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 [...]
WRW joins the 4th annual UFO Festival to produce a live re-creation of radio’s most famous broadcast. Sponsored by McMenamins Theatres and Pubs When & Where: Saturday, May 10th – 1:00pm Mack Theater in McMinnville, OR Friday, May 9th – 7:00pm The historic White Eagle Saloon in Portland, OR. All performances are free and open [...]
The Willamette Radio Workshop in conjunction with CoHo Theatre presented Orson Welles’ production of H. G. Wells’ War of the Worlds The 1938 “Panic Broadcast” This was a live recreation of the original broadcast that shook a nation on the brink of war. The script, a loose adaptation of H. G. Welles SCI-FI classic by [...]
Martians ready to invade Willamette Radio Workshop brings back “War of the Worlds” BY PAUL DUCHENE Issue date: 10/26/2001 The Tribune You might find it hard to believe as an adult that you were ever scared of things that go bump in the night. But if there’s a little flicker in the back of your [...]
OPB Radio’s news magazine airs Tuesday-Friday afternoons at 4:30 New “War of the Worlds” – Colin Fogarty October 26, 2001 This weekend, a radio theater troupe in Portland will recreate a Halloween production from 1939. The “War of the Worlds” was Orson Welles’ early claim to fame. At a time, when the nation was preparing [...]