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PWPT Radio Drama Series Continues
Port Washington Play Troupe and WCWP (88.1 FM) will produce a Fall Radio Drama Series featuring vintage radio scripts & songs from the era.
As part of a continuing partnership, Port Washington Play Troupe and WCWP (88.1 FM, the community public radio station of LIU Post) will produce a Fall Radio Drama Series featuring vintage radio scripts and songs from the era, September-November 2014. Performances will be recorded in front of a live studio audience for later broadcast.
All performances at:
Hillwood Recital Hall
The Tilles Center at LIU Post
720 Northern Boulevard, Greenvale, NY 11548
Studio audience tickets: $10
The Philadelphia Story
Saturday, September 27, 2014
1:00pm
Tickets: http://tpswcwp.bpt.me/
Based on the play by Philip Barry (which starred Kathryn Hepburn on Broadway, as well as in the film adaptation), The Philadelphia Story is a 1942 radio comedy about a witty divorcee caught between her ex-husband, her new fiancé, and a tabloid reporter sent to cover her society wedding.
War of the Worlds
Thursday, October 30, 2014
8:00pm
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/800495
In H.G. Wells’ famous science fiction novel, Martians invade Earth and terrify the populace. The story was told most infamously on the air by Orson Welles in 1938, initially leading listeners to believe the events of the story were real. This adaptation of the 1953 film aired in 1955.
It’s a Wonderful Life
Saturday, November 22, 2014
1:00pm
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/800511
In this 1947 radio adaptation of Frank Capra’s beloved holiday film, a common man named George Bailey falls so far into despair that his guardian angel Clarence is pressed into service. Clarence shows George how many people he has touched and how wonderful his life really is—just in time for Christmas.
More information at www.portwashingtonplaytroupe.com. Questions? Contact Play Troupe at PortWashingtonPlayTroupe@gmail.com or 516-500-2012.
