Splendor in Midland: 100 reads and featured at Scribd September 5, 2009
Posted by William Spear in >> Playwriting, >> Radio Drama.Tags: audio drama, Booth Tarkington, Pulitzer Prize, radio theatre, scribd, Splendor in Midland, The Magnificent Ambersons, two plus plus productions, William E. Spear
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THE SPLENDOR IN MIDLAND has been read 100 times in it’s first day at Scribd. Inspired by Booth Tarkington’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Magnificent Ambersons,” Splendor tells the story of Georgie Amberson Minafer, the next generation of the wealthy Amberson family.
Georgie Amberson Minafer is viewed with contempt by the residents of Midland. Since his antics as a spoiled youth, they have longed to see him get knocked down a notch or two. But no one could have imagined the pounding he would go through.
THE SPLENDOR IN MIDLAND is about Georgie and his families, the Ambersons and Minafers, as they face financial and personal upheavals. The return of the Morgans, absent for 20 years after a public humiliation, rekindles ancient recollections and ignites new emotions.
Episode One, titled, “A Gem in Its Setting,” takes place on Christmas Eve at the Amberson Towers in Midland. The occasion is their annual holiday open house and this year the family is celebrating Georgie’s sophomore year in college.
The evening begins with laughter and smiles as Eugene Morgan is reunited with childhood friends Isabel Amberson Minafer, Georgie’s mother, and Jack Amberson, Georgie’s uncle.
But the party ends with a somber tone and sets into motion events which will make the participants wonder if there is any splendor remaining in Midland.
Details
The Splendor in Midland may be read at Scribd:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/19413372/Splendor-in-Midland-Episode-One
Other works of William E. Spear may be found here:
http://www.scribd.com/Two%20Plus%20Plus%20Productions%20LLC
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LA TheatreWorks: Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz on Saturday June 20 at 10:00 pm June 20, 2009
Posted by William Spear in >> News.Tags: >> Radio Drama, adriana sevan, Alma Martinez, Anna in the Tropics, audio theatre, Jimmy Smits, KPCC, L. A. Theatre Works, Nilo Cruz, Pulitzer Prize, Winston Rocha
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L.A. Theatre Works
This weekend, beginning June 20, L.A. Theatre Works will air its production of Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz, starring Jimmy Smits, Adriana Sevan, Winston Rocha, and Alma Martinez. The broadcast can be heard locally in Southern California on Saturday from 10pm to midnight on KPCC 89.3 FM, and can also be streamed on demand at www.latw.org .
This poignant and poetic 2003 Pulitzer Prize winning play captures 1929 Florida at a time when cigars are still rolled by hand and lectors are employed to educate and entertain the immigrant workers. The arrival of a new lector is cause for celebration, but when he reads Anna Karenina to the cigar rollers, he unwittingly becomes a catalyst in the lives of his avid listeners, for whom Tolstoy, the tropics and the American dream prove a volatile combination. The broadcast includes an interview with Jimmy Smits.
L.A. Theatre Works’ radio theater series can also be heard on the following stations (check local listings for broadcast times): 89.7 WGBH in Boston; 91.5 FM WBEZ in Chicago; 94.9 KUOW in Seattle; 93.5 FM KRTS “Marfa Public Radio” in Texas; 90.5 FM KUT in Austin; 88.9 FM KUNM in Albuquerque; 91.5 FM, Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan; 90.1 FM KKFI in Kansas City, MO; 90.7 FM KVNO in Omaha; 94.1 KPFA in Northern California; 91.1 FM KRCB in Sonoma County; and 89.1 KUOR in Redlands.
Major funding for L.A. Theatre Works broadcast series is provided by the S. Mark Taper Foundation. Founded in 1989, the S. Mark Taper Foundation is a private family foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of people’s lives by supporting non-profit organizations and their work in the community.
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Believe, Simply Believe: The Splendor in Midland moves forward January 6, 2009
Posted by William Spear in >> Lit Between the Ears, Volume Two, >> News, >> Playwriting.Tags: Amberson, Believe Simply Believe, Booth Tarkington, Lit Between the Ears Volume Two: Mayonnaise in My Cake and Other Delights, Mayonnaise in My Cake and Other Delights, Minafer, Morgan, Orson Welles, Pulitzer Prize, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Splendor in Midland
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Progress has been made in developing The Splendor in Midland from the excerpt debuted in Lit Between the Ears, Volume One ( http://Volume-One.TwoPlusPlus.com ) to a finished play. Inspired by, and interpreted from, Booth Tarkington’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel titled The Magnificient Ambersons, The Splendor in Midland tells the stories of the diverging fortunes of the Ambersons, Minafers, and Morgans.
The Splendor, Act One will be included in William E. Spear’s anthology titled Lit Between the Ears, Volume Two: Mayonnaise in My Cake and Other Delights scheduled for release on October 1, 2009.
“Although our second book contains more original material and less adaptations, The Splendor in Midland holds a special place in our [Two Plus Plus Productions'] efforts,” says Spear. “Tarkington’s novel is accessible and Orson Welles’ intriguing movie from 1942 compelled us to offer our own version.”
October 1, 2009 -
Believe, Simply Believe
Further details on The Splendor in Midland and Mayonnaise in My Cake and Other Delights will be presented as part of the Believe, Simply Believe campaign leading up to the October 1, 2009 release.
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Anne Cammon: September Radio Shows – Arts & Answers on Tuesday, September 9th September 9, 2008
Posted by William Spear in >> News, >> Radio Drama.Tags: Anne Cammon, Arts & Answers, Phil Schultz, Pulitzer Prize
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Tuesday, September 9th from 9:30-10:00 PM (89.9 FM on the dial or streaming online at www.wkcr.org)
A special rebroadcast of Anne’s March interview with Phil Schultz, the current Pulitzer Prize Winner in Poetry, on his latest collection Failure.
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