Playtime - 2023
on WIOX Radio 91.3FM
Calendar 2023
All shows at 6PM ET unless otherwise stated
January 3, 2023: Re-broadcast of "Exploring Winnie the Pooh” originally broadcast on November 22, 2022
Host(s): Amie Brockway and Beth Sherr
Special Guest(s): Brenda C. Kayne and Ron Brockway
November 21: “Disembodies” - Readings of three ten-minute plays selected as finalists for "Summer Shortcuts XIII" but not produced.
Host(s): Tim Main and Arnie Schwartz
Special Guest(s): Playwrights Emily Golden, Mark Chimsky, and John Davenport. Actors Willow Harrington, Viktoria Krane, Karen Temple, Jordan Zakka, Sean Hawk, and Ray Blackburn
December 5: Interview with Karen Erickson, about her time as assistant to Tennessee Williams at the Goodman Theater in Chicago
Host(s): Carol and Arnie Schwartz
Special Guest(s): Karen Erickson
December 19: Holiday Special - Season’s Greetings from the Public Domain!
An hour of holiday-themed short writings by Dorothy Parker, Jacob Riis, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Mark Twain and more…
Host(s): Erwin Karl and Tim Main
Special Guest(s): Actors Margot Avery, Darlene Demaille, Ray Blackburn, Sean Hawk, and David Hill
January 17: Playwriting: What's It All About? Part I
Host(s): Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Anne Barone
January 31: Playwriting: What's It All About? Part II
Host(s): Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Anne Barone
February 14: Re-broadcast of “Fidelio” - A radio play by Sandra Fenichel Asher inspired by the English fairy tale “Cap O’Rushes”
Host(s): Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s):
February 28: “Submitting Your Ten-minute Play”
Host(s): Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Gail Lennstrom and Anne Barone
March 14: Reading performance, with live sound effects, of "The Last of the Speckled Catfish" by Sybil Rosen
Host(s): Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Sybil Rosen and Ron Brockway
March 28: Rebroadcast of “The Play’s the Thing”
Host(s): Beth Sherr and Kathy Taylor
Special Guest(s):
April 11: “Acting Up”
Host(s): Beth Sherr and Kathy Taylor
Special Guest(s): Artist Cheryl Pynn
April 25: “CRADLE” by Jean Bergantini Grillo - Reading of Selected Scenes
Host(s): Michelle Macau and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Playwright Jean Bergantini Grillo, Nishi Rijan, Sandy Singh, Paul Eisemann
May 9: “Acting Up” Part 2
Host(s): Beth Sherr
Special Guest(s): Artist Cheryl Pynn
May 23: The Flowering Wand and Family Plays in Page to Stage
Host(s): Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Sahra Motalebi, Marisa Caruso, Dave Turan
June 6: Preview of “The Cemetery Tour” of Historical Society of Middletown
Host(s): Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s):
June 20: “Summer 2023 Events in the Catskills”
Host(s): Michelle Macau and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Shauna Kanter, Artistic Director of The Voice Theater in Kingston, Patricia Buckley, Artistic Director of Franklin Stage Company in Franklin, Heidi Stonier, Executive Director of The Arts Inn Collective in Fleischmanns, and Rebecca Brown Adelman, Trustee of The Phoenicia Playhouse, in Phoenicia.
For press release, click here.
July 18: Building Blocks of a Live Theater Production or “How Did Antigone Happen?”
Host(s): Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Michelle Macau, Paul Eisemann, Alayna Perry
August 1: About “Hundred Acre Woods” and “Summer Shortcuts XIII” - Part I
Host(s): Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s):
August 15: About “Hundred Acre Woods” and “Summer Shortcuts XIII” - Part II
Host(s): Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Frank Canavan, Pip Merrick, Tim Main, Ron Nash, Elizabeth Sherr
August 29: The Role of Teaching Artists
Host(s): Carol and Arnie Schwartz
Special Guest(s):
September 12: "Transforming a Play into a Musical" with the creative team of Gone Astray
Host(s): Michelle Macau and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Jennie Staniloff-Redling, writer of Gone Astray and librettist of the musical version, Stephen A. Weiner, lyricist/composer, and Ed Koban, lyricist/composer.
For press release, click here.
September 26: Selections from “Summer Shortcuts XIII” - Part I
Host(s): Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Playwrights, Directors, Cast Members
October 10: Selections from “Summer Shortcuts XIII” - Part II
Host(s): Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Playwrights, Directors, Cast Members
October 24: Interview with Michael Cotey, Creator/Joaquin Oliver Artistic Director of “ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence.”
Host(s): Michelle Macau and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Michael Cotey
For press release, click here.
November 6: Special day and time. 6-8PM .“ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence.” In-person at The Open Eye Theater and Simulcast on WIOX Radio 91.3 and on WIOXradio.org
Host(s): Michelle Macau and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s):
November 7: A first reading rehearsal and discussion of The Hundred Acre Wood-Story #4 “In Which Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition to the North Pole”
Host(s): Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Special Guest(s): Cast Members