Jakespeare Virtual Theatre Company's Podcast Plays

In the season one finale, join one man's quest to find the perfect cup of coffee.

***LISTENER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED.***

Written by: Mary Darling

Featuring: Matthew Garlin and Jake Lewis

Directed by: Jake Lewis

A student learns the power, value, and danger of secrets. This story is an allegory intended to stimulate discussion, loosely based on the author's experience with the transitioning of their child.

Written by: Gary Sironen

Featuring: Rebecca Shoer

Directed by: Jake Lewis

God has just created the universe but he still feels he's missing something. Upon the urging of his mischievous friend Lucy, he comes up with a new type of being: man.

Written by: Jake Lewis

Featuring: Betzy Wetmore & Jake Lewis

Directed by: Jake Lewis

***LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED***

It's November 27, 2015, and Lisa is waiting for appointment at Planned Parenthood for a simple STD check. However, the protestors outside concern her, so she applies her unique sense of humor to distract from her anxiety.

Written by: Philip J. Kaplan

Featuring: Robin Berl and Christie Conticchio

Directed by: Jake Lewis

Diane finds herself reassigned at work to "the banishment room," but can't understand why she got there. Her colleague, Amy, sets her straight and gives her a new outlook.

Written by: Jackie Martin

Featuring: Sarah Kezman and Betzy Wetmore

It's March, 2019, and the world is gripped by the coronavirus. What will Madison do when her elderly neighbor needs her to take her to the doctor? 

Written by: Tami Canaday

Featuring: DyNeisha Lysette, Margaret O'Brien, Nika Shakhmuradova, and Jake Lewis

Dave and Destiny meet on a street and struggle to discover why they recognize each other. Are they crazy? Have they met before? Is there a deeper connection? Perhaps all three.

Written by Ken Preuss

Featuring Joe Moffit and Susan Shosko

A girl is preparing for her Bat Mitzvah, but she begins thinking a mysterious creature is visiting her in the nights leading up to the big day. Is it just nerves, or a story from Jewish folklore that is more fact than fiction?

WARNING: This may not be appropriate for young audiences.

Written by: David Lipschutz

Featuring: Anna Sullivan Hill, Faith Fortune, and Jake Lewis

Edited and Directed by: Jake Lewis

An older married couple sit in their living room, all alone, on a cold, snowy, winter’s night. They hear tapping on their window, and their fears steadily grow as they try to figure out who or what is making this noise.

Written by: Jack B. Levine

Featuring: Richard Alvin Wright, Carol Cahill, and Rosemary Raynes

Edited and Directed by: Jake Lewis

Based upon the Robert Service poem, "The Cremation of Sam McGee," this theatrical treatment expands on the story but still delivers the chills about Cap and Sam who set out to find gold in the Alaskan wilderness.

Written by: Mary Beringer

Directed by: Jake Lewis

Featuring the voice talents of: Ray Fletcher and Jake Lewis

Darcy isn't happy when a drunk woman climbs into the back of her car thinking it's an Uber, but when they talk it turns out that all is not what it seems.

Written by Scott Mullen

Featuring Abigail Paige and Laura Raynor

Unless he learns to work with ordinary-looking doctors, new Doctor Vaughn will find himself in over his head, because he’s too handsome to practice medicine at... Ugly Doctor Hospital!

Written by: John Busser

Directed by: Jake Lewis

Featuring: Jim Douglas, Jake Lewis, Jack B. Levine, Nicky Lowney, and Patrick Murphy