https://www.spreaker.com/show/a-moment-withenDramaCopyright Steven McCaslandhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d5f660033507b83a2fb3b14113766baf.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/show/a-moment-withMon, 05 Jun 2023 01:34:10 +0000Steven McCaslandSteven McCaslandsteven.mccasland@gmail.comAcclaimed playwright STEVEN CARL McCASLAND (Little Wars, 28 Marchant Avenue, What Was Lost) presents original monologues performed by first class actors from around the world. These dramas in miniature run approximately 20 minutes in length, and are...yesepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/alma
The donations are split between playwright and performer. During this difficult time for the arts industry, donations go a long way and are greatly appreciated.

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The donations are split between playwright and performer. During this difficult time for the arts industry, donations go a long way and are greatly appreciated.

To donate: https://ko-fi.com/stevencarlmccasland]]>1769acting,actors,actress,chazen,doctorwho,gay,grief,history,lgbtq,louisiana,mccasland,monologue,motherhood,mothers,nola,playwrighting,playwriting,storytelling,theater,theatreyes1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/alicehttps://ko-fi.com/scmandcr.

Trigger warning: guns and gun violence.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49368865Fri, 08 Apr 2022 17:35:55 +0000Steven McCaslandCatherine Russell (Little Wars, Holby City) returns to the podcast as Alice, a housewife grieving a terrible event in her family. As always, streaming is free, but donations help us continue to bring you new monologues. Donations are split between the...https://ko-fi.com/scmandcr.

Trigger warning: guns and gun violence.]]>1160acting,activism,actors,actress,drama,gunsense,monologue,parkland,plays,playwrights,radio,theater,theatre,writingclean1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/charlie
If you enjoy the monologue, please consider a donation so that I can continue to produce these works on a free streaming platform. Donations can be made at: http://ko-fi.com/stevencarlmccasland]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48443942Tue, 25 Jan 2022 23:49:53 +0000Steven McCaslandThom Sesma (Broadway: Miss Saigon, The Times They Are A-Changin', Off Broadway: Sweeney Todd, Unknown Soldier - and many more) makes his A MOMENT WITH... debut as Charlie, a grieving widower keeping a promise. If you enjoy the monologue, please...
If you enjoy the monologue, please consider a donation so that I can continue to produce these works on a free streaming platform. Donations can be made at: http://ko-fi.com/stevencarlmccasland]]>825acting,actors,alzheimer's,dementia,drama,grief,marriage,monologue,radio,stage,storytelling,theater,theatre,widoweryes1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/tracy
Please note, this piece is inspired by several famous murder cases, and may be triggering for victims of domestic abuse. Please listen with caution.

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Please note, this piece is inspired by several famous murder cases, and may be triggering for victims of domestic abuse. Please listen with caution.

As always, if you enjoy the work, please consider a donation to the artists. Donations may be made via: https://ko-fi.com/stevencarlmccasland]]>1320acting,actor,actress,crime,drama,monologue,murder,murderess,play,stage,storytelling,theater,theatreyes1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/bea
This confessional mixed with stand-up will tug at heartstrings.

As always, donations for the artists are greatly appreciated at https://ko-fi.com/stevencarlmccasland.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46540897Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:32:26 +0000Steven McCaslandAmerican actress NANCY MARVY makes her A MOMENT WITH... debut as BEA, a comedienne who once shattered glass ceilings. But as Bette Davis once said: "Old age is not for sissies". And Bea knows all about it. This confessional mixed with stand-up...
This confessional mixed with stand-up will tug at heartstrings.

As always, donations for the artists are greatly appreciated at https://ko-fi.com/stevencarlmccasland.]]>1298acting,actor,actress,comedian,comedienne,comedy,drama,feminism,humor,jewish,joanrivers,monologue,phyllisdiller,play,playwriting,standup,storytelling,theater,theatre,womenyes1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/ruths-young-man
As always, donations for listening are greatly appreciated and help the artists continue to work. They can be made via: https://ko-fi.com/stevencarlmccasland]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46414121Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:43:31 +0000Steven McCaslandLogan Rollins (host of The Story Told Podcast) makes his A MOMENT WITH... debut as Ruth's Young Man. Dedicated to Ruth Coker Burks, this piece features an anonymous young who passed during the AIDS crisis. At the height of the epidemic, Ruth served as...
As always, donations for listening are greatly appreciated and help the artists continue to work. They can be made via: https://ko-fi.com/stevencarlmccasland]]>402acting,actor,actors,aids,care,drama,gay,hiv,lgbtq,monologue,monologues,nursing,plays,playwright,playwriting,radio,story,storytelling,theater,theatreclean1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/mary-dunbarhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/46349195Thu, 02 Sep 2021 19:26:06 +0000Steven McCaslandUK-based actress Meryl Griffiths (EastEnders, Rare Beasts, Unforgotten) makes her A MOMENT WITH... debut as Mary Dunbar, a grieving mother with a story to share.1208aids,audio,drama,england,entertainment,lockdown,london,meryl,monodrama,monologue,pandemic,plays,playwright,storytelling,theater,theatre,ukyes1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/the-falling-man
Warning: this monologue may be triggering for those who were close to Ground Zero, or have experienced similar trauma.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46018415Wed, 01 Sep 2021 04:00:06 +0000Steven McCaslandNew York-based actor Paul Thomas Ryan (Inside Private Lives, What Was Lost) makes his A MOMENT WITH... debut in a monologue inspired by the tragic moment captured on September 11th, 2001 when a man leapt from a window in the Twin Towers. Warning:...
Warning: this monologue may be triggering for those who were close to Ground Zero, or have experienced similar trauma.]]>5439/11,act,acting,actor,drama,memorial,nyc,play,plays,playwriting,remembrance,september,story,storytelling,terrorism,theater,theatre,tragedy,trauma,wtcyes1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/alice-paul-a-monologue-by-steven-carl-mc
Paul was one of the main leaders and strategists of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Paul often suffered police brutality and other physical abuse for her activism, always responding with non-violence and courage. She was jailed under terrible conditions in 1917 for her participation in a Silent Sentinels protest in front of the White House.

A tactic used in prison to protest was hunger striking. The first WSPU related hunger strike was conducted by sculptor Marion Wallace Dunlop in June 1909. By that fall it was being widely used by WSPU members because of its effectiveness in publicizing their mistreatment and gaining quick release from prison wardens. Refusing food worked in securing an early release for Paul during her first two arrests. However, during her third prison stint, the warden ordered twice daily force-feeding to keep Paul strong enough to finish out her month-long sentence. Though the prisons staunchly maintained that the force-feeding of prisoners was for their own benefit, Paul and other women described the process as torturous.

Alice Paul was a true heroine, and a woman to be remembered.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45982198Thu, 05 Aug 2021 18:01:42 +0000Steven McCaslandNew York City-based actress Kristen Gehling (Little Wars, neat & tidy, 28 Marchant Avenue) makes her A MOMENT WITH... debut as the famed suffragette Alice Paul. Paul was one of the main leaders and strategists of the campaign for the Nineteenth...
Paul was one of the main leaders and strategists of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Paul often suffered police brutality and other physical abuse for her activism, always responding with non-violence and courage. She was jailed under terrible conditions in 1917 for her participation in a Silent Sentinels protest in front of the White House.

A tactic used in prison to protest was hunger striking. The first WSPU related hunger strike was conducted by sculptor Marion Wallace Dunlop in June 1909. By that fall it was being widely used by WSPU members because of its effectiveness in publicizing their mistreatment and gaining quick release from prison wardens. Refusing food worked in securing an early release for Paul during her first two arrests. However, during her third prison stint, the warden ordered twice daily force-feeding to keep Paul strong enough to finish out her month-long sentence. Though the prisons staunchly maintained that the force-feeding of prisoners was for their own benefit, Paul and other women described the process as torturous.

Alice Paul was a true heroine, and a woman to be remembered.]]>622act,acting,actor,actress,amendment,constitution,drama,feminism,history,monologue,play,politics,radio,story,storytelling,suffrage,suffragettes,theater,theatre,womenclean1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/a-learning
Trigger Warning: This monologue deals with issues surrounding transgendered children and their parents.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45980954Thu, 05 Aug 2021 16:06:26 +0000Steven McCaslandNew York City-based actress and singer Francesca MacAaron makes her A MOMENT WITH.... debut as June, a mother struggling, but working hard to understand her growing and changing child. Trigger Warning: This monologue deals with issues surrounding...
Trigger Warning: This monologue deals with issues surrounding transgendered children and their parents.]]>1482act,acting,actor,actors,actress,drama,lgbtq,monologue,nonbinary,play,playwright,playwriting,queer,stage,story,storytelling,theater,theatre,transgenderyes1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/the-dismissalhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/45980781Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:53:19 +0000Steven McCaslandHolby City's Catherine Russell returns to A MOMENT WITH... as Lucy. Locked in the bathroom, hiding from her husband, Lucy comes to grips with the fact that marriage isn't all she hoped it would be.1070act,acting,actor,actress,comedy,divorce,drama,love,marriage,play,playwriting,romance,story,storytelling,theater,theatre,writingyes1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/the-letter
Trigger Warning: This episode deals with sexual trauma.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45980784Thu, 05 Aug 2021 15:51:16 +0000Steven McCaslandToronto-based Allister MacDonald makes his A MOMENT WITH... debut as Nathan, who must face demons from the past while alone in lockdown. Trigger Warning: This episode deals with sexual trauma.
Trigger Warning: This episode deals with sexual trauma.]]>1234act,acting,actor,actors,drama,play,ptsd,radio,story,storytelling,theater,theatre,traumayes1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/nina-the-nomadhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/45979758Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:23:18 +0000Steven McCaslandCatherine Russell (Holby City, Mammia Mia, Little Wars) returns to A MOMENT WITH... as Nina, a woman who calls a beloved park bench in Central Park her home.1275acting,actor,actress,drama,homelessness,nyc,play,playwriting,story,storytelling,theater,theatre,writingyes1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/the-breakhttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/45979742Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:21:00 +0000Steven McCaslandStar of stage and screen, Debbie Chazen (Doctor Who, Calendar Girls: The Musical, Topsy-Turvy) makes her A MOMENT WITH.... debut as as Annie. A celebrated West End actress who once played a cat in a lycra suit has had to change career paths during the...1253yes1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/the-metronomehttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/45979460Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:53:42 +0000Steven McCaslandCatherine Russell, acclaimed star of BBC's Holby City, returns to "A Moment With..." as Ellen, a nurse for the UK'S NHS. The pandemic has taken its toll on everyone, including our heroic healthcare workers. And Ellen knows full well the sacrifice her...1082acting,actor,actress,covid,drama,healthcare,monologue,nhs,nursing,pandemic,play,playwriting,radio,story,storytelling,theater,theatre,writingyes1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/user/14985628/cigarette-treeshttps://api.spreaker.com/episode/45973303Thu, 05 Aug 2021 01:12:10 +0000Steven McCaslandCatherine Russell, acclaimed UK actress of stage and screen, makes her A MOMENT WITH... debut as Lynette. A mother with a troubling secret and a heavy heart, Lynette must choose between right and wrong when her only child commits a terrible act.1439acting,actor,actress,drama,monologue,play,politics,radio,stories,storytelling,theater,theatre,womenyes1full