When “Coal Country” had to close its doors in March 2020, Audible recorded and released Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen’s play with original music by three-time Grammy Award winner Steve Earle. This March, Audible Theatre helps it return to the stage.
Founded by the award-winning actress Kerry Washington, the Emmy winning Simpson Street Productions will executive produce three Audible Originals. The projects include “Prophecy,” “Between Me and You,” and “The Last Black Queen.”
Rachel Brosnahan’s Scrap Paper Pictures to Executive Produce “The Miranda Obsession,” an Audible, Vice Studios and Wingate Media project, with an ensemble cast including Milo Ventimiglia, Josh Groban, John Benjamin Hickey, and more.
Inspired by his own health journey, the multi-platinum music producer and songwriter Maejor explores the healing power of music in “Maejor Frequency,” a 10-episode Audible Original podcast series, available on Audible beginning January 20, 2022.
Newark Working Kitchens, launched by Audible in April 2020, extends meal deliveries to Newark residents through five new participating restaurants, thanks to the NJEDA Sustain and Serve NJ Program.
“The Cinnamon Bear: A Holiday Adventure” comes to Audible this holiday season as an original series performed by Alan Cumming, John Goodman, Ryan Reynolds, Marcia Gay Harden, Rachel Dratch, Catherine Keener, Helen Hunt, and many more.
Audible Bucks will provide weekly stipends for up to 400 qualifying Newark area students and residents to help drive local spending and aid in recovery.
Audible continues its commitment to being a home for hilarious, provocative content with these new Original comedy podcasts created and performed by beloved comic writers and visionaries, like Paul Lieberstein and Bob and Nate Odenkirk.
Jason Bowen, Bill Camp, Elizabeth Marvel, and Ato Blankson-Wood will perform Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey into Night,” premiering at Audible Theater’s Minetta Lane Theatre in January 2022 and also recorded for global release on Audible.
Sesame Workshop and Audible will produce two new seasons of the “The Sesame Street Podcast with Foley & Friends.” Season Two will premiere exclusively on Audible on January 27, 2022, and Season One will be released in Spanish on the same day.
Fifteen local artists and artist collectives will create commissions for the inaugural phase of Newark Artist Collaboration, a program created to amplify the work of Newark-based artists and encourage local investment in Newark’s creative community.
The multi-project development deal with Hillman Grad Productions, the production company founded by Lena Waithe and Rishi Rajani, leads with “Kym,” an original scripted comedy series starring Emmy-nominated comedian Kym Whitley.