Have a meet-cute with this new fiction podcast presented by the Isle of Shoals Theater Company & AEAEA Podcast Network. Each story may start with its own circumstance and avenue to romance, but each finds its own way of showing - just like a bouquet, that every shape love takes: is uniquely striking. Image links you to Apple Podcasts - enjoy!
The only thing that sucks worse than having a crush is knowing that crush will never love you as much as the sexy werewolf erotica she writes. Adapted from the short story “Wildly Gratuitous, Over-the-top Werewolf Sex Scene” by Justy Kosek.
When two strangers find themselves stuck on a delayed train; their conversation takes even more unexpected turns than their ersatz subway ride. Adapted from the one-act play “End Of The Line” by Megan Hoche
Suspicion and fascination dovetail when (en route from Detroit to a new job on Alabama's Dauphin Island), Selwyn Tate interrupts the self-imposed isolation of the mysterious Kendra in the middle of the piney woods--dramatizing the risks involved when two displaced souls intertwine. Adapted from the award-winning play Dauphin Island by Jeffry Chastang.
As the bond between Selwyn and Kendra deepens, the stakes for their intersecting futures compound. Secrets from their past surface to make their situation even more unpredictable. Adapted from the award-winning play Dauphin Island by Jeffry Chastang.
Eliza and Danny, coworkers who’ve bonded over their morning coffees for weeks, make tentative moves toward revealing their true feelings - over texts and DM’s, when Danny quits and Eliza sets off on a business trip.What’s an innocent tonal shift? What’s a subtle revelation? And how do the things not being spoken impact what’s actually said? The stakes are high and something sinister brews beneath the emojis. Adapted from the one-act play “The Ghost” By Michelle Kuchuk.
Aidan, an actor and Obi, a screenwriter, are two friends slogging through their first summer out of college. They find themselves working coat check at a series of press parties in museums across the city; heralding the final works and retirement of a legendary painter. Hunting after hope for uncertain futures via their discussions, they muse on how art, perspective and beauty permeate different facets of their lives. Their musings take a turn when they meet Annabelle: the quirky, striking granddaughter of the exhibit’s star painter.
Aesthetics, Part 2: Annabelle shares some powerful thoughts on a couple of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s most famous pieces. A chain of events begins, changing Aidan and Obi’s friendship forever.
Puppy love becomes poetry when two childhood friends reconnect during summer vacation- one seeking solace in the storm of a faltering relationship. Hearts are firmly on sleeves and the power of what isn’t said outweighs the scant words that pass between these dueling narrators. Adapted from the short story, “Words Unspoken” by Kristen Lee
On any given weekday morning on any number of city blocks in New York, you can expect to see an assortment of car owners anxiously awaiting the massive street sweepers. This phenomenon: alternate side street parking, is about to change the lives of Jessica; a successful business owner, and Steve, a writer.
Jessica is in a race to check everything off her to-do list; Steve is content to sit back and take things one day at a time. Conflict? Yes. Attraction? Absolutely. A sweet, climactic and honest finale to the unlikely story of Jessica and Steve.
Justy Kosek: creator/showrunner
Bryan Williams: Isle of Shoals Productions, Inc., producer
Zev Hurwich: Aeaea Podcast Network, executive producer
Kiff VandenHeuvel: co-producer, Dauphin Island
More Than Roses is a scripted fiction podcast that adapts and sculpts radio dramas about love from plays, short stories, novellas and poetry.
Often atypical and always character-centric, these stories eschew tropes and conventions, illustrating love from a diverse array of perspectives and experiences. Each story may start with its own circumstance and avenue to romance, but each finds its own way of showing- just like a bouquet, that every shape love takes is uniquely striking.