The Rose Rhapsody
Episodes
The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hercule Poirot can’t resist a case, even when holidaying in Brighton with his dutiful friend, Captain Hastings. When a precious pearl necklace vanis...
“Winnie-the-Pooh” Chapters 4 & 5
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Chapters 4 and 5 from A. A. Milne’s beloved collection of short stories following the adventures of an anthropomorphic teddy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, ...
Once More Around the Sun
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Beloved English essayist, poet and critic, Charles Lamb (1775-1834) reflects his gentle wisdom upon humanity’s annual celebration in his essay “Ne...
Should Your Spirits Fall Again…
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A celebration of Christmas and the holiday season beginning with acclaimed actor Rick Foucheux’s humorous tale of putting up his fake Christmas tree...
It’s a Dog’s Life
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A look at mankind’s deep and enduring connection to dogs through the eyes of two literary masters: American humorist Mark Twain in “A Dog’s Tale...
“Winnie-the-Pooh” Chapters 2 & 3
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chapters 2 and 3 from A. A. Milne’s beloved collection of short stories following the adventures of an anthropomorphic teddy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, ...
Agatha Christie’s “The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb”
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During an archeological expedition to Egypt, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is called upon to investigate the ominous deaths surrounding the opening...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 19 - End of Story
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The riveting final chapter of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from P...
The Lincoln Logs
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Reflections from the American Civil War, including President Abraham Lincoln’s poignant plea for national unity from his Second Inaugural Address, a...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 18
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The next to last chapter of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Par...
“Winnie-the-Pooh” Chapter One
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The introduction and chapter one from A. A. Milne’s beloved collection of short stories following the adventures of an anthropomorphic teddy bear, W...
Agatha Christie’s “The Million Dollar Bond Robbery”
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Ridgeway is suspected of stealing over a million dollars in Liberty Bonds as they were being taken to America by ship. His fiance Esmee appeals...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 17
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 17 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Fest...
Letters Live at The Rose - “John & Abigail Adams: America’s Sweethearts”
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode: “Letters Live at The Rose” - the intimate correspondence between John and Abigail Adams as Independence Day and America’s deliv...
Animal Crackers
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amusingly tall animal tales and adventures written by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane, award-winning actor Rick Foucheux and legendary playwri...
Rose Classic “Fezziwig’s Party” - A Christmas Carol
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From “A Christmas Carol” (1843) by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge and The Ghost of Christmas Past visit Scrooge’s former workplace at Mr. Fez...
Rose Classic HOLIDAY JAZZ Live from Chicago (2021)
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hear your favorite holiday songs in this special Rose Classic edition featuring The Markus Rutz Jazz Trio, recorded in 2021.
The Last Dream of the Old Oak
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A majestic old oak contemplates the cycle of life in this poignant fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, featuring the vocal artistry of Helen Hayes a...
A Waltz for Tom
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A tribute to award-winning journalist, war correspondent, published poet and The Rose Poet Laureate, Tom Squitieri. A writer and journalist for over 3...
Agatha Christie’s “The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge”
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Roger Havering requests the services of Hercule Poirot, who is ill in bed with the flu, to investigate the murder of his uncle at his hunting lod...
Threads Unsewn
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Transformative prose swirls around the meaning of life and loss from playwright, poet and composer, Richard C. Washer. Featured performances include: ...
A Message to Garcia
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“A Message to Garcia” is a widely distributed essay written by Elbert Hubbard in 1899, extolling the value of individual initiative and conscienti...
Agatha Christie’s “The Adventure of the Cheap Flat”
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Captain Hastings meets a couple at a party who have just rented a flat in London’s most fashionable district for an implausibly cheap price. Poirot ...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 16
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 16 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Fest...
A Tuba in the Bathtub
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Acclaimed Helen Hayes award-winning actor Rick Foucheux, shares his memoir of growing up with a bigger than life instrument in small town Louisiana.
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 15
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 15 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Fest...
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Empty House” - Part II
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After the supposed demise of Sherlock Holmes, his closest friend and confidante, Dr. Watson, receives the shock of a lifetime when he is drawn to inve...
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Empty House” - Part I
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After the supposed demise of Sherlock Holmes, his closest friend and confidante, Dr. Watson, receives the shock of a lifetime when he is drawn to inve...
Agatha Christie’s “The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor”
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No criminal can outwit Detective Hercule Poirot’s “little gray cells” as he investigates the seemingly mundane death of a country squire. The ...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 14
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 14 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Fest...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 13
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 13 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Fest...
Ring Out, Wild Bells!
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Poetry by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, said to have been inspired by the “wild bells” of Waltham Abbey in Essex, England, when the bereaved poet threw o...
Fezziwig’s Party
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From “A Christmas Carol” (1843) by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Past visit Scrooge’s former workplace, “Fezziw...
A Scottish Winter Fairly
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If ever a poet understood the character of his nation, he was Robert Burns. The language of his poems and songs wasn’t so much Scots or English - it...
Whoopee Ti Yi Ya & Other Cowboy Adventures
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The musings and observations from long hard days in the saddle featured in the poetry of “Jim Marshall’s New Pianner” by William Devere and “B...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 12
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 12 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Fest...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 11
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 11 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Fest...
OVERCOAT by Tom Squitieri
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
pRosePie! - a delicious spoken word symphony featuring the poetry of award-winning journalist, war correspondent and published poet, Tom Squitieri, pe...
Agatha Christie’s The Adventure of “The Western Star”
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From the “Queen of Crime” and the world’s bestselling novelist, Agatha Christie, comes the first in her collection of short stories displaying t...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 10
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 10 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Fest...
YOU SHOULD WORRY - About a Musical Evening
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The delightful observations of John Henry, fictional Man-about-Town, from the prolific pen of Hugh McHugh aka George V. Hobart, the Canadian-American ...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 9
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 9 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festi...
Sadko
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A flight of fancy and the pursuit of an impossible dream take a lowly fisherman on a magical journey in this charming fairy tale written and performed...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 8
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 8 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festi...
Carpathia
08 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The gripping first-hand account of the greatest peacetime seafaring disaster of all-time, as told by James Bisset, Second Officer onboard the Carpathi...
The Cruelest Month
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features the song “Rain,” written and performed by Chris Stezin, alongside the poem “His Turn is Long Overdue” by award-winning j...
IN CHARACTER III “When Frogs Fall From The Sky”
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You-know-who is back and He ain’t happy. “When Frogs Fall From the Sky” by J. R. Spaulding - a new offering from IN CHARACTER | The Monologue ...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 7
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 7 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festi...
19 Years, 3 Days - Episode 9
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A struggling actor finally lands the role of a lifetime. The problem is … it just might not be his. The hilarious dramedy screenplay series by accla...
Rose Classic HOLIDAY JAZZ Live from Chicago (2021)
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hear your favorite holiday songs in this special Rose Classic edition featuring The Markus Rutz Jazz Trio.
What Christmas Means As We Grow Older
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A tender, personal vignette of hope, loss and understanding during the Christmas season, written by Charles Dickens, featuring the acclaimed award-win...
19 Years, 3 Days - Episode 8
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A struggling actor finally lands the role of a lifetime. The problem is … it just might not be his. The hilarious dramedy screenplay series by accla...
The Raven’s Tell-Tale Heart
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A HALLOWEEN SPECIAL EDITION - Experience Edgar Allen Poe’s most famous poems joined together in a hair-raising suspense story of mystery and horror ...
Casey At The Bat
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovingly rendered by DC veteran actor Jim Brady, this comic verse about a fictional, legendary baseball game was first published anonymously in 1888 b...
19 Years, 3 Days - Episode 7
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Season 1, Ep. 7 - A struggling actor finally lands the role of a lifetime. The problem is … it just might not be his. The hilarious dramedy screenpl...
…At The Theatre
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The delightful observations of John Henry, fictional Man-about-Town, from the prolific pen of Hugh McHugh aka George V. Hobart, the Canadian-American ...
Shakes It Up, Shakes It Out
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Experience Shakespeare, shaken up and stirred, for our modern troubled times. Featuring performances by audience favorites Ingrid De Sanctis, Ray Ficc...
The Cremation of Sam McGee
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A fantastical tale of perseverance, loyalty, and death. Rendered by acclaimed DC actor, Ray Ficca, two friends, Sam and Cap, are challenged to survi...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 6
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 6 - End of Book I - of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from ...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 5
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 5 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festi...
Tom's Tryptic Trifecta
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The transporting poetry of award-winning journalist, war correspondent, and published poet, Tom Squitieri. A prodigious writer and journalist for over...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 4
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 4 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festi...
…On Would Be Actors
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The delightful observations of John Henry, fictional Man-about-Town, from the prolific pen of Hugh McHugh aka George V. Hobart, the Canadian-America...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapters 2 & 3
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ch. 2 & 3 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the F...
Death and Taxes
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The inimitable sparkling wit of Dorothy Parker infuses the first seven poems from her 1931 collection “Death and Taxes” rendered by The Rose Theat...
The Sun Also Rises - Chapter 1
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The first chapter of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to t...
19 Years, 3 Days - Episode 6
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Season 1, Ep. 6 - A struggling actor finally lands the role of a lifetime. The problem is … it just might not be his. The hilarious dramedy screenpl...
Frosted
06 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Four of American poet Robert Frost’s best-loved verses, including his iconic masterpiece “The Road Not Taken,” rendered by acclaimed vocal artis...
The Little Match Girl
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A new rendering of Danish poet and author Hans Christian Anderson’s iconic tale of a dying child’s hopes and dreams performed by acclaimed vocal a...
19 YEARS, 3 DAYS Ep.5
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A struggling actor finally lands the role of a lifetime. The problem is … it just might not be his. The hilarious dramedy screenplay series by accla...
CLUB SODA | HOLIDAY JAZZ Live from Chicago Vol. 3
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A special holiday edition, recorded live in Chicago, featuring The Markus Rutz Jazz Trio - trumpeter and composer Markus Rutz, pianist Adrian Ruiz wit...
Observations
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The “view from here” begins on a park bench in New York City before joining Oscar Wilde’s ride through America, resting finally at Dorothy Parke...
19 YEARS, 3 DAYS Ep. 4
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Season 1, Ep. 4 - A struggling actor finally lands the role of a lifetime. The problem is … it just might not be his. The hilarious dramedy screenpl...
Dubliners in Exile
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Step into the world of James Joyce as Richard C. Washer weaves the places, people and ideas from the literary giant’s life and times into scenes for...
19 YEARS, 3 DAYS Ep. 3
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A struggling actor finally lands the role of a lifetime. The problem is … it just might not be his. The hilarious dramedy screenplay series by accla...
In Character II
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Entertaining voices populate IN CHARACTER II with dynamic performances by audience favorites Raven Bonniwell, Ray Ficca, Rick Foucheux, and Sheri S. H...
19 Years, 3 Days - Episode 2
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
S1, Episode 2 - A struggling actor finally lands the role of a lifetime. The problem is … it just might not be his. The debut of a hilarious dramedy...
CLUB SODA | Live from Chicago Vol. 2
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jazz trumpeter Markus Rutz and his quintet perform THE RHAPSODY SUITE, a dazzling new arrangement of Gershwin’s iconic melody RHAPSODY IN BLUE live ...
19 Years, 3 Days
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Season 1, Ep. 1 - A struggling actor finally lands the role of a lifetime. The problem is … it just might not be his. The debut of a hilarious drame...
Burgundy Leaves
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A ballad of fathers and sons, lost heroes and Ernest Hemingway’s exquisite rumination on both in his short story classic: INDIAN CAMP - Plus new jaz...
CLUB SODA | Live from Chicago Vol. 1
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Short-listed for a Grammy in 2020, jazz trumpeter Markus Rutz delivers tracks from his most recent albums live from The Sanctuary at The Epiphany Cent...
Women On The Verse
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Women’s voices through the iconic lens of Edith Wharton, George Eliot, and Emily Dickinson. Also featuring GERTRUDE, performance prose by DC playwri...
In Character
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Comedic voices rule IN CHARACTER with dynamic performances by audience favorites Raven Bonniwell, Ray Ficca, Rick Foucheux, Luz Nicolás and Chris Ste...
Chekhov in Rehab
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features the glories of Chekhov and the tale of CHEKHOV IN REHAB, a new short story by Sean Enright rendered in a solo performance by Ric...
Capricho
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features a new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning Cuban-American playwright Nilo Cruz, performed by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane. ...