by Art Manke.
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February 17, 2025 • 46 mins
“He just goes for it!”: Andy Grotelueschen describes how Touchstone inspires us to take chances in life, how a teacher in Iowa inspired him to pursue acting, and why it’s so much easier to be funny on Broadway.
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