Podcast
Radio Play Revival
Hosted by Groundswell Theatricals & Josh Johnston · EN
Radio Play Revival features great American actors performing great American works of literature. Performed by both established and new-and-emerging performers, musicians, and writers, Radio Play Revival pays homage to the golden age of radio, in the now-second golden age of audio.
Radio Play Revival has an ensemble repertory cast of performers featuring Christopher Walken, Laura Benanti, Patti LuPone, Anderson Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Jefferson Mays, Jessica Chastain, Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Williams and many more.
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S. 3, Ep. 9: Cathedral by Raymond Carver
Feb 19, 202400:43:40Tap to summarizeConnecticut, 1983: In a strained marriage, a narrow-minded, prejudiced man- and his wife- host the wife’s former coworker for the night. Their guest is a blind man, and that’s the last person in the world this man wants to host... until the blind man opens the sighted man’s eyes for the first time in his life.Cast (in speaking order):BRYAN CRANSTON as The NarratorSTEPHEN McKINLEY HENDERSON as RobertAUBREY PLAZA as The Narrator's Wifewith SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →S. 3, Ep. 8: A Bush League Hero by Edna Ferber
Feb 12, 202400:22:38Tap to summarizeThe Midwest, 1912: Ivy Keller is on summer vacation and bored limp. Until her father takes her to a baseball game. What ensues is a love triangle between Ivy’s father wanting the best for her, the star baseball pitcher and Ivy, and Ivy’s love of the game.Cast (in speaking order):ALLISON JANNEY as The NarratorED O'NEILL as Pa KellerTAYLOR MISIAK as Ivy KellerKATHRYN GRODY as Ma KellerJOHN SKELLEY as Rudy SchlachweilerPAUL URCIOLI as The Proprietorwith SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →S. 3, Ep. 7: The Swimmer by John Cheever
Feb 5, 202400:34:48Tap to summarizeThe Suburbs, 1964: Neddy Merrill is lounging poolside at a friend’s party, gin in hand, when a genius thought materializes in his mind. He’s going to swim home! His ensuing pilgrimage across the familiar neighborhood swimming pools- a symbol of everything right in his life- leads him back to his own house, where everything has gone so wrong.Cast (in speaking order):PATRICK PAGE as The NarratorNATHAN MALIN as Donald Westerhazy / The LifeguardsKELLY FAIRBROTHER as Lucinda Merrill / Shirley AbbottGIA MANTEGNA as Helen Westerhazy / Enid BunkerREBECCA KUZNICK as Mrs. GrahamJOSH JOHNSTON as Neddy MerrillKITTY SWINK as Mrs. HalloranLASHETTE SHOWERS as Helen HalloranTIA DeSHAZOR as Grace Biswangerwith SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →S. 3, Ep. 6: Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street by Herman Melville
Jan 29, 202400:53:10Tap to summarizeNew York City, 1853: An elderly lawyer reflects on an employee he had thirty years prior, and the havoc that his passive resistance inflicted upon everyone around him.Cast (in speaking order):SAM TSOUTSOUVAS as Every Characterwith JOSH JOHNSTON, the voice of RPR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →S. 3, Ep. 5: Bodies in the Moonlight by Langston Hughes
Jan 22, 202400:19:48Tap to summarizeThe West African Coast, 1927: With their ship stuck in port for over a month, half the crew sick with fever, and food running low, two best friends fall for the same woman.Cast (in speaking order):JON HAMM as The NarratorTYLER HANSEN as The Chief Mate / The Second CookNATHAN MALIN as The Young SwedeDAVID ZAYAS as Porto RicoKATHRYN ALLISON as NunumaJOHN SKELLEY as The Jamaican Baker / Wireless Manwith SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →S. 3, Ep. 4: The Enchanted Bluff by Willa Cather
Jan 15, 202400:26:22Tap to summarizeNebraska, 1909: Six friends enjoy the final night of their final summer together under the stars and the moon, in this coming-of-age tale about friendship, innocence, and adventure.Cast (in speaking order):NEIL PATRICK HARRIS as The NarratorASHTON MUÑIZ as Otto HasslerCOLEMAN HEMSATH as Percy PoundDARREN CRISS as Tip SmithAARON ALCARAZ as Arthur AdamsYOUNG DYLAN as Fritz Hasslerwith SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →S. 3, Ep. 3: Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway
Jan 8, 202400:14:48Tap to summarizeSpain, 1927: While waiting for a train, a young couple passes the time with drinks and observations, discussing everything they can think of before they must finally have the conversation they’ve been dreading.Cast (in speaking order):JESSICA LANGE as The NarratorSAMI GAYLE as The GirlJOSH JOHNSTON as The MANMARILYN CASERTA as The Waitresswith SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →S. 3, Ep. 2: Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Jan 1, 202400:32:25Tap to summarizeNew England, 1834: Mr. Higginbotham was murdered last night in Kimballton. Or was it the night before last? Two travelers on the road tell our protagonist, Dominicus Pike, differing stories of Mr. Higginbotham’s murder. But everyone else Dominicus meets on his journey to Kimballton says they’ve seen Old Man Higginbotham alive today. Can you solve the mystery before the end of this horror-comedy?Cast (in speaking order):JEFFERSON MAYS as The NarratorCLAYBOURNE ELDER as Dominicus PikeLUKE WISE as The TravelerARMIN SHIMERMAN as The FarmerAARON ALCARAZ as The EthiopianPAUL URCIOLI as The LawyerLASHETTE SHOWERS as Mr. Higginbotham's NieceROB NAGLE as The Toll Gathererwith SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →S. 3, Ep. 1: A Worn Path by Eudora Welty
Dec 25, 202300:28:28Tap to summarizeMississippi, Christmas Day: Never get in the way of a grandparent. Old Phoenix Jackson makes her way through the woods, in search of medicine for her grandson. On her familiar journey, she faces new obstacles, friends and foes, and an ever-changing world.Cast (in speaking order):COREY HAWKINS as The NarratorPHYLICIA RASHAD as Old PhoenixSAM ROBARDS as The HunterMEGAN BEARD as The Woman on the StreetKATHLEEN MULLIGAN as The AttendantKITTY SWINK as The Nursewith SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →S. 2, Ep. 8: The Bee Play by Elizabeth Savage (Live from St. Louis, MO)
Feb 12, 202301:07:00Tap to summarizeThe Bronx, 2016. 18-year-old Carver Washington wrestles between going off to college and pursuing his dreams, and staying at home to take care of his kid sister Paris and his wheelchair-bound Grandmother, Ma’Dear.Cast (in speaking order):JOHN SKELLEY reading Stage DirectionsMILES BRENTON as Carver WashingtonRILEY CARTER ADAMS as Paris France WashingtonMARGERY A. HANDY as Ma'DearELLIE SCHWETYE as Devorawith SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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