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Phileas Fogg takes on the world once again in this abbreviated theatrical adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic novel.

A group of politically correct teachers are tasked with creating a Thanksgiving play for their students. They hire a Native American actor to lend authenticity to the proceedings. When it turns out she’s ethnically ambiguous the teachers are left to navigate the resulting pitfalls in this rich satire. Includes a conversation with playwright Larissa FastHorse.

Bunter Gedichthörband ist eine Sammlung von Gedichten aus den Jahren 2012 bis 2019 und beschäftigt sich mit dem Leben, Alltagssituationen, Freude und Leid und immer wieder mit der Liebe. Mit dem Versuch auf den gehobenen Zeigefinger zu verzichten, werfen die Texte oftmals Fragen auf, die zu beantworten der Hörerinnen, dem Hörer überlassen bleiben oder versuchen einfach eine Stimmung einzufangen und abzubilden. Manchmal wird auch ganz einfach nur eine Geschichte erzählt.

Set in Vienna at the turn of the 19th century, the romantic entanglements of four young individuals, Fritz, Theodor, Christine, and Mizi, offer a sharp social commentary and insight on the influence of personal and social morals on relationships.

Yasmeen is a Yemeni-American high school senior with big dreams. Dr. Guy Royston is her science teacher with a mysterious past. When Yasmeen asks Dr. Royston for an important favor, it sets off a series of events that challenges their core beliefs about science, faith, and the nature of love. Includes a conversation with playwright Laura Maria Censabella.

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1841: Datterich, ein Lebenskünstler ohne Geld und Arbeit, ist ein Pumpgenie, immer auf der Jagd nach einer Flasche Wein, dem nächsten Schoppen, ein unverfrorener Schnorrer, weit überlegen an Wendigkeit und Witz den biederen Bürgersleuten, repräsentiert durch Familie Dummbach und den Drehergesellen Schmidt. Um den jungen Schmidt besser ausnehmen zu können verspricht ihm der Datterich Protektion und versucht den schüchternen Gesellen an Evchen, Datterichs Cousine, zu verkuppeln.

Two rooftops in suburban Ohio. A 75-year-old man and a nine-year-old girl sit on houses full of secrets. Literally. Bernard wants nothing more than to enjoy his beer (and perhaps kill a few sparrows), but Rory next door has different plans for him. With six decades between them and only four chance encounters to connect, these unlikely new friends unearth what's buried in each other and find new ground.

A team of lawyers uses a little-known legal writ to fight and overturn the conviction of Fred Korematsu, unjustly sentenced for resisting the WWII mass incarceration of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast. The play draws much inspiration from Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai (University of Washington Press 2015) and Justice Delayed by Peter Irons (Wesleyan University Press 1989).

La Divina Comedia es un poema alegórico donde el protagonista encuentra su propia identidad a través de un viaje desde el Infierno hasta el Cielo. La vida real y la sobrenatural se entrelazan mediante la lucha entre el ser y el espíritu. El poema consta de tres partes: Infierno, Purgatorio y Paraíso, donde para alcanzar la felicidad humana y religiosa es preciso seguir un camino que obliga a pasar antes por el rechazo del pecado y la purificación del arrepentimiento.

The most renowned and wittiest of Oscar Wilde's comedies, The Importance of Being Earnest ridicules Victorian sensibilities and is still strikingly relevant to this day. This full-cast audio adaptation featuring Tim Brooke-Taylor as Lady Bracknell is unique yet at the same time reassuringly familiar, with wonderful performances from the Offstage Theatre Group.

When Claudia gets pregnant, she has a very clear plan for how she wants to give birth. Her prenatal anxieties inspire her father to create a device for safer deliveries, and Claudia realizes that nothing ever goes quite as expected. Includes a conversation with playwright Chiara Atik and Dr. Judith Reichman, an OB/GYN and longtime medical contributor to The Today Show.

Le trappole dell'anima sono le più dannose. "Liberi nella trappola" nasce dall'omonimo spettacolo di Beppe Frattaroli con l'intento di rispondere a quelle domande che, da sempre, contraddistinguono i movimenti più significativi dell'animo umano: Chi siamo? Dietro cosa ci muoviamo? Quali sentimenti abitano e dominano il nostro cuore? Siamo in grado di riconoscerli? E se riconosciuti abbiamo la capacità di scegliere in libertà quali di essi accogliere o respingere?

Recorded at Glamis Castle in Scotland with a full cast, Almost Tangible's multi-award-winning Macbeth is a gripping, immersive sound experience that puts the listener at the heart of the action in Shakespeare's epic drama about power, ambition, passion, and betrayal. Realistic and relatable, emotionally complex and physically demanding, listening to Macbeth is a unique experience showcasing a ground-breaking approach to audio storytelling. The soundscapes move and transport the listener, as active participants, immersed in the story, and surrounded by the characters.

After 18 years of marriage, Della Doucet decides she’s had enough of life on a South Carolina military base and reinvents herself in the New York art world while reveling in a series of shallow romantic affairs. Her new life seems to be going well until she finds herself in the arms of a charming younger man.

Saigon has fallen, and two Vietnamese refugees meet in an Arkansas relocation camp before setting out on a rip-roaring road trip across America. Qui Nguyen tells the hilarious and only slightly not-true version of how his parents met and built a life for themselves in a new land. Recorded before a live audience at the UCLA James Bridges Theater in February 2020.

The quiet porch of a rest home for the aged explodes with emotion when prim Fonsia Dorsey sits down to play gin rummy with the cynical Weller Martin. Fonsia is drawn to Weller, but she just can't stop winning at cards, while Weller bemoans the bad luck that is ruining his game and has dogged him throughout his life. Tragic yet uproariously funny, this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama examines themes of individual responsibility and society's mistreatment of the aged. A co-production with The Smithsonian Associates and Voice of America.

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Représentées pour la première fois au théâtre du Palais-Royal le 12 mars 1672, "Les femmes savantes" fut un succès, car le registre de La Grange indique que, de cette date au 5 avril, la comédie fut jouée onze fois avec des recettes satisfaisantes. Si, avec "Les femmes savantes", Molière a atteint un degré de perfection qu'il ne pouvait plus dépasser, c'est qu'il s'y efforça avec obstination ; autant pour prendre sa revanche de tant d'ouvrages faciles que le caprice royal l'avait contraint à "bâtir sur l'heure", que pour confondre ses détracteurs qui l'accusaient de "bâcler"...!

À l'instar de Phèdre, la langue de Racine atteint des sommets dans Bérénice (cf. Acte IV, scène 5) - Le dénouement, sans mort ni violence, est extrêmement pathétique.

"Wilhelm Tell" von Friedrich Schiller - Drama eines Schweizer Nationalhelden: "Wilhelm Tell" ist das letzte Drama, das Friedrich Schiller vor seinem Tod fertigstellte. 1804 uraufgeführt, ist das Stück über den Schweizer Freiheitskämpfer und Nationalhelden inzwischen ein unverzichtbarer und faszinierender Teil der Weltliteratur. Bei DAV ist "Wilhelm Tell" als grandioses Hörspiel aus dem DRA mit hochkarätigen Sprechern wie Maximilian Larsen erschienen.