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Tony winner Tonya Pinkins (Jelly’s Last Jam, “Fear the Walking Dead,” PoA’s Poof!), Tony nominee Condola Rashad (Saint Joan, “Billions”), and Melanie Nicholls-King ("The Wire," "Little Fires Everywhere”) star in Cassandra Medley’s CELL. When a jaded supervisor at an immigrant detention center finds jobs there for her sister and niece, family tensions erupt into a battle over home and homeland security.

Directed by Diverse City Theater Company founder Victor Lirio, CELL by Cassandra Medley (Relativity, Coming Up for Air) “deftly explores the dirty antidemocratic secret of institutionalized racism” (New York Times). After the play, host Claudia Catania joins Pulitzer Prize-winning immigration journalist Julia Preston, Broadway producer Cheryl Wiesenfeld, and playwright Medley to move beyond headlines and explore the real lives that inspired CELL.

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“This doesn’t seem like your kind of place -
     Why?
I dunno. You don’t look like you eat a lot of crappy deli meat.”

Through a haze of gin, mediocre roast beef, and horrible apartment parties, a grieving New Yorker finds herself drawn to a quirky, flirtatious friend-of-a-friend. Hurtling through time, ANNIVERSARY by Rachel Bonds (PoA’s Winter Games, Goodnight Nobody) follows a journey back to love.

Ensemble Studio Theater’s Linsay Firman directs Sarah Sokolovic (“Big Little Lies,” PoA’s The Blizzard), Michael Esper (Lazarus, PoA’s Rules of Comedy), Sue Jean Kim (Office Hour, PoA’s 52nd to Bowery…), and Tony nominee Steven Boyer (Hand to God, PoA’s If You Win). After the play, playwright Bonds joins host Claudia Catania to discuss her roots as a writer.

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If you’ve never listened to MENTALRADIO, this is the perfect introduction. It’s some of our favorite moments from Season One.  You’ll experience the jolt of feel-good impulses and your Tickled Pink Glands will awaken. It’s “Humor that Sticks.” Sticky humor that lodges in the brain and drips down later for delayed-onset satisfaction and sudden bursts of levity. It’s stories, sketches, features and parodies in Cinematic Audio Theater for the 21st Century: Morgan Freeman talks about the Blues, Dixon Ticonderoga looks the Devil in the Eye, Guy Goode faces the Gloom, the Reverend Apostle BG reveals the Blazin’ Glory Book of Belief, Brock Stillwell saves the day, and more. Too much fun is never enough. 

Never underestimate the persistence of a Mets fan.

In HAPPY by Alan Zweibel (“SNL,” 700 Sundays with Billy Crystal), a baseball fan shows up at the home of his childhood hero, George "Happy" Halliday. Has the stranger come to pay his respects or to throw a curveball?

A comedy for anyone who’s ever wished for an extra inning, HAPPY stars Frankie Faison (“The Wire”) and Scott Adsit (“30 Rock,” PoA’s Wild and Precious Life), directed by Fred Berner. After the live recording, join the artists and host Claudia Catania for an onstage interview.

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The “Season Finale” features Dixon Ticonderoga traveling through dimensions and finding Seams between them, and if that’s not enough, Brock Stillwell may be called by the universe to save the day again and leave gifts too good to be true. Imagination is more important than Knowledge. Find out why, and hear the Fortune Fairy find a fortune for humanity that may change your life forever. 

This is the 90 second meditation included in Chapter 12 - Imagination - for quick and easy access 24 hour a day. 

The “Season Finale” features Dixon Ticonderoga traveling through dimensions and finding Seams between them, Aliens may already be here and Guy Goode faces a giant Alien Cockroach Mother Breeder near Nightmare Hall, and if that’s not enough, Brock Stillwell may be called by the universe to save the day again and leave gifts too good to be true. Imagination is more important than Knowledge. Find out why, and hear the Fortune Fairy find a fortune for humanity that may change your life forever. 

if you feel naked and tied up, at the mercy of forces too crazy to comprehend…thank God you have your sense of humor. The Reverend Apostle BG brings Noah’s Ark and Yahweh Village to 17,000 acres in Kentucky with a chance for you to invest in history. If crooks are trying to crack your safe, there’s always a chance a superhero could come crashing through the ceiling, dodge bullets, and save the day. And you’ll find out why Tennessee Williams said "Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life." 

This is the 90 second meditation taken from MentalRadio show #11 for quick and easy access 24 hours a day. 

The Reverend Apostle BG brings Noah’s Ark and Yahweh Village to 17,000 acres in Kentucky with a chance for you to invest in history. And you’ll find out why Tennessee Williams said "Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life." 

This is the 90 second meditation from Chapter 10, BLUES, for easy access any time any day. 

When the blues appear and things get gloomy, and the blue johnnies paint a picture of the end of days, Dixon Ticonderoga finds a brighter day. Learn the Secrets to "Competitive Humility" with World Champion, Blaine LaFontaine. Hear the History of the Blues with Morgan Freeman and watch Guy Goode survive being swallowed by the Lord of the Dreads. All true. All real. 

When the blues appear and things get gloomy, and the blue johnnies paint a picture of the end of days, Dixon Ticonderoga finds a brighter tomorrow. Hear the History of the Blues with Morgan Freeman. All true. All real.

At last, your Hallelujah Liberation has arrived in the "Blazin’ Glory Book of Belief,” a Cookbook that comes with Miracle Anointing Oil and Barbeque Sauce at no extra charge, If you love to eat ’till you drop because grease squeezin’ butter-filled rhino burgers, stuffed with cheese are too good to resist, then come to Big Bubba’s House of Pain. Plus, you’ll discover the meaning of Gizmos. And if your life hangs in the balance because of Tick tock and Quack Quack, Horse Face and Three Fingers, and you’re surrounded by insecure sharks who bite first no matter what...don’t give up. Help is on the way. 

At last, your Hallelujah Liberation has arrived in the "Blazin’ Glory Book of Belief,” a Cookbook that comes with Miracle Anointing Oil and Barbeque Sauce at no extra charge,  And if your life hangs in the balance because of Tick tock and Quack Quack, Horse Face and Three Fingers, and you’re surrounded by insecure sharks who bite first no matter what...don’t give up. Help is on the way. 

Hear the spiritual revelations of the Himalayan Master, Swami Gotchatubyet. Discovered by the Beastie Boys, he brings a message of great consciousness through great commerce. Plus, Guy Goode in the Belly of the Lord of the Dreads, and Brownboy Love in Hong Kong. Transform your life with humorless humor in 30 minutes, guaranteed or your money back.

Hear the life solutions and spiritual revelations of the Himalayan Master, Swami Gotchatubyet. Discovered by the Beastie Boys, he brings a message of great consciousness through great commerce. It's available now at all Meditation Malls and Nirvana Knick Knack Shacks. Plus, Guy Goode in the Belly of the Lord of the Dreads,  Transform your life with humorless humor in 30 minutes, guaranteed or your money back. ‘''

This is the 90 second meditation from MentalRadio Chapter 8, for easy access any time any day. 

This is the 90 second meditation from MentalRadio Chapter 7, for easy access any time any day. 

Hear Morgan Freeman describe what we all have in common. If your down in the dumps takes you into a manhole, will reaching out to Infinity bring BROCK STILLWELL to the rescue?  What is a "Tincture of Eponymous" and what good is a good luck charm from Machu Pichu?  Are the voices you hear, people hiding in the attic? And do they know the truth about you? Find out where the words WHATCHAMACALLITS and THIGAMAJIGS came from, how saying “Yes, and...” can help you find Harmony, and much more….it’s The Twilight Zone meets Monty Python.