Play-Mates: Find Your New Favorite Play!

Oct 27 2024 52 ep. 34 mins 6

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Love theatre but have a hard time making it to or affording to go to see new work? Look no further-- Play-Mates has you covered! First Kiss Theatre presents Play-Mates Podcast, an audio theatre production space focusing on new work by emerging theatre artists across the country. Coupled with Artist Crush Discush (live on First Kiss Theatre's Instagram once a month), you'll be in the loop on everything up and coming in the theatre world!

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LAMIA by Lauren Komer

Oct 27 2024 36 mins

It's our Halloween episode! Get ready for a spooky and atmospheric tale... Thanks to the playwright, Lauren Komer, as well as all of our actors: Marin Asnes, Lindsay Dawes, Julie Sander, Hayden Jones, Cedi Christensen, Annie Cox, Andrei Dolezal, Patrick Ganley, and Amy Ollove. Special thanks as well to sound engineer, Nico Troy! Find us on Instagram @firstkisstheatre! Email us at

Velma's Plot by Kara Hadden

Sep 15 2024 19 mins

Thank you to everyone who made this episode possible! Playwright: Kara Hadden Actors: Emily Cordes, Gabriella Gonzalez, Kyle Gazoorian Editor: Lee Harrison Daniel Director: Brynn Hambley Follow us on Instagram @firstkisstheatre and/or @playmatespodcast!

This Road in the Shape of My Spine by Bailey Shlichtman

Jul 21 2024 28 mins

Thank you to Bailey Schlichtman, Javere Greene, and Adriana Ruiz Sorrentini for all your hard work making this episode come to life! Check us out on Instagram: @firstkisstheatre @playmatespodcast

What To Expect When You're Expecting Our Lord and Savior by Bailey Jordan Garcia

Jun 23 2024 12 mins

Thanks to the playwright, Bailey Jordan Garcia, as well as our actors, Jake Banasiewicz and Keith Weiss. This episode was directed by Lee Harrison Daniel and edited by Eliza Kuperschmid. Follow us on instagram, @firstkisstheatre, to see the interview with Bailey Jordan Garcia!

Playing Games by Max Berry

May 26 2024 53 mins

The first ever Play-Mates LIVE!!! Thanks to the Maker's Ensemble for giving us the physical space in which to do this, as well as to our actors, Jake Regensburg and Regina Famatigan. Let us know if you enjoyed this Live format! Follow us on Instagram @firstkisstheatre and @playmatespodcast.

Home's Kitchen by Maeve Chapman

Apr 28 2024 31 mins

The first thirty or so minutes of Home's Kitchen by Maeve Chapman, premiering in New Orleans this June! Thank you to: Matthew Raetz Sam Drust Jason Grasl Joseph Valdez Follow First Kiss Theatre and Play-Mates Podcast on Instagram! @firstkisstheatre and @playmatespodcast!

Dead Dog Disco by Jove Tripp Thompson

Mar 31 2024 20 mins

TW: discussions of sex, violence The first 20-ish minutes of Jove Tripp Thompson's play, Dead Dog Disco!

The Sporting Life by Marjorie Muller

Feb 18 2024 32 mins

Thirty minutes of Marjorie Muller's newest, The Sporting Life! Interview with the playwright is up now on @firstkisstheatre on Instagram. TW: discussions of sex, violence, blood, menstruation. If you enjoyed the episode, let us know by following us and rating five stars! Go the extra mile and follow @firstkisstheatre and @playmatespodcast on Instagram to keep up with the late

Exquisite Corpse by First Kiss Admin Team

Dec 25 2023 21 mins

A yearly tarot reading somehow ends in arson. How did we get here?? Guess you’ll have to listen to find out! 😉 The admin team gets deep, silly, weird, and thoughtful with this response to our Countdown prompt. After all, we wouldn’t ask you to do something we wouldn’t! Follow FKT on Instagram, @firstkisstheatre!

Strangers To... by Alizae Ivette

Nov 19 2023 22 mins

November's episode features a short play (in it's entirety) by playwright Alizae Ivette! Thanks to Alizae, Javere Green, and Nadel Henville for lending their voices to this episode. Follow us on Instagram, @playmatespodcast! Follow our parent company, @firstkisstheatre!