The story begins. A distance battlefield. A recent defeat. And a woman who needs an answer to the question “How close I have been to death?” First act from the show “Your Results May Vary.” Cast, in order of appearance: Zoe Anastassiou– Professor Alec Effson Ron Bianchi – Major C. O Beason Ana Deloret – Captain Celi Pritel Kato Fudauchi – Corporal …

Professionals need professional help. Dr. May visits his colleague Dr. X-Tra over his psycholinguistic crisis that is driven by one, very specific word. Dr. X-Tra, in his turn, has many ways of thinking about this issue. A third scene from the practice of a San Franciscan Black Psychiatrist. Cast, in order of appearance: Phoenyx Rose – Office Assis…

One a scale form 1 to 7, how is close is close? This is warfare. Mostly death is far, far away. A score of 7 on a Likert Scale. But there are moment, moments when it is much more intimate. This is warfare. Hours of boredom punctuated by moments of shear terror. That is warfare. Alec Effson volunteers for logistics duty and receives the delivery of …

“To everything there is a season.” So we’ve been told. A time to sit. A time to stand. A time to stay in camp. A time to go down to the end of the town, And, of course, a time to come back A military camp is a novelty to Alec Effson. It holds stories that she does not yet know and yearns to understand, Tonight, she is looking for her friend, Captai…

You think you can be strong. You think there is nothing to fear. Not even fear itself. Alec certainly believes that she has the qualities that will allow her to survive on the battlefield until she meets that grim visage, “The Records Clerk of Death.” Monologue from the upcoming production by HWMS Audio Theatre: “Your Results May Vary.” Cast, in or…

Alec Effson. A scholar. A researcher. A small town teacher. Comes to a battle zone to learn something about leadership. Quickly, she finds that death is standing nearby. As a good student of the natural world, she asks the obvious question: How close is close? And how might you measure that closeness? And it is closer than your nearest friend? Mono…

For any mental health professional, one patient follows another. When the walls are thin enough, (as they often were for Black doctors in the 1960s, one patient can hear the session can hear the prior session. So now our psych faces a patient who objects to the advice given in the an earlier patient. He has “do no harm,” try to provide a little hel…

San Francisco Once the Harlem of the West. Once a city with a vibrant and exciting Black culture. It then faces the Civil Rights movement. The Black Power Movement. And a pair of Black Psychiatrists trying to make sense of of this thing called racism Cast, in order of appearance: Phoenyx Rose – Office Assistant Eric Ward – The Doctor Vernon Medeari…

Rosy Fingered Dawn stretches her hand across the morning sky. As least that is what one of Chorus believes. (He’s kind of that way. The other is not so sure.) A little snippet of a classic story in a modern setting about a timeless conflict. “Life is a Dream (or at least a wee nap”) New full-ength drama from HWMS Audio Theatre. Cast, in order of ap…

What is real? When we’re awake? Or when we’re asleep. A Dublin business has spent twenty years carefully crafting her company, her position, her identity. No one questions her role. She gets the business. She gets the revenue. She pays the salaries. She is in control of all, until a memory from the past appears and starts to ask a few questions. A …

Dublin. Rain. Business. Money. Power. Two lost souls wandering the streets and getting wet. A first look at a new show on an old subject with a classic approach. Cast, in order of appearance: Kota Fudauchi – Chaos Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Old Night [22671.p1]Oleh David Alan Grier

Fancy Club. Fatty Foods. Formal Music in the Background. This is where business is done. Or where we believe business is done. Or perhaps where we pretend that something like business might be done on a good day with a favorable wind. Three investors try to out bluff each other. Cast, in order of appearance: Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager &…

Bread Crumbs. Paths we find for ourselves. Paths we leave for others. The lessons we learn along the way. The gratitude we find with each step. A monologue of an African American Family history by Geoffrey Grier of San Francisco Recovery Theatre in collaboration with AfroSolo. A Studio Version of the live performance at Potrero Stage, San Francisco…

What holds friends together? Common background? Common history? A common vision of what they are? Three friends explore the different roles they have with each other. They are moving into adulthood. They are shaping their lives and their identities. They also suddenly realize how delicate their common bonds may be. A New Audio Drama From Tehya Merr…

We know the story. Three women. A London Office. A missing colleague. And a pandemic. Three women wake one morning to discover that a colleague has vanished in the night. Gone. Poof. Not a bit of a trace. The clue to the story lies in a play that has just opened in a London Theatre. The missing colleague has vanished into the world of that play and…

She could have been somebody. A real contender. If there hadn’t been a global economic depression. If the world hadn’t been engaged in a world war. And if she hadn’t been a woman. Through Fate or Good Fortune or the simple dedication of someone who was not discouraged by rejection, she came to lead the Mathematical Tables Project, a quirky work-rel…

New Drama. New Story. And it’s about arithmetic. And work relief. And Organizations. And Power. And National Security. Plus it’s a Love Story. A short preview of what is going to come. Told as only the HWMS Audio Theatre can do it. We’re Theatre Like You’ve Never Seen. Cast: Zoe Anastasiou – Computer Ron Bianchi – Computer Ethan Madds – Computer Te…

A suitcase on the sidewalk. A weary traveller looking for an answer. A stage manager, looking for dessert. Introducing Kota Fudauchi to the audio drama Embisivle Friend. Cast: Kota Fudauchi – Himself Michelle Thomas Hanson – Stage Manager Skippy – Himself [21913]Oleh David Alan Grier

A school. A slightly unusual school. (Business curriculum. Silicon Valley.) A principal, slightly stressed. A teacher. (ditto) Broken plumbing. A friend with a yellow car. A successful corporate leader offering advice to a young protégé while pulling the funds from another. And a little girl shall lead them all. Just another day for the audio drama…

What’s to be done? Waiting at an old train station. Not for a train of course. But will she come? Does she ever come? To New Jersey. Deepest New Jersey. A peek into the Audio Drama Embisivle Friend. Cast Zoe Anastassiou – Zoe Josh LaForce – Josh Michelle Thomas Hanson – Stage Manager Skippy – Himself [21912]…

Cermack Road, Cicero, Illinois Once it was the center of the high tech world. Now it is a shopping mall. A mall that is barely making ends meet. Not a promising future for Silicon Valley. But a useful place to introduce a new cast member. A peek into the Audio Drama Embisivle Friend. Cast Sahara Ale – Female Voice Zoe Anastassiou – Bus Driver Noah …

Every now and then you need to assess. Take a look backwards. Ask “who did that character become?” With this episode, we return to the world of the adult Madison Insullie and see her dealing with adult problems. The 11th episode of the Audio Drama Embisivle Friend. Cast Sahara Ale – Consuela Zoe Anastasiou – Maddie Ron Bianchi – Aziz Anastasia DeLo…

We’ve lost our faith in books. We’ve lost faith in texts. May may have even lost faith in problem sets. Learning by doing. Learning by interning. Learning by being mentored. It’s what you demand when you’re an 8 year old entrepreneur. And a plasma steel cutter, just for good measure. The 10th episode of the Audio Drama Embisivle Friend. Cast Zoe An…

Is a startup a startup if it doesn’t start up in a garage? That’s the myth. We start with nothing but our wits and a little empty space from our parents, or our aunt, or some unrelated person up the street. More companies have started in a garage than you might think. But at the same time, does it really matter? In an effort to answer this question…

“Don’t let your kids take capital from strangers.” It’s the warning that parents should give their kids in Silicon Valley. But parents may reason “if the kids get the investment, could things really be that bad?” Aravinda finds herself tested in the newest episode of the audio drama that puts our business future squarely in the hands of children. T…

How does it feel? They made tup the first stair but not the second. And who is there to hold them when they fall? As we follow the story entrepreneurship and innovation, we start the story of a Investor’s Representative, a famous former CEO, who goes through the world doing the things that need to be done. Introducing Geoffrey Grier as Vinny LeGoff…

The show is about the Stage Manager. Every show is. So our manager steps up to the microphone in the HWMS auditorium to explain this Audiodrama Embisivile Friend. Introduction to the next section of the drama Cast Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager Skippy – Himself [21911]Oleh David Alan Grier

Out Stage is Silicon Valley. Our actors are titans of Industry. Some titans. Fictional titans. And some kids who believe that they are titans and that the earth shudders when they walk. And a dog. And a school. And an actor who wants to give you a tour. Ana DeLoret talks about the audio drama Embisivle Friend. Cast Anastasia DeLoret – Herself Miche…

Career Management. But it’s more than that. Manage plans. Manage hope. Manage accomplishments. And here’s the part you didn’t anticipate: Manage Boyfriend before the boyfriend manages you. An ambitious Principal faces an unexpected development in the 7th episode of the audio drama Embisivle Friend. Cast Sahara Ale – Lyra of Silent Partners Debbon A…

What does it mean to help a friend? Listen to their problems? Give unwanted advice? Give them a ride in your yellow car? And what do you do, when they ask you to mentor a troublesome student? The 6th episode of the audio drama Embisivle Friend. Cast Zoe Anastasiou – Maddie, the 8 year old CEO Margaux Amie – Evelyn Rouse Debbon Ayer – Penelope Othma…

Where are Mom and Dad? Any drama that features independent kids have to answer that question. The reasons are not always pretty but with a little help, they can be “neatened up a bit.” “Neatening” doesn’t help here, as a friend of Maddie’s father tries to explain The story of independent kids on the 5th episode of the audio drama “Embisivle Friend”…

There’s a deal to be made here. If only all the parties would see it. One is looking for a crown. The other is hoping to find the exit. The problems of finding a common ground and a common agreement on the fourth episode of the audio drama “Embisivle Friend”. Cast: Zoe Anastassiou – Maddie, the 8 year old CEO Ron Bianchi – Aziz & Maximillian Becker…

Influencer A career that inspires the children of our age. Roughly equal in status to those of astronaut, video game designer, and ballet dancer. Tehya Merrit from our cast visits center stage of influence. The Twitter headquarters to explain our drama. A lovely lobby. A decent café. And a place where influence is born. A frontstage look from the c…

Ordinary Day. Not so ordinary school. Not much happening. Though the fifth graders… that’s another story. And an aspiring CEO decides that Adam Smith might have something useful to say about her arithmetic quiz. Crowdsourcing an exam on the Third Episode of our series on Maddie, the 8 year old entrepreneur. Cast: Sahara Ale – Vice Principal Afra So…

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A new story is coming. And part of it takes place in the City by the Bay. Cast member Geoffrey Grier gives a quick tour of the landscape of the audio drama “Embisivle Friend” Cast: Geoffrey Grier – Himself Skippy – Himself [21906]Oleh David Alan Grier

A little girl with big dreams. A hardened veteran of business who has taken his share of punches. And two actors talking about these characters. A little preview of our upcoming story line: Embisivle Friend. Cast: Zoe Anastassiou – Herself (& Maddie) Geoffrey Grier – Himself (& Vinny) Skippy – Himself [18804]…

End of the line. The enemy is vanquished. The Office is packed. The Ship is riding on the outgoing tide. The Prodigal returns. If we may invoke multiple images to announce the last episode of this story. The final episode of the audio drama “Talking and Shopping” Cast: Sahara Ale – Yasmin of HWMS Margaux Amie – Rachel D’Fino, and Evelyn the Office …

There comes a time. A time when you have to face the bull. You can’t have a corporate leader who terrorizes employees, makes policy in public, and cuts unauthorized deals. And when the time comes. Only one person can do the job The episode 28 of the audio drama “Talking and Shopping.” Cast: Sahara Ale – Yasmin of HWMS Debbon Ayer – Abby Alton, CEO …

He’s a Tech Guy. He thinks he has something to tell the world, something the world doesn’t know. Little surprised that needs people to help him. Ed Kowalski, the CTO of the Tech Giant Talking and Shopping returns to Washington but discovers that no one really missed him while he was gone. And no one is really excited to have him back. The episode 2…

He’s trying to do a good thing. A good thing with a drone. A good thing with a drone in the nation’s capital. It was supposed to be good. But now he is sitting in the station house of DC Police District 1 trying to explain what he is doing. The lost episode of the audio drama “Talking and Shopping”. (episode 26) Cast: Ron Bianchi – Station Chief Ma…

Intimate Knowledge. It doesn’t mean what it used to mean. And it doesn’t make things any easier. As Abby Alton, CEO of Talking and Shopping, prepares to meet Congress, two of her aides grappled with the fact that one of them knows a great deal about the other. A slow dance of information on episode 25 of the series “Talking and Shopping.” Cast: Sah…

There are so many moving parts. You think you have a strategy and then things fall apart. Successful coworkspace. Capitol Hill. A Center for women. Finally, a sitting Senator graces the facility with her presence but at the same time, a real estate agency makes a call. Episode 24 of the Audio Drama “Talking and Shopping” Cast: Sahara Ale – Yasmin o…

Can’t things just get better? By themselves. When there is a market to disrupt. And money to be made. Ed Kowalski, the CTO of the hapless Internet firm Talking and Shopping is back in Silicon Valley. Tired of Washington. Tired of things he doesn’t understand. Tired of trying to get along with people. Episode 22 of the Audio Drama “Talking and Shopp…

A friend you support financially is a friend indeed. So you would think. Abby Alton, the CEO of the Tech Giant Talking and Shopping pays a visit a Trade Association, the National Information Market Brokers Institute. T & S pays their bills, so you would expect a little love. And love can be found here. It is just not the love that you would expect …