A Wish & A Pear

06/27/24 • 18 min

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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.

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All episodes directed and edited by Michael Mau
Original Music by Trevor Tremaine
Podcast cover art created by Geneva Hicks

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From MauHaus Productions, A Blind Play. Bonus Episode.

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.

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 Mau
Original Music by Trevor Tremaine
Podcast cover art created by Geneva Hicks

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Kadamati

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MauHaus Productions presents A Blind Play. Episode 30. “Kadamati”
Kadamati is Bengali for clay, the malleable matter capable of softness and hardness, of resilience and breakage. Kadamati is also the name of a dance devised by Akram Khan. A mass choreography open to the general public, it explores identity, connection, and belonging. It was performed in Trafalgar Square on the 24th of June 2016, the day after Britain broke, hardened and brittle, shattered by a referendum.

Kadamati was adapted from the personal essay of the same name by Chiara Vascotto.

This episode was directed and edited by Michael Mau

STARRING
Samantha Jonczyk as Chiara
Sandie Keene as Jen
Malya Muth as Christina
Toni Poe as Fellow Dancer
ADDITIONAL VOICES
Drew Valins
Michael Mau
Anastasia Wilson
Ryan Gaiser
Carter Allen
Andressa DaSilva

Original music by Nitin Sawney and Trevor Tremaine.

The podcast cover art was created by Geneva Hicks.

Additional sound effects courtesy of Pixabay.

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I sat down with Chiara Vascotto and Jen Irons as well as members of the cast of “Kadamati” to talk about the story, its origin, and the effects of art on politics. It’s a lively chat that will make you want to listen to the episode all over again. Enjoy.

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All episodes directed and edited by Michael Mau
Original Music by Trevor Tremaine
Podcast cover art created by Geneva Hicks

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Bonus Episode: Inhabited

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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.wil

For 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 Mau
Original Music by Trevor Tremaine
Podcast cover art created by Geneva Hicks