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NATF wishes to congratulate the winners of the 2009 Mark Time and Ogle awards, including productions by NATF Members Fred Greenhalgh and Roger Gregg. The new issue of NATF News is now available!
 Tom Wasinger, producer The album won the category Best Native American Music Album (Vocal or Instrumental.) This stunning collection of all new recordings is another unique conceptual project by Grammy Award winning producer Tom Wasinger. As with his ground breaking World Music and Native American Lullaby collections, he works with with a talented and experienced cast of Native American singers including Thirza Defoe, Doug Foote, Lorain Fox, Allen Mose, and Dorothy Tsatoke. Together they create a healing sound that truly touches the human spirit.  Thirza (center) reviewing audio with writer Rhiana Yazzie and producer John GreggPhoto- Janine Marr Thirza was an active participant in acting and musical performances at the 2006Audio Theatre Workshop. Thirza’s melodic and enchanting flute playing always drew a crowd. Even while Dianne Ballon was editing Thirza’s interview about her week at the Audio Theatre Workshop (ATW), folks would stop and stick their head in the edit studio to listen.  Photo by Advance Photo Studios, Atlanta For the fifth year in a row, the Atlanta branches of AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), sag (Screen Actors Guild), and Equity (Actors’ Equity Association) combined forces to raise money for the Atlanta Food Bank. This year over 30 such members performed 6 classic Old Time Radio plays and included special guest star Bill Tush and his fellow cast member, comedian Rob Cleveland from the TBS Tush Show. Some of the politics in the scripts could not have been more timely. Co-producer Barry Stolze reported that the event generated over $1,600—or more than $13,000 worth of buying power for the acfb partnering with food suppliers. Now that’s swell!
Special Programs include:
By Marideth Sisco Gary Phillips, a member of NATF’s 2007 “Freshman Class” (now Workshop 101) was surprised to learn that the audio play his group created and performed placed third in the first annual audio competition sponsored by the Missouri Review. But he wasn’t surprised they’d gotten a look.  NATF's Freshman Class 2008. Back row: Diane Cook (left) Sue Zizza (Center) and Mike Wilson (Right) Seated: Lucus Keppel, Hugh Murphy, Martin Hayden, Evan Waters and Eric Somers. “The group combined multiple story lines into a “turkey” of a play, called AVIAN INVASION,” said Phillips. The basic plot was that turkeys from outer space land in the United States on Thanksgiving Day. All they know of us is what they saw in a broadcast of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It was a comedy, if you can believe it. I am expecting it to hit Broadway anytime now.”
Phillips, who teaches Communications at Missouri State University in West Plains, MO, said he’s a newcomer to audio theater. “My bread and butter is the Fundamentals of Public Speaking. I do occasionally get to teach a theatre class.” All that changed, he said, after his experience with the Freshman Class. Seven scriptwriters from all parts of the country earned top honors in the National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc. (NATF) 2007-2008 Script Competition. The top three winners will split $800 in prize money and received a fee waiver for the 27th Audio Theatre Workshop in West Plains, MO, June 22-27. The four “Honorable Mentions” received a 50% fee waiver for the June Workshop. The 2007 – 2008 Script Competition Winners are:
“Honorable Mentions”:
In addition to being slated for possible productions at upcoming NATF festivals, all 7 scripts will be featured in NATF’s 2007-2008 script book, which will be available for sale through our website and at the June Workshop. Three judges evaluated 36 scripts for this year’s competition:
The 2008 NATF Audio Theater Workshop is made possible, in part, by funding from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency; and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Day to Day, March 10, 2008 · Producer Thomas Lopez, of HearingVoices.com, presents “Chez Tootsie.” In this episode, an American private eye falls in love with a mysterious French woman, but things are not what they seem. |
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NATF congratulates Native American musician and performer 
