Play On Words Podcast
We are taking what resources we have to get back to an activity we love: theatre. Each episode is a different production with a different creative team bringing literature to life.
Episodes
January 22, 2023 • 102 mins
**For the best audio experience, we recommend using headphones during the performance.**
“There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.
Food for Groundlings is partnering with Play on Words to create an immersive (and safe!) audio production of Hamlet! This isn't just a reading- the audio drama includes music, sound effects, and high-quality sound to transpo...
“There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.
Food for Groundlings is partnering with Play on Words to create an immersive (and safe!) audio production of Hamlet! This isn't just a reading- the audio drama includes music, sound effects, and high-quality sound to transpo...
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January 21, 2023 • 103 mins
**For the best audio experience, we recommend using headphones during the performance.**
“There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.
Food for Groundlings is partnering with Play on Words to create an immersive (and safe!) audio production of Hamlet! This isn't just a reading- the audio drama includes music, sound effects, and high-quality sound to transpo...
“There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.
Food for Groundlings is partnering with Play on Words to create an immersive (and safe!) audio production of Hamlet! This isn't just a reading- the audio drama includes music, sound effects, and high-quality sound to transpo...
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July 16, 2022 • 44 mins
***For the best audio experience, we recommend using headphones during the performance.***
Enjoy this collection, written and read by LGBTQ+ voices!
Enjoy this collection, written and read by LGBTQ+ voices!
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May 14, 2022 • 41 mins
***For the best audio experience, we recommend using headphones during the performance.***
Ray is a special young man who befriends a Space Snake, who takes him on a small tour of different planets. Upon meeting Rose, Ray is nicknamed “Little Prince” and they become fast friends. Through interactive songs, games, and activities, the “Little Prince” learns about the different folks who inhabit the planets he visits. This production i...
Ray is a special young man who befriends a Space Snake, who takes him on a small tour of different planets. Upon meeting Rose, Ray is nicknamed “Little Prince” and they become fast friends. Through interactive songs, games, and activities, the “Little Prince” learns about the different folks who inhabit the planets he visits. This production i...
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March 19, 2022 • 17 mins
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Porcelain and Pink” is an upbeat one-act comedy from the 1922 short story collection Tales from the Jazz Age.
During an afternoon bath, Julie Marvis is caught in a case of mistaken identity when a young man starts a conversation through the bathroom window, unable to see who he is talking to.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Porcelain and Pink” is an upbeat one-act comedy from the 1922 short story collection Tales from the Jazz Age.
During an afternoon bath, Julie Marvis is caught in a case of mistaken identity when a young man starts a conversation through the bathroom window, unable to see who he is talking to.
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December 19, 2021 • 35 mins
Soren de-Niz (Producer) discusses the process behind Couples, Companions, Conspirators with Leann Mullen (Dramaturg) and Ella Mizera (Director).
Couples, Companions, Conspirators is a collection of scenes and sonnets from Shakespeare that showcase the variety of dynamic relationships he wrote. It features four performed sonnets and scenes from Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Couples, Companions, Conspirators is a collection of scenes and sonnets from Shakespeare that showcase the variety of dynamic relationships he wrote. It features four performed sonnets and scenes from Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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December 18, 2021 • 35 mins
***For the best audio experience, we recommend using headphones during the performance.***
Couples, Companions, Conspirators is a collection of scenes and sonnets from Shakespeare that showcase the variety of dynamic relationships he wrote. It features four performed sonnets and scenes from Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Couples, Companions, Conspirators is a collection of scenes and sonnets from Shakespeare that showcase the variety of dynamic relationships he wrote. It features four performed sonnets and scenes from Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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October 31, 2021 • 40 mins
Blake Pierson is the playwright behind the 1st place winning play of the Play On YOUR Words Playwriting Contest. Blake, director gabriel gryffyn, and producer Soren de-Niz, talk about Blake's winning play, The Cave of the Green Light, and the inspiration behind it. To listen to the final production of "The Cave of the Green Light," and to read the winning scripts of the Play On YOUR Words Playwriting Contest, go to www.playonwordsp...
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October 30, 2021 • 14 mins
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The Cave of the Green Light by Blake Pierson is the 1st place winner of the Play On YOUR Words Playwriting Contest. After Dr. Balser and his surveying team of undergraduate students are reported missing in a cave, a rescue team is sent to find them in the unmapped territory. Through radio transmissions, we hear the rescue team, Wagner and Ben...
The Cave of the Green Light by Blake Pierson is the 1st place winner of the Play On YOUR Words Playwriting Contest. After Dr. Balser and his surveying team of undergraduate students are reported missing in a cave, a rescue team is sent to find them in the unmapped territory. Through radio transmissions, we hear the rescue team, Wagner and Ben...
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October 24, 2021 • 15 mins
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May Old Acquaintance Be Forgot by Maeve Cunningham is the 2nd place winner of the Play On YOUR Words Playwriting Contest. It tells the story of a couple ringing in the new year while facing dark secrets from the past. To read the winning scripts of the Play On YOUR Words Playwriting Contest go to www.playonwordspodcast.com
May Old Acquaintance Be Forgot by Maeve Cunningham is the 2nd place winner of the Play On YOUR Words Playwriting Contest. It tells the story of a couple ringing in the new year while facing dark secrets from the past. To read the winning scripts of the Play On YOUR Words Playwriting Contest go to www.playonwordspodcast.com
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October 9, 2021 • 8 mins
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The Perfect Family by Marcus Gorman is the 3rd place winner of the Play On YOUR Words Playwriting Contest. It depicts a nightmarish look at modern suburbia as a teenage girl desperately looks for an escape. To read the winning scripts of the Play On YOUR Words Playwriting Contest go to www.playonwordspodcast.com
The Perfect Family by Marcus Gorman is the 3rd place winner of the Play On YOUR Words Playwriting Contest. It depicts a nightmarish look at modern suburbia as a teenage girl desperately looks for an escape. To read the winning scripts of the Play On YOUR Words Playwriting Contest go to www.playonwordspodcast.com
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August 14, 2021 • 83 mins
***For the best audio experience, we recommend using headphones during the performance.***
In No Exit, three damned souls, Garcin, Inez, and Estelle are brought to the same room in hell by a mysterious Valet. They had all expected medieval torture devices to punish them for eternity, but instead find a plain room furnished in Second Empire style.
In No Exit, three damned souls, Garcin, Inez, and Estelle are brought to the same room in hell by a mysterious Valet. They had all expected medieval torture devices to punish them for eternity, but instead find a plain room furnished in Second Empire style.
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July 3, 2021 • 15 mins
***For the best audio experience, we recommend using headphones during the performance.***
Play On Words: A Theatrical Podcast is hosting the Duquesne University Red Masquers theater group in this production of The Pittsburgh Monologue Project! The Red Masquers performed this collection in March 2021, and have recorded with us to share their theatrical sound.
Written by Robert Isenberg and Brad Keller, the Pittsburgh Monologue Projec...
Play On Words: A Theatrical Podcast is hosting the Duquesne University Red Masquers theater group in this production of The Pittsburgh Monologue Project! The Red Masquers performed this collection in March 2021, and have recorded with us to share their theatrical sound.
Written by Robert Isenberg and Brad Keller, the Pittsburgh Monologue Projec...
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June 26, 2021 • 15 mins
***For the best audio experience, we recommend using headphones during the performance.***
Play On Words: A Theatrical Podcast is hosting the Duquesne University Red Masquers theater group in this production of The Pittsburgh Monologue Project! The Red Masquers performed this collection in March 2021, and have recorded with us to share their theatrical sound.
Written by Robert Isenberg and Brad Keller, the Pittsburgh Monologue Projec...
Play On Words: A Theatrical Podcast is hosting the Duquesne University Red Masquers theater group in this production of The Pittsburgh Monologue Project! The Red Masquers performed this collection in March 2021, and have recorded with us to share their theatrical sound.
Written by Robert Isenberg and Brad Keller, the Pittsburgh Monologue Projec...
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June 5, 2021 • 29 mins
***For the best audio experience, we recommend using headphones during the performance.***
Casting Light is a collection by Sue Murray consisting of skits that confront the many aspects of mental illnesses. Each of these mini plays features characters going through rough patches in their mental health that are heavily based in real experiences. Because of this, we ask listeners to be aware that there are some tough subjects such as ...
Casting Light is a collection by Sue Murray consisting of skits that confront the many aspects of mental illnesses. Each of these mini plays features characters going through rough patches in their mental health that are heavily based in real experiences. Because of this, we ask listeners to be aware that there are some tough subjects such as ...
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May 29, 2021 • 22 mins
***For the best audio experience, we recommend using headphones during the performance.***
Casting Light is a collection by Sue Murray consisting of skits that confront the many aspects of mental illnesses. Each of these mini plays features characters going through rough patches in their mental health that are heavily based in real experiences. Because of this, we ask listeners to be aware that there are some tough subjects such as ...
Casting Light is a collection by Sue Murray consisting of skits that confront the many aspects of mental illnesses. Each of these mini plays features characters going through rough patches in their mental health that are heavily based in real experiences. Because of this, we ask listeners to be aware that there are some tough subjects such as ...
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May 8, 2021 • 15 mins
***For the best audio experience, we recommend using headphones during the performance.***
Play On Words: A Theatrical Podcast is hosting the Duquesne University Red Masquers theater group in this production of The Pittsburgh Monologue Project! The Red Masquers performed this collection in March 2021, and have recorded with us to share their theatrical sound.
Written by Robert Isenberg and Brad Keller, the Pittsburgh Monologue Projec...
Play On Words: A Theatrical Podcast is hosting the Duquesne University Red Masquers theater group in this production of The Pittsburgh Monologue Project! The Red Masquers performed this collection in March 2021, and have recorded with us to share their theatrical sound.
Written by Robert Isenberg and Brad Keller, the Pittsburgh Monologue Projec...
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April 17, 2021 • 13 mins
***For the best audio experience, we recommend using headphones during the performance.***
Play On Words: A Theatrical Podcast is hosting the Duquesne University Red Masquers theater group in this production of The Pittsburgh Monologue Project! The Red Masquers performed this collection in March 2021, and have recorded with us to share their theatrical sound.
Written by Robert Isenberg and Brad Keller, the Pittsburgh Monologue Projec...
Play On Words: A Theatrical Podcast is hosting the Duquesne University Red Masquers theater group in this production of The Pittsburgh Monologue Project! The Red Masquers performed this collection in March 2021, and have recorded with us to share their theatrical sound.
Written by Robert Isenberg and Brad Keller, the Pittsburgh Monologue Projec...
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April 10, 2021 • 14 mins
***For the best audio experience, we recommend using headphones during the performance.***
Play On Words: A Theatrical Podcast is hosting the Duquesne University Red Masquers theater group in this production of The Pittsburgh Monologue Project! The Red Masquers performed this collection in March 2021, and have recorded with us to share their theatrical sound.
Written by Robert Isenberg and Brad Keller, the Pittsburgh Monologue Projec...
Play On Words: A Theatrical Podcast is hosting the Duquesne University Red Masquers theater group in this production of The Pittsburgh Monologue Project! The Red Masquers performed this collection in March 2021, and have recorded with us to share their theatrical sound.
Written by Robert Isenberg and Brad Keller, the Pittsburgh Monologue Projec...
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March 7, 2021 • 21 mins
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In Overtones, Harriet and Margaret are the cultured and refined selves, while Hetty and Maggie represent the wild, primitive desires of these same women. The two women (and their subconscious counterparts) meet up for tea after a long time of not seeing each other. Each Harriet and Margaret has her own motives, while their desires try to push ...
In Overtones, Harriet and Margaret are the cultured and refined selves, while Hetty and Maggie represent the wild, primitive desires of these same women. The two women (and their subconscious counterparts) meet up for tea after a long time of not seeing each other. Each Harriet and Margaret has her own motives, while their desires try to push ...
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