X-Viper Hour: Executive Board Members Named

Hamilton College’s premiere audio theater group, the X-Viper Hour (XVH), has named Evan Torres, Chris Boveroux, Katie Myers, Victoria Jenkins, and Phill Hoying to leadership positions on its inaugural board.
 
“In its first semester as an independent organization, XVH is excited to present its second full season of live radio plays on WHCL 88.7 fm and new this year, live audience performances both on- and off-campus,” said Executive Director Phill Hoying, a junior in government and music.
 
Primarily performing old-time radio scripts, XVH looks forward to gradually incorporating modern and specially written scripts from students and professional writers alike. “The XVH schedule, which will soon be published, is certain to feature several radio adaptations by William Spear of Lit Between the Ears,” said Hoying.

Evan Torres, a senior in public policy, has assumed the Publicity Director position. Chris Boveroux, a senior in music and philosophy, has assumed the position of Audio Effects Coordinator.

Katie Myers, a senior in theater, has assumed the role of Performance Director. Victoria Jenkins, a junior in neuroscience with a minor in Russian studies, will be the Assistant Executive Director.

To learn more about the X-Viper Hour Executive Board, check out www.xviperhour.org/staff.aspx .

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L. A. Theatre Works: Breaking the Code by Hugh Whitemore on 1 September

This Saturday, 1 September from 10 pm - midnight on 89.3 KPCC, L.A. Theatre Works’ The Play’s the Thing continues its new Relativity science series with Breaking the Code by Hugh Whitemore, starring Ken Danziger, Orlando Seale, Morgan Sheppard, Andre Sogliuzzo, and Simon Templeman.  English mathematician Alan Turing invented the computer, broke the German Enigma code, and helped win World War II, only to learn that his country cared less about his genius than about his sexual orientation.

Thanks to a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the first broadcast each month of The Play’s The Thing is a science-themed play. Each play in the Relativity series is available for podcasting at http://www.kpcc.org/ for three months following the broadcast. Next month (Saturday 6 October), the series continues with Moving Bodies by Arthur Giron, starring Alfred Molina as Nobel Prize-winning scientist Richard Feynman.

Where to listen

The series can also be heard on 89.1 KUOR in Redlands; 94.1 KPFA in Northern California; 91.5 FM WBEZ in Chicago; 91.1 FM KRCB in Sonoma County; 93.5 FM  KRTS Marfa Public Radio (Texas); 89.7 WGBH in Boston; 94.9 KUOW in Seattle; 88.9 FM KUNM in Albuquerque; as well as on many other public radio stations nationwide and XM Satellite Radio. Selected programs from LATW are also heard internationally over BBC World Service, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Telefis Eirann (Ireland), Radio Hong Kong, and Radio New Zealand. The L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collection is available in bookstores, libraries, through their catalog, digitally on itunes, overdrive.com, audible.com, and on the L.A. Theatre Works website at http://www.latw.org/ .

Entire schedule

To get a full schedule, go to the L.A. Theatre Works website at http://www.latw.org/ and follow the link through the “Radio Theatre Series” heading and then “Episode Guide” or go directly to http://www.scpr.org/ for KPCC.

Additional support

Additional support for the series is provided by AudioFile Magazine.  Listeners can visit their website at http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/ to view 65 reviews of LATW plays and hear sound clips from them.  The Beverly Hilton hotel is the official hotel for The Play’s the Thing.

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Radio Drama Revival!: Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. on WMPG FM 90.9 and 104.1 in Portland, Maine USA or on the web

Radio Drama Revival! is a weekly radio show/podcast dedicated to stories told through sound, showcasing the diversity and vitality of modern audio theater. Operated by Frederick Greenhalgh of FinalRune Productions, the show features audio theater stories and discussion with contemporary dramatists from across the United States. Radio Drama Revival! airs live on WMPG FM 90.9 and 104.1 in Portland, Maine, streams on the web at http://www.wmpg.org/ , and podcasts from http://www.radiodramarevival.com/ .

Details for Radio Drama Revival!:

Thursdays 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Broadcasting on WMPG FM 90.9 and 104.1 in Portland, Maine

Streaming on http://www.wmpg.org/

Podcasting on http://www.radiodramarevival.com/

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Phoenix FM 98 and Phoenix Theatre: Dastardly Deeds By Angela Howard on Sunday 26 August at midnight GMT

This Sunday, 26 August, at midnight GMT, UK community radio station Phoenix FM 98 and its Phoenix Theatre airs and webcasts Dastardly Deeds By Angela Howard. This is the eleventh of thirteen weeks of audio drama.

Other Shows in the Lineup

Each Sunday night at midnight GMT, through 9 September, Phoenix FM 98 and Phoenix Theatre will air and webcast audio drama. The upcoming shows are as follows:

• September 2:  Myself and Lady M By Angela Howard
• September 9:  Waiting for Gordon By Derek Webb

More, More, More 

And that’s not all. The shows, hosted by Dennis Rookard, start at 10 pm with a mix of folk, classic road and not a few sounds of the sixties and seventies, then at midnight GMT, its curtain up for Phoenix Theatre followed by some easy listening.

What better way to spend a late night Sunday, then in the company of Dennis Rookard?

Original Announcement

To read the original announcement for Phoenix FM 98 and Phoenix Theatre’s thirteen weeks of audio drama, click here.

Contact details:

Phoenix Theatre
Sundays at midnight GMT

Phoenix FM 98
http://www.phoenixfm.com/

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Why radio works: A “pastoral emergency”

Earlier today, my church was contacted to secure proof of baptism. Upon ringing their business office - an unexpected internal designation for a church - the voice menuing system promptly delivered the following:

“Our business office is currently closed. However, if this a ‘pastoral emergency’, please call . . .”

A “pastoral emergency”? What a brilliant line for a comedy routine.

Radio works. Sometimes in divine ways, but radio works.

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