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The
Woodstock Radio Theater Ensemble Presents
Before there was movie drama, there was radio drama. Before there was television
drama there was radio drama. Radio drama is more than movies without images. It
is much more. Unlike movie or television, radio encourages us to use our imagination.
We have to "see" with different eyes-with inner eyes. That is one of
the reasons why the listener is so much more involved in radio drama than in,
say, television. There is nothing like it.
When I was
a kid, I used to run home from school and turn on the radio. The soap operas were
on: Stella Dallas, Lorenzo Jones and His Wife Belle, Helen Trent, Mary Noble-Back
Stage Wife. The stories were pretty corny-even then. But one thing was always
exciting. Stella Dallas was my Stella Dallas. I had my own picture of Lorenzo
Jones.
In the evening I would beg to stay up past seven
thirty to hear the Lone Ranger. Now that was exciting. And the voice of the Lone
Ranger created a vision in me that was never repeated in the form of the various
television actors that pretended that they were the masked man. He was my Lone
Ranger.
Listen. Listen. Listen. That's what radio drama is all about. Unfortunately,
most radio programming today is talk or music. No drama. Can you imagine if all
movies and television shows were either documentaries or musicals? Booorrring!
Yet that's the case with radio. It's either blah blah blah or music. There is
a place for music. There is a place for talk. And there is a place for drama.
The Woodstock Radio Theater Ensemble is creating radio drama. Formed in 2001, the Woodstock Radio Theater Ensemble has produced four original radio dramas. We are six professional actors, one director/producer and an engineer. Today, most people are unfamiliar with radio drama. So, the Woodstock Radio Theater Ensemble used a medium that is familiar to everybody: the telephone. Enjoy it in the car, at home or standing in line at the supermarket.
The Menu
and
The Answering Machine
"Please note that our menu options have changed." Who cares? I mean how many times have you called this number? And, in the unlikely event that you called it once before, did you really remember their options? Don't you have better things to do?
A poll of Americans would show that 99.9% of them hate phone menus.
[the remaining .01% are androids]. The reasons are simple: Menus make life more
difficult. Menus are frustrating. Menus are non-human, in-human and un-human.
Menus suck.
In The Menu, a single telephone call to tech support
turns into a nightmare. A simple call turns into a visit into the twilight zone
of menus.
Listeners have reported experiencing great frustration while listening to The Menu. "Too true," said one. "Do I need to experience this again?" asked another. "Should be sent to everyone in the country," said another. In any event, listeners are encouraged to scream at the radio while listening to The Menu
We never meet the main character of The Answering Machine. The play consists of a series of messages left on his answering machine. His friends call as does his ex-girl friend, his new lover, his mother, his father, a harried wife of a friend, a series of wrong numbers, and others.
With these seemingly random messages,
a story unfolds. People's lives emerge in the messages contained in this machine.
And they weave together to reach a surprising conclusion.
Just a Moment of Your Time
and
Call Waiting
Have you ever been cornered by a phone solicitor? Who hasn't? All they want is "just a moment of your time."
These solicitors are strange folks. They are persistent, almost hypnotic with their single minded purpose. They don't let you hang up even though it is your phone, your time and your home that they are invading. Like the Duracell rabbit they keep on going.
It is a hunt. You, the innocent phone owner, is the prey. The solicitor is the predator.
In Just a Moment of Your Time the phone solicitor has met his match.The hunter becomes the prey. And the wishes of us all are fulfilled.
In Call Waiting, Hank is on the phone arguing with his estranged wife. In the midst of their bickering a beep indicates that he has another call. He leaves his wife on hold to find that his mother is on call waiting.
Hank finds himself dealing with the two most important women in his life. And he has to leave one of them on hold while speaking to the other. Both women hate to be kept waiting. All three play their usual roles at first. But then Hank presses the button too many times and ends up speaking to someone other than who he thought. What starts out as a classic triangle between Mother-Son-Daughter-in-Law ends up very differently.
Enjoy the productions of
The Woodstock Radio Theater
Ensemble:
The four radio plays are available on two CD's. The cost of each is $10. If you order both, the cost is $15.
To Order:
The Answering Machine and Call Waiting
The Menu and Just a Moment of Your Tiime
All four radio plays (two CD's)
