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Enjoy our collection of compelling new plays and<\/strong> Featured play:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Listen Now <\/a><\/p>\r\n All<\/p>\r\n By Skye Robinson Hillis<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n In their fifteen\u00a0years together, married actors Michael and Corinne have stood by their decision\u00a0to focus on their\u00a0respective careers and each other, and to not have children.\u00a0When Michael is suddenly confronted\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n By Sarah Mitchell<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n Artichoke Hearts cuts into the strange, sadistic state of being in love. Written and performed by Sarah Mitchell in a series of embodied interviews, the show investigates why we bother\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n By Donna Hoke<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n Law student Abby Gates has no qualms about becoming a sugar baby to get her tuition bills paid\u2026until it means keeping a secret from the man she loves, an artist\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n By Oded Gross<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n Hazel has fallen in love with John. She met John three months prior when she found him naked in a field, unable to remember anything, not who he is, how\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n By Drew Katzman<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n Is there one defining principle that underlies the behavior of all physical matter? Does it also underlie the behavior of emotional matter? Will Rainbow get to the pre-party? Should dinner\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n By Ian August<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n Something is not quite right with Donna: She\u2019s a loving mother, a devoted wife, and a minor celebrity to all the bake sale planners in town, but something is making\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n By Donna Hoke<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n Elevator Girl was never meant to be more than an urban legend, a sexual revenge fantasy created by Vanessa and her graphic illustrator boyfriend. But when the comic superhero unleashes\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n By Franky D. Gonzalez<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n Synopsis An examination of the inmates within a system trying to discover meaning in the face of isolation and doubt in one\u2019s own worth over a 25-year bid. The play\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n By Steven Haworth<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n The play is a farce about tragic people. Zacharia Smythe, assistant professor of art, has come to Madrid to take a short sabbatical and study a painting by Fernando Rafael\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n By Donna Hoke<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n After 14 years of marriage, Britt and Joe called it quits, so Joe is surprised when three years later, Britt asks him to try again. Cheater Joe still loves his\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n By Robert Emmet Lunney<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n Nina Dalton is a major movie star performing in a new play by her older, Pulitzer Prize-winning husband, Brian Bartov. Their world is shaken by the return of Gar Jackson,\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n By Richard Kalinoski<\/p>\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n Sandra, a middle-aged woman who is a professor of theater at a small college, attempts to safeguard her irascible mother, who is a desperate hoarder. While Sandra begins preparations to\u2026<\/p>\r\n\r\n Load More Plays We have audio recordings of compelling new plays and conversations with theatre artists that you can stream\u00a0on our website\u00a0or on a podcast app. When you listen on your preferred podcast app, you are able to download our episodes to your device so you can listen when you’re without an internet connection, like when you’re traveling, in the garden, or on a walk.Click on the links below to go to our listener’s two most-used podcast apps: Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<\/p>\r\n June 26, 2022 | Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n What\u2019s your love language as a playwright? Perhaps it\u2019s having your words read, heard, and digested by\u2026<\/p>\r\n Read More<\/a> September 10, 2021 | Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n Emerging playwrights\u00a0Kathryn de la Rosa, Ty Greenwood, Heesun Hwang, Jasmine Sharma, and Carlos-Zenen Trujillo cover a lot\u2026<\/p>\r\n Read More<\/a> April 19, 2021 | Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n Grab your favorite potato chips and get in on the conversation with playwright Inda Craig-Galv\u00e1n and director\u2026<\/p>\r\n Read More<\/a> October 17, 2020 | Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n This conversation brings together two generations of playwrights: Grace McLeod is an emerging playwright (also one of\u2026<\/p>\r\n Read More<\/a> October 10, 2020 | Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n Ranging from hilarious to heart-full, this conversation between playwrights and friends Ian August and David Hilder delivers\u2026<\/p>\r\n Read More<\/a> September 29, 2020 | Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n “You do angry\/funny better than anyone.” So says past ANPF winner Callie Kimball to friend and current\u2026<\/p>\r\n Read More<\/a> July 27, 2020 | Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n Art, race, activism, smoothie diets, and the future of American theatre. There’s lots on the table in\u2026<\/p>\r\n Read More<\/a> May 18, 2020 | Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n Diana Burbano and Tlaloc Rivas speak to the moment and are as vulnerable and open in this\u2026<\/p>\r\n Read More<\/a> April 20, 2020 | Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n Lauren Yee and Joe Ngo check in with each other from their respective coasts. They share what\u2026<\/p>\r\n Read More<\/a> April 6, 2020 | Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n \u00a0 Nate Eppler and Stephanie Alison Walker join us on the podcast today for a conversation that\u2026<\/p>\r\n Read More<\/a> February 24, 2020 | Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n You’ll be laughing from the word hello with these two: from ill-fitting corduroy pants during fashion week\u2026<\/p>\r\n Read More<\/a> January 27, 2020 | Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n What do Big L\u2019s song \u201cFurious Anger\u201d and Samuel Beckett\u2019s WAITING FOR GODOT have in common? Both\u2026<\/p>\r\n Read More<\/a> January 16, 2020 | Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n Join guests Michael Gotch and Mark Lamos as they talk about Michael’s ANPF 2019 winning play STARTER\u2026<\/p>\r\n Read More<\/a> December 6, 2019 | Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n We\u2019re excited to bring together playwrights Donna Hoke and Andrea Stolowitz, who are meeting for the first\u2026<\/p>\r\n Read More<\/a> November 22, 2019 | Conversation<\/a><\/p>\r\n What drives us as people, creators, storytellers? In this compelling conversation, playwright Tira Palmquist and actors\/producers\/storytellers Yvonne\u2026<\/p>\r\n
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<\/a><\/p>\r\nIn Conversation with Mikki Gillette, Lindsay Partain, Lorenz Qatava, Leslie Slape, and Ken Yoshikawa<\/a><\/h3>\r\n
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<\/a><\/p>\r\nIn Conversation with Kathryn de la Rosa, Ty Greenwood, Heesun Hwang, Jasmine Sharma, and Carlos-Zenen Trujillo<\/a><\/h3>\r\n
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<\/a><\/p>\r\nIn Conversation with Inda Craig-Galv\u00e1n and Kyle Haden<\/a><\/h3>\r\n
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Nick Canepa![\"Kara](\"https:\/\/ashlandnewplays.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Kara-Q-Lewis-2019-2-1024x768.jpg\" "\\"Kara")
Kara Q. Lewis![\"Andy](\"https:\/\/ashlandnewplays.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/andy2019_p4kteam.jpg\" "\\"Andy")
Andy Neal![\"James](\"https:\/\/ashlandnewplays.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/jim_p4kteam-e1542061854390.jpg\" "\\"jim_p4kteam\\"")
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