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    Fiction

    Table Read

    Cinema for your ears. Performed by Hollywood’s best.

    Step inside the studio where Hollywood’s top actors bring award-winning screenplays to life… complete with a full cinematic score, immersive sound design, and the energy of a live performance.

    Each episode is a front-row seat to a one-of-a-kind production: 20-plus working actors, world-class scripts from acclaimed writers, and film-quality sound crafted by Emmy-winning producers. It’s not just a podcast… it’s a movie you hear.

    Recent guests include Mark Hamill, Rosario Dawson, Ty Burrell, Joe Mantegna, Fred Armisen, and more.

    Produced by Jack Levy, Shaan Sharma, and Mark Knell Manifest Media.

    #1 Fiction Podcast | 2025 Webby, Shorty, and Signal Winner | Cinema for your ears.

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    ROOMS OF EXPERIENCE - Act 2 Jan 20, 2026
    Show notes

    Rooms of Experience, Act 2

    By Steffany Sommers

    Starring Patty McCormack as Ada Wells

    and Dan Lauria as DA Harvey Davis

    The cracks start to spread.

    Dana tries to outrun the case. Literally.

    But every answer leads to worse questions.

    She digs into Teddy’s past.

    Talks to doctors.

    Families.

    People who trusted institutions and paid for it.

    What she finds isn’t comforting.

    Facilities where the vulnerable disappear.

    Bruises explained away.

    Medication used as control.

    Silence treated like consent.

    Ada’s fear wasn’t paranoia.

    It was experience.

    Meanwhile, the pressure builds.

    Disability rights groups mobilize.

    The media sharpens its narrative.

    And DA Harvey Davis makes it clear.

    This case is about optics, not nuance.

    “No deal,” he reminds her.

    Win at all costs.

    Alexis keeps pushing for mercy.

    Gina watches Ada waste away.

    Funeral grief turns into physical collapse.

    The woman who survived everything may not survive this.

    Dana stands in the middle.

    Her career on one side.

    Her conscience on the other.

    She starts to see herself in Alexis.

    In Ada.

    In the choices women make just to survive systems designed without them.

    By the end of Act Two, Dana knows.

    This trial isn’t about guilt.

    It’s about who she becomes when the whole world is watching.

    And there’s no clean way out.

    _______________________________

    Starring Academy Award nominee Patty McCormack (The Bad Seed) as Ada Wells

    with Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years) as DA Harvey Davis

    Craig Parker (The Lord of the Rings) as Detective Curtis

    Nicholas Gonzalez (The Good Doctor) as Carter

    Nora Zehetner (Heroes, Everwood) as Rebecca

    Alyshia Ochse as Dana Jeffries

    Candice Coke as Alexis Martinez

    Eileen Grubba as Gina Gordon

    Alain Uy as Ethan

    and narrated by Sarah Elmaleh

    Table Read is executive produced by Jack Levy, Mark Knell, and Sean Sharma. A Manifest Media production.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


    ROOMS OF EXPERIENCE - Act 1 Jan 13, 2026
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    Rooms of Experience, Act 1

    By Steffany Sommers


    Starring Patty McCormack as Ada Wells

    and Dan Lauria as DA Harvey Davis

    The call comes in at night.

    An elderly woman.

    A dead son.

    A tank of helium left in plain sight.

    Ada Wells doesn’t deny it.

    She wanted his last day to be peaceful.

    Enter Dana Jeffries, razor-sharp, undefeated, and hungry to prove herself.

    Her boss, Harvey Davis, assigns the case for one reason: optics.

    Defense attorney Alexis Martinez pushes back hard.

    Detective Curtis starts questioning his own conclusions.

    Gina Gordon protects Ada like family.

    Carter becomes another pressure point inside the machine.

    Rebecca is caught in the ripple effect.

    Then Alexis shows Dana the home movies.

    The real story.

    The years no one saw.

    The cost no one counted.

    By the end of Act One, Dana walks out of Ada’s house shaken.

    No longer sure the law and justice are the same thing.

    Starring Academy Award nominee Patty McCormack (The Bad Seed) as Ada Wells

    with Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years) as DA Harvey Davis

    Craig Parker (The Lord of the Rings) as Detective Curtis

    Nicholas Gonzalez (The Good Doctor) as Carter

    Nora Zehetner (Heroes, Everwood) as Rebecca

    Alyshia Ochse as Dana Jeffries

    Candice Coke as Alexis Martinez

    Eileen Grubba as Gina Gordon

    Alain Uy as Ethan

    and narrated by Sarah Elmaleh

    Table Read is executive produced by Jack Levy, Mark Knell, and Sean Sharma. A Manifest Media production.



    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


    ROOMS OF EXPERIENCE - Trailer Jan 13, 2026
    Show notes

    Rooms of Experience

    By Steffany Sommers

    What if the most unforgivable crime came from the purest love?

    Ada Wells is eighty-nine.

    Her son, Teddy, is autistic.

    She has spent sixty years protecting him from a world that never learned how to love him back.

    Then one night, she makes a choice that shatters everything.

    Now the system wants a conviction.

    The media wants a monster.

    And rising prosecutor Dana Jeffries is handed the most politically explosive case of her career.

    Defense attorney Alexis Martinez knows this isn’t about murder.

    It’s about a mother who outlived her child.

    About institutions that failed.

    About love pushed past the breaking point.

    Rooms of Experience is a devastating courtroom drama about motherhood, morality, and the brutal cost of survival.

    This isn’t about guilt.

    It’s about understanding.

    __________________________

    Starring Academy Award nominee Patty McCormack (The Bad Seed) as Ada Wells

    with Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years) as DA Harvey Davis

    Craig Parker (The Lord of the Rings) as Detective Curtis

    Nicholas Gonzalez (The Good Doctor) as Carter

    Nora Zehetner (Heroes, Everwood) as Rebecca

    Alyshia Ochse as Dana Jeffries

    Candice Coke as Alexis Martinez

    Eileen Grubba as Gina Gordon

    Alain Uy as Ethan

    and narrated by Sarah Elmaleh

    Table Read is executive produced by Jack Levy, Mark Knell, and Shaan Sharma. A Manifest Media production.



    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


    THE UNDERSTUDY - Act Three Dec 23, 2025
    Show notes

    The clock runs out.

    The curtain comes up.

    With opening night looming, the magic begins to fail. Bodies ache. Secrets surface. And the line between who Natalie and Ava were… and who they’ve become… finally disappears.

    Natalie must confront what she’s been chasing her entire life — and what it cost her to get there.

    Ava must decide whether stepping into the spotlight is worth stepping away from who she is.

    The Sugar Plum Fairy is no longer just a role.

    It’s a reckoning.

    As rivalries peak and loyalties collide, the question is no longer who deserves the part — but who’s willing to let it go. And whether the universe will allow either girl to walk away unchanged.

    Act Three is where the story lands.

    Where ambition meets consequence.

    Where magic demands payment.

    Because sometimes you get exactly what you wished for.

    And sometimes the bravest thing you can do…

    is give it back.

    It’s still funny.

    It’s still sharp.

    But now it’s honest.

    Written by award-winning writer Jenna St. John.

    Starring:

    Kensington Tallman as Natalie Primavera

    Logan Laurel as Ava Ross

    Konstantin Lavysh as Mr. Constantine

    Carson Bolde as Grayson Garcia

    Sasha Knight as Trevor

    Rita Dos Santos as Kenzie

    Samantha A. Smith as Jasmine Kearn

    Eva Binder as Zoe Dennings

    Adele Abinante as Bean Ross

    Avery Clyde as Mrs. Primavera

    Katherine Brunk as Ms. Ross

    Brandon Potter as Mr. Primavera

    Sarah Elmaleh as Miss Lana

    Miki Yamashita as Miss Miyako

    Paula Tiso as Narrator

    Only on Table Read.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


    THE UNDERSTUDY - Act Two Dec 16, 2025
    Show notes

    The wish came true.

    Now the consequences begin.

    Natalie Primavera is trapped in a hospital bed, her body broken, her future uncertain — while her mind is stuck inside Ava Ross, a dancer who was never supposed to be good enough for the spotlight.

    Ava, meanwhile, is living inside Natalie’s perfect body… and discovering that perfection is a prison with great lighting.

    As Nutcracker rehearsals intensify, the magic destabilizes. Roles are threatened. Loyalties fracture. The Sugar Plum Fairy becomes a battleground. And the line between ambition and identity starts to blur.

    Friendships turn sharp. Parents get complicated. Romance gets messy. And a Romanian ballet master with secrets of his own begins pushing both girls toward a reckoning neither of them is ready for.

    Act Two is where the comedy deepens, the stakes rise, and the story stops being about switching bodies — and starts being about who deserves the life they’re fighting for.

    Because wanting something badly doesn’t mean you understand the cost.

    It’s still funny.

    It’s still chaotic.

    But now it hurts in the best way.

    Written by award-winning writer Jenna St. John.

    Starring:

    Kensington Tallman as Natalie Primavera

    Logan Laurel as Ava Ross

    Konstantin Lavysh as Mr. Constantine

    Carson Bolde as Grayson Garcia

    Sasha Knight as Trevor

    Rita Dos Santos as Kenzie

    Samantha A. Smith as Jasmine Kearn

    Eva Binder as Zoe Dennings

    Adele Abinante as Bean Ross

    Avery Clyde as Mrs. Primavera

    Katherine Brunk as Ms. Ross

    Brandon Potter as Mr. Primavera

    Sarah Elmaleh as Miss Lana

    Miki Yamashita as Miss Miyako

    Paula Tiso as Narrator

    Only on Table Read.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


    THE UNDERSTUDY - Act One Dec 09, 2025
    Show notes

    What happens when you wish you were someone else… and the universe says bet?

    Natalie Primavera has a million followers, perfect technique, and the lead role in every show.

    Ava Ross has a cracked phone, a boyfriend who sings like naked Miley Cyrus, and a work-study job sweeping up after other dancers.

    One ancient snow globe. Two desperate wishes. And suddenly they wake up in each other’s bodies.

    There’s just one problem: Natalie’s body is now in a hospital bed with a shattered hip. And Ava’s body? It’s about to dance the Sugar Plum Fairy… with ankles like wet spaghetti.

    What follows is the funniest, most chaotic Nutcracker rehearsal season in history... zombie cats, possessed dolls, a Romanian ballet master who might actually be a warlock, his terrifying nine-year-old son, and a love triangle nobody ordered.

    But underneath the chaos is something real: two girls discovering that the lives they envied aren’t what they seemed.

    It’s Freaky Friday meets Center Stage, and it hits.

    THE UNDERSTUDY: ACT ONE

    Written by award-winning writer Jenna St. John.

    Starring:

    Kensington Tallman as Natalie Primavera

    Logan Laurel as Ava Ross

    Konstantin Lavysh as Mr. Constantine

    Carson Bolde as Grayson Garcia

    Sasha Knight as Trevor

    Rita Dos Santos as Kenzie

    Samantha A. Smith as Jasmine Kearn

    Eva Binder as Zoe Dennings

    Adele Abinante as Bean Ross

    Avery Clyde as Mrs. Primavera

    Katherine Brunk as Ms. Ross

    Brandon Potter as Mr. Primavera

    Sarah Elmaleh as Miss Lana

    Miki Yamashita as Miss Miyako

    Paula Tiso as Narrator

    Only on Table Read.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


    THE UNDERSTUDY - Trailer Dec 02, 2025
    Show notes

    THE UNDERSTUDY

    What happens when you wish you were someone else... and the universe says bet?

    Natalie Primavera has a million Instagram followers, perfect technique, and the lead role in every show. Ava Ross has a cracked phone, a nerdy boyfriend who dresses as naked Miley Cyrus, and a work-study job sweeping the dance studio.

    One ancient snow globe. Two desperate wishes. And suddenly they wake up in each other's bodies.

    There's just one problem: Natalie's body is now in a hospital bed with a shattered hip. And Ava's body? It's about to dance the Sugar Plum Fairy... with ankles like wet spaghetti.

    What follows is the funniest, most chaotic Nutcracker rehearsal season in history. We're talking zombie cats, possessed dolls, a Romanian ballet master with a terrifying nine-year-old son, and a love triangle nobody asked for.

    But underneath the chaos is something real: two girls discovering that the lives they envied aren't what they seemed, and that maybe the grass isn't greener, it's just... different grass.

    The Understudy. It's Freaky Friday meets Center Stage, and it slaps.

    Written by award-winning writer Jenna St. John.

    Starring:

    Kensington Tallman as Natalie Primavera

    Logan Laurel as Ava Ross

    Konstantin Lavysh as Mr. Constantine

    Carson Bolde as Grayson Garcia

    Sasha Knight as Trevor

    Rita Dos Santos as Kenzie

    Samantha A. Smith as Jasmine

    Kearn Eva Binder as Zoe Dennings

    Adele Abinante as Bean Ross

    Avery Clyde as Mrs. Primavera

    Katherine Brunk as Ms. Ross Brandon

    Potter as Mr. Primavera

    Sarah Elmaleh as Miss

    Lana Miki Yamashita as Miss Miyako

    Paula Tiso is the Narrator

    Only on Table Read.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


    Small Block - Act Three Nov 25, 2025
    Show notes

    The countdown to eleven builds like a pressure valve. Dizzy waits in the driveway holding on to hope. Kev hides nerves behind jokes. P keeps tugging at a shirt that has never felt right on his body. Everyone is pretending this morning will fix something they are too scared to name.

    A car turns the corner and it is the wrong one. Dizzy breaks. Kev fires the blame at P. The friendship between them starts to shake. P disappears inside and comes back with a Sprite because it is the only comfort he knows how to offer at fourteen.

    Then the sound hits. Guitar blasting out of an engine that should not exist in a town this small. The DeLorean pulls in for real. Dizzy lifts his head. Kev goes silent. P feels the world shift. Miss World steps out with a sunflower in her hair and for a moment everything feels possible.

    She takes them on the ride they have been imagining all week. Kev laughs in the back. Dizzy shouts for more speed. P sits in the front seat trying to hold himself together. Miss World asks what they want from the future. Dizzy talks about cars. Kev talks about family. P cannot answer. Miss World waits. P finally admits he is afraid to look ahead. Kev jokes that P might not make it to adulthood. Miss World hears something deeper than the joke. She sees him.

    When they return, nothing is magically fixed. But something inside P cracks open. He cannot keep disappearing into other people’s expectations. Not after being seen this clearly, even for a moment. Act Three is the ride, the break, and the first honest step toward who P is becoming.


    SMALL BLOCK is a feature screenplay by Ashley Lauren, performed live and mixed like a feature film for your ears. From the award-winning team at TABLE READ / Manifest Media Productions.

    Content Advisory: This episode contains suicidal ideation, transphobic and homophobic language, and minor fatphobic language, used intentionally to serve the story and its period portrayal.

    New episodes drop Tuesdays. Subscribe now.

    Cast (Full Feature):

    P – Levi Dafferner

    Kev – Kosi Eguchi

    Bex – Piper Kingston

    Dizzy – Deryck Hak

    Miss World – Lydia Tinsley

    Dad – Adam Pilver

    Mrs. D – Gemma Kyle

    Mom – Leah Zhang

    Britt – Eric Miller

    Tiff / Martha – Avery Norris

    Mr. Welch / Kev’s Dad – Eddie Aguirre

    Dan / Zach – Aidan Dick

    Jack – Kellen Rose

    James – Michael Amir Nash

    Rob – Jack Murphy

    Janet / Video Store Clerk – Sabrina Ariss

    Narrator – Paula Tiso

    Written by Ashley Lauren

    Produced by Jack Levy, Mark Knell, and Shaan Sharma for TABLE READ / Manifest Media

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


    Small Block - Act Two Nov 18, 2025
    Show notes

    The morning after Homecoming week hits different. P wakes up at Dizzy’s house pretending everything is fine, even though nothing is fine. The letter from St. John’s is in his pocket like a weight. The DeLorean didn’t show. The note he wrote is still in his head.

    Outside, Kev and Dizzy shoot hoops like the world is normal. P pretends right along with them. The kind of pretending every kid knows too well. Then real life barges in, and the moment they were waiting for disappears before it even starts.

    At the video store, things get even tighter. Bex is behind the counter. Kev is cracking jokes that cut deeper than he realizes. P is trying to disappear inside a ruined shirt and a smile that doesn’t fit anymore.

    He escapes to the back room, plays a fighting game, and chooses the one character who feels closest to the person he can’t say out loud. For a second, he can breathe. Then everything and everyone he’s avoiding walks right in.

    Act Two is where the mask slips. Where jokes stop being jokes. Where P realizes he can’t keep pretending forever.


    SMALL BLOCK is a feature screenplay by Ashley Lauren, performed live and mixed like a feature film for your ears. From the award-winning team at TABLE READ / Manifest Media Productions.

    Content Advisory: This episode contains suicidal ideation, transphobic and homophobic language, and minor fatphobic language, used intentionally to serve the story and its period portrayal.

    New episodes drop Tuesdays. Subscribe now.

    Cast (Full Feature):

    P - Levi Dafferner

    Kev - Kosi Eguchi

    Bex - Piper Kingston

    Dizzy - Deryck Hak

    Miss World - Lydia Tinsley

    Dad - Adam Pilver

    Mrs. D - Gemma Kyle

    Mom - Leah Zhang

    Britt - Eric Miller

    Tiff / Martha - Avery Norris

    Mr. Welch / Kev's Dad - Eddie Aguirre

    Dan / Zach - Aidan Dick

    Jack - Kellen Rose

    James - Michael Amir Nash

    Rob - Jack Murphy

    Janet / Video Store Clerk - Sabrina Ariss

    Narrator - Paula Tiso

    Written by Ashley Lauren

    Produced by Jack Levy, Mark Knell, and Shaan Sharma for TABLE READ / Manifest Media

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


    Small Block - Act One Nov 11, 2025
    Show notes

    It's Homecoming Weekend in North Texas, 1994. Fourteen-year-old P is barely holding it together, shaving a single whisker in the bathroom mirror, writing a note he almost can't take back, and dialing his best friend Kev before a Zippo flame turns fear into momentum.

    At school, P's movie-trivia fluency sabotages Kev in a "battle of the sexes" quiz, earning heat from Kev and former best friend Bex. After class, the band - P, Kev, and Dizzy - argues Pantera vs. Korn, then mainlines '90s VHS nostalgia with Ace Ventura and The Crow.

    Then the impossible slides by in stainless steel: a DeLorean. Its driver, "Miss World," knows her metal, quotes regrets, and won't take three teens on a joyride yet. She'll be back tomorrow at 11 A.M.

    Under Friday-night lights, P pulls down a highlight-reel TD in a scrappy eighth-grade pickup game while Dizzy's hustling block saves the play. Back in the stands, P's parents pitch football and fitting in. P keeps tugging his shirt straight and his purple beanie low, but the question won't leave him alone: who is he allowed to be, especially if the words for it don't exist here?

    SMALL BLOCK is a feature screenplay by Ashley Lauren, performed live and mixed like a feature film for your ears. From the award-winning team at TABLE READ / Manifest Media Productions.

    Content Advisory: This episode contains suicidal ideation, transphobic and homophobic language, and minor fatphobic language, used intentionally to serve the story and its period portrayal.

    New episodes drop Tuesdays. Subscribe now.

    Cast (Full Feature):

    P - Levi Dafferner

    Kev - Kosi Eguchi

    Bex - Piper Kingston

    Dizzy - Deryck Hak

    Miss World - Lydia Tinsley

    Dad - Adam Pilver

    Mrs. D - Gemma Kyle

    Mom - Leah Zhang

    Britt - Eric Miller

    Tiff / Martha - Avery Norris

    Mr. Welch / Kev's Dad - Eddie Aguirre

    Dan / Zach - Aidan Dick

    Jack - Kellen Rose

    James - Michael Amir Nash

    Rob - Jack Murphy

    Janet / Video Store Clerk - Sabrina Ariss

    Narrator - Paula Tiso

    Written by Ashley Lauren

    Produced by Jack Levy, Mark Knell, and Shaan Sharma for TABLE READ / Manifest Media


    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


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