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Fairytales
The June episode features the talents of 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 the talents of Curt Columbus ,Janice Duclos, Stephen Thorne, Rachael Warren and Joe Wilson, Jr.

American writers on Paris: 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 May program features the talents of Curt Columbus ,Janice Duclos, Tim Crowe, William Damkoehler and Mauro Hantman .

O. Henry's Short Stories: The Ransom of Red Chief and Tobin's Palm (May 2, 2008)

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Dorothy Parker
The April program features the talents of Curt Columbus and company members Janice Duclos, Phyllis Kay and Fred Sullivan, Jr .

To complement Trinity Rep's spring production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, April's episode of the Trinity Rep Radio Theater explores the work of one of his American contemporaries, Dorothy Parker, a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table writers and wits. (April 5, 2008)

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Robert Penn Warren
The March program features the talents of Curt Columbus and company members Janice Duclos, Fred Sullivan, Jr and Stephen Thorne.

Taking their cue from Trinity Rep's season opener All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren the cast will perform and discuss 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 Shakespeare's Richard III, onstage at Trinity Rep through March 2, February's show featuring 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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Mothers and Daughters
January's episode features the talents of Curt Columbus and company members Anne Scurria, Barbara Meek and Janice Duclos. Also performing on the program is a special guest from Trinity's Young Actors Studio - Molly Allen. This program will feature 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. (January 4, 2008)

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Charles Dickens
The December episode features the talents of Curt Columbus and company members Stephen Berenson, Tim Crowe and Janice Duclos. Keeping with the theme of Trinity Rep's current production of A Christmas Carol, the program features performance and discussion of the holiday themed work of Charles Dickens. The show will feature two excerpts from A Christmas Carol; an excerpt from The Pickwick Papers; and excerpts from the short story The Christmas Tree. (December 7, 2007)

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Soulmates
November's episode features the talents of Curt Columbus and company members Janice Duclos, Barbara Meek, and Fred Sullivan, Jr.

The program compliments Trinity Rep's current production of Sarah Ruhl's The Clean House, featuring performance and discussion of the work and letters of "Literary Soulmates" Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning and Anton Chekhov & Olga Knipper.

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Fairytales
The The October episode features the talents of 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.

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Robert Penn Warren
This episode features the talents of Curt Columbus and company members Janice Duclos, Fred Sullivan, Jr and Stephen Thorne.

Taking their cue from Trinity Rep's season opener All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren the cast will perform and discuss 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. (September 6, 2007)

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Forbidden Love
This episode features the talents of Curt Columbus and company members Janice Duclos, Mauro Hantman and Phyllis Kay.

The program compliments Trinity Rep's production of The Fantasticks and explores the theme of forbidden love. The show will feature excerpts from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton and Rappacini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. (August 3, 2007 - First Broadcast April 4, 2007)

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Thornton Wilder
The July episode features the talents of Curt Columbus and company members  Angela Brazil, Timothy Crowe and Joe Wilson, Jr.

The program compliments Trinity Rep's current production of Our Town, by featuring performance and discussion of the work of playwright Thornton Wilder.

The show features the excerpts from Wilder's novels Theophilus North and Heaven's My Destination. (July 6,2007 - First broadcast March 3, 2007)

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Irish Playwrights, Novelists and Poets
June's episode features the talents of Curt Columbus and company members  Janice Duclos, Stephen Thorne and Rachael Warren . Revisiting the theme of Trinity Rep's production earlier this year of Irish playwright Conor McPherson's Dublin Carol, the program features performance and discussion of the work of Irish playwrights, novelists and poets. The show will feature 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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Soulmates
May's episode features the talents of Curt Columbus and company members Janice Duclos, Barbara Meek, and Fred Sullivan, Jr.

The program compliments Trinity Rep's current production of Sarah Ruhl's The Clean House, featuring performance and discussion of the work and letters of "Literary Soulmates" Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning and Anton Chekhov & Olga Knipper. (May 4, 2007)

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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 talents of Trinity Repertory Company's Artistic Director Curt Columbus, and company members Fred Sullivan Jr, Janice Duclos, and Phyllis Kay.

Taking their cue from Trinity Rep's current acclaimed production of Cherry Orchard, the program features 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 December episode features the talents of Curt Columbus and company members Stephen Berenson, Tim Crowe and Janice Duclos. Keeping with the theme of Trinity Rep's current production of A Christmas Carol, the program features performance and discussion of the holiday themed work of Charles Dickens. The show will feature two excerpts from A Christmas Carol; an excerpt from The Pickwick Papers; and excerpts from the short story The Christmas Tree. (December 2, 2006)

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Charles Dickens
The November episode features the talents of Curt Columbus and company members William Damkoehler, Janice Duclos, Mauro Hantman and Anne Scurria. Taking their cue from Trinity Rep's production of A Christmas Carol, 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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