The Parsnip Ship

Directed by Janelle Zapata Castellano Sound design by Rachel Brees Music from Miss Olithea Featuring Dariel Angeles, Tori Ashley Matos, Daniel A. Drew, Tanya Perez, Mel Nieves, and Danny Newman It's Angel's 33rd birthday and it's time to celebrate! As the party unfolds Angel and her sibling Girlie find themselves tangled in a mixed-tape of nostalgia, gender-euphoria, psychosis, and reality. Lured into the family basement by a time traveling pirate and a walkman, Angel and Girlie must confront their darkest and most secret memories. Will Angel and Girlie free themselves from a time-knot and find the connection and liberation they seek? HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGEL DEAREST is a Radio Roots Writers' Group radio play commission, recorded live in May 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Directed by Estefanía Fadul Sound design by Emilie Weibel and Bennett Lin Music from Henry Ryeder Featuring Akyiaa Wilson, Alisha Espinosa, Jacqueline Guillen, and Reynaldo Piniella Alex and Julie are best friends making a podcast (before podcasts were cool), answering their college’s weirdest questions. But life itself is weird and when love enters the equation, they have to decide what they really mean to each other. From Chipotle dates that aren’t dates to the early frontier of Twitter, they fall together and apart and back again. AND THE ANSWER IS… is a Radio Roots Writers' Group radio play commission recorded live in February 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Directed by Phillip Christian Smith Music from treya lam Featuring Yvette Ganier, Celia Schaefer, Rory Kulz, Nina Ki, Rory Rubin Byrne, and DJ Davis For Minerva, the way to escape the doldrums of her graphic design job is to write and narrate her own feminist true crime podcast. Meanwhile, across the country, Felicity, a Mormon stay-at-home wife and mother—and Minerva’s high school nemesis—has just started selling leggings for the multi-level marketing company Linen & Fate. But when mild-mannered Felicity suddenly snaps and realizes the only way to get ahead in a rigged pyramid scheme is to literally start killing off the competition, both women suddenly experience the kind of overnight success they’ve been so desperately craving. MLM IS FOR MURDER was recorded live in June 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Directed by Anne Karyna BakanMusic from Shepup Featuring Amy Ackerman, Brynn Hambley, Addy Jenkins, Miranda Poett, Erin Proctor, and Mary Harriman Sadboy Hours (this is a coping mechanism) is a series of funny, honest, and tender vignettes about queerness, weight, and moms, because Mary couldn't seem to write about anything else. This is an experiment in Theater of Self Care, where writing prompts are more like wellness exercises, and performers are encouraged to write their own sadboy hours and follow the prompts! (Or not! That’s ok too <3)SADBOY HOURS was recorded live in May 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Directed by Felicia Lobo Music from Ray McGale Featuring Alexandra Curran, Danté Jeanfelix, Brian Bock, Laura Hetherington, Alyssa Block, and Janice Amaya In the wake of a devastating nuclear war, Americans have been forced to rebuild their lives underground. Scientists insist it's impossible for citizens to return to the surface, due to deadly radiation. But a fast-growing cult, led by a preacher and his mysterious family, believes otherwise. They're determined to reach the surface, no matter the cost. THE WILD BOAR OF CHERNOBYL is a futuristic fable about the struggle of faith vs. fact, and fanaticism vs. science. The Wild Boar was recorded live in April 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Directed by Charlotte Murray  Music from Mike O’Malley Sound Design by Nina Field Dramaturgy by Al Parker and Gabriella Steinberg Featuring Ben Langhorst, Angel Lin, Frankie Placidi, Amanda Centeno, Brandon Bogle, and Arielle Gonzalez  Stage Managed by Alyssa Rios  Sound Operated by Prince Bawuah  Former nobleman Ippolit Mateyevich Vorobyaninov’s dreary life in the early Soviet Union is about to change forever when he discovers his spiteful mother-in-law hid the family jewels in one of their dining room chairs before the Revolution. Together with a dashing con artist, Vorobyaninov must embark on an epic quest across Russia to recover the lost riches. Based on the 1928 novel by Ilya Ilf & Evgeny Petrov, 12 Chairs is an epic adventure satire exploring glory, greed, and a country desperate for the advancement of the collective good. It is a commentary on the Soviet Union and nothing else. Yeah, nothing else. You can’t prove otherwise, you haven’t even seen it. Wow, maybe you should see the play before contradicting us, you ever think about that? Wow. There’s always one. Do better. 12 CHAIRS was recorded live in June 2023.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Directed by Anna Brenner Music from Vicki Quintero & Nakul Agrawal  Actors: Andrea Negrete, Kelley Rae O'Donnell. Alex Hernandez, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Annie Henk, David Anzuelo Juanie is a painter. His canvas: a giant egg, big enough to hold a full-grown adult man. Inside that egg is Juanie’s father’s dream: a prizewinning rooster that he hopes will become a star on the cockfighting circuit. When the egg hatches, the bird’s nature collides with Big Juan's vision for him. He embarks on a campaign to toughen the bird, to turn the bird into a warrior. When Juanie learns that most roosters that fight in cockfights die, Juanie searches for ways to save his family and his bird from total oblivion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Gaven Trinidad musical guest Téhilah ARE YOU THERE TRUMAN? IT’S ME, JUST ANOTHER GUY WHO GREW UP SECRETLY WORSHIPING YOUR CHISELED PORN STAR BODY ONLINE, AND NOW I THINK I LOVE YOU Cast includes Jonathan Low, Ryan Jacobucci, Kathleen Choe, Shaun Anthony, Wesley Han, and Chris White ARE YOU THERE TRUMAN?... was recorded live in February 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Gregory Keng Strasser musical guest Lauryn Alexandria News travels across the Pacific on Dec. 7 resulting in foolhardy claims of Japanese sympathizers. As calls for war perpetrate a nation, The Ishii Family undertakes radical assimilation to calm the local police and fearful neighbors. Mixing family testimony and cartoon studio-ghibli charm, AMERICAN SPIES is a Queer Japanese American grandson's interpretation of the Japanese Americans’ response to national disaster and their struggle to prove their patriotism. Cast includes Sam Hamashima, Marina Kondo, Grace Hamashima, Ako, Jo Ellen Pellman, and Roger Yeh AMERICAN SPIES was recorded live in January 2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Director: Cara Hinh Musical Guest: Will Bug A young Korean American girl struggles to grow up without her mother, who has been deported. A sea lion pup is forced to take on the duties of an adult sea lion, when his mother and he are affected by climate change. A play that examines loss, healing, and the connection between all living things. Cast includes Phoenix Ra, Brittany Anikka Liu, Jully Lee, Estelle Lee, Sarah Shin, and Teresa Langford SEA LONGING was recorded live in December 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Directed by Melinda Hall Music from Pamela Jean Agaloos Cast: Yuriko Miyake, Aaron Banes, Marcie Henderson, Renee Flemings, and Pamela Karp Recorded live November 28th, 2023 "Five years ago, Mother Wolf was captured and taken away from her pack and newborn pups. Now she returns to Homeland and there is no sign of other wolves. There are frequent avalanches; the glacier is melting at a rapid rate; forest fires and fierce storms are devastating the land. Mother Wolf convinces a lonely, teenage jackrabbit, a starving crow and Clem, a flower on a clematis vine, to team up with her. Together, they struggle to rectify the situation before it's too late." Produced by The Parsnip Ship and Business Lunch Productions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Directed by Rebecca Aparicio, Musician Vie Darling Cast: Gary Dooley, Imani Russell, Carol Cadby, Saul Nache, Yohanna Florentino and Maribel Martinez Recorded live Mon, October 31, 2022 "When Mal’s grandmother dies, she inherits a mysterious cabin in the woods. Reunited with her estranged mother Silvia, they parse through possessions, ghosts, and long held family secrets, over a weekend the two of them won’t soon forget. Luciérnagas is a play about shadows: our own, and those of our family. It is a play about heritage, forgiveness, and legacy that passes between women in a diaspora." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Directed by Gaven Trinidad, Musician Cindy Latin Cast Kristian Espiritu, Sergio Mauritz Ang, Vanessa Rappa, and Claro de los Reyes Recorded live September 26th, 2022. "Angela has arrived to congratulate her twin sister on her new baby but instead finds Eve 'cohabitating' with a Filipino vampire with an infamous hunger for all things fetus. Does Angela believe Eve’s claims that all is well with her new relationship? Nanay, a new play by Molly Olis Krost, incorporated Filipino mythology and tradition to compare eastern and western approaches to sisterhood, trauma and healing." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Directed by Gaven Trinidad, Musician Cindy Latin Cast Kristian Espiritu, Sergio Mauritz Ang, Vanessa Rappa, and Claro de los Reyes Recorded live September 26th, 2022. "Angela has arrived to congratulate her twin sister on her new baby but instead finds Eve 'cohabitating' with a Filipino vampire with an infamous hunger for all things fetus. Does Angela believe Eve’s claims that all is well with her new relationship? Nanay, a new play by Molly Olis Krost, incorporated Filipino mythology and tradition to compare eastern and western approaches to sisterhood, trauma and healing." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vonda's luck changes overnight when she finds a giant magical peach. At first bite, she's thrilled that years have melted off of her elderly face and body, and she can't wait to share it with her husband, Waylon. But their celebrations quickly become complicated by the surprise birth of their son, Momotaro—who looks nothing like them! When a raccoon steals the magical peach, Momo bravely sets off into the wilds of Georgia to rescue it, meeting animal friends and foes along the way. Back at home, Vonda drowns the grief of her losses in credit-card debt while the evil AmazOni Enterprises encroaches, buying out her neighbors. Can Momo save the peach? Can Vonda save her house? And can they become a happy family against all odds? Please note that Br’er Peach may or may not be appropriate for your family: it contains a short sex scene with descriptions of body parts, some bleeping/implied cursing, and discussions of death and dying. Br'er Peach is an audio play by Andrew Saito, directed by Desdemona Chiang, produced in partnership with The Parsnip Ship, in collaboration with Business Lunch Productions. The cast includes Crystal Lucas-Perry, Michael Gene Sullivan, Kevis Hillocks, and Resa Mishina; with sound design and engineering by Twi McCallum. Dramaturgy by Iyvon E. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vonda's luck changes overnight when she finds a giant magical peach. At first bite, she's thrilled that years have melted off of her elderly face and body, and she can't wait to share it with her husband, Waylon. But their celebrations quickly become complicated by the surprise birth of their son, Momotaro—who looks nothing like them! When a raccoon steals the magical peach, Momo bravely sets off into the wilds of Georgia to rescue it, meeting animal friends and foes along the way. Back at home, Vonda drowns the grief of her losses in credit-card debt while the evil AmazOni Enterprises encroaches, buying out her neighbors. Can Momo save the peach? Can Vonda save her house? And can they become a happy family against all odds? Please note that Br’er Peach may or may not be appropriate for your family: it contains a short sex scene with descriptions of body parts, some bleeping/implied cursing, and discussions of death and dying. Br'er Peach is an audio play by Andrew Saito, directed by Desdemona Chiang, produced in partnership with The Parsnip Ship, in collaboration with Business Lunch Productions. The cast includes Crystal Lucas-Perry, Michael Gene Sullivan, Kevis Hillocks, and Resa Mishina; with sound design and engineering by Twi McCallum. Dramaturgy by Iyvon E. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vonda's luck changes overnight when she finds a giant magical peach. At first bite, she's thrilled that years have melted off of her elderly face and body, and she can't wait to share it with her husband, Waylon. But their celebrations quickly become complicated by the surprise birth of their son, Momotaro—who looks nothing like them! When a raccoon steals the magical peach, Momo bravely sets off into the wilds of Georgia to rescue it, meeting animal friends and foes along the way. Back at home, Vonda drowns the grief of her losses in credit-card debt while the evil AmazOni Enterprises encroaches, buying out her neighbors. Can Momo save the peach? Can Vonda save her house? And can they become a happy family against all odds? Please note that Br’er Peach may or may not be appropriate for your family: it contains a short sex scene with descriptions of body parts, some bleeping/implied cursing, and discussions of death and dying. Br'er Peach is an audio play by Andrew Saito, directed by Desdemona Chiang, produced in partnership with The Parsnip Ship, in collaboration with Business Lunch Productions. The cast includes Crystal Lucas-Perry, Michael Gene Sullivan, Kevis Hillocks, and Resa Mishina; with sound design and engineering by Twi McCallum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Directed by Matrex Kilgore, with musical guest Alwyn Robinson "16-year-old ‘A’ is at war, battling herself and the world around her. She takes comfort in her relationship with God, her patient and compassionate friend who offers ‘A’ stillness and a listening ear. But just as she thinks she’s finally come to understand her own existence, God goes missing leaving ‘A’ to confront an antagonistic Narrator whose true identity may lead her to the peace she so desperately hopes to find." Cast includes: Taji Senior and Kelcey Anyá  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Sagan Chen, with musical guest Psyche Chimère "Mari is a closeted transgender woman from Japan, and the number one contender for a professional wrestling title; if she doesn’t pay a ransom her trans status will be revealed to the world. We watch Mari take on her long time adversary Alexa in a ladder match for the WEW Prima Donna’s Championship." Cast includes Lauren Elizabeth, Delong Le, Leanna Renee Hieber, John DeSilvestri, Mark Levy, and Samy Nour Younes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Rebecca Aparicio, with musical guest Xiomara Syngz "Genesis left her past behind long ago. But her mother’s release from prison forces them both to confront long-buried pain – and to wonder if they can ever become a family again. Morris Sonyando lovingly illuminates the blood ties that break and bind people." Cast includes Ortiz, Daniel Colón, Gabriela Sanchez and Diomargy Uribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Dalia Ashurina, with musical guest Aya Aziz "Although Abraham is a Jew from Flushing, and he only has 1 daughter, Maxine, and her only daughter Racie is a lesbian, Abraham still believes he'll be the Father of Nations. He moves to Tel Aviv in search of his first love, Haajar. When he discovers Haajar's daughter has five Palestinian Muslim sons, he goes to Nablus in the midst of the first Intifada to claim them as his own. Abraham's Daughters is a mythic play about colonialism and identity." Cast includes Jacqueline Antaramian, Bob Ari, Esra Dayani, Grace Canahuati and Hannah Roze. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Cezar Williams, with musical guest Marie Gabrielle "Jaime McBride, an African-American woman college professor, studies and teaches genealogy. She has improperly used her resources to find out about her biological family. And without knowing that a blood tie exists, someone walks into Jaime's life, which causes Jaime to question her life choices, her concept of family, and to figure out if it's possible to re-plant an old family tree." Cast includes Sarita Covington, Daryl Lauren, Grant Machan, Malikha Mallette, and Jay Mazyck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Cezar Williams, with musical guest Marie Gabrielle "Jaime McBride, an African-American woman college professor, studies and teaches genealogy. She has improperly used her resources to find out about her biological family. And without knowing that a blood tie exists, someone walks into Jaime's life, which causes Jaime to question her life choices, her concept of family, and to figure out if it's possible to re-plant an old family tree." Cast includes Sarita Covington, Daryl Lauren, Grant Machan, Malikha Mallette, and Jay Mazyck.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Blayze Teicher, with musical guest Diana DiCostanzo "Ginnie and Adele have been friends for decades, helping each other navigate through life’s twists and turns. But when an inescapable event arises, they’re forced to confront the dark secret of how they met, and deal with forces trying to separate them in a way they never thought possible. The Flora and Fauna is a modern, #MeToo-inflected drama about unconditional love, loss, and the lengths we’d go to for one another. In order to move forward, sometimes you’ve got to go back." Cast includes Caturah Brown, Sara Thigpen, and Lily Ali-Oshatz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Celestine Rae, with musical guest Afro Dominicano "Zoila has had her entire life planned and laid out for her by her family and society. She finds herself at a crossroads when she falls in love with a friend from the past. When tragedy hits, she decides to risk it all. Leaving everything behind, she meets two ancestral sheroes and together they embark on a journey that makes Zoila question everything she was taught." Cast includes Cindy De La Cruz, Andres Santiago Piña, Lynnette R. Freeman, Priscilla Flores, Jorge Cordova, Ysmael Reyes, Maribel Martinez, and Keith Johnston  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Celestine Rae, with musical guest Afro Dominicano "Zoila has had her entire life planned and laid out for her by her family and society. She finds herself at a crossroads when she falls in love with a friend from the past. When tragedy hits, she decides to risk it all. Leaving everything behind, she meets two ancestral sheroes and together they embark on a journey that makes Zoila question everything she was taught." Cast includes Cindy De La Cruz, Andres Santiago Piña, Lynnette R. Freeman, Priscilla Flores, Jorge Cordova, Ysmael Reyes, Maribel Martinez, and Keith Johnston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Nilan, with musical guest Maya Sharpe "The sounds of war birth a young nation while three women prepare for an ancestral journey on revolutionary roads. But when the effects of outside calamity push painfully inside, the harsh realities of warfare signify much reasonable doubt as they struggle with their spiritual higher callings. Grasping with this discomfort leave them to either submit to the damage of man or venture out in the name of the mother." Cast includes Cherrye J. Davis, Daralyn Jay, Alisha Espinosa, Jasmine Saunise   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Tonya Pinkins, with musical guest Julie Brown "If Sartre’s No Exit and Hansberry’s Raisin in the Sun had a black baby, it would be Blaine Teamer‘s Dead Wait. In this black comedy, Dead Wait takes you on an Afro-existential journey that asks the question, “can we ever escape the consequences of our acts of bad faith and if so…should we?” Cast includes June Ballinger, Darius de Haas, Tyrone M. Henderson, Camille Saviola, Mateo Moreno, and Dashiell Eaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Tonya Pinkins, with musical guest Julie Brown "If Sartre’s No Exit and Hansberry’s Raisin in the Sun had a black baby, it would be Blaine Teamer‘s Dead Wait. In this black comedy, Dead Wait takes you on an Afro-existential journey that asks the question, “can we ever escape the consequences of our acts of bad faith and if so…should we?” Cast includes June Ballinger, Darius de Haas, Tyrone M. Henderson, Camille Saviola, Mateo Moreno, and Dashiell Eaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Pascale Florestal, with musical guest Big Fuzzy (Anneke Reich + Max Kennedy) "Rich and Gretchen seem to have the ideal marriage, until they learn that it was manufactured by a mysterious biotech company which installed it into their brains. Because they can no longer afford this service, the company must repossess their improvements. REPOSSESSED explores questions of identity, morality, and authenticity amidst a world of rapidly changing technology and the ethics that come with it." Cast includes Tatiana Isabel Gil, Jaymes Sanchez, Jade Guerra, Timothy Hoover, Shana Jackson, Kerline Desir, and Maurice Palmer   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Pascale Florestal, with musical guest Big Fuzzy (Anneke Reich + Max Kennedy) "Rich and Gretchen seem to have the ideal marriage, until they learn that it was manufactured by a mysterious biotech company which installed it into their brains. Because they can no longer afford this service, the company must repossess their improvements. REPOSSESSED explores questions of identity, morality, and authenticity amidst a world of rapidly changing technology and the ethics that come with it." Cast includes Tatiana Isabel Gil, Jaymes Sanchez, Jade Guerra, Timothy Hoover, Shana Jackson, Kerline Desir, and Maurice Palmer   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by David Mendizábal, with musical guest Go Home "A successful, acclaimed pop-up book artist travels to Ireland on a mission with her best friend -- per his late grandfather's final request -- as she secretly, silently grapples with losing her vision." Cast includes Denise Manning, Lily Narbonne, Ashley Marie Ortiz, Lindsay Rico, and Ricardo Vázquez     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Katherine M. Carter, with musical guest Olivia K "Set in Atlanta, this story tracks Lola, a girl with a unique upbringing as she tries to find some sort of companionship in Damian, who isn’t quite her parents idea of the boy-next-door. They don't come from feuding households or warring gangs, but what begins as lighthearted quickly becomes life-threatening. In this intersectional tragicomedy, we explore how love can be blind in a world where justice never is."  Cast includes Donnell E. Smith, Kendra Holloway, Eric Lockley, Kelly Bennett, Diana Henry, and Matthew Cohn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Katherine M. Carter, with musical guest Olivia K "Set in Atlanta, this story tracks Lola, a girl with a unique upbringing as she tries to find some sort of companionship in Damian, who isn’t quite her parents idea of the boy-next-door. They don't come from feuding households or warring gangs, but what begins as lighthearted quickly becomes life-threatening. In this intersectional tragicomedy, we explore how love can be blind in a world where justice never is."  Cast includes Donnell E. Smith, Kendra Holloway, Eric Lockley, Kelly Bennett, Diana Henry, and Matthew Cohn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Chelsea B. Lockie, with musical guest Miss Olithea "American Fascism has become the law of the land.  Which side are you on?" Cast: Nicole Stoica, Brandon Johnson, Sergio Castillo, Sean Michael Welch, and Dana Kreitz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Rebecca Aparicio, with musical guest Jay.R ("World Classic” is what happens when you take the quintessential American domestic drama away from white suburbia. It explores the identity issues created by assimilation through the eyes of two generations of an immigrant family. Like “The Humans” or “August Osage County” before it, it all takes place during one night, but unlike them, this play focus on those that had to sacrifice their homeland and in the process, compromise their heritage.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Blayze Teicher, with musical guest Dominique Brillon "After Alec, the adopted Indian son of power couple Rene and Thomas Kraut, questions his mother's politics, family hurts tumble out, un-stoppable, like the tsunami that's about to consume part of Manhattan." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Blayze Teicher, with musical guest Dominique Brillon "After Alec, the adopted Indian son of power couple Rene and Thomas Kraut, questions his mother's politics, family hurts tumble out, un-stoppable, like the tsunami that's about to consume part of Manhattan." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Kevin Hourigan, featuring performances by The Bushwick Book Club "FARMED is a concert and interview series inspired by George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Conducting interviews with leaders of grassroots movements in cities around the US, FARMED culminates in evenings of song and interview, performed for a live studio audience."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Anthony Miñino, with musical guest Jennifer Cintron and Micah Burgess "A Latinx couple in the Bronx kidnaps a twelve-year old girl in a misguided attempt at creating a family. The girl claims to be clairvoyant and can communicate with the dead, including the couple’s own dead baby. She is also protected by a not-so-imaginary friend, whom she calls “The Grinch” (Yes, THAT Grinch, only more ghoulish!). Ultimately, a battle of wills ensues pitting faith, family, and politic against each other."   Cast includes: Raiane Cantisano, Sean Carvajal, Anthony Michael Irizarry, Mateo Moreno, and Tanya Perez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Anthony Miñino, with musical guest Jennifer Cintron and Micah Burgess "A Latinx couple in the Bronx kidnaps a twelve-year old girl in a misguided attempt at creating a family. The girl claims to be clairvoyant and can communicate with the dead, including the couple’s own dead baby. She is also protected by a not-so-imaginary friend, whom she calls “The Grinch” (Yes, THAT Grinch, only more ghoulish!). Ultimately, a battle of wills ensues pitting faith, family, and politic against each other." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Theo Maltz, with musical guest May Cheung "In a small San Francisco apartment in the 1990’s, Meryl and Ana Sofia, a lesbian couple, attempt to conceive a child through in-vitro fertilization while navigating Meryl's bipolar disorder II. In the same apartment two decades later, their daughter, Robyn and her roommate Hadley are forced to navigate their friendship through Robyn's cancer. In the struggle to take control of their lives, relationships, and illnesses four women unravel the complexity of their Asian, Bulgarian, and outsider to American identities and experience the potential loss of female friendship and sense of self: What does it mean to love someone honestly even when they are incapable of being honest with themselves?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Michelle Bossy, with musical guest Ashni "A story set in Chicago's South Side on Christmas Eve, where racial tensions and personal demons are awakened as two families struggle to deal with a murder between a white University of Chicago professor and a young black student, Kevin Lamb." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Becca Baumwoll, with musical guest Gabi The Artist "Three female scientists find themselves held hostage by the government for their stance on climate change. Time bends as the women explore how much they can trust each other and question the price of their freedom."   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Blayze Teicher, with musical guest Jackie Gage "Biron has been deployed to Iraq and Islande is stuck in Coney Island. A fable of a mermaid connects them both as they are forced to confront their personal horrors in order to try to find one another and themselves during a time of war."   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Samantha Saltzman, with musical guests NOWA "The story of Jesse and Adam, two people who fall in love. But it's not only about Jesse and Adam. It's also the story of Jesse: of how a person deemed "fat" by their community lives, works, and is seen by the world he lives in. Because Jesse and Adam's relationship isn't just about them. It's about how the pressures from the people in your lives, and your community, can affect a relationship. When Adam's circle of people begins to question Jesse's worth to Adam, it makes that same doubt suddenly start to grow in Adam's mind" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Blayze Teicher, with musical guests Keren Abreu and Chris Peters "Snow in July, comets falling from the sky. The world is thrown into chaos as Cupid rips off her wings and gives up on Love. But her old flame Saint Valentine has a plan to bring her spirits back up; and it involves the relationship between two men, Alejandro and Benny. Moving from outerspace to Hackensack NJ, I Wanna Fuck like Romeo and Juliet is a Queer Love story of epic proportions that investigates God and mortals, realism and fantasy, and the pain that comes with Cupid’s arrow. Or in this case; shotgun." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Carlos Armesto, with musical guest Diana Oh "Daniel tries to write his first full-length play and it’s not going to be about his mom. He’s already written a web series about her so this play will Not. Be. About. Esther. Instead, there’s Dragon and missionaries in North Korea and oh crap his mom is calling... A genre-fucking play about unapologetic storytelling, family both born and chosen, and the messiness of intersectional identities, Daniel & Esther & Dragon journey through autobiography, imagination, & maybe the Korean War." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Melinda Hall, with musical guest Marie Gabrielle "In a future Colombia controlled by the very wealthy, the brilliant, mad Ingrid Bolivar collects young women and turns them into weapons. Policarpa, a girl with magical gifts, must resist the allure of becoming a creature of destruction. Can she instead become a savior?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

directed by Rudy Ramirez, with musical guest Benjamin Weiner "A play for all ages about finding your place in the universe, and intelligent life in your neighborhood." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices