The Parsnip Ship

The Parsnip Ship, hosted by Iyvon Edebiri, is an intimate series of plays performed before live audiences and made accessible as a monthly podcast. The series fosters community by exploring diverse perspectives and bringing awareness to inspiring voices.

Arts
Performing Arts
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The Very Last Wishes of Grandpa Joe or Mia & He...
directed by David Mendizábal, with musical guest Go Home "A successful, acclaimed pop-up book artist travels to Ireland on a mission with her best friend -- per his late grandfather's final request -- as she secretly, silently grapples with losing her ...
131 min
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Breaking and Entering (Part 2) by Liz Morgan
directed by Katherine M. Carter, with musical guest Olivia K "Set in Atlanta, this story tracks Lola, a girl with a unique upbringing as she tries to find some sort of companionship in Damian, who isn’t quite her parents idea of the boy...
78 min
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Breaking and Entering (Part 1) by Liz Morgan
directed by Katherine M. Carter, with musical guest Olivia K "Set in Atlanta, this story tracks Lola, a girl with a unique upbringing as she tries to find some sort of companionship in Damian, who isn’t quite her parents idea of the boy...
67 min
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Radical by Sergio Castillo
directed by Chelsea B. Lockie, with musical guest Miss Olithea "American Fascism has become the law of the land.  Which side are you on?" Cast: Nicole Stoica, Brandon Johnson, Sergio Castillo, Sean Michael Welch, and Dana Kreitz
89 min
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World Classic by Nelson Diaz-Marcano
directed by Rebecca Aparicio, with musical guest Jay.R ("World Classic” is what happens when you take the quintessential American domestic drama away from white suburbia. It explores the identity issues created by assimilation through the eyes of two gen...
110 min
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The Ragged Claws (Part 2) by Lina Patel
directed by Blayze Teicher, with musical guest Dominique Brillon "After Alec, the adopted Indian son of power couple Rene and Thomas Kraut, questions his mother's politics, family hurts tumble out, un-stoppable, like the tsunami that's about to consume p...
57 min
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The Ragged Claws (Part 1) by Lina Patel
directed by Blayze Teicher, with musical guest Dominique Brillon "After Alec, the adopted Indian son of power couple Rene and Thomas Kraut, questions his mother's politics, family hurts tumble out, un-stoppable, like the tsunami that's about to consume p...
79 min
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FARMED: A Live Podcast Album by Truth Bachman
directed by Kevin Hourigan, featuring performances by The Bushwick Book Club "FARMED is a concert and interview series inspired by George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Conducting interviews with leaders of grassroots movements in cities around the US, FARMED cul...
83 min
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Devil Land (Part 2) by Desi Moreno-Penson
  directed by Anthony Miñino, with musical guest Jennifer Cintron and Micah Burgess "A Latinx couple in the Bronx kidnaps a twelve-year old girl in a misguided attempt at creating a family. The girl claims to be clairvoyant and can communica...
85 min
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Devil Land (Part 1) by Desi Moreno-Penson
directed by Anthony Miñino, with musical guest Jennifer Cintron and Micah Burgess "A Latinx couple in the Bronx kidnaps a twelve-year old girl in a misguided attempt at creating a family. The girl claims to be clairvoyant and can communicate with the dea...
67 min
36
Delicacy Of A Puffin Heart by Stefani Kuo
directed by Theo Maltz, with musical guest May Cheung "In a small San Francisco apartment in the 1990’s, Meryl and Ana Sofia, a lesbian couple, attempt to conceive a child through in-vitro fertilization while navigating Meryl's bipolar disorder II. In th...
113 min
37
Kevin Lamb by Matthew-Lee Erlbach
directed by Michelle Bossy, with musical guest Ashni "A story set in Chicago's South Side on Christmas Eve, where racial tensions and personal demons are awakened as two families struggle to deal with a murder between a white University of Chicago p...
122 min
38
The New Galileos by Amy Berryman
directed by Becca Baumwoll, with musical guest Gabi The Artist "Three female scientists find themselves held hostage by the government for their stance on climate change. Time bends as the women explore how much they can trust each other and questio...
127 min
39
The Mermaids' Parade by Gina Femia
directed by Blayze Teicher, with musical guest Jackie Gage "Biron has been deployed to Iraq and Islande is stuck in Coney Island. A fable of a mermaid connects them both as they are forced to confront their personal horrors in order to try to find one an...
136 min
40
What We Look Like by Bruce Jones and Jonathan M...
directed by Samantha Saltzman, with musical guests NOWA "The story of Jesse and Adam, two people who fall in love. But it's not only about Jesse and Adam. It's also the story of Jesse: of how a person deemed "fat" by their community lives, works, and is ...
101 min
41
I Wanna Fuck Like Romeo & Juliet by Andrew Rincón
directed by Blayze Teicher, with musical guests Keren Abreu and Chris Peters "Snow in July, comets falling from the sky. The world is thrown into chaos as Cupid rips off her wings and gives up on Love. But her old flame Saint Valentine has a plan to brin...
131 min
42
OR OR OR &&& by Daniel K. Isaac
directed by Carlos Armesto, with musical guest Diana Oh "Daniel tries to write his first full-length play and it’s not going to be about his mom. He’s already written a web series about her so this play will Not. Be. About. Esther. Instead, there’s Drago...
112 min
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POLICARPA by Diana Burbano
directed by Melinda Hall, with musical guest Marie Gabrielle "In a future Colombia controlled by the very wealthy, the brilliant, mad Ingrid Bolivar collects young women and turns them into weapons. Policarpa, a girl with magical gifts, must resist the a...
114 min
44
Annie Jump and The Library of Heaven by Reina H...
directed by Rudy Ramirez, with musical guest Benjamin Weiner "A play for all ages about finding your place in the universe, and intelligent life in your neighborhood."
118 min
45
In The Room, Waiting by Thaddeus McCants
directed by Tyler Gardella, with musical guest Revi Rosa. "At lights up we meet Malcolm and Aisha, a young on-again, off again couple in a hospital waiting room. Malcolm and Aisha might be pregnant. A moving and very funny look at fate, choice and compas...
115 min
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Broken by David Meyers
directed by Dina Epshteyn, with musical guests Andrew Lynch and Katie Hartman "Kevin McFadden hasn't spoken to anyone since he killed 17 people at a shopping mall three weeks ago. But when a prison doctor takes an unexpected interest in his case, Kevin d...
102 min
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Charlie's Waiting by Melisa Annis
directed by Blayze Teicher, with musical guests Eric Powell Holm and Chana Porter. "On the eve of a very pregnant Louise's wedding to her younger fiance Kelly, a stranger knocks on their door. Forced to confront questions of trust and intimacy, Louise di...
83 min
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Everyone is an Astronaut by Corey Pajka
directed by Charles Quittner, with musical guest Abby Ahmad. "In 1986, a young man obsessed with space sets his sights on Earth. What he sees is his life in ruins, and his family in fragments. He sets about trying to make things right, but when a space s...
156 min
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Big Black Balloon by Eljon Wardally
directed by Kel Haney, with musical guest The Values. "Big Black Balloon explores the relationship between Henry and Cleo, two people whose insecurities trigger their imaginary friends to return and take over their lives. Set in a studio apartment in L.A...
86 min
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Tara by Brian Otaño
directed by Melissa Crespo, with musical guest Marrick Smith. "In the days leading up to the Christmas holiday, 30-year-old sanitation worker Ricky Paloma receives word that he has been identified as a victim in a child sexual abuse case against his high...
146 min