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Welcome to Living Radio.
First begun in 2010 as a project of Co-Op Theatre East (under the name Radio COTE), Living Radio continues to re-imagine the news of the day, to imagine how things *could* be.
Every month, we re-imagine current events, to envision what a slightly altered world could look like. Playwrights are given a few days, and several conditions, to create a script; using them, teams of directors and actors then collaborate to create radio dramas; and finally, everyone gathers at FRIGID New York‘s UNDER St. Mark’s Theater to present the plays, live.
We record the live performances, and offer free podcasts of each. Hear them all over on the THE PLAYS page of this site. You can also find us on your favorite streaming platform; just search “living radio nyc,” and it should pop up. Look for the logo below.
Administrators
Robert A. K. Gonyo (Producer, Sound Design & Engineering) is a theatre director, sound designer, actor, voiceover artist, musician, and tour-guide residing in Queens. Directing: Regional: Million Dollar Quartet, Escape to Margaritaville (Riverside Center); New York: Season to Taste, Muzungu and O Brave New World (Co-Op Theatre East); Cascando and Un jour comme un autre (thingNY); Educational: Richard II, Carthaginians, Picnic, Dinner With Friends, The Shape of Things, The Trial of Donna Caine, The Memory of Water, The Gut Girls (Stella Adler Studio of Acting). His sound designs have been heard with The Skeleton Rep, Retro Productions, American Theater Group, Co-Op Theatre East, End Times, The New Collectives, Writopia Lab’s Worldwide Plays Festival, Amios, The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, and at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. In addition to Living Radio, Robert is the producer & host of Go See a Show!, New York City’s independent theatre podcast, and he produces and co-hosts a weekly podcast talking comics with his uncle, Tim Gonyo, The Lonely End of the Rack. robertgonyo.com
Sarah Misch (Social Media Director) is a Brooklyn based actor, dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, and occasional social media coordinator. Favorite credits include For the Love of Friends (Hup! Productions), That Which Remains (Improbable Stage), The Curse of the Babywoman (BiG Theatre Co.), and the original horror film, “Corpse Pose” (Film Repertory Group, available on Amazon Prime). Sarah has also choreographed and produced two original dance films, “me(e)t” (FRG, 2018) and “Astraphene” (FRG, 2023). When she’s not on stage or in front of the camera, you can find Sarah teaching Pilates in South Slope or posing for paintings, drawings, and sculptures around NYC. Visit www.sarahmisch.com or follow @smischievous on Instagram for more updates.
Artemis Zara Gültekin (Assistant Sound Designer & Engineer; she/they) is an actor, writer, singer, sound designer, violinist, and an overall lover of telling stories from Ankara, Türkiye. Besides being a freelancing artist and working with Living Radio, she is a resident artist of Turkish American Repertory Theater & Entertainment (TARTE). In her free time, she likes getting lost in other fictional worlds, obsessing over K-pop Demon Hunters and Fall Out Boy, reading fanfiction on TikTok and reacting very loudly to everything! Selected sound design: feejee mermaid, Lilith in Pisces (The Flea/Drops in the Vase), La Picadura Del Escorpión (coLab Arts), Richard II, The Winter’s Tale, Butterfly Kiss (Stella Adler); pillow talk (The Tank/KSTC). NYU Tisch Drama BFA. IG: @arty_zara