Playtime on WIOX - 2024
Calendar 2024
All shows at 6PM ET unless otherwise stated
January 2: An Open Rehearsal of the Fourth Story of “THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD” with Winnie the Pooh and Friends “In Which Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition to the North Pole”
Host(s): Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Actors Thomas Newman, Mila Krane, Elizabeth Sherr, Rebecca Newman, Viktoria Krane, Ron Brockway, and Brandon Hargrove
January 16: An interview with Chris Moses, the Artistic Director of the Alliance Theatre
Host(s): Carol and Arnie Schwartz
Special Guest(s): Chris Moses
January 30: “Equal Opportunities” - ten-minute plays by Janet J. Lawler, Bella Poynton, and Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend
Host(s): Tim Main
Special Guest(s): Actors Viktoria Krane, Willow Harrington, Margot Avery, Joyce St. George, Sean Hawk, and David Hill.
February 13: Readings of Three Bitter-Sweet Valentine’s Plays of Love.
THE GREATEST CARD TRICK by Hugh MacKay, CANYON’S EDGE by Barbara Lindsay, SLOW DATING by Adam Szudrich.
Host(s): Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Actors Carol Schwartz, Ron Brockway, Elizabeth Sherr, Phil Oetiker, Michelle Macau, Amie Brockway.
February 27: “Wedding Adjacent” - Three ten-minute plays.
GOWN by Robert Weibezahl, ORDAINED by Mark Harvey Levine, WEDDING RECEPTION REWARDS PROGRAM by Peter Dakutis
Host(s): Tim Main and Arnie Schwartz
Special Guest(s): Playwrights Robert Wiebezahl, Mark Harvey Levine and Peter Dakutis and actors Darlene DeMaille, Willow Harrington, Sean Hawk, Michelle Macau, and Ruth Anne Wolfe.
March 12: Auditioning and Engaging your Community
Host(s): Beth Sherr
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March 26: “FAITHFUL RESULTS” - three ten minute plays, directed by Tim Main.
Two humorous and one not — about superstition, trust, disbelief, and confidence: THE CODE BOX by Mindy Roll, A SECOND RAPTURE by James E. Marlow, and RETURN OF THE CURSE by Jack Neary.
Host(s): Tim main
Special Guest(s): Actors Michelle Macau, Willow Harrington, Ruth Anne Wolfe, Leland Krane, Ron Brockway, Ray Blackburn, and David Hill.
April 9: Discussion - Catskill Mountain Shakespeare’s touring production of “The Tempest” coming to The Open Eye Theater on April 21
Host(s): Michelle Macau and Arnie Schwartz
Special Guest(s): Cast and crew from Catskill Mountain Shakespeare - Carolyn Marie Wright, Lydia Stinson and Kathleen Salazar
April 23: “ c’est V.R. A.I. n’est pas?” Three ten minute plays directed by Tim Main.
At the intersection of Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence. Full disclosure: Only one character is a bot! Book of Life by Judy Klass, The Beach by Laura Hirschberg, and The Play by ChatGPT in the style of Michele A Miller about ChatGPT writing a play about the writer Michele A Miller by Michele A. Miller. Featuring actors Willow Harrington, Jennifer Plotzke, Joyce St. George, Ruth Anne Wolfe, Ray Blackburn, and Leland Krane.
Host(s): Tim Main
Special Guest(s): Willow Harrington, Jennifer Plotzke, Joyce St. George, Ruth Anne Wolfe, Ray Blackburn, and Leland Krane.
May 7: Trolls Radio Play
Host(s): Michelle Macau
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May 21:
Host(s): Marge Helenchild and Erwin Karl
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June 4:
Host(s): Marge Helenchild and Erwin Karl
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June 18:
Host(s): Marge Helenchild and Erwin Karl
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July 2: Leicester Bay Theatricals
Host(s): Amie Brockway
Special Guest(s): Michael Perry, publisher of Leicester Bay Theatricals
July 16: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, by Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Zindel
Host(s): Michelle Macau
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July 30:
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August 13:
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August 27:
Host(s): Carol & Arnie Schwartz
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September 11: Leicester Bay Theatricals
Host(s): Amie Brockway
Special Guest(s): Michael Perry, publisher of Leicester Bay Theatricals
September 24: Legends & Tales
Host(s): Michelle Macau
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October 8: Leicester Bay Theatricals
Host(s): Amie Brockway
Special Guest(s): Michael Perry, publisher of Leicester Bay Theatricals
October 22: ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence
Host(s): Michelle Macau
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November 5: Leicester Bay Theatricals
Host(s): Amie Brockway
Special Guest(s): Michael Perry, publisher of Leicester Bay Theatricals
November 19: Leicester Bay Theatricals
Host(s): Amie Brockway
Special Guest(s): Michael Perry, publisher of Leicester Bay Theatricals
December 3: It's A Wonderful Life
Host(s): Michelle Macau
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December 31: Leicester Bay Theatricals
Host(s): Amie Brockway
Special Guest(s): Michael Perry, publisher of Leicester Bay Theatricals