The Willamette Radio Workshop is proud to present the 7th annual Halloween audio theater extravaganza at McMenamins Kennedy School on Saturday, October 31st at 4 and 6 pm. This year’s presentation is an original compilation of stories based on “The St. James Infirmary Blues”, featuring live music and foley, and streaming in real time on [...]
“Bats in the Belfry: A Hair-Raising Fund-Raiser” is a Halloween-themed variety show at The Old Church on Sunday, October 25, at 3:00 p.m. Proceeds will benefit The Old Church attic to provide safer access and upgrades for better stage lighting and improved insulation/ventilation. Don your costume and bring the family for treats, wine, cider, door [...]
The unofficial “Audio Theater Month” begins with a preview of Willamette Radio Workshop’s Halloween spectacular, “Tales From St. James Infirmary.” A special sampler of four of these original stories will be presented this Friday evening, Oct 2nd, as part of the “mediartZ: Art as Experiential, Art as Participatory, Art as Electronic” Kick Off Party @ [...]
The Filmusik presentation of “Plan 9 From Outer Space” was a smashing success, with a full house for the Friday night show! The show also got some great press coverage, from the Oregonian and KATU! Check it out: Live performances add polish to Ed Wood’s ‘Plan 9′ (Oregonian) Arts scene: ‘Plan 9 from Outer Space’ [...]
FILMUSIK: Plan 9 From Outer Space May 27th and 29th, 7pm Hollywood Theatre Tickets $10 – $8 Students/Seniors www.filmusik.com On the 27th and 29th, teams of musicians, composers, voice actors and sound designers are congregating in the pit at the Hollywood Theatre to premiere a new soundtrack to Ed Wood’s botched masterpiece of sci-fi cinema: [...]
WRW is working with Filmusik on a new presentation of the Ed Wood classic, Plan 9 From Outer Space. It’s playing next week at the Hollywood Theatre. There’s more coming up in June. Check out the trailer!
WRW’s performance of “The War of the Worlds” played to a packed house at the UFO Festival last Saturday. Kevin Cooke was kind enough to shoot some pictures!
The 2009 McMenamins UFO Festival will feature a live radio presentation by the Award winning Willamette Radio Workshop of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. One performance only will be in Mattie’s Room at the Hotel Oregon, 2 p.m. Saturday May 16th, 2009. The War of the Worlds is regarded as the classic radio [...]
Cindy McGean, WRW’s Dramaturge, writes: Willamette Radio Workshop is looking for original scripts for the 2009 Halloween show which will be the same format as our MURDER OF CROWS program from some years back. The show will be 2 one hour programs made up of about 8 original scripts all in some way inspired by [...]
Come join the Willamette Radio Workshop as we make another journey to Middle-earth with “The Hobbit’s Greatest Hits,” our one-of-a-kind adaptation of the J.R.R. Tolkien classic. The performance is set for 2pm Saturday, January 17, at the McMenamins Kennedy School, part of the annual J.R.R. Tolkien Birthday Celebration. The performance is absolutely free, but remember: [...]