Theatrical Shenanigans
Hello there and welcome to the wonderful world of Theatrical Shenanigans! If you are a lover of theatre and audio plays then this is the place for you! Get ready to enjoy original works of theatre by playwrights all over the world from a stage that is wherever you are! Here at Theatrical Shenanigans you get the great fun of listening to original audio plays and some wonderful chat about them! If you’d like to support Theatrical Shenanigans then you can like or follow our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087550385392 or purchase some of our new merchandise - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/RFWScripts?ref=shop_sugg_market. Produced by Rachel Feeny-Williams (https://www.rfwscripts.co.uk/)
Episodes
Welcome to our sixth episode in "The Panel Presents" series and our last of 2023.
This is a series that will run on the first Saturday of every month and see four fabulous people from the theatrical world getting together to discuss meaningful topics for the playwriting community.
This week, our panellists are:
Dana Schwartz - https://newplayexchange.org/users/19341/dana-schwartz Cole Hunter Dzubak - https://newplayexchan...Well, here we are as we near the end of the series! I can hardly believe it!
For our penultimate episode, we will be listening to an "alternative Christmas story" entitled "Maria and Little Joey have a Baby" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/357076/maria-and-little-joey-have-baby) by George Sapio (https://newplayexchange.org/users/785/george-sapio & https://gsapio.wixsite.com/gsapio) who is not only a fabulous playwright, ac...
This week we bring you the 8th episode of Theatrical Shenanigans
This week we will be listening to a piece set in a waiting room that brings both comedy and emotional moments entitled "Birthrights and Wrongs" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2149235/birthrightsand-wrongs) by Marj O'Neill-Butler (https://twitter.com/DramaMarj) who carries numerous achievements including Regional Rep for the Dramatists Guild – Florida Region, mem...
Welcome to our fifth episode in "The Panel Presents" series.
This is a series that will run on the first Saturday of every month and see four fabulous people from the theatrical world getting together to discuss meaningful topics for the playwriting community.
This week, our panellists are:
Carolyn Gage -
https://carolyngage.weebly.com/
John Busser -
https://newplayexchange.org/users/34757/john-busser https://www.behance...
Welcome to Episode 7 and our Halloween episode!
This week we will be listening to a spooky themed piece entitled "The Paranormal Club's 7th Annual Haunted House Sleepover" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2031895/paranormal-clubs-seventh-annual-haunted-house-sleepover) written by Cole Hunter Dzubak (https://www.colehunterdzubak.com/) and I have a chat about the play with our man from Japan, Morey Norkin (https://newplayexchange...
Here we are, ready once again for more Theatrical Shenanigans!
This week's play is a sinister piece that looks at the idea of making deals and is also titled "The Deal" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1102749/deal-10-minute-play) by Ryan Kaminski (https://newplayexchange.org/users/34918/ryan-kaminski) and I chat about the play with Anne Flammang (https://www.thedepot.space/)
Synopsis:
A short horror/thriller play set in the ...
Welcome to our fourth episode in "The Panel Presents" series. This is a series that will run on the first Saturday of every month and see four fabulous people from the theatrical world getting together to discuss meaningful topics for the playwriting community.
This month, our panellists are:
Susan Jackson -
www.southernrailroadtheatrecompany.com https://newplayexchange.org/users/10701/susan-jackson
Sam Heyman -
Half way through the season! I hope you are still enjoying the plays and chats so far!
For our half way episode, we will be listening to an intrieguing piece entitled "Ethically Speaking" by Barry Wood. Barry is a Lincolnshire based playwright and has been writing for about six years. In that time he’s won countless awards and productions all over the UK as well as across the USA , in australia and India. Several of his plays are...
Moving towards the half way point, this week we have a tense back and forth thriller play for you in the form of "A Wager" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2488135/wager) by Sarah J Baker (@maybesarahjbaker, https://newplayexchange.org/users/76648/sarah-j-baker) and Hadley Vogler (@hadley.Vogler). I also get to enjoy chatting about this piece with the fabulous Dana Hall (https://www.danahallcreates.com/)
Synopsis:
Two enemies ...
Here we are again, moving through the series at just under a third of the way there!
This episode we have a humourous ghost tale entitled "Ghosted" by Ron Burch (www.ronburch.com) and I have a chat with a familiar name to Theatrical Shenanigans in the form of Greg Hatfield (http://greghatfield.com & https://newplayexchange.org/users/14397/greg-hatfield) the playwright of "Munday Tuesday Friday" from Searon one.
Synopsis:
Bi...
Welcome to our third episode in "The Panel Presents" series.
This is a series that will run on the first Saturday of every month and see four fabulous people from the theatrical world getting together to discuss meaningful topics for the playwriting community.
This week, our panellists are:
Katie Jones -
John Knowles -
Nora Louise Syran -
www.noralouisesyran.com http...Today we continue through our series of Theatrical Shenanigans with a touching piece entitled "Remembering Elizabeth" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/288846/remembering-elizabeth) by Jack Rushton (http://www.jack-rushton.com) and I have a chat with UK playwright Hannah Kennedy (hannahkennedy.uk)
Synopsis:
For Albert, it's a good and bad memory day. Today they go together.
Cast:
Albert - Patrick Hibbin (http://www.spotlight.c...
Welcome Back to Theatrical Shenanigans for our Second Season! For those who don't know, every fortnight I produce an audio play from a playwright anywhere in the world and then have a chat about that play with a guest.
For the first week we will be enjoying the play "Cloudy with a Chance of Contempt" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2432640/cloudy-chance-contempt) by Lisa Quoresimo (http://www.quoresimo.com) and I will be havin...
Welcome to our second episode in "The Panel Presents" series.
This is a series that will run on the first Saturday of every month and see four fabulous people from the theatrical world getting together to discuss meaningful topics for the playwriting community.
This week, our panellists are:
Melissa Schmitz -
https://101stageadaptations.buzzsprout.com/
https://newplayexchange.org/users/72513/melissa-schmitz
Tony Vale -
Welcome to Mini Shenanigans!
This will be our last Mini Shenanigan of the series before the second season of Theatrical Shenanigans begins next week (6th August) so I hope you can join us then!
Our last piece is a monologue entitled "Not Getting Old" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1684095/not-getting-old) and sees Edna realise that she's tired of getting old and wants to be 25 again!
Cast:
Edna - Elayne Teague
If you ...
With only one more Mini Shenanigan to go, this week, we present "The Honest Interview" (https://newplayexchange.org/plays/2212444/honest-interview)
Synopsis:
Petra of Random Tech Company is endorcing the company's new invention, honesty drugs for employees when conducting interviews but how much do they really want known?
Casting:
Petra - Fiona Leishmann
Maria - Mari Ciancaglini
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Welcome to Mini Shenanigans!
So, before we get started with Season 2 (6th August) I thought I'd entertain you with a collection of short plays every week, staring actors from all over the world.
The play for this week is entitled "Consider". In it we see Jack facing off against Amanda, a young woman seeking revenge, but has she really considered all of her options? - https://newplayexchange.org/plays/1591062/consider
Cast:
Welcome to Mini Shenanigans!
So, before we get started with Season 2 (6th August) I thought I'd entertain you with a collection of short plays every week, staring actors from all over the world.
This week we venture into "After Happily Ever After". Now we all know the typical fairy story, Princess marries Prince and they live happily ever after. However, this Prince Charming is about to discover, it doesn't always work out that ...
Welcome to Mini Shenanigans!
So, before we get started with Season 2 (6th August) I thought I'd entertain you with a collection of short plays every week, staring actors from all over the world.
Our play this week is entitled "Eggs in the Morning". Sam and Lisa had agreed their sleeping together was totally casual to protect their friendship. There would be no small talk, no cuddles and above all, no breakfast in the morning! No...
Welcome to the first episode in a new series in connection with "Theatrical Shenanigans"
"The Panel Presents" is a series that will run on the first Saturday of every month and see four fabulous people from the theatrical world getting together to discuss meaningful topics for the playwriting community.
This week, our panellists are:
George Sapio -
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