Round up the usual suspects for CLTP radio drama

CASABLANCA & MALTESE FALCON RADIO DRAMA

Performance Dates: May 24-May 25, 2012 @ 7:30 pm at the Mary Godfrey Playhouse

All tickets only $5 each!

Front of House help is needed for performances. If you are interested in lending a hand, please email dheying@cheyennelittletheatre.org or call our office. Our volunteers are the heart of CLTP...we'd love to have you join us!

Stage III Community Theater presents "The Mission of the Vega" in English and German

Director Bob Wallace prepares for "The Mission of the Vega" at the Casper Planetarium. Casper Star-Tribune photo by Dan Cepeda

Actors from Stage II Community Theater in Casper will perform "The Mission of the Vega" at the Casper Planetarium. Written as a German radio theater show, the actors will perform in English Feb. 24-25, 7:30 p.m., and in German on Feb. 26, 2 p.m. Tickets are $6. FMI: 307-234-0946. Read a feature story about the Pruduction in today's Casper Star-Tribune Weekender: http://trib.com/weekender/stage-iii-actors-perform-a-dark-play-in-a-dark/article_92e9c56a-52df-5f81-9e5c-843f628017a5.html

CLTP holds auditions Feb. 20-21 for "Casablanca" and "The Maltese Falcon" radio dramas

OPEN AUDITION NOTICE FOR:

Casablanca &

The Maltese Falcon -

Radio Drama

Directed By

Pat Lauber

Audition Dates:

February 20 & 21, 2012

at 6:30pm

at the LCCC Playhouse 

Audition for authentic radio plays of The Maltese Falconand Casablanca. Impersonate Humphrey Bogart or Ingrid Bergman. Act like Sidney Greenstreet or Mary Astor. Roles are available for six men and two women to perform a dramatized reading of these two noir classics. We will re-enact a live broadcast from a radio studio, with announcers and sound effects helping the actors enthrall families gathered around the radios in their living rooms.
Performances will be in the intimate surroundings of the Playhouse at LCCC
March 9 & 10, 2012 at 7:30pm.

"It's a Wonderful Life" radio play Dec. 15-23 at Off Square Theatre in Jackson

http://www.offsquare.org

Wyoming Public Radio offers highlights of Grand Teton Music Festival's 50th season

Wyoming Public Radio announces that highlights from the 50th Anniversary season of the Grand Teton Music Festival will air Thursday nights at 8 p.m. on WPR and Classical Wyoming through September 10. Programs repeat Saturday afternoons at 4 p.m. on Classical Wyoming. Click here for a Grand Teton Music Festival broadcast schedule. 

Attention Citizens! Don't Panic! It's just the "War of the Worlds Radio Drama!"

War of the Worlds Radio Drama 
Adapted by Howard Koch
Directed by Dan Jaspersen
Presented by Cheyenne Little Theatre Players

Performance Dates:
February 18-20

Location:
Historic Atlas Theatre, downtown Cheyenne

Back in 1938 Orson Welles and his Mercury Theater broadcast an original presentation of HG Wells science fiction classic, War of the Worlds. This event was historic in that the dramatic nature of the broadcast actually fooled many listeners into believing that aliens from Mars had launched an invasion of the earth.

Order tickets online here.

Contact Dana Heying at the CLTP office at 638-6543 for more information.

Cast List:


Neil Carroll                           Announcer Two
                                                Observer
                                                Operator Four
Charles Hall                         Prof. Pierson
                                                Secretary of Interior
Kristi Lichtfuss                    Carla Phillips
                                                Commander
                                                Operator Two
John Lyttle                           Stranger
                                                Policeman
                                                Smith
                                                Gunner
                                                Operator Five
Renee Macey                       Mercury Theater Announcer
                                                Wilmuth
Rodger McDaniel                Orson Welles
                                                Capitan
                                                Officer
Sonya Shutter                     Announcer Three
                                                McDonald
                                                Operator Three
                                                N.Y. Announcer
Trevor Nowotny                    Foley Artist
Jenny Wagner                      Foley Artist

Call for entries: BBC World Service

From the BBC World Service web site:

BBC African Performance is an annual season of unique radio drama, which has now entered its fifth decade and has been designed to encourage new African writing.

In the past decade, African Performance has continued to reveal themes that reflect the concerns of the continent.

The plight of child soldiers, mob justice, people trafficking and prostitution, football fanaticism, internet dating and science fiction - these are just a few of the themes that have emerged from our competition in recent years.

If you feel that you can authentically touch the lives of Africans with your writing - why not submit your script for a radio play.

Please read the rules and follow the steps on how to enter below.

The play must be 30 minutes long when read aloud and must have no more than six main characters.

Before entering the BBC African Performance playwriting competitionclick please read the rules of the competition carefully.

All plays must reach us in London by 2400 GMT on Saturday 15 January 2011.

You can send your play along with an entry form either by email attachment as a word document to african.performance@bbc.co.uk.

Or you can post your play to:

BBC African Performance

P.O. Box 76

Bush House

London

UK

Your personal information will only be used by the BBC for the purposes of administration of this competition.

DownloadDownload the entry form.

BBC: Saxophonists can learn something from the didgeridoo

From the BBC:

What makes the sound of a clarinet different to an oboe or a recorder? Trevor Cox – acoustic engineer and saxophone player – examines the science of wind instruments.

He learns how playing the didgeridoo could help the best jazz saxophonists. And discovers the shared science between simple squeeze boxes and Asian free reed instruments.

Listen to episode one BBC Online.

Cody native Gregory Hinton interviewed on NPR about his "Out West" series at the Autry Museum

This info on the Autry Museum's "Beyond Brokeback" and other offerings in its "Out West" series comes from Wyoming native Gregory Hinton:

Below is a link to our L.A. National Public Radio affiliate which has an interview of me about Out West and includes a copy of the speech I gave for our first event. This might be of interest to you if you wish to reprint it. It mentions Ucross, my Wyoming history, and includes a nice quote from Al Simpson and Annie Proulx. You should also be aware that my interview with Brian Kahn on Yellowstone Public Radio's Home Ground is being aired tomorrow at 6:30 and will be available on podcast.

http://www.scpr.org/news/2009/12/10/out-west-series-autry-national-center/

http://www.yellowstonepublicradio.org/programs/local/home_ground.html 

NPR reps speak in Laramie Sept. 27

Two representatives from National Public Radio in Washington, D.C., will be presenting programs in Laramie on Monday, September 27. The event is sponsored by Wyoming Public Radio.

Here's the schedule:

“The World of Changing Media,” 10 a.m., Coe Library 506,
Discussion focus:
· Shifting ethical sands in media
· Internet journalism
· NPR’s opportunities and challenges

“NPR is Listening,” 5:30 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn Salon C
News panel discussion with
· Ellen Weiss, NPR Senior Vice President for News
· Alicia Shepard, NPR Ombudsman
· Wyoming Public Radio News Director, Bob Beck

Hors d’oeuvres and cash bar.

FMI: http://www.wyomingpublicradio.net/programmingupdate.html

Call for entries: NPR's "Three-Minute Fiction"

Enter your story (600 words or less) to NPR's "Three Minute Fiction" contest.

Each round, our judges throw out a challenge. This time, your story must begin with the line, "Some people swore that the house was haunted." It must end with, "Nothing was ever the same again after that."

Author Michael Cunningham is the judge (and he also came up with the opening and closing lines.

FMI: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129752769

Wyoming Public Media expands jazz and classical networks

From a Wyoming Public Media press release:

Wyoming Public Media's Classical Wyoming and Jazz Wyoming networks expanded this week with the addition of service to Thermopolis, Riverton and much of north-central Wyoming on KUWT 91.3 FM Thermopolis and to Cheyenne over KUWR 91.9 FM.

The transmitters are now broadcasting Classical Wyoming on their digital HD-2 signal and Jazz Wyoming on HD-3.

"Several years ago Wyoming Public Media invested in the digital conversion of its statewide network of transmitters," says Program Director Roger Adams. "This allowed us to launch all-classical and all-jazz networks using digital HD (hybrid digital) technology. We have added service to more areas of the state."

Classical Wyoming provides the classics 24 hours daily with news headlines from the BBC each hour. It is now available at:

Casper -- On an HD radio, KUWC 91.3-2;
Cheyenne -- On an HD radio, KUWR 91.9-2;
Jackson -- On an HD radio, KUWJ 90.3-2;
Laramie -- On any radio, KUWY 88.5 FM and on an HD radio KUWR 91.9-2;
Rock Springs -- On any radio, KZUW 88.5 FM;
Thermopolis/Riverton -- On an HD radio, KUWT 91.3-2.
Anywhere -- Streaming online at www.classicalwyoming.org.

Jazz Wyoming offers jazz 24 hours daily with National Public Radio news headlines at the top of each hour. It is available at:

Casper -- On an HD radio, KUWC 91.3-3;
Cheyenne -- On an HD radio, KUWR 91.9-3;
Laramie -- On any radio, KUWL 90.1 FM and on an HD radio, KUWR 91.9-3;
Thermopolis /Riverton -- On an HD radio, KUWT 91.3-3;
Anywhere -- Streaming online at www.jazzwyoming.org.

Information about HD radio and suggestions on radio models (portable, tabletop, auto and component) and program schedules for Classical Wyoming and Jazz Wyoming are on WPM's Web site: http://www.wyomingpublicradio.net/.

Wyoming Public Media is a service of the University of Wyoming. For more information, call Adams at (307) 766-3587, e-mail radams@uwyo.edu.

Anne & Pete Sibley drop in for a "Morning Music" performance May 13

Wyoming Public Radio in Laramie announces that Anne and Pete Sibley from Jackson will return for a live performance on KUWR's Morning Music May 13 at 11 a.m. before their house concert in Laramie. They’ll play at many shows around Wyoming and Colorado this spring and summer. The Sibleys are also booked for the prestigious Merlefest gathering in Wilkesboro, North Carolina the weekend of April 30th. http://www.anneandpetesibley.com/

The Spragg & Bell book barnstorming tour travels to Utah

Cody's Mark Spragg and Laura Bell interviewed by Doug Fabrizio for Salt Lake City's KUER http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuer/news.newsmain/article/0/184/1625146/RadioWest/31810.Writing.the.West

Blurb from KUER:

Wyoming writers Mark Spragg and Laura Bell are both inspired by the West - though they are writing from different perspectives. Spragg is a novelist. His books include "An Unfinished Life" and his latest "Bone Fire." Bell has just published a memoir called "Claiming Ground." They're on tour together, talking about the influence of the land on their characters and stories. Spragg and Bell are coming to Utah this weekend, and Thursday, they'll join us.

Friday, March 19th at 7:00 p.m., the King's English Bookshop and the Stegner Centerwill host Mark Spragg and Laura Bell at the Rowland Hall Upper School (843 Lincoln St, Salt Lake City). Their reading will be followed by a Q&A and book signing. For more information, call the store at 801-484-9100 or click here

For all you jazz lovers out there

From an NEA press release:

NEA Jazz Masters Award Ceremony and Concert to Be Heard Worldwide

Audiences are encouraged to listen online on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, at 7:30 p.m EST (5:30 p.m. MST)

This year's NEA Jazz Masters award ceremony and concert will have unprecedented reach--the program will be heard on terrestrial and satellite radio as well as online. WBGO Jazz 88.3FM based in Newark, New Jersey and Sirius/XM Satellite Radio's Real Jazz Channel 70 will broadcast the event live with WBGO's Gary Walker and Sirius/XM's Mark Ruffin as co-hosts. In addition, WBGO and NPR Music will audio stream the event live on their websites at http://www.wbgo.org and http://www.npr.org/music.

For the entire press release, visit http://www.arts.gov/news/news10/2010-NEA-Jazz-Masters-broadcast.html

"It's a Wonderful Life" radio drama in Cheyenne

"It's a Wonderful Life Radio Drama" will be performed Dec 18, 19, 20 at the Historic Atlas Theatre in downtown Cheyenne.

Most people know the story from the film of the same name. But here's a short description from the CLTP web site:

This uplifting drama centers on George Bailey, who is on the brink of committing suicide until his guardian angel Clarence appears to help George realize the lives he has touched and the imprint he has left on his community. An uplifting, inspiring holiday classic presented as a live 1940s radio broadcast.

Directed by Keith Thomson.

The $12 general admission tickets may be purchased on the CLTP website at http://www.cheyennelittletheatre.org/; call the Box Office at (307) 638-6543

KUWR invites music submissions

From the Wyoming Public Radio web site:

If you’d like to submit your music for airplay on Wyoming Public Radio for Morning Music or Ranch Breakfast, please mail CD’s to address below. (We may also consider downloads online.) We’ll try and review within a few weeks for airplay consideration. You can follow up by calling Grady at (307) 766-6624 Tuesdays between 1-3 p.m.

Grady Kirkpatrick
Wyoming Public Media
Dept. 3984, 1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, Wyoming 82071
wkirkpa1@uwyo.edu

Dainis Hazners' "Bridge" airs on Wisconsin Public Radio Nov. 22

Wyomingarts readers may know Dainis Hazners from Story as a two-time WAC fellowship winner, recipient of an NEA creative writing fellowship in poetry and mentor to a generation of young poets through Wyoming's Young Writers Camp. Dainis also has an interest in music, tubas in particular:

Dear All:

Most of you already know that my brother and I commissioned a "litttle requiem" in memory of our mother Brigita Hazners. The world premier of "Bridge" was performed two years ago at the Wyo Theater in Sheridan.

This coming Sunday, November 22, it will be performed again, live on Wisconsin Public Radio at 12:30 p.m. (CST). "Sunday Afternoon at the Chatzen" is the program series name. You can tune in via the Internet by going to http://wpr.org and clicking on the button at top that says "Listen Live." It will put the broadcast into some sort of media player on the computer... Try this out now and have a listen to Wisconsin Public Radio.
　
"Bridge" is a fantastic piece of music composed by Michael Forbes, contemporary composer extraordinaire. Besides his many compositions he is also highly regarded as a performer, and is professor of music at the University of Wisconsin. "Bridge" is a piece written for tuba quartet and counter tenor. A very exciting piece of music (and substantial -- about 20 minutes long, in 3 movements), it is very contemporary in its various musical concerns, but also possesses lush harmonies and beautiful, memorable melodies. It is a challenging and rewarding piece in many ways. The brief text sung by the counter tenor is in Latvian, words that my mother wrote on the back of her last will and testament and also a couplet from a short Latvian folk song.

Sotto Voce Quartet, and counter tenor Lon Ellenberger, will be performing the piece.

An outstanding chamber ensemble, Sotto Voce Quartet plays a wide variety of music from Elizabethan Consort to Cutting Edge Contemporary (this Sunday!). They have played throughout the United States, have toured internationally, and have recorded several critically acclaimed CDs; several of its members have solo CDs as well (check the website below for more info). Its members include Demondrae Thurman and Mark Carlson on euphoniums; and Nat McIntosh and Michael Forbes on tubas. They are amazing! For more info about the group go to
www.tubaquartet.com .

Besides "Bridge," Sotto Voce Quartet will be premiering a new work by American trumpet player/composer Anthony Plog (now living in Germany) a piece titled "Fantasy Movements" written for tuba quartet.

Performance of these two works on the radio will be great exposure. In the audience there will be some 300 or so, then the radio audience will probably be in the 10's of thousands!!

Hope you can tune in,

Dainis

P.S.: For those unfamiliar with tubas... It's not what you might expect. The last 50 years have seen a great surge of interest in, and promotion of, the instrument. It is no longer relegated to oompahpahs from the back row, but has proven to be as capable of musical expession and virtuoso playing as the most accomplished violin or trumpet. Much new literature has been composed, and "Bridge" is considered an important addition.

"Riding the White Horse Home" -- from the written page to the CD

Grady Kirkpatrick on KUWR's "New Music Wednesday" featured a song with a familiar-sounding name. It was "Riding the White Horse Home," written and performed by Salt Lake City musician Kate MacLeod. Wondered if it was based on the fantastic memoir of the same name by Laramie County, Wyoming, native Teresa Jordan (now in SLC). Grady noted on-air that indeed this was the case. But wyomingarts needed more info so looked up Kate MacLeod, which is the kind of stuff the Internet is for. We found this:

The song Riding the White Horse Home is based on the book by the same name. It is a memoir about rural family life in Wyoming, written by artist and author Teresa Jordan.

The song is on MacLeod's new CD, Blooming. Another amazing fact: the cover art was done by Denver artist William Matthews who also illustrated the first edition of Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx, back when she lived in Wyoming.

What would we do without real books by real writers?

Record an interview for StoryCorps' National Day of Listening on Nov. 27

This comes from Wyoming Public Radio:

Wyoming Public Radio encourages listeners to record an interview with a loved one for StoryCorps’ second annual National Day of Listening on November 27, 2009.

On the day after Thanksgiving, November 27, 2009, Wyoming Public Radio and StoryCorps are asking all Americans to start a new holiday tradition: Set aside one hour to interview a friend, a loved one, or someone in their community about his or her life.

The process is simple: select an interview partner, create a question list, and sit down to record a meaningful conversation. StoryCorps has created a free Do-It-Yourself (DIY) interview guide with step-by-step interview instructions, equipment recommendations, and sample questions available online at nationaldayoflistening.org.

Sponsored by Corporation for National & Community Service, American Library Association, National Public Radio and Corporation for Public Broadcasting.