Playing on Air Podcast

Short plays are one of playwrights’ favorite forms: punchy, challenging and dramatically lean. Yet—outside of some theater festivals—they’re rarely professionally performed.

Playing on Air is a radio program and podcast, dedicated to sharing great short theater with the public. With short plays written by some of the country’s top playwrights, cast with celebrated actors, and led by award-winning directors, Playing on Air presents the best of modern theater.

They believe that vibrant live theater should be available to everyone, regardless of time, funds, or access. But too much professional theater can be too hard to access for too many Americans. By recording and distributing short plays on public radio and podcast, they deliver the work of America’s best theater practitioners to the nation—for free.

They bring award-winning artists, performing short plays across every genre, into headphones, cars, subways, living rooms, classrooms, and kitchens across the country.  Every episode includes an interview between the creators, ranging from actors’ theatrical process, to the playwright’s method, to the quirks and themes of each particular work.

Playing on Air brings contemporary plays and playwrights into the public space.

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