Best 100 Playwriting Podcasts

Hear short, contemporary stage plays with first-rate casts. Playing on Air brings together award winners and emerging young talent, and each play is followed by a conversation with the playwrights and cast. Tune in for great American plays with great American actors, hosted and produced by Claudia Catania. more

The Playwriting Podcast, hosted by Ken Wolf, Artistic Director of Manhattan Repertory Theatre, will offer strategies and techniques for playwrights (and writers in general) 'to get out of their heads' and write better, feel more motivated, get into that CREATIVITY ZONE, find more productive ways to complete a work, and to simply have more fun creating! In each episode, we will explore what works and what doesn't work so that you can jump-start your playwriting and take your work to the next level. more

Some of the world's leading playwrights talk about their lives, their work, and their relationships with the Royal Court. Guests include Jez Butterworth, April de Angelis, Rachel De-lahey, Tanika Gupta, David Hare, Robert Holman, Dennis Kelly, Alistair McDowall, Anthony Neilson, Joe Penhall, Lucy Prebble, Anya Reiss, Polly Stenham and Enda Walsh. more

From AMERICAN THEATRE magazine, a podcast where playwrights talk to playwrights about the things usually left unsaid. In a conversation that dives into life's muck, we learn what irks, agitates, motivates, inspires, and - ultimately - what makes writers tick. more

Open-Door Playhouse is a monthly podcast harking back to live radio theater broadcasts. Created to introduce New Plays, New Writers, and… a wealth of unknown talent. Giving them the opportunity to have their works created in sound studios as opposed to live stage productions and presented on the Podcast as 'Radio Productions.' Play submissions will be solicited online, outreach centers and word of mouth. more

The official podcast of AMERICAN THEATRE, the national publication for the American not-for-profit theatre. The range of topics includes playwright interviews, critical roundtable discussions, and the latest shows coming up as recommended by our staff. more

A Podcast for the Creative Mind

GATHER BY THE GHOST LIGHT is storytelling podcast in radio theater format. Think of the Ghost Light as your campfire. Gather around and listen to stories from a variety of genres. Playwright, Jonathan Cook, is the host of the series and most of the stories you hear were originally written as short stage plays that have been produced in theatres around the World. Short play festivals have become wildly popular in recent years and they have given emerging playwrights a platform for their work. more

A comedy podcast that helps answer the question 'what is this play about?' … Plays are meant to be seen not read, but before an audience sees a production all the artists involved need to read the text and come to a unified interpretation of it. This show examines that process we will read plays and look at them through the lens of different text analysis techniques, talk about the potential stories that could be told using that play, and go behind the scenes of the artistic process. This podcast is for anyone who wants to know more about the important plays of our time and the analytic techniques that can be used to understand them more deeply and for anyone who loves theater and would like to know more about the artistic process. more

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! more

Onstage/Offstage explores all facets of theatre and talks with professionals around the world.

Musical Theatre Writer Guy is a YouTube channel and podcast in which Michael discusses everything Musical Theatre from a Writing Perspective! Whether you are a writer, performer, director, designer, producer, stagehand, audience member - a professional artist, aspiring, or simply love the theatre - Michaels goal is to present you with information that will enhance your theatrical experiences and help to bolster your enjoyment of the theatre. New episodes are released every other Friday more

In-depth conversations with the world's top directors, performers and writers for the stage.

A Public Fit Theatre Company presents, Behind the Buzz, a podcast exploring the behind-the-scenes processes that led up to the production of your favorite APF shows.Featuring honest interviews and stories from theatre designers, performers, and even the occasional surprise guest, Behind the Buzz pulls back the curtain on the fascinating process of making live theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada - the entertainment capital of the world.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. more

Hosted by Dan Rubins, theater critic at Slant Magazine, The Present Stage: Conversations with Theater Writers celebrates the extraordinary playwrights (plus lyricists, librettists, and composers!) currently featured on New York stages. Each episode spotlights the writer(s) of a new play or musical running in New York City, inviting each guest to explore the genesis and development of the script, the transition from page to stage, and the questions that animate each work. more

Playwrights from publisher Next Stage Press stop by to talk Theatre, playwriting, and various other topics related to their work. more

In Intruder - Theatre in the Making, Remi Rachuba, actor and writer, talks about his epic 11-year old journey of putting on his bilingual (English-Polish) solo-play, 'Intruder/Intruz'. He is sharing his insight into the development process, artistic inspirations, selecting his collaborators, staying motivated, coping with feedback, playwriting competitions and four and a half rehearsed readings, becoming a producer of his work, securing Arts Council England and Creative Scotland funding, raising 8K from crowdfunding, approaching corporate clients, developing his bilingual audiences and harnessing social media. The podcast's objective is to inspire, motivate, and guide like-minded creatives to be able to follow their dreams, develop their work and make theatre. New episodes every other Thursday morning from 1 October. *BONUS episodes: 20. Filling in an Arts Council Funding Application (Part 1), 21. Filling in an Arts Council Funding Application (Part 2) available on subscription on Apple Podcasts. more

Small Truth Theatre presents the DIGITAL CARAVAN THEATRE our award winning collection of micro audio plays and BSL films - written, performed, directed and designed by some of our most interesting, talented, relevant and diverse Theatre Makers in the UK. more

A random prompt; a random script; a random writer; every episode. The Script Roulette Podcast offers a space for up and coming story tellers to write, have their work produced and for listeners to hear the behind the scenes production of an audio drama.From the writing process, the actors cold read to the final product of finished work. We're here to expose new stories, new writers and the creative process of making a play!Co-Creared by Evrim ?en and Benny Redfern with support from Joshua Cowie - Creative Producer at The ChannelSupported by Arts Centre Melbourne more

Three Los Angeles-based theatre-makers dissect, debate, and disseminate the works of the great Playwrights. Each week we will focus on a different playwright and discuss their works as well as their cultural impact and their context in our own personal lives. Also, we'll spotlight the beautifully burgeoning LA Theatre Scene as it grows into the new home for experimental theatre-makers. more

A podcast by two friends who met at Iowa Playwrights Workshop. Join hosts Sam Collier and Sarah Cho as they try to figure out playwriting. more

The Huntington is Boston's leading professional theatre and one of the region's premier cultural assets. Dream Boston is a new series of audio plays that is a future vision of our city that is somewhere between dream and reality. Through short audio plays, Dream Boston asks local playwrights to imagine their favorite locations, landmarks, and friends in a future Boston, when we can once again meet and thrive in our city. These micro-plays take place at locations such as the MIT Great Dome on the 4th of July while the sounds of the '1812 Overture' float in the background, at the Boston Public Library where a librarian and library patron debate the ethics of reserving a book, and a not-so-perfect first date on the edge of the Boston Common. more

We bring together professional actors to perform brand-new plays. New drama and comedy are published every fortnight. more

Rachel Lin speaks with the theater artists shaping the landscape of American Theater today. Join her, as she chats with the most exciting theater makers of our generation about their careers, the challenges, and how they lead a life in the arts. more

The Best of All Possible Podcasts give a cold read to submitted 10 minute plays and follows them with a lighthearted, theatre-minded discussion. Please send plays you wish to submit to literary@panglossian.org. Learn more about Panglossian Productions at panglossian.org. more

Welcome to Beyond the Lights: A Conversation with Theater Professionals. Theater is a community event and it takes a village to operate. From actors to designers to company managers to teaching artists to data nerds and dramaturgs and everything in between. So join me weekly to learn more about each person's journey and the 'hustle' we call theater as we go Beyond the Lights. more

Positivity Creativity is a podcast for writers, directors, and other artists where Elyssa Nicole Trust (actor/playwright) and Lauren Schaffel (actor/producer) speak with creatives about what they're working on, what's inspiring them, and how they positive in the entertainment industry more

It's 'That Guy… Who Was in That Thing' meets 'The Nerdist Podcast' but with people even less well known! Sure it's fun to interview the crazy famous and ask them about the difficult years, but that's been done and they won't return our calls. Memories are plastic - we're getting the real dirt from people still crawling through it. Laura Force Scruggs is the playwright and Jake Scruggs is the technical guy who listens to a lot of 'This American Life' and thinks that qualifies him to interview people. more

Radio Plays is part of a new global theatre ensemble showcasing fresh new plays in audio podcast format. We feature new works by both new and established playwrights. We strive to connect writers, actors, directors, producers, and theatre companies across the globe by providing a reputable resource for new work while providing diverse programming for listeners who may not have regular access to the theatre. more

All the Webs a Stage is a short play podcast, featuring guest playwrights and actors. Playwrights challenge each other with sentences found on twitter, and actors are challenged to take on the plays in one read.New episodes will drop every other Tuesday. more

Actors Randy Hunt and Tyler Costigan host this show where they take a closer look at the plays that have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama since it was first awarded in 1918. We'll provide a brief introduction of the play, the playwright, and a synopsis. We'll then discuss how the play was received, its influence on/by society, notable cast/crew, stories, scandals, fun facts, and some of our favorite lines. more

Join Chris, John, and Josh as they read every play that's won a Pulitzer since 1918!

Active Listening is a New Dramatists podcast series that invites the resident playwrights to experiment with story, intimacy and immediacy through sound experiences. This initiative was born of the questions that became urgent as our pandemic lockdowns began: 'What are creative alternatives to gathering together in rooms?' 'What might a play for the ear sound like?' more

We've created this podcast series to let you in on the conversation between creators on the front lines of new works for the stage. Produced in beautiful Ashland, Oregon, as part of Ashland New Plays Festival, the ANPF Play4Keeps Podcast is your new ticket to the theatre. Listen to recordings of compelling new plays by award-winning playwrights performed by world-class actors as well as engaging conversations between theatre artists. You'll discover something new through the ANPF Play4Keeps Podcast. Start listening today! more

Teater Västernorrlands dramaturg Alexandra Loonin bjuder in till samtal om dramatiskt skrivande.

A podcast featuring interviews with playwrights and artists from Elephant Room Productions' repertoire of projects.Logo design inspired by the photography of William Gwyn. more

In our podcast we take short plays of 10-15 minutes and adapt them for an audio only presentation. Special thanks to Le Chat Noir, a Black Box Theatre in Augusta Georgia, for providing support, space, encouragement and access to actors. Plays. Theater. Performance Art. more

a podcast in which joel fishbane explores each of Shakespeare's plays, offering tidbits, trivia, and revisionist interpretations of all those plays they made you read in school. more

An Irregular Podcast about Contemporary Theatre

Scenpodden är en podcast om teater och scenkonst, av och med regissören Rebecca Örtman och teaterprofessorn Karin Helander. Varannan fredag bjuder Scenpodden in en framstående scenpersonlighet för att få hjälp att reda ut olika begrepp och fenomen inom teatervärlden. Det handlar om alltifrån skådespeleri, manusskrivande och regi till genrer som satir, monolog och radioteater. Scenpodden är en produktion från RATS Teater och Humanistiska fakulteten vid Stockholms universitet. more

New works from up-and-coming playwrights at the Rising Curtain Theatre Company in New Jersey.

In The Wings is a podcast performing unpublished 10 minute and short plays. We will have a rotating cast of voice actors performing the scripts in a table read format. We will also have a short discussion after we have read the script.All playscripts are the intellectual property of the authors who have submitted them to us. We will accept submissions at inthewings.pbp@gmail.com in a Word doc, Google Doc, or PDF format. We reserve the right to make enough copies for each performer plus one for a script archive.ARCHIVED Episodes are on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjOJMCoSa3rjc0hohJBW6_pIbRKIApI3G more

This is Monica the Podcast, a 12 part deep dive into a private joke taken way too far, when two old friends -- Dan and Tracie -- wrote a musical based on the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal, conned Dan's composer brother into writing the score, got their Broadway level friends to perform it over and over in New York in the early 2000s, and accidentally ended up working on it for 5 years. more

Right from its famous opening scene which begins, 'Thunder and lightning. Enter Three Witches' The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare holds the reader fast in a stirring, monumental experience that plumbs the depths of the human soul and reveals its most morbid secrets.The play is set in medieval Scotland. It is based partly on historical facts and recounts the tale of Macbeth, who was a king in Scotland, according to The Holinshead Chronicles, a book published in 1577. This book was extensively used by contemporary playwrights like Shakespeare and Marlowe as inspiration for their themes, characters and events. Though Shakespeare did use some of the material found in Holinshead, the final product is entirely his own and he fleshed-out and created most of the principal characters himself in a play that is considered his darkest, most ominous and most powerful tragedy.The Tragedy of Macbeth is also one that explores the nature of the supernatural in our lives. The play begins with Macbeth and Banquo, two army generals in the employ of their king, Duncan, returning victorious from two different wars. As they cross a dark and lonely heath, they encounter three women who predict that Macbeth will be named Thane of Cawdor and one day reign as King of Scotland and that Banquo will beget an illustrious line of noble descendants who will one day rule the land, though Banquo himself will never reign. The two men are skeptical, but their disbelief begins to vanish when messengers arrive with the news that Macbeth has been elevated to the rank of Thane of Cawdor! This sets off a train of devastating events. Macbeth's ambitious and evil wife, Lady Macbeth, is willing to go to any lengths to achieve her ends. Plots, treason, murder, ghosts, war and suicide follow, in a terrible mélange.Macbeth is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy. It deals with issues that are relevant even today. The overarching greed for power at any cost, the breakdown of morality, corruption and unbridled ambition, cruelty and its effect on the soul, omens and portents, superstitions and violence are some of the dark themes explored.Since it was first performed in the 1600s, Macbeth has remained one of the most widely enacted plays in the world, been translated into hundreds of world languages, given contemporary twists, adapted for film, television, studied in schools and universities and been the subject of psychological, sociological and political research.Ultimately, it remains one of the most remarkable portrayals of the shadowy and unlit spaces of the human heart. more

Beyond The Canon is an organisation championing ground breaking; yet forgotten and hidden plays by culturally diverse writers. In this first season Beyond The Canon's founder & artistic director Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway and associate producer Sarudzayi Marufu will be celebrating Black, Asian, Latinx and Middle Eastern plays and playwrights. They'll also be giving away plays and anthologies donated by Methuen Drama, Oberon Books & Playwrights Canada Press. They will be joined by some incredible guests including award winning playwrights. Find out more at www.beyondthecanon.com more

The Write Hour is an open-call podcast where new writing finds a home; we produce and publish the finest short and feature-length plays submitted by writers from the UK and beyond!Your hosts Kayla Marie Dreysee and Farokh Soltani introduce fun and intriguing new works, from novel takes on the greek myths to dystopian Sci-Fi futures written by new and emerging writers and performed by a professional castPlus diverting discussions on an eclectic range of topics from accents, pineapples, The Twilight Zone, and Franz Ferdinand (obviously!)Visit our website: thewritehourpodcast.com to check on the next open call for scriptsFind & follow us on:YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCtt5nhuXQ2RMa7XityCNlfASoundcloud: soundcloud.com/thewritehourFacebook: facebook.com/thewritehour/Instagram: instagram.com/thewritehourpodcastTwitter: twitter.com/writehourSupport us via:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewritehourpodcastMerch: https://teespring.com/stores/the-write-hour-podcast#thewritehourpodcast #newriting #audiodrama #drama #newwriting #thewritehour #thewritehourpodcast #homefornewwriting #entertainment #audiodrama#entertainment more

Meet the talented artists on the faculty of the USC School of Dramatic Arts.

Actors and directors Amie Farrell and Leonard Roberts welcome all to THEATER aLIVE. Here we create a space of centrality for BIPoC/Global Majority, LGBTQ , and women storyteller of the American Theater. Each month will shine the spotlight on one playwright with a live audio play performance and the monthly episode of A SEAT AT THE TABLE . A SEAT AT THE TABLE invites the months' storytellers to gather around the proverbial table to celebrate, discuss and dig into the play with the playwright and the players. Pull up a chair. There is space for us all. more

Podcast by Writopia Lab

Pod Drama é o Primeiro Festival de Dramaturgia para Podcast. A proposta do festival é promover a dramaturgia brasileira e estimular a criação em novos formatos, através de um concurso de textos dramatúrgicos inéditos, para o formato de podcast, destinado ao público jovem e adulto, escrito em língua portuguesa por autores brasileiros ou estrangeiros, residentes no Brasil, com votação aberta. more

Sonic Tales brings the very best of Australian playwriting to you through our originally produced, contemporary radio plays.Produced by Gill Falson and Eastside Radio, Sonic Tales delves into the creative play-making process, bringing you new and original works from the best local writers, actors and sound designers. more

This podcast is dedicated to theatre practitioners/artists who are weaving the narrative of their journeys in the arts as inspiration for the next generation. Subscribe and follow wherever you get your podcasts. more

Between Acts is an immersive audio theater podcast experience. Each biweekly episode sets the stage for your imagination to freely venture through the works of newfound playwrights—from dramas to comedies and everything in-between. Subscribe now, so not to miss a single spellbinding performance. more

In seventeenth century Venice, a wealthy and debauched man discovers that the woman he is infatuated with is secretly married to a Moorish general in the Venetian army. He shares his grief and rage with a lowly ensign in the army who also has reason to hate the general for promoting a younger man above him. The villainous ensign now plots to destroy the noble general in a diabolical scheme of jealousy, paranoia and murder, set against the backdrop of the bloody Turkish-Venetian wars.This timeless tale, Othello The Moor of Venice was one of the ten famous tragedies that William Shakespeare wrote. It is also one of his plays that has the best documented performance history. First staged on 1st November, 1604 at Whitehall Palace, it was regularly performed at the playwright's own Globe Theater and the Blackfriars Theater in London besides touring the country as part of the repertoire of the King's Men which was the theatrical company that Shakespeare belonged to for most of his career.Such is the power and appeal of the play that it has remained completely unchanged or unrevised over the centuries, while many other Shakespearean plays were adapted, rewritten or trimmed during the Restoration and the eighteenth century.The doomed figure of the lovely Desdemona who is murdered so cruelly by the ill-fated Othello based on a tragic misunderstanding continues to haunt playgoers and readers the world over even today. Modern performances have explored the race and class aspects of the play. Famous actors like Laurence Olivier have given legendary performances, while opera, ballet, television, film, stage, graphic novels and animation versions have kept the magnificent story alive today for audiences all over the world.Shakespeare was probably inspired by the sixteenth Italian writer Cinthio's story titled A Moorish Captain. Many scholars have deemed this to be based on a true incident that happened in Venice in around 1508. However, only the mere skeleton of the story has been used by Shakespeare and most of the characters and sub-plots are his own dazzling creations. He may have also been influenced by the delegations from Morocco to Elizabethan England in 1600. For other details like location and manners, he probably used Venetian history books and contemporary sources.Whatever the history and inspiration of the play, it remains one of the most powerful, compelling and towering works in English literature. This tale of deception, heroism, love, hatred and the demonic obsession called jealousy sparkles with brilliant lines that have entered the English language and become immortal.A majestic work by a supreme artist - Prepare to be overwhelmed! more

Written around the middle of his career, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's great festive comedies. The men are back from the war, and everyone is ready for romance. The dashing young Claudio falls for Hero, the daughter of Leonato, governor of Messina, and his friend Don Pedro helps him secure her affection. These youthful lovers are contrasted with the more experienced (and more cynical) Benedick and Beatrice, who have to be tricked into falling in love. Don Pedro's bastard brother, Don John, provides the intrigue, and the dimwitted constable Dogberry provides the laughs. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast:Don Pedro: JaniceDon John: Christie NowakClaudio: Lizzie DriverBenedick: Elizabeth KlettLeonato: StephenCAntonio: CalibanBalthazar: David O'ConnellBorachio: Troy BondConrade: James PritchardDogberry: Rosalind WillsVerges: Lamarr GulleyFriar Francis: SharontzuSexton: AleithiaBoy: Arielle LipshawHero: Karen SavageBeatrice: Kristin HughesMargaret: Gates MaruUrsula: Sibella DentonMessenger: Josh WilsonFirst Watch: Graham DaileySecond Watch: CalibanA Lord:Gilles LehouxNarrator: Laurie Anne WaldenAudio edited by: Elizabeth Klett more

Theatre in Process.

Explorations on creativity, the imaginative mind, and the products that come from within - as thought (and taught) by writer/playwright/actor/comedian Lee Mueller. Insights and stories related to the performing arts: writing, comedy, acting, improvisation, et al. Tips, hints, and tricks to encourage and empower everyone interested in developing their own creative abilities. more

Hello and welcome to Making Musicals with me - your host - Holly Yurth Richards. I am an award-winning playwright, composer, lyricist and librettist who is passionate about crafting new stories for the musical theatre stage. I created this podcast as a way to share my story about how I got started in this fascinating field of work and to offer insight and guidance to other writers about my process, about other writers' processes, and on the available resources out there - which are surprisingly plentiful, when you know where to look for them. Come make musicals with me! more

LibriVox readers present the tenth collection of monologues from Shakespeare's plays. Containing 20 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in such a variety of genres tragedy, comedy, romance, &c that there is always at least one monologue in each of his plays. Some of these teach a lesson, some simply characterize Shakespeare at his best, some are funny, some sad, but all are very moving. Each monologue will touch everybody differently. Some people will be so moved by a particular monologue that they will want to record it. (Summary by Shurtagal) In a departure from previous collections we are including versions from the many languages to which his works have been translated. more

Listen to Drew Lane, award winning musical theatre composer from Australia, as he explores how musicals are written and presented - from inspiration to stage! more

A podcast dedicated to Playwrights Haven projects.

Dos amigos y socios en el quehacer teatral de la escena limeña se juntaron para conversar acerca del oficio y su trascendencia en la plaza que los reúne. El objetivo es enriquecer la discusión alrededor del teatro peruano a partir de lo que se hace, de sus aciertos, de sus falencias y sus pendientes. De esta manera, dar una aporte para la evolución de las artes escénicas en el Perú.El plato fuerte de cada episodio es una entrevista con algún teatrero de destacada trayectoria que aporte reflexiones interesantes acerca del tema elegido. El foco esta puesto en el teatro de autor y en aquellos que, desde ahí, están creando experiencias interesantes y que normalmente no cuentan con la atención de los medios masivos. more

Roaming Theatre Collaborative is a small fringe theatre company based out of Southern California. Dedicated to producing new and adapted works, RTC is excited to present a new series of play readings and author interviews focused around emerging playwrights. (Produced by Spencer Thompson and Lucas James Nelson) more

To celebrate Paines Plough's 50th birthday, we presents 'Come to Where I'm From'. Since 2010, we've invited playwrights to write and perform a mini-play, with just the title of the project as their prompt: 'Come to Where I'm From'. Together, these plays make up a theatrical tapestry of the nation a playwrights' guide to Great Britain.If you would like to see us continue to be an advocate, a voice and a thriving platform for writers and the future of new writing around the country, please consider donating to our 50for50 campaign at this link: www.painesplough.com/50-for-50/ more

LibriVox readers present the second collection of monologues from Shakespeare's plays. Containing 15 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in such a variety of genres - tragedy, comedy, romance, &c - that there is always at least one monologue in each of his plays. Some of these teach a lesson, some simply characterize Shakespeare at his best, some are funny, some sad, but all are very moving. Each monologue will touch everybody differently. Some people will be so moved by a particular monologue that they will want to record it. (Summary by Shurtagal) more

MUESTRA RESISTE es un espacio para la dramaturgia peruana en formato podcast. Un proyecto colaborativo que tiene la finalidad difundir el trabajo de la Revista Muestra, fundada por la dramaturga e investigadora Sara Joffré a inicios del año 2000. Esta revista pionera en su momento buscaba registrar, difundir y poner en valor las obras de los autores peruanos de teatro.Producido por el colectivo escénico Resiste Teatro. more

Die Räuber ist der Titel des ersten veröffentlichten Dramas von Friedrich Schiller. Das Werk, das zunächst nicht als Bühnenstück, sondern als Lesedrama vorgesehen war (siehe unterdrückte Vorrede), sorgte für nationales Aufsehen im Literaturbetrieb und machte Schiller schlagartig berühmt.Enthält die Besprechung 'Die Räuber. Ein Schauspiel von Friedrich Schiller. 1782', und den 'Anhang über die Vorstellung der Räuber' im Wirtembergischen Repertorium 1782, beide von Schiller anonym verfaßt. Der Text folgt der zweiten Auflage von 1782.(Zusammenfassung von Wikipedia)Quellen:Unterdrückte Vorrede - Vorrede zur zwoten Auflage - Avertissement zu der ersten Aufführung: Online Text 1Vorrede zur ersten Auflage: Online Text 2Schauspiel: Online Text 3Besprechungen im Wirtembergischen Repertorium 1782: Online Text 1 more

Invited Dress represents an integration of efforts by playwrights, actors, producers and engineers currently on hiatus due to the coronavirus. While many of us are stuck at home without work, waiting for the day our stages can reopen, the desire to dream up new projects has never been stronger. We hope you will join us, as we present new scripts and new stories, recorded at home and illustrated through sound rather than live performance. more

A podcast for all those who see William Shakespeare primarily as a dramatist, and want to explore ways to stage his plays as live theatre. more

Jackalope Theatre Company, in collaboration with the Chicago Inclusion Project, has developed CIRCLE UP!, a collection of new playing readings that is dedicated to amplifying stories that are diverse in scope, as well as providing a safe harbor for evolving work. In the CIRCLE UP! Podcast, hosts Landree Fleming and Drew Johnson (You Simply Must Podcast) interview CIRCLE UP! playwrights about their lives, their plays, and their process, while including clips from the play reading itself. more

Welcome to Not Another Theatre Podcast, where we'll be chatting to early career theatre creatives about what they do, why they do it, and how they got to where they are today. We'll be talking to writers, actors and directors as well as creatives whose jobs we feel don't get as much exposure, such as dramaturgs, stage managers, producers, marketeers and designers. We'll be finding out about career pathways, training opportunities and just having a good old-fashioned chit chat week on week. Join us every Thursday for your weekly dose of theatre insight, and don't forget to follow us on Twitter @NotAnotherThtr and Instagram @NotAnotherTheatrePodcast to join in the conversation. more

Co-founded by Carol Becker and David Henry Hwang, this marquee annual festival presents readings of three plays by living international playwrights alongside conversations with the playwrights and translators. © 2020 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Creative Commons License. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. more

Marfa Live Arts presents Radio Plays in the Time of Corona, four radio plays written by award-winning Marfa High School playwrights and professionally produced, scored and brought to life by actors. The plays are: No Compass by Aubrie Aguilar; It's Not Always Sunshine and Rainbows at Coneset Hill by Febi Brimhall; Friend or Foe: Legend of the Hellhound by Devin Meierhoff; and Rona by Avery Beltran. more

On the surface, this short play is a slice-of-life story about a murder investigation in the rural United States. However, it is also a story about the relationships between men and women, husbands and wives, and the often-overlooked 'trifles' which can say so much about a person's life. (Summary by Arielle Lipshaw)Cast:George Henderson (County Attorney): mbHenry Peters (Sheriff): GueroLewis Hale (a neighboring farmer): AnthonyMrs. Peters: Arielle LipshawMrs. Hale: Elizabeth KlettNarrator: David LawrenceAudio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw more

We are the nation's rural touring theatre company. We tour new plays to village halls and theatres, telling stories with local relevance and national impact.The best new plays are made in the countryside. more

A podcast dedicated to providing a closer look at key voices in American Theater today. Produced and sponsored by LA Based Theater Company, Barker Room Rep. more

LibriVox readers present the third collection of monologues from Shakespeare's plays. Containing 20 parts. - William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in such a variety of genres - tragedy, comedy, romance, &c - that there is always at least one monologue in each of his plays. Some of these teach a lesson, some simply characterize Shakespeare at his best, some are funny, some sad, but all are very moving. Each monologue will touch everybody differently. Some people will be so moved by a particular monologue that they will want to record it. (Summary by Shurtagal). more

LibriVox readers present the fifth collection of monologues from Shakespeare's plays. Containing 20 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in such a variety of genres - tragedy, comedy, romance, &c - that there is always at least one monologue in each of his plays. Some of these teach a lesson, some simply characterize Shakespeare at his best, some are funny, some sad, but all are very moving. Each monologue will touch everybody differently. Some people will be so moved by a particular monologue that they will want to record it. (summary by Shurtagal) more

Royal Court Living Newspaper Clippings is a series of conversations, recorded remotely online, between some of the writers and artists who are creating Living Newspaper at the Royal Court Theatre. more

South Australian Playwrights Theatre presents:BORDERTOWN. by Matt HawkinsBordertown make-up artist Felicity, heads to Hollywood to become a star. After she startsdating former stand-up comedian, Tyrone Jackson, the paparazzi go wild. Her mother, localhairdresser Patricia is overjoyed, but when the relationship falls apart, all hell breaks loosein a small town obsessed with fame.This original stage comedy from the South Australian Playwrights Theatre hit Adelaide bystorm in 2019 and is now a podcast series.???? 'entertaining and funny' The Clothesline.???? 'Fun and feisty' The Adelaide Show Podcast.'Engaging…full of dreams and demons' The Advertiser.'An absolutely wild ride… memorable characters, some good streaks of humour and a nicesharp barb pierced into the world's tedious obsession with celebrity.' Samela Harris - TheBarefoot ReviewSouth Australian Playwrights Theatre is committed to producing original stories from abroad pool of talented writers, over a range of mediums, and is thrilled to be producingBordertown as the first audio instalment. So, sit back or multitask and enjoy the ride! more

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William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in such a variety of genres - tragedy, comedy, romance, &c - that there is always at least one monologue in each of his plays. Some of these teach a lesson, some simply characterize Shakespeare at his best, some are funny, some sad, but all are very moving. Each monologue will touch everybody differently. Some people will be so moved by a particular monologue that they will want to record it. So here are the first fifteen monologues. (Summary by Shurtagal).A pdf file of of the monologues in this collection is available here. more

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The team at Cyphers Theatre Company, along with invited guests, provide some helpful insight, advice and inspiration to university students and recent graduates looking to pursue a career in theatre. For more information, blogs, videos and other resources, head over to: www.cyphers.org.uk/studentsYou can also find us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CyphersUKAnd on Instagram: www.instagram.com/CyphersUK more

Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally 'Child of Love,' or 'Natural Son,' as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed. Dealing as it does with sex outside marriage and illegitimate birth, Inchbald in the Preface to the published version declares herself to have been highly sensitive to the task of adapting the original German text for 'an English audience.' Even so, she left the setting as Germany.The play was first performed at Covent Garden on Thursday, 11 October 1798, and was an immediate success: it ran for forty-two nights, 'making it by some distance Covent Garden's most successful venture of that season,' and went on to be performed in Bristol, Newcastle, Bath, and elsewhere. It was likewise successful as a print publication, though it also aroused controversy about its 'levelling' politics and moral ambiguity. Anne Plumptre, who translated Kotzebue's play as The Natural Son, wrote (perhaps not disinterestedly as the production of Inchbald's work effectively precluded the production of her own) that Inchbald had transformed the character of Amelia into a 'forward country hoyden.' Others, however, defended the morality of the play. And indeed, various characters indulge in considerable moralizing about charity, honour, and forgiveness. (Summary by Wikipedia)Cast:Baron Wildenhaim, Countryman, and Prologue: Algy PugCount Cassel: John FrickerAnhalt and Narrator: AlanFrederick: Peter BishopVerdun the Butler and Epilogue: Ernst PattynamaLandlord: Martin GeesonCottager: David LawrenceFarmer: Dale BurgessGentleman: Ric FServant and Cottager's Wife: Amy GramourAgatha Firburg and Dramatis Personae: Sandra GAmelia Wildenhaim: Elizabeth BarrCountry Girl and Preface: rigbyjmNarrator: Paul AndrewsAudio edited by: Algy Pug more

Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's famous tragedy of two 'star-crossed lovers' from rival houses. Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and fall instantly in love, realizing too late that their families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are mortal enemies. Braving parental opposition, the teenage lovers marry in secret, with the aid of the well-intentioned Friar Lawrence. Yet, as Shakespeare has often observed, the course of true love does not run smoothly, and Romeo and Juliet must risk death to be together. (summary by Elizabeth Klett)Cast:Escalus: David MuncasterParis: mbMontague: Chris HughesCapulet: Andy MinterOld Man and Friar Lawrence: Alan Davis DrakeRomeo: Simon TaylorMercutio: Andrew LebrunBenvolio: David NicolTybalt: Joshua B. ChristensenFriar John: Sean McKinleyBalthasar: Scott D. FarquarSampson: EstherGregory: David O'ConnellPeter and Second Watchman: GesineAbraham and First Watchman: CalibanApothecary: Lucy PerryFirst Musician and Second Citizen: Laurie Anne WaldenSecond Musician: om123Third Musician: Aaron WaldenChorus: ancillaPage: C. J. NowakLady Montague: Christie NowakLady Capulet: Cori SamuelJuliet: Elizabeth KlettNurse: Kristin HughesFirst Servant: Abigail BartelsSecond Servant: Lizzie DriverThird Watchman: bryfeeFirst Citizen: Rhys LawsonNarrator: David LawrenceAudio Edited by: Elizabeth Klett more

The Rover, or The Banish'd Cavaliers, is a play in two parts written by the English author Aphra Behn. The first part features multiple plot lines, dealing with the amorous adventures of a group of Englishmen in Naples at Carnival time. The 'rover' of the play's title is Willmore, a rakish naval captain, who falls in love with a young woman named Hellena, who has set out to experience love before her brother sends her to a convent. Complications arise when Angellica Bianca, a famous courtesan, falls in love with Willmore and swears revenge on him for his betrayal. Meanwhile, Hellena's sister Florinda attempts to marry her true love, Colonel Belvile, rather than the man her brother has selected. The third major plot of the play deals with the provincial Blunt, who becomes convinced that a girl has fallen in love with him but is humiliated when she turns out to be a prostitute and a thief. (Summary by Wikipedia)CastFlorinda: Amanda FridayHellena: Elizabeth KlettDon Pedro: Alan MapstoneCallis/Boy: Patti CunninghamStephano: Ric FFrederick: balaBelvile: mbBlunt: Algy PugWillmore: Robin KingValeria/Woman: AvailleLucetta/Masquerader/Hellena's Page: ElleyKatSancho/Officer/Blunt's Man: engineerdstAngellica Bianca: Arielle LipshawMoretta: Charlotte DuckettSebastian/Bravo/Philippo/Soldier: Elizabeth KlettDon Antonio: Ernst PattynamaDiego/Servant: Anna SimonNarrator/Prologue/Epilogue: Libby GohnAudio edited by: Elizabeth Klett more

Inheritors, (1921) by American dramatist Susan Glaspell concerns the legacy of an idealistic farmer who wills his highly coveted midwest farmland to the establishment of a college (Act I.) Forty years later, when his granddaughter stands up for the rights of Hindu nationals to protest at the college her grandfather founded, she jeopardizes funding for the college itself and sets herself against her own uncle, president of the institution's trustees (Acts II & III.) Ultimately, she defies her family's wishes, and as a consequence is bound for prison herself (Act IV.) The play was a stirring defense of free speech and an individual's ability to stand for his or her own ideal during a time of aggressive anti-Communist politics in the US. Inheritors was first performed at Provincetown Playhouse in 1922, the last of Glaspell's plays presented there. It has been revived in New York City by Mirror Repertory in 1983 and Metropolitan Playhouse in 2005. (Summary by Wikipedia)Cast:Smith: Chris MarcellusGrandmother: Margaret EspaillatSilas Morton, Emil Johnson: AnthonyFelix Fejevary the First: AllenJohnsFelix Fejevary the Second: Rick Cahill, Robert HoffmanSenator Lewis, Ira Morton: Nathanial W.C. HigginsHorace Fejevary: Chuck WilliamsonDoris: Elizabeth KlettFussie: Liz BenningtonMadeline Fejevary Morton: Arielle LipshawIsabel Fejevary: Linette GeiselHarry: MichaelH-SHolden: Delmar H. DolbierNarrator: Amanda FridayAudio edited by Chuck Williamson more

Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is the most famous and celebrated play by the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello.Pirandello, in the preface to the play, says that whenever a reader opens Dante's Inferno, Francesca will drift down from the dark wind in her circle of Hell and tell the Pilgrim her story; and it will always be for the first time just as the Mother in Pirandello's play at one point makes an agonizing cry, always for the first time.Each character sees events and the other characters differently. Their readings of reality do not match up. No one character is more correct than the other. There are as many versions of the story as there are characters in the play. Each character is in fact many characters; each has a sense of who he or she is, but each also is what the others believe he or she is.The play suggests that we are more victims of forces we cannot control than captains of our own fate and demonstrates Pirandello's conception that in place of a continuous ego, self or 'I' are states of mind, masks or personae; the temporary result of forces brought to bear on us at that moment. The self becomes an anthology of such roles or masks. Theatricalists thought life was more like theater than vice versa. As in theater, we put on and take off masks, try out various roles, and make up our lives as we go along. (Summary by Wikipedia)CAST:The Narrator: Elizabeth KlettThe Father: Peter YearsleyThe Mother: Ruth GoldingThe Step-Daughter: Miss AvariceThe Son: mbMadame Pace: Diana MajlingerThe Manager: Denny SayersThe Property Man: David LawrenceThe Prompter: om123The Door-Keeper: gobblegobbleThe Machinist: EzwaThe Leading Lady: Piper HaleThe Leading Man: bishL'Ingénue: Bridget TallonJuvenile Lead: LizMourantActors: Miriam Esther Goldman, Availle, Lucy Perry, Sweetlilbirdy, KalyndaAudio edited by Elizabeth Klett more

Misalliance, a 1910 play by George Bernard Shaw, is an ironic examination of the romantic entanglements of a varied group of people gathered at a wealthy man's country home on a summer weekend. Most of the romantic interest centers on the host's daughter, Hypatia Tarleton, a typical Shaw heroine who exemplifies his lifelong theory that in courtship, women are the relentless pursuers and men the apprehensively pursued. Hypatia is the daughter of newly-wealthy John Tarleton who made his fortune in the unglamorous but lucrative underwear business. She is fed up with the stuffy conventions that surround her and with the hyperactive talk of the men in her life. Hypatia is engaged to Bentley Summerhays, an intellectually bright but emotionally underdeveloped aristocrat. Hypatia is restless with her engagement as the play starts, even as it is revealed she has also had a proposal of engagement from her betrothed's father, Lord Summerhays. She longs for some adventure to drop out of the sky, and it does: an aircraft crashes through the roof of the conservatory. The plane's passengers, a handsome young pilot and a Polish acrobat, shake up the house party considerably. (Summary by Wikipedia and Elizabeth Klett)CastJohnny Tarleton: Sean DaleyBentley Summerhays: mbHypatia Tarleton: Arielle LipshawMrs. Tarleton: Bev J. StevensLord Summerhays: Bruce PirieTarleton: Bob NeufeldJoey Percival: David NicolLina Szczepanowska/Narrator: Elizabeth KlettMr. Gunner/Julius Baker: Delmar H. DolbierAudio editing: Elizabeth Klett more

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