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Gather by the Ghost Light”FINDING HELP” by Marj O’Neill-ButlerFINDING HELP: Daphne and her Mother are at loggerheads concerning assisted living or bringing in a caregiver. When Daphne tries to solve the problem, she is surprised by her Mother's attitude.
Written by Marj O'Neill-Butler
Directed by Jonathan Cook
Performed by Christy Roosma, Pepper Wren, and Marty Matfess
If you are associated with a theatre and would like to perform the stage version of this play, please contact gatherbytheghostlight@gmail.com and we'll put you in touch with the playwright.
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2021-04-0511 min
Short Play PodcastButtercup Golden Part 3 of 3 partsWelcome to short play podcast. This podcast has adapted a one act play originally performed at Le Chat Noir in Augusta GA for an audio format. Written by Marty Matfess, performed by Marty, Krys Bailey, Annaleesa Rogers, Julianna Johnston, and Courtney Danielle Westman. This play is a light and breezy comedic play following the life changes of our hero-Buttercup. Enjoy the show!
Music by Bensound.com
2020-11-2900 minShort Play PodcastButtercup Golden Part 2 of 3 partsWelcome to short play podcast. This podcast has adapted a one act play originally performed at Le Chat Noir in Augusta GA for an audio format. Written by Marty Matfess, performed by Marty, Krys Bailey, Annaleesa Rogers, Julianna Johnston, and Courtney Danielle Westman. This play is a light and breezy comedic play following the life changes of our hero-Buttercup. Enjoy the show!
Music by Bensound.com
2020-11-2900 minShort Play PodcastButtercup Golden Part 1 of 3 partsWelcome to short play podcast. This podcast has adapted a one act play originally performed at Le Chat Noir in Augusta GA for an audio format. Written by Marty Matfess, performed by Marty, Krys Bailey, Annaleesa Rogers, Julianna Johnston, and Courtney Danielle Westman. This play is a light and breezy comedic play following the life changes of our hero-Buttercup. Enjoy the show!
2020-11-2800 minShort Play PodcastIntroducing “Gather by the Ghost LightIf you enjoy short play podcast check out my friends podcast “gather by the gas light quote. There’s a short plays done by an award-winning writer Jonathan Cook.
2020-10-0600 minShort Play PodcastA Dave with Destiny by Ken PreussA short comedic play by Ken Preuss,
Acted by Annaleesa Rogers and Marty Matfess
2020-04-2006 minShort Play PodcastYou Haven't Changed a bit. -by Donna Hoke.Old friends meet at a class reunion.
Performed by Annaleesa Rogers and Marty Matfess
Written by Donna Hoke.
2020-04-1108 minShort Play PodcastSad Dark Depressing Short PlaySorry guys, this one came from a dark place.
Acted by Marty Matfess and Annaleesa Rogers.
Written by Marty Matfess
2020-03-3105 minShort Play PodcastGroup Therapy Part 4 (of 4)Christmas has come and gone, but the memories and scars of Christmas past still remain for our group therapy session. Laney is sad and lonely each year at Christmas, Rachel is working through her issues with her new boyfriend. Bob is again being treated like a doormat, and Tyler is still getting over the breakup of his family. Our Therapist Michael, still in school to get his advanced degree, is hired by the community center to provide some semblance of order within the group. A great Christmas story, for both before or after the...
2019-12-2222 minShort Play PodcastGroup Therapy Part 3 (of 4)Christmas has come and gone, but the memories and scars of Christmas past still remain for our group therapy session. Laney is sad and lonely each year at Christmas, Rachel is working through her issues with her new boyfriend. Bob is again being treated like a doormat, and Tyler is still getting over the breakup of his family. Our Therapist Michael, still in school to get his advanced degree, is hired by the community center to provide some semblance of order within the group. A great Christmas story, for both before or after the...
2019-12-2214 minShort Play PodcastGroup Therapy Part 2 (of 4)Christmas has come and gone, but the memories and scars of Christmas past still remain for our group therapy session. Laney is sad and lonely each year at Christmas, Rachel is working through her issues with her new boyfriend. Bob is again being treated like a doormat, and Tyler is still getting over the breakup of his family. Our Therapist Michael, still in school to get his advanced degree, is hired by the community center to provide some semblance of order within the group. A great Christmas story, for both before or after the...
2019-12-2224 minShort Play PodcastGroup Therapy Part 1 (of 4)Christmas has come and gone, but the memories and scars of Christmas past still remain for our group therapy session. Laney is sad and lonely each year at Christmas, Rachel is working through her issues with her new boyfriend. Bob is again being treated like a doormat, and Tyler is still getting over the breakup of his family. Our Therapist Michael, still in school to get his advanced degree, is hired by the community center to provide some semblance of order within the group. A great Christmas story, for both before or after the...
2019-12-2221 minShort Play PodcastRiding the Dog-A short play by Chris GarciaOn a crowded Greyhound bus, during a snow storm, two strangers discuss life, cosmopolitan magazine, and Catholic School. Originally performed at Le Chat Noir "Quickies 2019", written by Chris Garcia and Directed by Jezibell Anat. Voiced by the original performers Joseph Zuchowski and Christine Williams.
2019-07-1420 minShort Play PodcastDry Spell. -Written by Gretchen Suarez-PenaAmidst a drought, a couple grapples to save their marriage despite obstacles that have been placed in their way.
Written By Gretchen Suarez-Pena . Acting by Marty Matfess and Courtney Danielle Westman.
2019-06-1608 minShort Play PodcastLitany- Written by Patti CassidyA short play about an old woman meeting a young man in her families section of a graveyard.
Written by Patti Cassidy.
Performed by Sanjay SIngh, and Courtney Danielle Westman
Directed by Marty Matfess
2019-05-3012 minShort Play PodcastThe Existentialism of Twinkies, by Daniel M. WolpeA cute, short little play written by Daniel M Wolpe, acted by Amy Patton and Courtney Daniel Westman and Directed by Marty Matfess.
Two sisters enjoy a game of fish and a plate of twinkies
2019-05-2406 minShort Play PodcastTHE HOME FOR RETIRED CANADIAN GIRLFRIENDSOctober 11 is National Coming out day. This short play looks at the lives of fake Canadian Girlfriends on October 12.
A short play written by John Bavoso. Performed by Sanj Singh and Courtney Danielle Westman. Produced and Directed by Marty Matfess
2019-05-1611 minShort Play PodcastRecryptor-A play by Stephen GilliamA short play done on stage at Le Chat Noir in Augusta GA "Quickies Short Play Festival". Written and Directed by Stephen Gilliam
2019-05-0908 minShort Play PodcastTurning off the Lights. A short play by Daniel M. Wolpe.A short play about a soon to be married Rabbinical student and his artistic wife. Acted by Warren Post and Marian Thibodeau. Written by Daniel M. Wolpe. Directed/Edited by Marty Matfess
2019-03-0910 minShort Play PodcastIn the Whole History of Hi-Q. A short play by Vince GattonThis play was written by Vince Gatton. Acted by Warren Post, Marian Thibodeau and Marty Matfess. Directed/Edited by Marty Matfess.
Set after school in a typical high school.
2019-03-0910 minShort Play PodcastDr Woman Mr ManA short play by Richard Conlon, Dr. Woman Mr. Man is a dark comedy performed by Courtney Danielle Westman and Marty Matfess
2019-01-1329 min
#DINITRUTHSTheatre w/ Marty MatfessDini talks with Marty Matfess, the owner of the Short Play podcast, about theatre going digital and how he's using his love for theatre to reach out to his community.
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2019-01-1028 minShort Play PodcastYou can't build an empire without burning a few libraries!Written by Trace Crawford, this is a cute comedy about the end of the Library of Alexandria. Performed by Jacqueline Dufour Jones, Douglas Holly and Marty Matfess. Opening Music by Poddington Bear.
2018-12-2112 minShort Play PodcastCommunity Theater Dating and It's Nice.A two part play, light, comedic, and not especially safe for work.
2018-12-0210 minShort Play PodcastFree Booze and a FuneralWritten by Grant Kniefel, performed by Jacqueline Jones and Marty Matfess, this is a light comedic play that takes place at a post funeral gathering.
2018-11-2809 minShort Play PodcastLilith At the WeddingA short play written by Greg Lam, we find Lilith (Adams first mate) at the wedding of Adam and Eve.
Acted by Jacqueline Jones, Bryson Chapman and Paige Blackcloud
2018-11-1814 minShort Play PodcastI am the VultureA woman faces her mortality. Written by Daniel Wolpe. Directed by Marty Matfess. Performed by Warren Post and Courtney Danielle Westman
2018-10-0924 minShort Play PodcastGood FridayLate in life, but not lacking in passion, two adults meet on an online dating service and eventually spend a weekend together. But all is not well. Written by Kate Schwartz
2018-09-1709 minShort Play PodcastThugs in a PubA Short Play written by Alexander Speer. Directed by Marty Matfess. Acted by Warren Post, Douglas Holley and Adam Johnson
2018-08-2308 minShort Play PodcastSettling the ScoreBased on “An Avenger,” a short story by
ANTON CHEKHOV and adapted by Roy Proctor. Performed by Brandon Dawson and Courtney Danielle Westman. Directed for podcast by Marty Matfess. This radio adaptation of Chekhov’s 1887 short story “An Avenger” is based on Proctor’s stage adaptation, also titled “Settling the Score,” which was adapted from Constance Garnett’s English translation of Chekhov’s Russian text. Chekhov’s story and Garnett’s translation, first published in 1921 in “The Horse Stealers and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov,” are in the public domain. Contact us at shortplaypodcast@gmail.com. Contact Roy Proctor at Royproctor@aol.com
2018-08-1216 minShort Play PodcastGranny (A fully Improvised short play)A few friends and I were messing around with creating a play from scratch, completely improvised (and later edited). Courtney Daniel Westman, Annaleesa Rogers, Bryson Chapman and Marty Matfess. A fun/funny little story.
2018-07-2917 minShort Play Podcast10 Year ReunionA short play about a high school 10 year reunion. Acted by Annaleesa Rogers and Bryson Chapman
2018-07-2208 minShort Play PodcastGood to see you-Short Play PodcastA woman visits with her father to put some old feelings to rest. Acted by Courtney Danielle Westman and Marty Matfess. Written by Marty Matfess
2018-07-1513 minShort Play PodcastPlayground-A Short Play PodcastA man returns home for the wedding of his first wife and his childhood best friend. Acted by: Douglas Holley, Michael Silvio Fortino and Courtney Danielle Westman. Written by Marty Matfess.
2018-07-1516 minShort Play PodcastMorris 10:23 A short Play PodcastA short comedic play taking place at the funeral of an acquaintance. Husband and wife discussing the future. Acted by Marty Matfess and Julianna Johnston. Written by Marty Matfess
2018-07-1512 minShort Play PodcastDelivery Room-A Short Play PodcastA light comedic romp in a hospital delivery room. Acted by Courtney Danielle Westman, Marty Matfess, Amy Peplinski, Annalessa Rogers and Warren Post. Written by Marty Matfess
2018-07-1511 minShort Play PodcastIncarcerated Lloyd-A short play podcastA woman visits a prison to confront a man who raped her 6 years ago. This is a violent story with explicit language and themes. Acted by Krys Bailey and Jessica King Bailey. Written by Marty Matfess.
2018-07-1521 minShort Play PodcastBroken Glass-A short Play PodcastA short play which takes place in a living room after the funeral of a teenage boy. Sad but with redemption. Acted by Krys Bailey, Courtney Danielle Westman, Julianna Johnston and Paige Blackcloud. Written by Marty Matfess
2018-07-1520 minShort Play PodcastDivorce: A short play podcastIn this short story, we have a married couple getting their day in court to finalize a divorce. This is a light comedy. Performed by Krys Bailey and Lisa Matfess. Written by Marty Matfess
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2018-07-1510 min