This month, we spotlight stories that delve into personal reinvention, emotional growth, and the courage to start anew.
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As You Like It
By: William Shakespeare
Directed By: Barry Creyton
Starring: Lynn Collins, Jeff Gardner, Alexis Jacknow, Stacy Keach, James Marsters, André Sogliuzzo, Summer Spiro, James Waterston, Jules Willcox, Matthew Wolf
"Spirited… Shakespeare's work is always a perfect fit for audio drama" —AudioFile Magazine
Love triumphs in As You Like It, Shakespeare’s joyous comic adventure! Rosalind (Lynn Collins, X-Men Origins: Wolverine), arguably Shakespeare’s greatest female character, is banished from court and follows her exiled father into the untamed Forest of Arden. Disguised as a man for safety, Rosalind’s great wit and good nature show through her male trappings as she engages with fools and philosophers adrift in the woods, and ultimately falls in love. Also starring Stacy Keach (The Long Riders) as Jacques.
Original songs composed by Summer Spiro.
Anna Christie
By: Eugene O'Neill
Directed By: Eric Simonson
Starring: Stacy Keach, Alison Elliott, Dwier Brown, Scott Lowell, Alley Mills
“Excellent, nuanced production.” — AudioFile Magazine
The passion of a coal barge captain's daughter (Alison Elliot, The Spitfire Grill) and a rough-hewn sailor (Stacy Keach, Mike Hammer) takes a tumultuous turn when her secret past is revealed. Nobel laureate Eugene O'Neill won the second of his four Pulitzer Prizes for this classic play. Also starring Alley Mills (The Wonder Years).
Includes a piece on the sea shanty "My Yosephine" that is featured in the play.
A Doll House
By: Henrik Ibsen, translated by Rolf Fjelde
Starring: Calista Flockhart, Tony Abatemarco, Tim DeKay, Jeannie Elias, Gregory Itzin, JoBeth Williams
Directed By: Rosalind Ayres
“Completely riveting.” —AudioFile Magazine
Nora Helmer (Calista Flockhart, Ally McBeal) has everything a young housewife could want: beautiful children, an adoring husband, and a bright future. But when a carelessly buried secret rises from the past, Nora’s well-calibrated domestic ideal starts to crumble. Ibsen’s play is as fresh today as it was when it first stormed the stages of 19th-century Europe.