Playtime on WIOX - 2021
Calendar 2021
All shows at 6PM ET
April 13: Recorded Performance of “The Wolf and Its Shadows”
by Sandra Fenichel Asher; Composer and Sound Design Elliot Sokolov
Co-Hosts: Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Guests: Sandra Fenichel Asher, Laurie McIntosh
April 27: “What’s So Great about the Ten-Minute Play?”
"When the World Falls in Love" and "Time Is, Time Was"
Co-Hosts: Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Guests: Darlene DeMaille, Gail Lennstrom
Playwrights: Donald Loftus, Verne Vance
May 11: Play for Young Audiences: "Jesse and Grace, A Best Friends Story"
Co-Hosts: Amie Brockway and Carol Schwartz
Guests: Playwright Sandra Fenichel Asher and Poet David L. Harrison
May 25: The Art of the Dramatic Monologue
Co-Hosts: Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Guests: Anne Barone, Irene Keeney, Gail Lennstrom, Marj O'Neill-Butler
June 8: All About Auditions
Co-Hosts: Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Guest: Darlene DeMaille and Marcy Thorn
June 22: What About Our Town?
Co-Host: Beth Sherr
July 6: Selecting eight 10-Minute Plays for Summer Shortcuts XI.
Co-Host: TBA
Guests: Marge Helenchild and Linda Stevenson
July 20: Rehearsed Reading of "Clara and the Mermaids" by John Newman (for young audiences)
Co-Hosts: Carol and Arnie Schwartz
Guest: Madison Tobon, Rebecca Newman, Irene Keeney, Atticus Rosenweig, Angie Potrikus, Pip Merrick, Darlene DeMaille, John Newman
August 24: Reading Performance of "A Lot Lost" by Mark Branson
Co-Hosts: Amie Brockway and Beth Sherr
Guest Artists: Playwright Mark Branson, Director Ron Nash, Actors James Ward Stevenson, Gary Falk
August 31: Reading Performances of "Eternity" by Elan David Garonzik and "Grim Reaper" by Dean Bevan
Co-Hosts: Amie Brockway and Beth Sherr
Guest Artists: Playwrights Elan David Garonzik and Dean Bevan, Directors Frank Canavan and Ron Nash, Actors Roy F. Moses, Alice Zigelis, and William King Barnett
September 14: Two ten-minute plays from Summer Shortcuts XI "For the Record" by F. J. Hartland and "Second Act Second Helpings" by John Mabey
Co-Hosts: Amie Brockway and Beth Sherr
Guests: Michelle Macau, Pip Merrick, Gary Falk, William King Barnett, Patricia Brannen, Roy F. Moses
September 28: Interview with the cast and crew of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”
Co-Hosts: Amie Brockway
Guests: The cast and crew of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”
October 12: “Creating a New Radio Play”
November 2: Live Performance Broadcast of Sandra Fenichel Asher’s “Fidelio”
November 9: Three Ten-Minute Plays from Summer Shortcuts XI
"Clara the Christmas Tree Angel," "Meet the Beetletoons," "Grape Nerds Reunion"
Co-Hosts: Amie Brockway and Beth Sherr
Guests: Playwrights Enid Cokinos, Alli Hartley Kong, and Ken Preuss; Directors Marge Helenchild and Pip Merrick; Actors William Barnett, Patricia Brannen, Darlene DeMaille, and Gary Falk
November 23: "Human Comedy and Thanksgiving"
Co-Hosts: Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Guests: Wilma Mazo and Darlene DeMaille
Reading performance of Wilma Mazo's ten-minute play "While the Iron is Hot," with Wilma performing the role of Myra, and Darlene DeMaille reading "A Poem of Thanksgiving" by Max Coots, with discussion following.
December 21: Reading Performance of "The Road to Riverbank"
Co-Hosts: Amie Brockway and Erwin Karl
Guests: Darlene DeMaille as Storyteller, John Exter as as Water Rat, and Gary Falk as Mole in "The Road to Riverbank" adapted by Amie Brockway from Kenneth Graham's "The Wind in the Willows".