Tales from the Dark Side
Trinity Rep resident acting company members Mauro Hantman, Fred Sullivan, Jr. and Rachael Warren join TRRT director Janice Duclos for seasonal spine-tinglers Wet Saturday by John Collier and The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe. (originally aired October 2008)
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The Spoils of War
The episode features Trinity Rep's artistic director Curt Columbus and resident acting company members Stephen Berenson, Janice Duclos, and Stephen Thorne, with stories and poems that reveal the lasting wounds of war: Lafayette Farewell by Ray Bradbury (broadcast with the permission of Don Congdon Associates, Inc.; copyright 1988 by Ray Bradbury): My War by Diane C. Jaeger; and Report on the Barnhouse Effect by Kurt Vonnegut. (originally aired September 2008)
Mothers and Daughters
The episode features Curt Columbus and company members Anne Scurria, Barbara Meek and Janice Duclos, and a special guest from Trinity Rep's Young Actors Studio - Molly Allen. This program features stories and poems that explore the relationship between mothers and daughters: The Unnatural Mother by Charlotte Perkins Gilman; The Sempstress by Colette; Girl by Jamaica Kincaid; Where the Water Is by Jan Shoemaker; and Anne Sexton's poems Pain for a Daughter and Mothers. (originally aired January 2008)
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Fairytales
The episode features artistic director Curt Columbus and resident company actors Stephen Berenson, Angela Brazil and Phyllis Kay. directed by Janice Duclos. The cast performs and discusses a surprising selection of familiar and "undiscovered" Fairy Tales to intrigue listeners of all ages. Sharing a theme of love and courtship, the stories include: Hans Christian Andersen's The Steadfast Tin Soldier; Oscar Wilde's The Nightingale and the Rose; The Grimm Brothers' The Clever Farmer's Daughter and King Thrush-Beard; and Anne Sexton's poem Cinderella. (originally aired October 2007)
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Americans in Paris
Our June program features Curt Columbus, Janice Duclos, Stephen Thorne, Rachael Warren and Joe Wilson, Jr., performing and discussing the work of American writers in Paris: excerpts from The Big Sea by Langston Hughes, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos, Shakespeare and Company by Sylvia Beach, and David Sedaris' The City of Light in the Dark, from Me Talk Pretty One Day.
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O. Henry
The program features Curt Columbus , Janice Duclos, Tim Crowe, William Damkoehler and Mauro Hantman, performing and discussing O. Henry's short stories The Ransom of Red Chief and Tobin's Palm (May 2, 2008)
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Dorothy Parker
The program features Curt Columbus and company members Janice Duclos, Phyllis Kay and Fred Sullivan, Jr . To complement Trinity Rep's production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, we explore the work of one of his American contemporaries, Dorothy Parker, a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table writers and wits. Short stories Here We Are and You Were Perfectly Fine, and Alexander Woolcott's elegy Our Mrs. Parker. (April 5, 2008)
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Robert Penn Warren
The program features Curt Columbus and company members Janice Duclos, Fred Sullivan, Jr and Stephen Thorne. Taking their cue from Trinity Rep's production of All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, the cast performs and discusses three little- known works of short fiction of Warren's: The Confession of Brother Grimes, A Christian Education andThe Patented Gate and the Mean Hamburger. (Originally aired September 6, 2007)
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Bad Boys and Wicked Women: Literary Villains
A companion piece to Trinity Rep's production of Shakespeare's Richard III, the show features excerpts from Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, 1984 by George Orwell, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, with performances Curt Columbus and resident company actors Janice Duclos, Stephen Thorne and Rachael Warren. (February 1, 2008)
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Charles Dickens
The episode features Curt Columbus and company members Stephen Berenson, Tim Crowe and Janice Duclos. Keeping with the theme of Trinity Rep's annual production of A Christmas Carol, the program offers performance and discussion of the holiday-themed work of Charles Dickens: two excerpts from A Christmas Carol; an excerpt from The Pickwick Papers; and excerpts from The Christmas Tree. (December 7, 2007)
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Soulmates
This episode features Curt Columbus and company members Janice Duclos, Barbara Meek, and Fred Sullivan, Jr. The program compliments Trinity Rep's production of Sarah Ruhl's The Clean House, with performance and discussion of the work and letters of "Literary Soulmates" Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning and Anton Chekhov & Olga Knipper.
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Forbidden Love
This episode features Curt Columbus and company members Janice Duclos, Mauro Hantman and Phyllis Kay. The program complements Trinity Rep's production of The Fantasticks, exploring the theme of forbidden love. The show offers excerpts from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton and Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. (August 3, 2007 - First Broadcast April 4, 2007)
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Thornton Wilder
The July episode features Curt Columbus and company members Angela Brazil, Timothy Crowe and Joe Wilson, Jr. The program compliments Trinity Rep's production of Our Town, with performance and discussion of the work of Thornton Wilder: excerpts from Theophilus North and Heaven's My Destination. (July 6,2007 - First broadcast March 3, 2007)
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Irish Playwrights, Novelists and Poets
This episode features Curt Columbus and company members Janice Duclos, Stephen Thorne and Rachael Warren . Revisiting the theme of Trinity Rep's production of Irish playwright Conor McPherson's Dublin Carol, the program offers performance and discussion of the work of Irish playwrights, novelists and poets: The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde, The Workhouse Ward by Lady Gregory and an excerpt from The Dead by James Joyce. (June 1, 2007 - First broadcast December 31, 2006)
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Anton Chekhov
The original premiere edition of Trinity Rep Radio Theater focuses on four short stories of Anton Chekhov, adapted by Trinity Rep's Artistic Director Curt Columbus, who serves as the program's guide into the genius of this prolific 19th century Russian author and playwright. It features the Trinity Repertory Company's Artistic Director Curt Columbus, and company members Fred Sullivan Jr, Janice Duclos, and Phyllis Kay in performance and discussion of Anton Chekhov's short stories The Huntsman, The Woman without Prejudice, A Drama and The Little Trick as adapted by Curt Columbus. (February 3, 2007)
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Charles Dickens
The episode features Curt Columbus and company members William Damkoehler, Janice Duclos, Mauro Hantman and Anne Scurria. The program features performance and discussion of the work of Charles Dickens. The show will feature excerpts from Hard Times, The Pickwick Papers, American Notes, Bleak House and Our Mutual Friend. (November 4, 2006)
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