This week’s podcast offers a special surprise. Two weeks ago, we talked about my impressions of the Hear Now Festival for 2015. But, I had no audio clips that were actually a part of the 2015 Festival. Those clips are now available. So, I’m using this week’s podcast to share two of the best radio plays that I heard during the festival. We start with the award winning When Johnny Comes Marching Home and close with a short comedy sketch based on the War of the Worlds in honor of Orson Welles’ birthday.
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#16-Hear Now Festival, Impressions and Samples
Barbara-Rosenblat & George Taylor at the Hear Now Festival of 2015
We’ve just returned from a week away attending the Hear Now Festival in Kansas City, MO. HEAR Now is the audio equivalent of a film festival for contemporary audio story-telling in all its forms: live and scripted solo performances, multi-voiced performance, classic radio drama, experimental narrative, and much more. In this podcast, I share my impressions on the festival and share some samples from the participants in this festival. (No, these samples don’t come from this festival, but from other sources.)
I mention several web-sites in this podcast. For your convenience, here are the links you may want to peruse:
Other sites you may wish to book at:
Firesign Theater (Legendary audio theater group)
Shots in the Night (Kansas City based radio theater)
#15-The Hear Now Festival, Kansas City, MO
Kelley Hazen
Rozanne Devine
Next week, I will be participating in the audio equivalent of a film festival. Hear Now: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival is the only festival of its kind in the U.S. It features contemporary audio fiction including: live and scripted solo performances, audio theater, audiobooks, audio art, classic radio drama, sound design, and much more. Kansas City, MO hosts this festival this year from June 11-14. The festival is featuring a celebration of the works of Mark Twain. Actresses Kelley Hazen and Rozanne Devine and I will be appearing on Thursday evening to read excerpts from three works of Mark Twain. I will read from Huckleberry Finn; Kelley will read from Tom Sawyer; and Rozanne Devine will read from The Diaries of Adam and Eve. In this podcast, I feature an interview with actress Rosie Devine, information about Kelley Hazen and readings from all of us.
#13-Historical Novels 2
The west of the mid-1800’s was mired in conflict over the issue of slavery. Against this backdrop, C. Q. Scafidi brings us The Outlaw Unchained: Bleeding Kansas. This conflict plays a role in this action filled novel. And Scafidi shares much about Bleeding Kansas. Never heard of it? Some background and some tantalizing excerpts from the novel are featured in this podcast.
#5-An Interview in the G-Zone
On March 10, 2015, I went into the G-Zone with Giovanni Gelati of Helping Hands Press to talk about audi
obooks. We talked about the variety of books I’ve recorded and how I deal with the emotions of a character without totally succumbing to them while recording the book. You’ll hear about some upcoming projects as well as a sample of a recent release – Sonrise in Sweetland, volume 1-The Short Engagement. You may also hear a thing or two you didn’t know about yours truly!