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Toll Switch



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Toll Switch is a genre-jumping anthology series set in New York City in the 1950’s. It’s an odd urban vision that is revealed in an unorthodox way...through the telephone.

Join the Operator as she patches you into the calls that light up her switchboard. She’s deliberate and discerning, collecting and presenting to you only the rarest of exchanges. These conversations define a Manhattan where the possibilities not only defy limits, but also reason.


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Connected Cocktails: Coney Island Mermaid

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:03:35 +0000

“By any estimation, Ma...a Coney Island Mermaid is the best kind of Mermaid.”

The dog days got your dander up? Join the Operator as she offers up some sweet relief from the summer swelter with a playful and beachy boardwalk inspired daiquiri.


Steak And Chops

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 17:46:52 +0000

An accomplished yet penitent mafia strong arm is confronted with an opportunity to lay down his gruesome past once and for all when he breaks bread with the undead.


These Cursed Words

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:00:01 +0000

For aspiring actress Katie Carmichael, the price of fame is tallied up in the pages of a screenplay bearing a role that Is a dream come true for her, but for the other actresses that had been cast in the role before her…a CURSE.


No Such Thing As Mermaids

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 23:31:30 +0000

Within the luminous embrace of a New York City Summer, a young man finds love on a bustling Coney Island boardwalk…a love that his mother isn’t so keen to accept when the news of his new-found romance unexpectedly turns to talk of mermaids.


Connected Cocktails: Happenstance

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 17:22:24 +0000

“If anything…I am quite simply drunk on Happenstance!”

Join the operator as she shakes up the season with a frothy, spicy brandy drink that’s as bright and festive as a holiday hearth.


Connected Cocktails: An Instigator

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 02:56:59 +0000

“You know what I am…as per my blood? I’m an Instigator”

Politics driving you to drink? Join the Operator as she offers up a recipe for a rich and smokey whiskey drink that you’ll be proud to share with your administration.


Alone Together

Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:57:58 +0000

With the world suddenly changed by an undefined threat, two young lovers, Max and May struggle to recapture the dreams of a life they longed to build together, after having to endure this daily dread alone.


It Sang From Outer Space

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:12:07 +0000

Buddha, a brilliant but bruised jazz musician finds himself on a bridge with intentions of ending his life. His plans change when he is met by a luminous message from beyond which he hopes will bring him back together with his bass player Parks and help them finish the unfinished blues that binds them.


Connected Cocktails: A Tincture

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 16:51:32 +0000

From the creators of Toll Switch come a series of original recipes offering classic cocktails with a “Switch”. Each cocktail, inspired by a specific Toll Switch Tele-Play, can be paired with the play or enjoyed on its own.


Make Up

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 16:59:57 +0000

A troubled woman with a troublesome husband decides to put on a new face with the help of a mysterious makeup lady.


Partners in Presents

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 21:48:21 +0000

Guy loves nothing more than his family, the comfort of a warm relaxing pipe and the magic of the Christmas season. When he calls his wife Haddie to report an unusual job offer from a stranger at a cigar store, she can’t decide if she is hearing the truth, or just another one of Guy’s fantastic yuletide yarns.


Blood Red White And Blue

Sat, 31 Oct 2020 04:08:00 +0000

When a young stagehand is contacted by a larger than life politician, he becomes aware that his blood has been deemed an integral part to a rather unorthodox presidential run. When presented with an opportunity, the stagehand must decipher fact from fiction and decide if he wants to be someone that creates the scenes or someone who lives out the rest of his modest life behind them.


Toll Switch

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:06:00 +0000

Toll Switch is a genre-jumping anthology series set in New York City in the 1950’s. It’s an odd urban vision that is revealed in an unorthodox way...through the telephone.

Join the Operator as she patches you into the calls that light up her switchboard. She’s deliberate and discerning, collecting and presenting to you only the rarest of exchanges. These conversations define a Manhattan where the possibilities not only defy limits, but also reason.