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SEASON TWO

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Season 2, Episode 1
CHRISTMAS, OR THE GOOD FAIRY
​by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Anywhere, Christmastime: Well-off Ellen Stuart frets about what presents to get her family and friends for Christmas that they don’t already have or won’t just throw away. Her Aunt’s wise words open Ellen’s eyes to the world around her, and how others as close as across the street may not have the same luxuries as she does. A short story nearly 200 years old, a message that is timeless.

Cast​ (in speaking order):
ZOE LISTER JONES as Ellen Stuart
RANDY RAINBOW as The Narrator
BLAIR BROWN as Ellen's Aunt
ROB NAGLE as Cousin Tom
SAM TSOUTSOUVAS as Will
with SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR
Season 2, Episode 2
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME
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by RICHARD CONNELL
The Caribbean Sea, 1924: After falling off a yacht while en-route to South America, big game hunter Sanger Rainsford swims to a nearby island, where he is met and cared for by another big game hunter… only this man hunts a different type of big game.

Cast (in speaking order):
LUKE WISE as Whitney

MICHAEL URIE as Sanger Rainsford
JEFFERSON MAYS as The Narrator
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN as General Zaroff
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with SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR

​Operatic pieces performed by James de Balliol-Cavendish, Baron of Buittle
Season 2, Episode 3
THE COMET
by W.E.B. DU BOIS

New York City, 1920: With the exciting news of the comet passing so close to earth, everyone in Manhattan steps outside to observe its passing overhead… and that, it turns out, would be the last thing they all would ever do.

Cast (in speaking order):
LAURENCE FISHBURNE as The Narrator
DULE' HILL as Jim
ALEX AQUILINO as The Junior Clerk
HANNAH ROSE HONORE' as Passerby / Jim's Wife
SAM TSOUTSOUVAS as The Bank President / Julia's Father
LENA HALL as Julia
COLEMAN HEMSATH as Fred
with SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR
Season 2, Episode 4
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
​by EDGAR ALLAN POE

Italy, The Carnival Season: A man can only take so much. When Fortunato insults Montresor, Montresor concocts a plan to ensure Fortunato never insults again. Far away from the sounds of celebration on the streets, the two men descend into the dampness of the catacombs below, in search of a rare vintage of wine.​

Cast (in speaking order):
MICHAEL STUHLBARG as Montresor
KEITH DAVID as Fortunato
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with SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR
Season 2, Episode 5
WHERE ARE YOU GOING, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
by JOYCE CAROL OATES

America, 1966: Connie is fifteen- so the only two things in the world she cares about are her friends and flirting with boys. Her summer vacation passes by in a haze of those boys, those friends, and the ever-present music... until she meets a stranger named Friend.

Cast (in speaking order):
PATTI LuPONE as The Narrator
KATHLEEN MULLIGAN as Connie's Mother
KATHRYN GALLAGHER as Connie
CLAYBOURNE ELDER as Arnold Friend
MEGAN BEARD as Betty
JOHN SKELLEY as Ellie Oscar
with SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR
Season 2, Episode 6
THE LAST TASTE OF BARRY GROWLER
by JONATHAN MASTRO

Chicago, recently: In defiance of his grim diagnosis, a beloved wine shop owner throws an epic party, opening his rarest bottles for his favorite customers. But none of them are fully prepared for the complexity, body, and depth of what is about to pour forth.

Cast (in speaking order):
BOBBY CANNAVALE as The Narrator
TIA DeSHAZOR as Heather
JOE MANTEGNA as Barry
JEFF STILL as Mitch
ANDERSON COOPER as Raymond
ANDY COHEN as Ned
GIA MANTEGNA as Tara
TYLER HANSEN as Matthew
PATTI LuPONE as Myra
with SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR
Season 2, Episode 7
BERNICE BOBS HER HAIR
by F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

Minnesota, The Roaring ‘20s: Popularity is everything to teenagers, and some will stop at nothing to keep their place at the top of the food chain, in this “Mean Girls of The Jazz Age”. 

Cast (in speaking order):
LAURA BENANTI as The Narrator
TAISSA FARMIGA as Marjorie Harvey
VINCENT RODRIGUEZ III as Warren McIntyre
REMY GERMINARIO as Otis Ormonde
MICHAEL KUSHNER as G. Reece Stoddard
DeLANNA STUDI as Bernice
HARRIET HARRIS as Aunt Josephine
BUCKLEY HUFFSTETLER as Charley Paulson
with SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR
Season 2, Episode 8
THE BEE PLAY (Live at The New Jewish Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri)
by ELIZABETH SAVAGE

The Bronx, Late Spring. 18-year-old Carver Washington wrestles between going off to college and pursuing his dreams, and staying at home to take care of his kid sister Paris and his wheelchair-bound Grandmother, Ma’Dear.

Cast (in speaking order):
JOHN SKELLEY reading Stage Directions
MILES BRENTON as Carver Washington
RILEY CARTER ADAMS as Paris France Washington
MARGERY A. HANDY as Ma'Dear
ELLIE SCHWETYE as Devora
with SAM TSOUTSOUVAS, the voice of RPR

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