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NATF Expands Range of Award-Winning 2008 Audio Theater Workshop

The National Audio Theatre Festivals hosted the 27th annual Audio Theater Workshop in West Plains, MO, June 22-27, 2008. This unique audio arts training week was dedicated to all areas of audio production, with a look toward future technology.
WORK WITH THE BEST... The 2008 ATW offered concurrent Foundation Classes in all aspects of audio theater production including: writing, performance, recording, mixing, sound design, directing and much more.
The 2008 ATW concluded with a live theater performance on Friday, June 27, 2008, which was broadcast and webcast as well as recorded. Show elements will came from workshop classes and participants and included Shakespeare, Cowboy Poetry, an a NATF Script Competition winner's play, and more.
Special Programs include:

Cowboy Poetry, performed & taught by award winning female cowboy poet, author/artist, and self confessed Hysterical Relic Buckshot Dot (aka Dee Strickland Johnson ) not only perform Cowboy Poetry but taught a workshop series covering the history of the form, writing, and performing. She has been named an Academy of Western Artists' Female Cowboy Poet of the Year and a finalist for video and song of the year. In addition, she has won the Will Rogers Medallion Award for both of her historical poetry books, Arizona Herstory: Tales From Her Storied Past and Arizona Women Weird Wild and Wonderful. (www.buckshotdot.com)

Tripping The Mic Fantastic
A two day masterclass with Barbara Rosenblat.
Participants explored the 'amplified voice' versus the 'non-amplified voice' as it relates to oral interpretation of prose or poetry. Participants read from a short pieces of their choosing for critiques. The finer points of mic technique and studio work were covered. The second day of the masterclass involved review and comparison to the points covered on the first day with re-records and critiques of material."

Voice and character development workshops lead by Sam Mowry, the founder and Executive Director of the Willamette Radio Workshop, a Portland, Oregon based audio theater company, and winner of six national awards including the Crystal Communicator and multiple Ogle Awards. Sam's work as a director, actor, and producer gives him an insight to working both sides of the glass. (www.radiowork.com)

Script Writing taught by Cynthia McGean, Willamette Radio Workshop's dramaturge and resident playwright. Cynthia is an award-winning published writer, director, actress, social service veteran, and educator. Her original script Pandora's Box received the Grand Prize from the National Audio Theatre Festival's 2005 Script Competition and her adaptation of Frankenstein was awarded a Special Gold Ogle Award for Best Adaptation. (www.radiowork.com)

Shakespeare - a fascinating hands-on workshop focusing on the man, his work, and the joys and challenges of transforming it from the page to today's spoken word.

Production of a new audio play from the NATF Script Competition.

Meet the Trainers

Next year's workshop is scheduled for
The 2008 Audio Theater Workshop is funded in part by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency, The Mid-Atlantic Arts Alliance, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Special thanks to Southwest Missouri State University.
Registration form (PDF)
Financial Assistance Application (PDF)

Scenes and sounds from previous ATWs

NATF Expands Range of Award-Winning 2008 Audio Theater Workshop The National Audio Theatre Festivals hosted the 27th annual Audio Theater Workshop in West Plains, MO, June 22-27, 2008. This unique audio arts training week was dedicated to all areas of audio production, with a look toward future technology. WORK WITH THE BEST... The 2008 ATW offered concurrent Foundation Classes in all aspects of audio theater production including: writing, performance, recording, mixing, sound design, directing and much more. The 2008 ATW concluded with a live theater performance on Friday, June 27, 2008, which was broadcast and webcast as well as recorded. Show elements will came from workshop classes and participants and included Shakespeare, Cowboy Poetry, an a NATF Script Competition winner's play, and more. Special Programs include:
Cowboy Poetry, performed & taught by award winning female cowboy poet, author/artist, and self confessed Hysterical Relic Buckshot Dot (aka Dee Strickland Johnson ) not only perform Cowboy Poetry but taught a workshop series covering the history of the form, writing, and performing. She has been named an Academy of Western Artists' Female Cowboy Poet of the Year and a finalist for video and song of the year. In addition, she has won the Will Rogers Medallion Award for both of her historical poetry books, Arizona Herstory: Tales From Her Storied Past and Arizona Women Weird Wild and Wonderful. (www.buckshotdot.com)
Tripping The Mic Fantastic A two day masterclass with Barbara Rosenblat. Participants explored the 'amplified voice' versus the 'non-amplified voice' as it relates to oral interpretation of prose or poetry. Participants read from a short pieces of their choosing for critiques. The finer points of mic technique and studio work were covered. The second day of the masterclass involved review and comparison to the points covered on the first day with re-records and critiques of material."
Voice and character development workshops lead by Sam Mowry, the founder and Executive Director of the Willamette Radio Workshop, a Portland, Oregon based audio theater company, and winner of six national awards including the Crystal Communicator and multiple Ogle Awards. Sam's work as a director, actor, and producer gives him an insight to working both sides of the glass. (www.radiowork.com)
Script Writing taught by Cynthia McGean, Willamette Radio Workshop's dramaturge and resident playwright. Cynthia is an award-winning published writer, director, actress, social service veteran, and educator. Her original script Pandora's Box received the Grand Prize from the National Audio Theatre Festival's 2005 Script Competition and her adaptation of Frankenstein was awarded a Special Gold Ogle Award for Best Adaptation. (www.radiowork.com)
Shakespeare - a fascinating hands-on workshop focusing on the man, his work, and the joys and challenges of transforming it from the page to today's spoken word.
Production of a new audio play from the NATF Script Competition.
Meet the Trainers
Next year's workshop is scheduled for The 2008 Audio Theater Workshop is funded in part by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency, The Mid-Atlantic Arts Alliance, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Special thanks to Southwest Missouri State University. Registration form (PDF) Financial Assistance Application (PDF) Scenes and sounds from previous ATWs