WRW is happy to return to the days of yesteryear with a program of Old Time Radio favorites. We are making our debut at McMenamin’s Mission Theater as part of it’s 101st birthday celebration.

They will be showing the first film to grace the screen at the Mission, the incomparable classic “CASABLANCA” and between showings WRW will present an hour of radio the way it used to be. Live actors, live Foley and scripts to make your spine tingle or just plain laugh out loud.

The Battling Bickerson’s “The Honeymoon”, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century “The First Episode” and finally we present radio’s strangest adventurer, the Shadow – mystery man who strikes terror into the very hearts of sharpsters, law breakers, and criminals  in “The Silent Avenger”. This program is appropriate for all ages and is a great way to share a part of America’s media history with young and old alike. We hope you can join us, One Show Only!

The cast and crew for this merry romp includes, Chris Porter, Alyson Ayn Osborn, Mary Thomas, Bruce Miles, Joshua North, David Ian, Dino de AElfweald, D. Neil Blake and Sam A. Mowry is usually hanging around there somewhere. You couldn’t ask for a better cast and crew for a Sunday by the Philco.

Doxctor Who fans! Fast on the heels of our annual McMenamins UFO Festival extravaganza, we go even further into the light. We will be performing a NEW Dr. Who show- “Monsters in the Mist” by Joseph Medina (cracker jack author of our last 2 Who episodes). To make the event even more epic, we will be performing at the TARDIS ROOM,
(1218 N Killingsworth St, Portland, OR.) and to take it one step further, we will be attempting to stream the show live on our website. More info to follow! This is going to be an amazing show and we need YOU to come out and be a part of the audience and also a part of the show. Join James Dineen as the Doctor, Mary Thomas as Michaela and Joshua S. McDaniels and Sam A. Mowry as the guest aliens. Live sound by D. Neil Blake, our announcer KZME’s own Phillip Bursch and the manic sonic mastery of The Maestro: Marc Rose. 

This is a show, not to be missed. Come on down and have some fish and chips, a pint and some live Dr. Who. The original TV episodes will be playing right after us, so if you are Jonesing for more Who now that the season is over, WRW and the Tardis Room come to your rescue. Join us in person or on the radio, either way it is a show not to be missed.

And “Yes, that is a Tardis radio with a Crosley tuning dial and a Silvertone tuning eye.” Would that they made them.

This Saturday, December 22nd at 7pm The Willamette Radio Workshop presents Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol”, adapted by Cynthia McGean from the source and the Campbell Playhouse versions. The classic Christmas story of Scrooge and Tiny Tim finds it’s natural home in the radio/audio theater medium, the theater of the mind. A ghost story told to remind mankind of the perils of greed and isolation at a time of the year when our community needs more help than ever.

The show will be performed at the wonderful First Christian Church at 1314 SW Park Ave Portland, OR 97201. This is a big space with plenty of room for throngs.

Our goal for the night is to collect food for the Oregon Food Bank and collect any funds people contribute to the Meals on Wheels People. After all, Christmas is a time when want is keenly felt and abunance rejoices, as Mr. Dickens reminds us.

This years show will be a celebration of 20 years of the Community Carol that we have taken to nursing homes, AIDS hospices, assisted living centers and any  where people have wanted/needed a little Christmas cheer. We never charge, the casts have ranged in size from 4 to 40 (more actually) and the rehearsal party has become a tradition for all of us. This version of the show has more characters and lots of audience interaction, so come ready to play.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for seating and refreshments.

The cast includes our original Scrooge, Tom Beckett, Cynthia McGean, Tim McKennie, Mary Thomas, Chris Porter, Ross Huffman-Kerr , Sam A. Mowry and a cast of many more yet to come.

Live music and carols provided by the Holly Jolly Radio Singers under the direction of Bennett Bailey. Music will start at 6:50.

Live sound and recording by D. Neil Blake.

In the tradition of the golden age of radio, live Foley by David Ian and Dino de Aelfweald. This show is one hour in length and appropriate for all ages.

The award-winning Willamette Radio Workshop wants to help preserve the history of radio theater and to this end its work includes recreations or re-imaginings of classic radio programs like the Campbell Playhouse Christmas Carol with Orson Wells and Lionel Barrymore. And we take great pleasure in reaching out to serve our community and celebrate life through the Arts, no matter how dark the times or long the days. We hope you can join us as we retire Radio Carol and then look for new holiday traditions to share with you all. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all.

Join us this Friday the 14th at 7pm for Charles Dickens’ “A Live Radio Christmas Carol”, A benefit for Loaves and Fishes in Vancouver. The Luepke Center 1009 East McLoughlin Boulevard Vancouver, WA 98663.

The Willamette Radio Workshop presents Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol”, adapted by Cynthia McGean from the source and the Campbell Playhouse versions. The classic Christmas story of Scrooge and Tiny Tim finds it’s natural home in the radio/audio theater medium, the theater of the mind. A ghost story told to remind mankind of the perils of greed and isolation at a time of the year when our community needs more help than ever.

Ticket are $20 for adults and $15 for students.

Follow this link to purchase tickets.

http://www.mealsonwheelspeople.org/store/product.cfm?product=100

Doors open at 6:15 p.m. for seating and refreshments.

The cast includes Ross Huffman-Kerr, Cynthia McGean, Tim McKennie, James Dineen, Mary Thomas and Sam A. Mowry. Live music and carols provided by the Holly Jolly Radio Singers under the direction of Bennett Bailey. Live sound and recording by D. Neil Blake.

In the tradition of the golden age of radio, live Foley by David Ian and Dino de Aelfweald. This show is one hour in length and appropriate for all ages.

The award-winning Willamette Radio Workshop wants to help preserve the history of radio theater and to this end its work includes recreations or re-imaginings of classic radio programs like the Campbell Playhouse Christmas Carol with Orson Wells and Lionel Barrymore.

We are doing it old school. We will be presenting our award winning Frankenstein, adapted by Cynthia J. McGean, LIVE from the KZME studios. The station can be found at 107.1fm and we will be doing the entire, live Foley, live acting show this Sunday at 2pm on KZME. It will stream live over the interweb at KZME’s website on The Society of the Inner Ear at 2pm. That’s on KZME 90.7 fm, live in studio.  You don’t get live radio drama very often, so I hope you can catch it. It should be fun.

The cast and crew are as follows. Sound design and music by Marc Rose, with live Foley by David Ian and Dino de AElfweald. Ableton live by Phillip Bursch. Live sound and Recording by D Neil Blake.  The cast includes Mark Homayoun, Mary Thomas, Scott Jamieson, James Dineen, Bruce Miles, Alson Ayn Osborn and Sam A. Mowry, who also directs.

Live radio lives! Once again the Willamette Radio Workshop presents it’s eleventh annual Halloween extravaganza. WRW presents Frankenstein, adapted by Cynthia McGean. This will be the full-blooded masterpiece. A tale of science and passion, creation and betrayal, love, loss and horror. A classic story, perfect for the Halloween season. Ms. McGean’s adaptation won a special Ogle Award for her work (very fittingly named after the actor who played the Creature in Thomas Edison’s first Frankenstein film). The show is recorded live and chock full of manual sound effects in the style of the Golden Age of Radio with a few modern touches for good measure.

All shows are free and open to all ages, the subject matter may be a little intense for younger listeners. Kennedy School hosts FREE trick or treating for the kids all afternoon, especially helpful on rainy days. Have a beer and something to eat and enjoy Halloween without all the rain and cold. Copies of local audio drama can be purchased from Joe Medina and Jamie Lawson at our swag table.

WHEN: 4pm & 5:30pm Wednesday October 31^st at Kennedy School.

COST: All shows are free and open to all ages. (The subject matter may be unsettling to younger children)

Starring: Sam A. Mowry, Chris Porter, Mark Homayoun, Mary Thomas, Scott Jameison, James Dineen, Toni Lima and Matthew Richards.

Sound Design by Marc Rose

Foley by David Ian and Dino deAlfweald

Kate Dineen Stylist

Ableton live by Phillip Bursch.

Live sound and Recording by D. Neil Blake.

Adapted by Cynthia McGean

Directed by Sam A. Mowry

This week the Willamette Radio Workshop is well represented on The Society of the Inner Ear. A show about firsts has our first ever live original production, The Call of the Mummy. Originally presented on Stage and Studio on KBOO we are happy to rebroadcast it here. The play was written by Cynthia McGean, Stars Scott Jameison, Mark Homayoun, Mary Robinette Kowal, Mark Twohy and Atticus Mowry. Sound Effects are by Martin Gallagher, Original music by Scott Jameison, Produced by Robert Kowal and Sam A. Mowry directed and played the spooky voice (as usual). Special thanks to Dmae Roberts and Emily Young.

The other first is Alec Knox’s The Secret Passage, The Thing at the Lighthouse. An original audio drama in the vein of the great old time radio series. Alec wrote (from a story by himself and Preston G. Tracey) and directed the piece, jamie Haggerty did the sound design and additional editing was by Jamie Haggerty and Kasey Gifford. The art work displayed here from the CD is by Kasey Gifford and the design and layout by Tim Weakland. We met these guys through their work at Flying Rhino productions and they are wonderfully talented and crazed individuals, perfect for radio and we are honored to have them on SotIE.

We also throw in a few 5 Minute Mysteries to round out the hour. I hope you enjoy the show, Sunday September 23rd at 2pm pst on KZME 107.1 fm in Portland, Oregon. Or the podcast which will be up for about a month at SotIE Podcast. Happy listening.

This weeks effort for the Society on KZME 107.1 fm, Portland includes two adaptations of the Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. We offer up WRW’s show from the Halloween 2011 tribute to Mr. Poe and then we bring in one of my favorite shows of all time. Then CBS Radio Mystery Theater. I loved mysteries and radio drama before I even knew what radio was. CBSRMT was created by Himan Brown who also directed the show. The opening had this great string ensemble and the longest door squeak in the business, followed by the perfect host, E.G. Marshall, as friendly as you please and as creepy as all get out at the same time. Smartly written scripts with all star casts (though sometimes just damn fine actors). Then shows were recorded like clock work and the Actors were paid union scale at around $73.92 per show. Writers earned a flat rate of $350 per show. Production took place with assembly-line precision. Brown met with actors at 9am for the first script reading. After he assigned roles, recording began. By noon, the recording of the actors was complete, and Brown handed everyone checks. Post-production was done in the afternoon. I gotta admire that guy. You can find the complete CBS Radio Mystery Theater Collection here!

Todays’ show stars Fred Gwynn for CBSRMT and the WRW version stars Alyson Ayn Osborn and here is the rest of the cast and crew. James Dineen, Sarah Rea, Bruce Miles and Sam A. Mowry.

Sam A. Mowry is the producer and director.  Joe Medina is indispensable. Cynthia J. McGean is our Dramaturge. Rob Kowal is Associate Producer of the Workshop. David Ian & Dino de AElfweald- Foley Artists and Designers.  Galen Huckins- Musical Director/Composer. D. Neil Blake is our recordist Extraordinaire.

Special thanks to Marc Rose, Jamie Lawson and Joe Medina/ Afterhell, Dry Smoke and Whispers, Martin J. Gallagher,  Atticus Welles Mowry, Jerrel McQuen, Claudine Hemminway, Tapestry Theater and Judy Straasland, Filmusik, PDX Classical Revolution and all our families and friends who make this possible.

Sunday July 8^th brings another show chock full of Willamette Radio goodness to the Society of the Inner Ear broadcast and streamed on KZME 107.1 fm in Gresham, OR. Our Tales St. James Infirmary show presented some of the most inventive, fun and actually scary things we have ever done. Today we present a few examples with more to come. As an added treat we have the wonderful music of Galen Huckins, Megafauna, Classical Revolution PDX and Marty Gallagher in the mix. Sit back and enjoy the hour, it’ll fly right by.

The System by Jan Bear. Every guy has a system. Some work better than others, some work too well.

The Reason Why another by William S. Gregory. Science and fame and fortune are all examined in this moment in time. Have you had your 15 minutes yet?

Delicious by William S. Gregory. Script voted most scary by our dramaturge. Sam just thinks it’s a nice chat with an old friend. See who’s right.

The Real McCoy by Angela McKennie. A jazz aged, snappy pater, fun house ride of love, double crossing and the St. James Infirmary. Somebody gets a happy ending.

No Shelter by Afterhell’s own Joe Medina. Raoul loves Jenny, he’s never do anything to her. Well Jenny might argue the point. If she could.

CAST AND CREW FOR THE HALLOWEEN SHOW

Tim McKennie, Lindsae Klein, Alyson Osborn, James Dineen, Mark Homayoun, David Loftus, Bryan Mackey, Sarah Rea, Mary Thomas and Sam A. Mowry.

Sam A. Mowry producer and director.

Cynthia J. McGean Dramaturge.

Marty Gallagher– Sound Co-ordinator/Auto harp, David Ian- Foley, Dino de AElfweald- Foley, Randall Howington- Grip/Foley, Lori Day-Reynolds-Mix, Marc Rose– Abelton.

Galen Huckins- Musical Director/Composer, Megafauna and the Classic Revolution are the musicians.

Writer’s for the full recorded Tales from the St. James Infirmary include: Jan Bear, Sandra De Helen, Fred Greenhalgh, William E. Gregory, William S. Gregory, David Ian, Craig Kenworthy, Bryan Mackey, Cynthia McGean, Angela McKennie, Joe Medina, Rolf Semprebon And Sam Spackman.