A Blind Play

Sleepwalker X

You can leave a note for a writer or cast member. Click here to text the show.A man with a severe sleep disorder becomes the star of his own reality TV show, much to the chagrin of his girlfriend.Sleepwalker X was written and directed by Michael MauAnd stars Michael Mau as WesleyElizabeth Pan as JoeRich Greene as Derek NikitasElliott Dixon as Chris, the directorHannah Dorph as RitaAdditional voices for the ART Network commercials provided by Juan Pablo SuarezChrista BurtonMatt HudgensEvan JudwayThe theme music was composed by Trevor Tremaine. Additional music for this episode by MusicLFiles, Caffeine Creek Band, QubeSounds, Edvard Grieg, Mykola Sosin, Toma Mutiu, Zakhar Valaha, Nick Valerson, and DayFoxGeneva Hicks created the podcast cover artAdditional sound effects courtesy of PixabayWriter, comedian, and actor Nina Dicker helped produce this episode. Look for her memoir Tangerine Vagina where finer books are sold.Special thanks to assistant casting director Annie Weaver.You can find out more about our cast and crew at ablindplaypodcast.com or on Instagram @mauhausproductions All episodes directed and edited by Michael MauOriginal Music by Trevor TremainePodcast cover art created by Geneva Hicks

Little Bird

You can leave a note for a writer or cast member. Click here to text the show.When triggered by a challenge from her peers, the daughter of a former military interrogator puts her father's inhumane lessons to the test, endangering her friends in order to protect herself.“Little Bird” is adapted from the short story of the same name which won the Black Warrior Review Fiction Contest in 2014. I wrote the first draft of the story in grad school in a class titled The Literature of War. The title comes from an Army cadence call in which the speaker lures a beautiful bird to the window sill and kills it. I was inspired by the grotesque and inhumane images from Abu Ghraib prison. I couldn’t help imagining those guards who treated others in such a despicable manner going home to their own families. The story has been adapted into a staged reading as well as a screenplay. This episode contains profanity and adult situations as well as suggestions of abuse. It is intended for listeners over the age of 13. A little bird with a yellow billWas sittin' on my window sillI lured her in with a piece of breadAnd then I smashed her little head—Army cadence callNarrator: Lily SandersSoldier: Kai McAlvinSir: Tim KnudsonSam: Ryan GoffmanEddie: Eddie Philpot Marco: Marco Marx Sound effects courtesy of Pixabay. Special thanks to Annie Weaver, Shenandoah Evans, and Travis Maguire. All episodes directed and edited by Michael MauOriginal Music by Trevor TremainePodcast cover art created by Geneva Hicks

Bonus Episode: Pineville Trace

You can leave a note for a writer or cast member. Click here to text the show.Earlier this year, I recorded the audiobook for Wes Blake’s debut novel, Pineville Trace. I’ve narrated several audiobooks, but this one was special for me. Wes and I met in grad school at the Bluegrass Writers Studio in 2014. We taught in the same school district in Jessamine County Kentucky. And we shared a few drinks and some adventures  in Lisbon. So when he asked me to narrate his novel, I immediately asked, "How much will you pay me?"Critics have praised Pineville Trace; readers adore it:--This was an utterly compelling read. --Pineville Trace is a quiet odyssey, an unexpectedly meditative journey of a minor outlaw. --Good first book--The cat is my favorite, and not just because I am a super-fulfilled old cat lady.--... an achingly beautiful story with a complex character at it center.--... beautifully read by Michael Mau.And I sure loved recording it. To hear the whole novel, you’ll have to buy it yourself, but I wanted to share a couple of chapters just to tease you. So here, for your listening enjoyment, is Pineville Trace by Wes Blake.If you want to hear more, or even read the book yourself, you can go to https://wesblake.com/ . There you can read interviews with Wes, find out where he’ll be speaking, and look at his face, which doctors say is too small for his head. All episodes directed and edited by Michael MauOriginal Music by Trevor TremainePodcast cover art created by Geneva Hicks

Bonus Episode: Inhabited

You can leave a note for a writer or cast member. Click here to text the show.I promised some bonus episodes, and I'm bringing them to you. WELM, how do I begin to tell you about Daniel Wescott? I met Dan the way I have met many writers recently; he hired me to produce (and perform) an audiobook: The Alien, the first novel in a sci-fi trilogy that is at once a satire, an espionage thriller, and a bildungsroman for a man-child astronaut aptly named Michael. Dan himself is an adventurer and world traveler who makes his home in Maine, where all of his novels also make their homes (or on an alien planet; or a pub in Ireland). You can get any of Dan's novels at DanielWescott.com--paperback, Kindle, or audiobook, and there are plenty to choose from.I released a chapter from The Alien during Season Two, so for a treat between seasons, I will bring you a couple of chapters from each of Dan's other books. For example, you will also hear chapters from two novels in his Love and Torment series, Inhabited and Captive with performances by Jennifer Keane @citizenkeane and Anastasia Wilson @anastasia.wilFor now though, Chapter One of Inhabited: Love and Torment Book One. Yeah, I'm doing it out of order because the first book in the series is on a hard drive that I left at my mom's house. And I'll get it later. It's a topsy turvy world, so deal with it. All episodes directed and edited by Michael MauOriginal Music by Trevor TremainePodcast cover art created by Geneva Hicks

A Wish & A Pear

You can leave a note for a writer or cast member. Click here to text the show.From MauHaus Productions, A Blind Play. Bonus Episode. As promised, we have a few post-season episodes to delight and intrigue. Today’s episode is an excerpt from the novel A Wish & A Pear, the first in her Magical Layers series, by Mary B. Reinfeld. Performed by Irene Santiago.Inspired by true events, A Wish and a Pear tells the story of two women, Angela and Soledad, whose lives are intertwined by pure fate.From metropolitan Manhattan to the picturesque jungles of rural Guatemala, Angela experiences a profound journey of the mind, heart, and soul, enhanced by the charming characters who become her family and help her heal her past trauma. It’s Eat, Pray, Love meets Tuesdays with Morrie set in the jungle of South America.Keep tuning in to A Blind Play for more bonus episodes, including an upcoming reading of Kentucky author Wes Blake’s debut novel, Pineville Trace.Follow, rate, review, and share. And thank you for listening.All episodes directed and edited by Michael MauOriginal Music by Trevor TremainePodcast cover art created by Geneva Hicks