Performance audiobooks

Powder River - Season Six

By: Jerry Robbins

Narrated by: Jerry Robbins, Derek Aalerud, Lincoln Clark, Jo...

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

In Season Six of Powder River, Etta and Jacob discover a 10-year-old boy, Levi Curtis, chopping wood at their home, acting as if he lived there. Britt soon discovers he is the sole survivor of an Indian attack on the Conestoga wagon he's traveling in with his family. Britt realizes Levi has no relatives and prepares to take him to the orphanage... Read more

The Misanthrope

By: Molière

Narrated by: Brian Bedford, JD Cullum, Sarah Drew, Martin Ja...

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: No

This timeless comedy of manners is considered one of Molière’s most probing and mature works. While it’s still an exemplar of 16th century farce, Molière went beyond his usual comic inventiveness to create a world of rich, complex characters, especially in the cynical title character Alceste, played here by the Tony Award-winning actor Brian... Read more

King David

By: Various

Narrated by: Lee Ross & Claire Rushbrook

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Dave has a pretty good life: his company is thriving, he's got a lovely wife, a big house, kids at private schools. But then he gets a bit careless and things start to go wrong. Katie Hims is well-known to Radio Four listeners for her many original dramas and adaptations on that network. Most recently she dramatised some of the MARTIN BECK... Read more

Lady Bird Johnson

By: Joe Bevilacqua

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations!Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady was written, produced, directed, and narrated by veteran NPR producer Joe Bevilacqua. One of the most licensed audiobooks on The Public Radio Exchange and iTunes, it is Bevilacqua's award-winning audio documentary examining the challenges and achievements of... Read more

All Things Joe Bev

By: Joe Bevilacqua

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Bud Abbott, Leonard Maltin, Jan...

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

All Things Joe Bev: The Best of Public Radio is a collection of sixteen short audio features created for public radio by veteran award-winning producer Joe Bevilacqua (a.k.a. Joe Bev).1. "A Guy Named Joe Bevilacqua" – Joe Bevilacqua goes on a search for other people with his name and discovers some uncanny coincidences.2. "Father's Day" – Joe... Read more

Beacon Hill - Series 1

By: Jerry Robbins

Narrated by: Jerry Robbins, Shana Dirik, James Tallach, Cynt...

Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

New England. 1898. The Prescott Family is Boston. In that bygone golden age, Patriarch Charles presides over both his shipping line and family with a sure and strong hand, while wife Jocelyn is feeling her authority usurped by her powerfully minded mother-in-law, Augusta. Their children, Marietta, Aurora and Barton find themselves trying to make... Read more

Radio Tales for the Road, Vol. 1

By: Barbara Bernstein

Narrated by: Barbara Bernstein

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Radio Tales for the Road is an ongoing series of transformational journeys through time, space, and memory, written, produced, and narrated by Barbara Bernstein.Combining storytelling, documentary audio, radio drama, and original music, Radio Tales are vivid recollections of the Summer of Love, the Days of Rage, discovering the wilderness, and... Read more

Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans, with Wynton Marsalis

By: Joe Bevilacqua

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, others & Wynton Marsalis

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Veteran radio producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this entertaining, informative hour, recorded in the French Quarter of New Orleans and featuring jazz great Wynton Marsalis, jazz author and historian Donald Newlove, WNYC Radio talk show host Leonard Lopate, members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and others. They discuss the origins of jazz and... Read more

Streets of Staccato - Abridged

By: Victor Gates & W. Ralph Walters

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the second episode of Victor Gates' hilariously naughty "70s cop show with a modern sense of humor," Chief Kilvinski gives Staccato a new assignment saving a wayward woman from porn magnate Huge Heffer. Staccato decides to fight fire with fire with ... naked turnip juggling?Included extras:– Staccato's Police Blotter #3: Interview with Mindy... Read more

A Waterlogg Double Feature - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Kenny Savoy, Jim...

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A Waterlogg Double Feature from husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie KelloggThe Joe Bev Valentine TreatThis is a charming hour of stories (real and fictional) about love, hosted by veteran public radio producer Joe Bevilacqua. The hour includes "Who's Afraid of a Virginian's Wrath?," a parody of the Edward Albee play Who's Afraid of... Read more

Abbott & Costello in the Catskills - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Bob Greenberg, K...

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Abbott & Costello in the Catskills is an authentic recreation of a 1930s Borscht Belt variety show, recorded before a live audience in the Catskills.In this New Oldtime Radio Hour, Lou Costello (Bob Greenberg) follows Bud Abbott (Joe Bevilacqua) to the Catskills when Abbott is hired as sole Master of Ceremonies of a Borscht Belt variety... Read more

Daws Butler’s Halloween Happening - Abridged

By: Charles Dawson Butler

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations!Don't miss this new production of the classic radio play by the voice of Yogi Bear, Daws Butler! Produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio-theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, and performed by husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg, this is a must-listen. Read more

From Moonshine to Armadillos - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Kenneth Threadgill, others & Wi...

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Veteran award-winning producer Joe Bevilacqua hosts this hour-long program outlining the history of Threadgill's and Armadillo World Headquarters, their contribution to the birth of the Austin music scene, and their influence on the Nashville sound and country rock."This program offers a soup to nuts history of Austin's growth into the live... Read more

A Freneau Sampler - Abridged

By: Joe Bevilacqua & Philip Freneau

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua, Rick Ramos, Alison Nead, Cathle...

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations!Philip Morin Freneau (January 2, 1752–December 18, 1832) was a notable American poet, nationalist, polemicist, sea captain, and newspaper editor, sometimes called the "Poet of the American Revolution." This half-hour historical drama was adapted into play form by Joe Bevilacqua, in association with W.... Read more

Rare Daws Butler - Abridged

By: Charles Dawson Butler

Narrated by: Charles Dawson Butler, Stan Freberg, a full cas...

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Daws Butler was the voice magician behind such classic cartoon characters as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw. Daws also cowrote and voiced many of Stan Freberg's greatest comedy records, including Saint George and the Dragonet. Here is a hilarious collection of rare, never-before-released Daws Butler comedy recordings... Read more

Rare Daws Butler, Vol. 2 - Abridged

By: Charles Dawson Butler

Narrated by: Charles Dawson Butler, Stan Freberg & June Foray

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

As heard on Sirius XM Radio and NPR stations, here is volume two of Rare Daws Butler. Daws Butler was the voice magician behind such classic cartoon characters as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw. Daws also cowrote and voiced many of Stan Freberg’s greatest comedy records, including Saint George and the Dragonet. Host Joe... Read more

Pedro’s Halloween Fables - Abridged

By: Pedro Pablo Sacristán

Narrated by: Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Goblins, fairies, witches, and ghosts! These ten short Halloween themed stories, by noted Spanish children's author Pedro Pablo Sacristan, will charm and entertain your whole family! These delightful stories are produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio and theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, and performed by husband and wife... Read more

Streets of Staccato - Abridged

By: Victor Gates & W. Ralph Walters

Narrated by: Victor Gates, W. Ralph Walters & a full cast

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the first episode of Victor Gates' hilariously naughty "70s cop show with a modern sense of humor," Sgt. Staccato and his men battle it out with stinky pirates as Father Kelly from Belfast tags along. Craziness ensues as events lead to an epic showdown at Mr. B's Ballroom. Extras include: – Staccato's Police Blotter #1: Interview with Ralph... Read more

The Bear - Abridged

By: Anton Chekhov

Narrated by: a full cast

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this famous one act comedy, the sorrowful and lonely widow Mrs. Popov meets the aggressive and angry Smirnov, who shows up at her house to demand money owed by her late husband. Despite this unlikely beginning, the two manage somehow to fall in love.Written in 1888, The Bear is one of Anton Chekhov's greatest works. The play is alternately... Read more

Sherlock Holmes: Three Tales of Avarice

By: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: Edward Hardwicke

Length: 2 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Avarice gets top billing in "The Adventure of the Priory School," "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League," and "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle," three masterfully crafted cases from one of the greatest mystery writers of all, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and starring that most celebrated sleuth, Sherlock Holmes.In "The Adventure of the Priory... Read more

The Browning Version

By: Terence Rattigan

Narrated by: Steven Brand, Martin Jarvis, Ian Ogilvy, Darren...

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In Terence Rattigan’s classic drama, an aging schoolmaster at an English secondary school faces the harsh judgments of his students, his fellow teachers, and his vicious and spiteful wife. But can a lone act of kindness from a sympathetic student change his heart?

This recording also includes an interview with Michael Darlow, the author of... Read more

Jigsaw Series 1

By: BBC

Narrated by: Dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema & Tom Craine

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning stand-up comedians Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine and Nat Luurtsema combine their talents to piece together six rapid-fire and surreal sketch shows, full of silly, clever, dark sketches. Produced by Colin Anderson. Read more

Baseball Forever!

By: Jason Turbow & John Miley

Narrated by: Bob Costas

Length: 4 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

John Miley has compiled the most comprehensive audio account of baseball history in existence—a vast and wildly entertaining assemblage of game tapes from throughout the sport's history. His archive contains classic moments, like the Shot Heard 'round the World, and amazing feats, like Carl Hubbell striking out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie... Read more

The Grapes Of Wrath

By: John Steinbeck

Narrated by: Robert Sheehan, Michelle Fairley & Zubin Varla

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Set against the backdrop of America's Great Depression and Dust Bowl, a family of farmers from Oklahoma head west in search of work, only to discover thousands like them are also on the move. Following a violent altercation with some locals, they head back on the road with their dream of a promised land in tatters. And life is set to get much... Read more