Rosy Fingered Dawn stretches her hand across the morning sky. As least that is what one of Chorus believes. (He’s kind of that way. The other is not so sure.) A little snippet of a classic story in a modern setting about a timeless conflict.

Life is a Dream (or at least a wee nap)

Jan 16th, 2024 50m 32s

What is real? When we’re awake? Or when we’re asleep. A Dublin business has spent twenty years carefully crafting her company, her position, her identity. No one questions her role. She gets the business. She gets the revenue. She pays the

Chaos and Old Night

Jan 8th, 2024 1m 14s

Dublin. Rain. Business. Money. Power. Two lost souls wandering the streets and getting wet. A first look at a new show on an old subject with a classic approach. Cast, in order of appearance: Kota Fudauchi – Chaos Michelle Thomas-Hanson – O

Holiday Special – Songs of Comfort and Joy

Dec 15th, 2023 11m 31s

The Japanese “Yes”

Aug 22nd, 2023 6m 59s

Fancy Club. Fatty Foods. Formal Music in the Background. This is where business is done. Or where we believe business is done. Or perhaps where we pretend that something like business might be done on a good day with a favorable wind. Three inv

Resurrection

Jun 15th, 2023 27m 30s

Bread Crumbs. Paths we find for ourselves. Paths we leave for others. The lessons we learn along the way. The gratitude we find with each step. A monologue of an African American Family history by Geoffrey Grier of San Francisco Recovery Theatr

Mother’s Milk

May 2nd, 2023 11m 41s

What holds friends together? Common background? Common history? A common vision of what they are? Three friends explore the different roles they have with each other. They are moving into adulthood. They are shaping their lives and their iden

A Bustle, A Corset, & The London Necropolis Express

Jan 17th, 2023 56m 48s

We know the story. Three women. A London Office. A missing colleague. And a pandemic. Three women wake one morning to discover that a colleague has vanished in the night. Gone. Poof. Not a bit of a trace. The clue to the story lies in a play th

Add Subtract Unite Divide

May 2nd, 2022 54m 12s

She could have been somebody. A real contender. If there hadn’t been a global economic depression. If the world hadn’t been engaged in a world war. And if she hadn’t been a woman. Through Fate or Good Fortune or the simple dedication of someon

Preview: Add Subtract

Feb 21st, 2022 2m 46s

New Drama. New Story. And it’s about arithmetic. And work relief. And Organizations. And Power. And National Security. Plus it’s a Love Story. A short preview of what is going to come. Told as only the HWMS Audio Theatre can do it. We

Embisivle Arrival

Jan 31st, 2022 7m 38s

A suitcase on the sidewalk. A weary traveller looking for an answer. A stage manager, looking for dessert. Introducing Kota Fudauchi to the audio drama Embisivle Friend. Cast: Kota Fudauchi – Himself Michelle Thomas Hanson – Stage Manager Skipp

Embisivle Friend: A Place for Innovation

Jan 3rd, 2022 52m 18s

A school. A slightly unusual school. (Business curriculum. Silicon Valley.) A principal, slightly stressed. A teacher. (ditto) Broken plumbing. A friend with a yellow car. A successful corporate leader offering advice to a young protégé

Waiting for Lillian Moller Gilbreth

Dec 20th, 2021 5m 36s

What’s to be done? Waiting at an old train station. Not for a train of course. But will she come? Does she ever come? To New Jersey. Deepest New Jersey. A peek into the Audio Drama Embisivle Friend. Cast Zoe Anastassiou – Zoe Josh LaForce

Embisivle Work

Dec 6th, 2021 6m 20s

Cermack Road, Cicero, Illinois Once it was the center of the high tech world. Now it is a shopping mall. A mall that is barely making ends meet. Not a promising future for Silicon Valley. But a useful place to introduce a new cast member. A

Embisivle Friend: Playing the Role

Nov 8th, 2021 11m 28s

Every now and then you need to assess. Take a look backwards. Ask “who did that character become?” With this episode, we return to the world of the adult Madison Insullie and see her dealing with adult problems. The 11th episode of the Aud

Embisivle Friend: Additive Education

Oct 25th, 2021 12m 50s

We’ve lost our faith in books. We’ve lost faith in texts. May may have even lost faith in problem sets. Learning by doing. Learning by interning. Learning by being mentored. It’s what you demand when you’re an 8 year old entrepreneur. A

Embisivle Garage

Oct 11th, 2021 4m

Is a startup a startup if it doesn’t start up in a garage? That’s the myth. We start with nothing but our wits and a little empty space from our parents, or our aunt, or some unrelated person up the street. More companies have started in a ga

Embisivle Friend: Securing the Future

Sep 27th, 2021 14m 42s

“Don’t let your kids take capital from strangers.” It’s the warning that parents should give their kids in Silicon Valley. But parents may reason “if the kids get the investment, could things really be that bad?” Aravinda finds herself tested

Embisivle Friend: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

Sep 13th, 2021 11m 38s

How does it feel? They made tup the first stair but not the second. And who is there to hold them when they fall? As we follow the story entrepreneurship and innovation, we start the story of a Investor’s Representative, a famous former CEO,

The Stage Manager Explains Embisivle

Sep 6th, 2021 3m 12s

The show is about the Stage Manager. Every show is. So our manager steps up to the microphone in the HWMS auditorium to explain this Audiodrama Embisivile Friend. Introduction to the next section of the drama Cast Michelle Thomas-Hanson – St

The Embisivle School

Aug 12th, 2021 5m 34s

Out Stage is Silicon Valley. Our actors are titans of Industry. Some titans. Fictional titans. And some kids who believe that they are titans and that the earth shudders when they walk. And a dog. And a school. And an actor who wants to gi

Embisivle Friend: The Job Suits You

Jul 12th, 2021 14m 50s

Career Management. But it’s more than that. Manage plans. Manage hope. Manage accomplishments. And here’s the part you didn’t anticipate: Manage Boyfriend before the boyfriend manages you. An ambitious Principal faces an unexpected develo

Embisivle Friend: I Look Good in Yellow

Jun 28th, 2021 13m 36s

What does it mean to help a friend? Listen to their problems? Give unwanted advice? Give them a ride in your yellow car? And what do you do, when they ask you to mentor a troublesome student? The 6th episode of the audio drama Embisivle Frie

Embisivle Friend: The Picture Goes Everywhere

Jun 14th, 2021 10m

Where are Mom and Dad? Any drama that features independent kids have to answer that question. The reasons are not always pretty but with a little help, they can be “neatened up a bit.” “Neatening” doesn’t help here, as a friend of Maddie’s fa

Embisivle Friend: Where Deals Are Made

May 31st, 2021 15m 40s

There’s a deal to be made here. If only all the parties would see it. One is looking for a crown. The other is hoping to find the exit. The problems of finding a common ground and a common agreement on the fourth episode of the audio drama