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JUDAS, MY SON
Judas and his mother tell their stories. From Jesus, Son of Man by Kahlil Gibran.
PILATE'S WIFE
Pontius Pilate and his wife, Claudia Procula, look back at their encounters with Jesus.
BELLS
Two poems for Christmas & the New Year: Christmas Bells by H. W. Longfellow & Ring Out, Wild Bells by A. L. Tennyson
SHAM, a comedy by Frank Gerow Tompkins
In this comedy, a discriminating thief exposes the sham of a pretentious couple.
THE LAST LEAF by O. Henry
A story about love and sacrifice with a typical O. Henry surprise ending.
A MATE FOR THE CREATURE from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Creature asks Dr. Frankenstein to create a mate for him. An episode from the novel by Mary Shelley.
THE ONION & OTHER TALES - TOLD BY THREE GREAT RUSSIAN WRITERS
"The Onion" from "Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, "The Little Demon and the Crust of Bread" by Leo Tolstoy and "On the Day of the Crucifixion" by Leonid And...
NAILS by Charles Wharton Stork
Three Roman soldiers speak to Jesus as they nail him to the cross.
WAR PRAYER by Mark Twain
Twain's condemnation of the celebration and glorification of war and his revealing of the true consequences of praying for victory in war.
THE NATIVITY MONOLOGUES
A series of brief monologues spoken by persons and animals associated with the birth of Jesus. Compiled from works by several authors, including Dorothy L. Sayers and ...
THE CHRISTMAS GHOST by Stephen Leacock
A comedy in which a ghost, whom no one is afraid of any longer, shares his woes with a writer on Christmas Eve.
UNWANTED MIRACLES by Edgar Lee Masters
Not everyone was happy about the miracles of Jesus. Edgar Lee Masters imagines what the reactions of three people in the Gospel might have been to the miracles.
THE RECKONING by Percival Wilde
A barber chair is the location for the dispensing of justice.
THE HAPPY PRINCE by Oscar Wilde
A fairy tale about a statue and a bird and about giving and self sacrifice.
EIGHT VOICES: THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF JESUS
A series of monologues spoken by people associated with the arrest and trial of Christ.
2 scenes from DEATH ON VACATION by Alberto Casella
Death takes on human form for three days to investigate life among mortals.
The Wise Rabbi: Jewish Folktales
The Wise Rabbi is a series of short Jewish folktales, both humorous and serious, which reflect the wisdom of the traditional rabbi and his place of respect in the Jewi...
The Lightning Rod Man by Herman Melville
The Lightning Rod Man is a short audio play based on the story by Herman Melville. Melville is best known to us as the author of such classic novels as Moby Dick and B...
The Blind Spot by Saki
The Blind Spot by Saki. Saki, the pen name of early 20th century British writer Hector Hugh Munro, was known for his witty stories with surprise endings. In The Blind ...
Ars Moriendi: The Art of Dying by Dominic Rover, O. P.
Ars Moriendi: The Art of Dying. Dominican Father Dominic Rover wrote this monologue after he was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
At the Smithville Methodist Church by Stephen Dunn
An irreligious father sends his child to an arts and crafts program at a local church.
The Atheist’s Mass by Honore de Balzac
In 19th century France a young intern physician tries to discover why his mentor, a great surgeon and strident atheist, occasionally attends Mass.
The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain
Twain’s comic twist on the book of Genesis. What if the first man and first woman had kept diaries? 24 minutes