Dirty Laundry

By: Mathilde Dratwa

Narrated by: Reed Birney, Alison Pill, Marsha Mason, Portia, Tala Ashe, Melissa Dougherty

An uproariously opinionated chorus of female voices (Portia, Tala Ashe, and Melissa Dougherty) provides the galloping cadence to Mathilde Dratwa’s new play Dirty Laundry, a comedy-drama that puts everything on the table to explore the extremes of human emotion.

A woman (Alison Pill) finds herself grappling with both grief and anger following the sudden death of her mother and the shocking revelation of her father’s infidelity. Her father (Reed Birney), on the other hand, is just trying his best to verbalize his own complicated feelings about love, loss, lust…and household chores.

And the other woman (Marsha Mason) simply wonders: Is she still “the other woman” when the original woman is gone?

Playwright Mathilde Dratwa was awarded a commission through the Audible Emerging Playwrights Fund, an initiative dedicated to developing innovative original plays driven by language and voice. As an Audible-commissioned playwright, she received funding and creative support to develop Dirty Laundry.

©2023 Mathilde Dratwa (P)2023 AO Media LLC

Bravo! Awesome voice acted drama!!!

I don't write reviews very often. Hardly ever. But I just wanted to say how good this very human story about a relationship between father and daughter is.
I was a child in the 70s when radio shows were still a thing.
I heard many famous plays during those days. I loved Mystery Night Theater and I would love more voice stories like this.
I loved the voices that chimed in all the time.
Excellent performance and directing.
More please!!

Can't figure out the story.

It started out slow, and I was hoping it would get better, but it never did. I couldn't listen to all of it.

Not worth the time

Very disappointed thought there would be a story but failed. Fell flat. Time spent lost

Took a Bit but Well Worth the Listen

This is a play about love, loss, and lust and not necessarily in that order. While other reviewers talked about finding humor, I did not. For me this was a very serious, very real situation.

Surprising touching

Don’t be surprised by the chorus of voices at times. It’s unlike other reads with a single voice, but it was effective and unique, like a Greek chorus in modern times helping the story along and adding texture. The story wandered in an effective way and you just have to just go with it until it all is revealed. It’s was a unique, creative listen, telling a much longer story in a very short time.

Wow, this was such a captivating story

So incredibly well performed and the story had me spellbound captivated.
This was the best 1 hour and 24 minutes I have spent in a long time. Bravo to the performers

Very interesting and unique

I really enjoyed it, the effects and thoughts portrayed made me think and feel a lot of different things.

I kept listening

I’m glad I kept listening to this audible. At first, I was confused by the multiple voices, but as others have said, it was like a Greek play. This story feels authentic, right, and emotional. It makes you think about a lot of feelings that all the different parties experience.

I liked it!

I was up early with a hungry baby, this was an excellent use of my morning. I also have a mother who has passed away, so I’m sure that changed the way I heard it. Definitely worth the couple hours!

Give it a chance

I want to know if monogamy is not the cornerstone of marriage, what is? But it’s only to judge by your own marriage. Some stay in it because of love. We only have forgiveness to help us through the many human mistakes that we make in life and if trust is broken forever..infidelity hurts not just the married couple but all the people in and around the relationship. This play does give us something to think about.