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GATHER BY THE GHOST LIGHT is an audio fiction podcast that shares plays written by playwrights from around the world. Think of the Ghost Light as your campfire. Gather around and listen to stories from a variety of genres. Playwrights Jonathan Cook and Devon McSherry are the hosts of the series and most of the stories you hear were originally written as short stage plays that have been produced in theatres around the World. Short play festivals have become wildly popular in recent years and they have given emerging and established playwrights a platform for their work. The audio plays produced on this podcast give these talented playwrights an even wider audience for their stories. We welcome you to join us in this journey as we extend the voices of emerging playwrights!
Gather by the Ghost Light is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
Creator and Host
Jonathan Cook (creator of Gather by the Ghost Light) is heavily involved in the fine arts as an actor, writer, and filmmaker. Many of his short plays have been produced in theatres around the World and his full length play Lobster Man was a finalist for the 2024 Ashland New Play Festival, a semifinalist for the 2023 Princess Grace Award, as well as a semi-finalist for the 2023 SE Texas Festival of New Plays and it is now set for its World premiere in January 2025. He is a seven-time recipient of the Porter Fleming Literary Award in the playwriting category and his works have been published in anthologies by Smith & Kraus, Black Bed Sheet Books, and Ghost Light Publications. Aside from playwriting, he has also written and directed several short films that have been presented in regional film festivals as well as distributed internationally on ShortsTV. He is also the host and producer of the radio theater podcast Gather by the Ghost Light. Launched in 2020, Gather by the Ghost Light is a playwright focused podcast where he interviews writers and produces high quality audio plays of their works on the show by voice actors and edited with immersive sound effects and music.
Co-host
Devon McSherry (co-host of Gather by the Ghost Light) has been involved in the arts for as long as she can remember. Music and theater was what brought her parents together and shaped her love of the arts. So much so that she went to college for musical theater and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BFA from Metropolitan State University of Denver. Wherever she went, Devon continued to perform and began writing plays and short films along the way. She currently teaches Musical Theatre at the Musical Theatre Workshop in Augusta, GA.
