Playing On Air: Short Audio Plays

Playing on Air is a radio show and free podcast dedicated to short plays by America’s best contemporary playwrights - a new way to experience theater on demand, absolutely free. We are dedicated to increasing the accessibility of high-caliber theater, promoting the work of the stage’s greatest storytellers, and encouraging the next generation of theater-makers across the country. We are committed to bringing theater to everyone at no cost - on radio and on demand. But our programming is only possible with the help of listeners like you! Please visit www.playingonair.org/donate to contribute - we appreciate your support!

BONNET by John Patrick Shanley 08/27/2023

SECOND SIGHT by David Ives 08/20/2023

MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY by Rehana Lew Mirza 08/13/2023

TYPHOID MARY by Mike Lew 08/13/2023

I DON'T KNOW by James McLindon 08/06/2023

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. ABERNATHY by Lloyd Suh 07/30/2023

THE ARMY DANCE by Cary Gitter 07/23/2023

ECHO AND NARCISSUS by Amanda Quaid 07/16/2023

JFK TAXI by Aurin Squire 07/09/2023

EVENING AT ANAHEIM by James Stevenson (Summer 2022 Re-Release) 09/04/2022

TENNESSEE by John Patrick Shanley (Summer 2022 Re-Release) 08/28/2022

BANSHEE by John Patrick Shanley (Summer 2022 Re-Release) 08/21/2022

BITE THE HAND by Ara Watson (Summer Re-Release 2022) 08/14/2022

YOU BELONG TO ME by Daniel Reitz (Summer 2022 Re-Release) 08/07/2022

AT THE WATER'S EDGE, WET by Jonathan Bernstein (Summer 2022 Re-Release) 07/31/2022

RELATIVE STRANGERS by Sheri Wilner (Summer 2022 Re-Release) 07/24/2022

OPEN ARMS by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros (Summer 2022 Re-Release) 07/17/2022

CELL by Cassandra Medley (Summer 2022 Re-Release) 07/10/2022

GUN SHOW by David Auburn (Summer 2022 Re-Release) 07/03/2022

The MAN IN RED by Arian Moayed 12/19/2021

JARED AND IVANKA’S PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE AT MAURICE J. FELDMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL by Jonathan Spector 12/12/2021

JACOB AND AMAL by Dipika Guha 12/05/2021

THE HUMAN EXPERIMENT by Mfoniso Udofia 11/28/2021

THANKSGIVING FOR ONE by Hamish Linklater (Re-Release) 11/21/2021

LOCKED AND LOADED. CAN I HELP YOU? by David Ives 11/14/2021

THE WAYFARER'S CODE by Brittany K. Allen 11/07/2021

TECH DEMONS by Sarah Gancher 10/31/2021

THE BURIAL SOCIETY by Susan Sandler (Re-Release) 10/10/2021

WAKING UP by Cori Thomas 10/03/2021

A DEPARTURE by Andy Reynolds (Re-Release) 09/26/2021