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The Grapes of Wrath
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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John Steinbeck's masterpiece of hard times and hope in 1930's America.

Bought by KCHW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 37
A Tale of Charles Dickens
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Charles Dickens - detective?

Bought by KMUN, KKRN, KCHW, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Great Gatsby
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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“No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.”

Bought by KUNM, KMUN, KKRN, KFCF FM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 11
A Midsummer Night's Dream
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Simon Helberg, Jamie Belber, Glenne Headly, David Krumholtz, and Stacy Keach lead an all-star cast in Shakespeare's timeless comedy.

Bought by KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KCHW, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 44
Macbeth
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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One of the darkest and most unsparing tragedies from the pen of William Shakespeare.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KFCF FM, KWMR, KMUN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 18
The Green Comet
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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"What could it be? There was no balloon and there were no aeronauts. Some strange phenomenon had occurred in the higher zones of the atmosphere, a ...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Twelfth Night
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The Bard's rollicking romantic comedy

Bought by KUNM, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 11
A Room with a View
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Eleanor Tomlinson ("Poldark") and Eugene Simon ("Game of Thrones") star in a new adaptation of E.M. Forster's romantic novel.

Bought by KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN, KWMR, KALW and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 20
The Master and Margarita
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A stage adaptation of the beloved, surreal satire.

Bought by KFCF FM, KWMR, WPCA-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 29
The Sun Also Rises
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A new audio adaptation of Hemingway's classic novel

Bought by KCHW, KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:03
  • Purchases: 11
Jane Eyre
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The classic novel, adapted for the stage.

Bought by KWMR, KMUN, Harford Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 26
Under Milk Wood
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Dylan Thomas' unique "play for voices."

Bought by KFCF FM, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 26
Cyrano de Bergerac
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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One of the most indelible figures in theatrical history

Bought by KMUN, KFCF FM, KWMR, KMUN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 24
WORD for WORDcast - E.M Forster's "The Machine Stops" Pt. 3 - The Homeless
From: Andrew Burmester
Series: WORD for WORDcast
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Part 2 - The Homeless - WORD for WORDcast continues E.M. Forster's "The Machine Stops." Written in 1909, this is a dystopian look at the future, wh...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
WORD for WORDcast - E.M Forster's "The Machine Stops" Pt. 2 - The Mending Apparatus
From: Andrew Burmester
Series: WORD for WORDcast
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In Part 2 - The Mending Apparatus - WORD for WORDcast continues E.M. Forster's "The Machine Stops." Written in 1909, this is a dystopian look at th...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
WORD for WORDcast - E.M Forster's "The Machine Stops" Pt. 1
From: Andrew Burmester
Series: WORD for WORDcast
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The premier episode of the WORD for WORDcast! Written in 1909, this is E.M. Forster's dystopian look at the future, where everyone lives undergroun...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
Announcing the WORD for WORDcast
From: Andrew Burmester
Series: WORD for WORDcast
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San Francisco’s Word for Word Theater Company brings works of literature to the stage, performed verbatim by the multiple characters of the story. ...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 04:59
The New Silence: a poem for the new climate
From: The National Audio Theatre Festivals
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By getting personal and a little surreal The New Silence by Brian Price uses humor, heightened language, and edgy jazz to take on the thorny questi...

Bought by KAAD-LP and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 27:13
  • Purchases: 2
Poetic Justice (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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When writer and radio producer Lulu Miller (Invisibilia) discovered she’d have to leave Virginia, she wrote a startling love letter to the state-- ...

Bought by WSGE, KUHF, Troy Public Radio, WNMU-FM, and KXCV


  • Added: Jul 11, 2019
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
Poetic Justice (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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-When writer and radio producer Lulu Miller (Invisibilia) discovered she’d have to leave Virginia, she wrote a startling love letter to the state--...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, KMUN, New Hampshire Public Radio, KLCC, KUHF and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2019
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 15
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Wilde's facility with words contributes to his undoing.

Bought by KKRN, WCPN, KKRN, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 17
Pride and Prejudice
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Can you really trust your first impression of someone…especially if it’s a bad first impression?

Bought by KKRN, KUSU, KKRN, WNJR, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 22
Snow White
From: dan dewes
Series: By Kids For Kids Story Time
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The wicked queen is proud to be the most beautiful of them all. Or is she? Not according to the mysterious mirror on the wall. Snow White fights fo...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2018
  • Length: 15:21
The Emperor's new Clothes
From: dan dewes
Series: By Kids For Kids Story Time
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Proudly marching naked through the Royal Parade! The king is outwitted by two crafty rascals who make a "special" suit of clothes for the Emperor. ...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2018
  • Length: 12:11
The Three Little Pigs
From: dan dewes
Series: By Kids For Kids Story Time
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What can protect you from a huffing, puffing big bad wolf? A house made of straw? Sticks? Stones? The three little pigs test their building skills ...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2018
  • Length: 10:23