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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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
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The Veils by Hope Villanueva
directed by Megan Behm, with musical guest Allison Strong. "Splitting time between the present and past, THE VEILS explores the experiences of Mel, a marine home on leave from Afghanistan. As she plans her upcoming wedding, and is haunted by memories of ...
108 min
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Welcome Home by Andrea Lynn Green
directed by Chelsea Drumel, with musical guest Kristin Stokes. "On Thanksgiving week, three generations of O’Connor women converge at the family’s dilapidated upstate New York farmhouse. With a new guest to entertain, the three O 'Connor women are on the...
151 min
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Get Your Pink Hands Off Me Sucka and Give Me Ba...
128 min
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Untitled Radio Play by Keelay Gipson
directed byTJ Weaver, with musical guests Starr Busby and SHACAR. "Benji Benedict is a radio talk show host in the age of the dying medium. After a late night encounter on a dating app, his following day is tinged with regret, systemic racism, and workpl...
65 min
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The Aventines by Teague Mitchell
directed byTeague Mitchelle with musical guest Anneke Reiche. "Two guys walk into a bar. They found an art movement. It fails. They burn down the bar. Cue Latin drinking songs..." featuring Adriana Bohmier, Eri Nox, Teague Mitchell, Anneke Reiche, and Ry...
40 min
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Missives by Garret Jon Groenveld
directed by Garret Jon Groenveld, with musical guest Jordain Wallace. "Ben is a little lost, and he reaches out to Lia, his neighbor across the hall (whose a little lost herself). How? By slipping letters under her door. A friendship unfurls through lett...
97 min
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Beshert by Chana Porter
directed by Scott Rodrigue, with musical guest Lila Blue. Ruth contains multitudes that Samuel cannot comprehend. Samuel seeks absolution from Eli's dybbuk. Eli is Ruth's angel from heaven. Drawing on Jewish mysticism and blurring gender barriers, BESHER...
145 min
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The String's the Thing by Veronica Tjioe
directed by Veronica Tjioe with musical guest Bobey. Juxtaposing the Minotaur myth with the reality of living a liminal existence, what it feels like to be neither “one” nor “the other”, Tjioe explores from a mixed-race perspective the tenuous state of b...
86 min
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Spit the Pit by Christine J. Schmidt
directed by Christine J. Schmidt, with musical guest Phil Hamilton and Christine J. Schmidt "Francine is changing her name to 'Peaches; so that Rob, who has a fetish for human taxidermy, might find her one day despite the difficulty it may cause her own ...
109 min
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School of the Americas by José Rivera
directed by José Rivera with musical guests Rafael Rosa and Melanie Lozano. The final days of Che Guevara’s life spent imprisoned in a school house in Boliva and the school teacher, Julia Cortez, who visited him there. Featuring Felix Soliz, Alfredo Narc...
117 min