Wordplay: Theater for the Ear and the Imagination
By Rev. Matthew Powell, O.P.
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Wordplay: Theater for the Ear and the Imagination is a podcast that will produce short audio plays and monologues, both dramas & comedies, which reflect the dignity and spiritual nature of the human person. The actors are alumni of Providence College Theatre. Rev. Matthew Powell, O.P., associate professor emeritus of theatre, is the director.
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BEFORE I DIE: FAREWELL LETTERS FROM FIVE MARTYRS
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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A MATTER OF HUSBANDS by Ferenc Molnar
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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THE BEAR THAT WASN'T
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May 24, 2026 |
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THE BEGGAR AND THE KING by Winthrop Parkhurst
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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A SAMPLER OF AESOP'S FABLES
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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BLACK CHORUS: AFRICAN-AMERICAN POETS AND COMPOSERS PROCLAIM CHRIST
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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MR. GILHOOLEY'S COFFIN, a short audio comedy by Matthew Powell
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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THE CALL OF PETER AND ANDREW
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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THE CRIPPLED MAN AND SAINT ANTHONY: A MEXICAN FOLK TALE
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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THE INTERLOPERS by Saki
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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POEMS AND CAROLS FOR CHRISTMAS
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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THE BRIDE OF CANA by Kahlil Gibran
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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MY UNCLE SOSTHENES by Guy De Maupassant
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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THREE ITALIAN FOLK TALES
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May 15, 2024 |
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JUDAS, MY SON
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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PILATE'S WIFE
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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BELLS
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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SHAM, a comedy by Frank Gerow Tompkins
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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THE LAST LEAF by O. Henry
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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A MATE FOR THE CREATURE from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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A Salute to Brevity 1: Ain't I A Woman? by Sojourner Truth
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May 14, 2023 |
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A Salute to Brevity 2: Eulogy for the Dog by George Graham Vest
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May 14, 2023 |
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A Salute to Brevity 3: Call for a Last Council of the Tribal Chiefs by Chief Plenty Coups
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May 14, 2023 |
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A Salute to Brevity 4: If by Whiskey by Noah Sweat
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May 14, 2023 |
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A Salute to Brevity 5: Sermon to the Birds by Saint Francis of Assisi
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May 14, 2023 |
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A Salute to Brevity 6: Address to Her Troops by Queen Elizabeth I
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May 14, 2023 |
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THE ONION & OTHER TALES - TOLD BY THREE GREAT RUSSIAN WRITERS
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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NAILS by Charles Wharton Stork
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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WAR PRAYER by Mark Twain
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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THE NATIVITY MONOLOGUES
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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THE CHRISTMAS GHOST by Stephen Leacock
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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UNWANTED MIRACLES by Edgar Lee Masters
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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THE RECKONING by Percival Wilde
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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THE HAPPY PRINCE by Oscar Wilde
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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EIGHT VOICES: THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF JESUS
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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2 scenes from DEATH ON VACATION by Alberto Casella
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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The Wise Rabbi: Jewish Folktales
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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The Lightning Rod Man by Herman Melville
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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The Blind Spot by Saki
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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Ars Moriendi: The Art of Dying by Dominic Rover, O. P.
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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At the Smithville Methodist Church by Stephen Dunn
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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The Atheist’s Mass by Honore de Balzac
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain
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Feb 23, 2021 |