Episodes

  • THE EDGE OF NIGHT by Kirsten Childs

    THE EDGE OF NIGHT by Kirsten Childs
    Jul 7 2020
    Telling stories is how we keep memories alive, and THE EDGE OF NIGHT reimagines a favorite family story as musical theater: Mrs. Annie Brown is determined not to miss her favorite soap opera but has to grapple head-on with segregation in the 1950’s south in order to succeed in her quest.
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    17 mins
  • BOY FACTORY by Milo Cramer

    BOY FACTORY by Milo Cramer
    Jun 23 2020
    Somewhere between Google Image searches for pornography, family dynamics, college roommates, and low-wage jobs, BOY FACTORY is Milo Cramer’s funny and heartfelt monologue tracking a young man’s search for self-acceptance.
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    25 mins
  • Soundstage Recommends...

    Soundstage Recommends...
    Jun 11 2020
    This week, we are pausing our normal release schedule to recommend some some fiction and non-fiction podcasts by BIPOC producers, writers, directors, reporters, and hosts. Check out soundstagepodcast.org for links to everything mentioned here and we invite you (please!) to email and tweet us about other shows and episodes and makers you love.
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    4 mins
  • NIGHTNIGHT by Lucas Hnath

    NIGHTNIGHT by Lucas Hnath
    May 28 2020
    An astronaut goes to space. He can’t sleep. He can’t tell anyone. He can’t go home. He’s lonely. He doesn’t want to leave. He’s in trouble. NIGHTNIGHT takes the audience into mission control and into outer space to overhear ordinary workplace conflict in an extraordinary environment.
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    33 mins
  • Interview: Heather Christian

    Interview: Heather Christian
    May 23 2020
    Heather Christian (writer, composer, and performer of Soundstage Episode 1: PRIME, A Practical Breviary) talks about what's inspiring to her about breviary masses, why she loves being in the studio - as well as the theater - and what creative life has been like for her since theaters have been shuttered by COVID-19.
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    17 mins
  • OUTTAKES by Qui Nguyen

    OUTTAKES by Qui Nguyen
    May 14 2020
    A son keeps trying to get his charming (if frustrating) immigrant parents to tell him a true war story from their lives in Vietnam to help him write a new play. Imagined as edited found interview tapes, Outtakes is both funny and heartfelt, drawn from the playwright's real-life experiences.
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    20 mins
  • Next Week on Soundstage...

    Next Week on Soundstage...
    May 7 2020
    It's our off week, but we wanted to say hello anyway! Our next full episode, Qui Nguyen's OUTTAKES drops next week, May 14th. Stay well and see you soon!
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    1 min
  • PLAY FOR ANY TWO PEOPLE by Jordan Harrison: Orientation

    PLAY FOR ANY TWO PEOPLE by Jordan Harrison: Orientation
    Apr 30 2020
    Listen to this track first! A masterful feat of timing and sound design, our third episode of Soundstage lets you and a fellow listener become actors in a head-trippy psychological drama. Your apartment becomes the stage, and your listening companion a mysterious stranger. Are they there to help or hurt you? Press play.
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    4 mins