The Willamette Radio Workshop brings classic Sci-Fi to the 9th Annual UFO Festival
The award wining Willamette Radio Workshop presents a new version of the Sci-Fi classic “The THING” by John Campbell. Following in the steps of Howard Hawks ’50’s classic and Jon Carpenter’s 80’s masterpiece, WRW has commissioned Joe Medina of “Afterhell” fame to craft [...]
Plotting the 2007 Writers On-the-Air Workshop
Willamette Radio Workshop announces its 4th annual Writers On-the-air Workshop (WOW) starting in July. Through a collaborative, peer-driven process led by writer and educator Cynthia J. McGean, writers use the audio theater medium to explore their craft. This year’s focus will be on plot structure. Over the [...]
The good folks at McMenamins who have invited us to once again fly the solar winds with a Sci-Fi double header for the 8th Annual UFO Festival.
This year we will present 2 shows (and no doubt some surprises) first off, HURF the extra dimensional Assassin by Craig Kenworthy and then ZERO HOUR by the legendary [...]
Mike Russell writes and draws one of the best columns in the Oregonian newspaper, Culture Pulp. It is a comic and man on the street style column that chronicles the arts and events in Portland that make us one of the most livable cities. Well Mike ran into us at McMenamins Kennedy School doing our [...]
THROUGH THE TURNSTILE�S by Carole Dane is an original rumination on the need for human contact, set in a post-apocalyptic world in the not-too-distant future. The tragic events of 911 inspire this work that speaks most profoundly about what goes unsaid.An amazingly brief but deep work that has at it�s center the loneliness of our society, even after it�s gone.
The Willamette Radio Workshop presents an original production from the Writer’s on the Air Workshop, sponsored in part by The Regional Arts and Culture Council. Broadcast on Stage and Studio with Dmae Roberts Tuesday, December 26th at 10:30 am on KBOO 90.7 fm. The program runs 30 minutes.
THE OUTSIDER is a collaboration between Sam A. Mowry and Joe Medina to explore the text of a Lovecraft story with the sound effects and production they bring to their work with Modern Audio Drama. This broadcast is a great example of how the Workshop keeps experimenting with original stories, existing texts and how we always look for new ways to tell stories with sound.
Willamette Radio Workshop presents Dracula for 2 Halloween shows at McMenamins Kennedy School 
Tuesday October 31st at 5:30 and 7 pm. FREE and open to ALL AGES (kidsmust have an adult with them).
KENNEDY SCHOOL
5736 N.E. 33rd Ave.Portland, OR
One of our favorite programs of all time is back. Dracula is stepping in to our Halloween slot to be performed live at McMenamins Kennedy School Tuesday October 31st at 5:30pm and 7pm. Be sure to bring the kids for free trick or treating at the Kennedy School, the perfect way to avoid the rain and enjoy the holiday. The show and the treats are free and open to all ages, children must have an adult with them.
This Tuesday, Oct. 31, KBOO will air 2 pieces from WRW. THE OUTSIDER, adapted by Joe Medina from the classic horror story by H.P. Lovecraft, and THROUGH THE TURNSTILE’S, by Carole Dane both members of the Writer’s On the Air Workshop.
THROUGH THE TURNSTILE’S is an original rumination on the need for human contact, set in a post-apocalyptic world in the not-too-distant future. TURNSTILE’s was created at last year’s Writer’s On-the-air Workshop, and is funded in part by the Regional Arts and Culture Council.
THE OUTSIDER is a collaboration between Sam A. Mowry and Joe Medina to explore the text of a Lovecraft story with the sound effects and production they bring to their work with Modern Audio Drama. This broadcast is a great example of how the Workshop keeps experimenting with original stories, existing texts and how we always look for new ways to tell stories with sound.
