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?"
Jaclyn and Ernie go looking for birds after several days in quarantine.
An exploration on memory, mothers, and smelly boys.
Mark's opening monologue from the Burnt Woman of Harvard.
A cult of arsonists find their way.
NextDoor believes connecting with others is a universal, human need. NextDoor is where you connect to neighborhoods; by bringing neighbors and organizations together, we can cultivate a kinder world.
A collage of text messages, phone calls, and memories from the early days of lockdown in New York City, when the author was stricken with Covid-19.
A look at the process of Matthew Paul Olmos' play The Un'Admiring.
An expressionist portrait of the live performance of a play without words.
The second scene of a play in which Professor Bertha Lerner and her students start a house of feminist studies in which men aren't allowed.
The coda from Do Not Do This Ever Again, a play from 2007 written in the form of a garden; this is just one of its plants.
A man deals with his mother's chemotherapy treatments by cruising an orderly at a Cancer hospital.
The end of the world, a burbling city, and one queer is spending the apocalypse on the couch.
A garden of thoughts planted during quarantine, in various stages of bloom.
The authors venture into both affluent and less affluent markets in the eastside of Los Angeles.
A brief exploration of the history of strange religion on the author's father's side of the family tree.
Bozz and Banjo, best friends and fellow puppets and actors, try an old-fashioned phone call at Bozz's request.
Twenty years after a pandemic and large-scale natural disasters have destroyed society, individuals try to piece the world back together through their memories.
Excerpted from Be Story Free, the moment when the founder of Be Story Free is recorded by an undercover agent saying that his movement is a scam.
Two short works that encompass weird homecoming blues plus the sounds of nature, and friend loss during the time of COVID plus the joy of cooking.
An experiential deep dive into the subconscious of love at first sight.
The author records the memories of his mom while they are in quarantine, to pass the time, bond, and as a mental exercise.
A comedy-drama about four women trying to break free from the men in their lives that are holding them back—in order to start again.
A teaser for Active Listening, a new audio series from New Dramatists, launching December 22, 2020.
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