Willamette Radio Workshop

UFO Festival 2008

Web Lackey — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:54:55 +0000

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 a new audio version and bring this epic story into the 21st century.

Science-Fiction at its Blood-Curdling Best.

Where Did It Come From? How Did It Get Here? WHAT IS IT?

Scientists at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer examination, they discover the frozen pilot. All hell breaks loose when they take him back to their station and he is accidentally thawed out!

With live Foley by David Ian and original music and sound design by Martin John Gallagher, all under the direction and starring Sam A. Mowry, this will be an amazing hour of audio drama, in the classic tradition of War of the Worlds and Zero Hour.

Plus a classic short from the 40’s with a Flash Gordon serial.

Join us for a trip to another world, in the spaceship of your mind.

Halloween 2007

Web Lackey — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:00:23 +0000

This year’s HALLOWEEN SHOW focuses on two classics of both the horror genre and Old Time Radio. The Monkeyâ€™s Paw by W.W. Jacobs is a story we have either read or heard or saw in some form or another. The story is the perfect â€œBe careful what you wish forâ€ type of tale. It has a story book feel but still carries a modern urban vibe at the same time. Our version is adapted by Written by W. W Jacobs for the long running Canadian Broadcast series Nightfall. An old family friend returns from the war carrying a wizened relic from another time. A monkeyâ€™s paw with magic powers from the Far East. The story sounds too strange to be real, but the lure of three wishes has held the imagination of mankind for as long as they have looked into a night sky searching for the answers to all lifeâ€™s mysteries. The Monkeyâ€™s Paw is a perfect tale for audio theater. The images you create, the paw itself and what is on the other side of the door will leave you breathless.

Our second show needs no introduction, The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Alan Poe. The master of horror, the inventor of the modern detective novel, the poet of pain and sorrow without peer. This is another tale that lives so well in the imagination that you would think Poe was writing for radio scores of years before it was dreamt of. The Spanish Inquisition, scorching a path across Spain puts one of Bonaparteâ€™s Captains on trail. His destruction of a church serving as an ammo dump leads the Grand Inquisitor to sentence him to a death so unimaginable, that the auto de fait seems like a charitable end.
Dramatized by John Dixon Carr (an amazing writer) for one of the greatest radio programs of all time, Suspense. The show delves into the mind of a man pushed to the brink of madness and beyond, tortured by rats, fire, starvation and of course The Pit and the Pendulum.

Come see these 2 mighty tales, together for one night and one night only. Halloween at McMenaminâ€™s Kennedy School 5736 N.E. 33rd Ave. Portland, OR, October 31st at 5:00 and 6:30 pm. FREE and open to ALL AGES (kids must have an adult with them). Free treats for the kids from 4:30 pm until 7 pm. The subject matter might be too intense for younger listeners. Use your discretion.

The cast and crew includes: Marty Gallagher, David Ian, Marc Rose, Jan MacDonald, Autumn Lawrence, Linda Goertz, Mark Homayoun, Toni Lima, Curt Hanson and Sam A. Mowry.

The award winning Willamette Radio Workshop has been creating live and studio productions for over 7 years. We have been broadcast on stations around the world and perform live through out the McMenaminâ€™s Empire. Find out more about us at
www.radiowork.com

Special thanks to Cindy McGean, Atticus Welles Mowry, Robert Kowal, Mary Kowal, Claudine Hemmingway and Liz.

Toni Lima (Actor)

Web Lackey — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:14:55 +0000

Toni Lima has been performing with WRW for many years, including past Halloween productions such as: Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, Dracula and others. Her favorite roles have included: Melly, from the radio play Sunshine, and the nefarious French Housekeeper, Madame DuBley from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Toni has been acting since she found out it was a life possibility and was trained at an early age at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. She enjoys reading books outloud to her two sons, who claim she is the best reader-out-louder.

Writer’s On the Air 2006

Web Lackey — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:45:10 +0000

Click Here for the Willamette Radio Workshop’s Third Annual Writers On-the-Air Workshop

Writer’s On the Air Workshop 2007

Web Lackey — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:45:41 +0000

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 course of 4 weeks, meeting twice a week, participants examine the storytelling process through audio theater and develop complete audio theater scripts. WOW culminates in a day of recorded script readings by professional actors. Many of the scripts developed through WOW have gone on to full productions through WRW and other entities. Previous WOW scripts include one Mark Time Award-winner, five Ogle Award-winners, and three National Audio Theatre Festival Award winners. WOW is offered at no charge to anyone committed to the process and interested in exploring writing through the audio medium, although participants are welcome to donate money, space or refreshments.
Here is a bonus, Cindy on KBOO discussing the Workshop with Dmae Roberts.
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Schedule of WOW 2007 sessions:
Evenings (7pm-9pm) on
Wed, July 18 and Thurs. July 19,
Wed. July 25 and Thurs. July 26
Wed. Aug. 1 and Thurs. Aug. 2
Wed. Aug. 8 and Thurs. Aug. 9
Final readings of scripts on Saturday, Aug. 11 throughout the day
Final writer’s brunch on Sunday, Aug. 12 , 11am - 1pm.

You can follow the progress of the Workshop on line at our blog, The Writer’s Wavelength.

2007 UFO Festival is upon us!

Web Lackey — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:16:25 +0000

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 Ray Bradbury. HURF is a part of the Writer’s On the Air Workshop and sponsored in part by the Regional Arts and Culture Council.
HURF is the tale of 2 slackers who accidentally summon a death dealing demon from another dimension while playing a game of SCRABBLE. The story is both funny and thought provoking as the characters juggle the moral consequences of when is it O.K. to kill.
ZERO HOUR is a classic invasion story. Originally aired on Suspense, this is a story about a little girl and her friend â€œDrillâ€: who lives under the rose bush. They are both very excited about the new game they are playingâ€¦ Zero Hour. Kids donâ€™t only say the darndest things. A wonderful adventure from the pen of Ray Bradbury, the dean of Science Fiction.

I hope you can join us in our new location in the Hotel Oregon in Mattieâ€™s Room. It will be fun.

Here is the press release from the good folks at McMENAMINS.

8th ANNUAL UFO FESTIVAL
Friday, May 18 & Saturday, May 19, 2007
at
McMENAMINS HOTEL OREGON
McMinnville, OR

A celebration like no other â€“ beams down to Hotel Oregon this May. Our 8th Annual UFO Festival welcomes believers, skeptics, noted experts and everyone in between for a weekend of fun, enlightenment and entertainment.

This year, we are pleased to host Dr. David Jacobs as our Keynote Speaker. Dr. Jacobs is the director of the International Center for Abduction Research (ICAR), associate professor of history at Temple University in Philadelphia and UFO researcher for nearly 40 years. He will discuss how the science of ufology has changed in the sixty years since the infamous 1947 Roswell incident in New Mexico. Guest speakers Peter Robbins, UFO researcher and best-selling author, and Peter Davenport, director of the National UFO Reporting Center, will round out the Panel Q&A on Saturday morning.

Check out all the other fun stuff happening throughout the weekend â€“ an outdoor festival tent and McMenamins gift shop, live music from Portland bluegrass ensemble Jackstraw, a truly outlandish alien costume parade that careens down Third Street, an alien pet costume contest so Spot and Fluffy arenâ€™t left out, a live performance by Willamette Radio Workshop and more! To cap off the weekend, attend our Alien Costume Ball for live rock â€˜nâ€™ roll by Big Mama Gayle and a chance to win prizes for the most comical or well-done outfit. Reservations at Hotel Oregon are SOLD OUT â€“ but please refer to the McMinnville Downtown Association or the Chamber of Commerce for alternate local lodging.

Visit the UFO Festival schedule of events for complete listings.

Want to know more about the 1950 Trent sighting that started the UFO interest in McMinnville? Read a special section from a McMenamins Historic Hotel newsletter (PDF format).

If you’d like email updates about our 2007 event, join our UFO Festival Mailing List.

We made the Funnies!

Sam A. Mowry — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:49:12 +0000

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 annual Hobbit reading and we made the cut and so, the funny papers. This fulfills a life long dream of mine and several other members of the Workshop. Mike was kind enough to let us post a portion of it on our site, but do check out his site and find his cartoons as well as excellent movie reviews (We are number 57). There is a wonderful Panâ€™s Labyrinth piece, not to be missed, that is both.
Thanks Mike and see you next year!

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Through the Turnstiles by Carole Dane

Web Lackey — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:40:17 +0000

Listen to Through the Turnstiles
[audio:Turnstile MIX FINAL.mp3]

THROUGH THE TURNSTILEï¿½S 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 its center the loneliness of our society, even after it’s gone.
TURNSTILEï¿½s was created for the Writer’s On-the-air Workshop 2005, and is funded in part by the Regional Arts and Culture Council.

CREDITS:

Through the Turnstiles
Written by Carole Dane
Directed by Cynthia McGean
Sound Design and Music by Marc Rose
Featuring Tom Beckett and Sam A. Mowry
Produced by Sam A. Mowry

Special thanks to Lynda, Lee and Kathy.

Sponsored in part by

The Writer’s On the Air Workshop is Directed by Cynthia McGean and Produced by Sam A. Mowry.

HURF by Craig Kenworthy on KBOO 1-2-07

Web Lackey — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:10:33 +0000

WRW presents HURF by Craig Kenworthy on KBOO 90.7 fm 1-2-07.

HURF, by Craig Kenworthy, will air on KBOO this Tuesday, January 2, at 10:30 am. HURF is the 2nd fully produced piece from Writers On-the-air 2006 to be broadcast. HURF is the story of two slackers who accidentally summon a death-dealing demon from another dimension while playing Scrabble. In a time of war with death a daily topic of the news, the question of why people kill and why people choose not to kill is of paramount importance. HURF uses humor and Science Fiction to examine the question: is it ever okay to take a life?

Listen to HURF
[audio:HURF Mixdown-Mono.mp3]

HURF stars Scott Jamieson, Tim McKennie, Angela McKennie, Cynthia McGean and Sam A. Mowry.

Original Music and Special Sound Effects by Marc Rose .

Special Thanks to Martin John Gallagher, David Ian and Tapestry Theater.

HURF was produced and Directed by Sam A. Mowry

The Writerï¿½s On the Air Workshop is Directed by Cynthia McGean

You can also visit the Writerï¿½s On the Air Blog at:
http://writerswavelength.blogspot.com/

Sponsored in part by

Christmas at the TNT Cafe

Web Lackey — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:33:40 +0000

WRW presents Christmas at the TNT Cafï¿½ by Sandra De Helen on KBOO 90.7 fm 12-26-06.

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.

CHRISTMAS AT THE TNT is a slice-of-life tale set at a mid-west truckstop on Christmas Eve. Warmth and human connection are the themes of this simple, humorous story of the TNT truckstop and the truckers who make it their home away from home. At the heart of the TNT is Maggie, a chainsmoking 70 year old waitress with a heart of gold and a skill for whipping up world-famous donuts and down-home biscuits and gravy. Join owners Joanie and Chub, and the rest of the TNT gang, for a sample of Maggie’s yuletide charm.

Listen to Christmas at the TNT
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The production was directed by Cynthia McGean and Produced by Sam A. Mowry.
Original music by Martin John Gallagher

Featuring the talents of Susan Chapman as Maggie, Linda Goertz as Joanie. The rest of the cast includes Curtis Hanson, Phil Rudolph, James Lawrence, Carole Dane and Sam A. Mowry.

Sponsored in part by