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