Re-Imagined Radio celebrates and curates this classic science fiction radio story. A space alien arrives in Washington, DC, and delivers a warning . . . an ultimatum. Live peacefully or be destroyed by robots of unimaginable power. Beyond science fiction literature themes like space aliens, flying saucers, and robots, this radio story overlays Cold War …
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Re-Imagined Radio considers Edward R. Murrow’s efforts to help American listeners understand “The Blitz,” fifty-seven consecutive days of German air force bombing of London during World War II. With his broadcasts, Murrow sought to bring listeners in America closer to the war in London than reports read by other news commentators from their studios. Without …
Re-Imagined Radio celebrates Women’s History Month and the work of Judy Garland with this little known radio adaptation of the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz (1939). Garland, 28, the only original cast member, recreates her starring movie role as Dorothy Gale along with a fine cast.
Re-Imagined Radio explores early examples of dramatized news events and uses this inspiration to create its own dramatization of the opening of the Interstate Bridge linking Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, across the Columbia River, 106 years ago, February 14, 1917. Our dramatized radio broadcast originates from the lift span of the Interstate Bridge where …
Re-Imagined Radio presents a collection of eighteen short stories told with vocals, sound effects, field recordings, and music. Subjects include soundscapes, dreamscapes, deep questions, audio drama, radio drama, radio historical highlights, memories, emotional states, loss and redemption, scary stories, uplifting stories, collages, sound poems, and more. All created by local, emerging artists.
Recorded at the Historic Kiggins Theater in downtown Vancouver, Washington in front of an audience, Re-Imagined Radio performed a radio play version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” featuring voice actors, foley artists, and a choir.
Last year we sampled holiday episodes from several other radio programs, offering what we called “A Radio Christmas Sampler.” Listeners told us they enjoyed this approach. So this year we offer “A Radio Christmas Sampler Vol. II.” We sample from “Red Ryder Nails The Cleveland Kid,” Jean Shepherd Show, WOR Radio, New York, 24 Dec. …
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Re-Imagined Radio has celebrated the anniversary of “The War of the Worlds” several times by re-telling the story. This year, on the occasion of its 84th anniversary, we explore earlier experiments with radio storytelling that may have influenced Orson Welles’s radio adaptation of the 1898 novel by H. G. Welles. In addition to samples from …
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Re-Imagined Radio presents twenty short radio stories written and voiced by folks living in America’s Pacific Northwest. Each story features an “epiphany,” a sudden, unexpected revelation or insight. Especially with regard to four questions we often ask ourselves: “Who Am I?”, “Where Am I Going?”, “So What?”, and “Why?” The responses are entertaining and insightful. …