In record time for a change, you can see the faces and fun of the Audio Theatre Workshop! That’s right…
The link leads to our Facebook page, where some of the best event photographs are posted. Enjoy!
We had a great turnout of
new and returning participants!
Everyone worked hard to put on a great show and NATF is happy to have had the opportunity to both teach this year’s participants some new skills and develop the ones they came with. Thanks to Mirron Willis for his inspiring performance on short notice, to Barbara Rosenblat for again joining us to share her skill, humor and educational gifts with us all, to Gladys Cains Coggswell for her gift of oral storytelling and a special thanks to Charles Lewis, Tiran Styles and Jaymie Garner for their moving performances of “Langston Speaks.”
We’re really happy with the show all these fine people put on and that participants could demonstrate the scope and amount of learning they gained from NATF. In the next day or two, some of the better pictures taken will be posted from the hundreds taken during the week. Stay tuned!
Friday, June 25, at 7:30PM Central Time
The start time has been updated to reflect the stated time in the regional
newspaper’s published announcement. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Click the picture below to listen
to the 2010 Audio Theatre Workshop
using Windows Media Player
The link will not work until shortly before showtime and requires Microsoft Windows Media Player!
We’re midway through the week with Friday’s 7pm show fast approaching but that means it’s time for the Worshop 101 folks to show their newly-gained chops at their public dress rehearsal tonight at The Yellow House.
These new audio theatre practitioners have been learning to adapt and present “Anansi and the Spider,” an entertaining African folktale transformed from one-voice spoken presentation to a full-cast experience with sound effects and music, giving the story layers of depth that fuel the listener’s imagination beyond what spoken word can do alone.The public is welcome to The Yellow House tonight, but Friday’s 7pm show in the West Plains Civic Center will be the Workshop 101 class’ genuine public debut when they perform in sequence before a studio audience with the two other audio plays, “Road Angels” and “Wells’ Leap.” Those, as well as Charles Lewis’s jazz oratories, “Langston Speaks” will all be part of the big show and we’ll announce Friday how you can listen over the air locally or via the internet outside the radio station’s signal area.
The 2010 Audio Theatre Workshop is underway as of this Monday morning at 0800. The “early” call time is mitigated–as usual–by steaming mounds of bacon greeting everyone at the breakfast/production meeting.
It looks like (even in this economy) we have just over 50 people this year with many familiar faces and–even more awesome–several brand new ones!
If you haven’t already heard, we’re joined by audiobook and narration goddess Barbara Rosenblat, the talented audiobook narrator, actor and incredibly gracious Mirron Willis as well as famed Master Storyteller Gladys Coggswell and “animation voice dude” Lucien Dodge.
  
Classes are underway and auditions follow the afternoon class session.
Today’s classes:
- Workshop 101 (every day)
- The Art of Voice Acting (Barbara Rosenblat)
- A Brief History & The Future of Audio Theatre (direction, challenges, monetizing, etc.)
- Finding Your Voice in Narration (Rosenblat, Willis)
- Choosing Your Digital System for Recording
- Distribution in 2010 – How Do We Get This Stuff Out There?
- A Writer’s Roundtable
After classes, roundtables and dinner, we will of course head to the usual evening festivities at various spots around town for adult beverages and a variety of fun.
Don’t forget, the show is going out live via internet stream this Friday at 5pm/8pm Pacific/Eastern. Stay tuned for the stream URL later this week.
The National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc. offers a heartfelt thanks to everyone involved with the 2010 Audio Theatre Workshop:
Thomas Aber/Band
Lance Roger Axt/2010 Show Producer
Dianne Ballon/Demo Producer
Cheryl Black/playwright: Leap for Freedom
Tony Brewer/Instructor, SFX Coordinator
Gladys Coggswell/Workshop 101 Instructor, Storytelling Instructor, Show Host
Pat Conway/Band
Troy Cummings/Guest, “Norman Corwin is Music”
Butch D’Ambrosio/Workshop 101 Instructor
Andrew Davis/Executive Director, The National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc.
Lucien Dodge/Voice-Over Instructor, Director: Road Angels
Kevin Donnelly/Sampler, Press Updates
Steve Donofrio/President, National Audio Theatre Festivals; playwright: Road Angels
Mark Evanier/Guest, “Mark Evanier: A Life in Animation”
Richard Fish/Guest Instructor, Round Table Moderator, Performer
Dwight Frizzell/Musical Director
Jaymie Garner/Guest Vocalist, Langston Speaks
Kyle Harris/House Sound, Recording Engineer
Henry Howard/Session Recording, AV Support, Marti Operator
Charles Lewis/Composer and Director, Langston Speaks
Kerby Mitchell/Assistant Recording Truck Engineer
Mike Konopka/Metromobile – On Site Recording Truck
Renee Pringle/Adaptor and Director, William’s Leap for Freedom
Barbara Rosenblat/Voice-Over Instructor, Performer
David Shinn/Show Caller, Instructor, Technical Director
Ellen Stewart/Treasurer, National Audio Theatre Festivals; Transportation
Tiran Styles/Guest Vocalist, Langston Speaks
Ben Taylor/Show Music Mix, Truck Production Coordinator, Class AV set-up
Julia Thro/Band
Marc Weiner/Recorded SFX and CD Operator
Mirron Willis/Instructor, Guest Performer
Sue Zizza/Directing Mentor, William’s Leap for Freedom and Road Angels
If you were unable to make it to West Plains for our 2009 Audio Theatre Workshop, fret not! You can download the high-quality .mp3 right here.
Part 1 includes “The Black Cat”, and “Over There”, while part 2 is the opera “DARWIN”.
Download Part 1
Download Part 2
Throughout the week of NATF’s 2009 Audio Theatre Workshop, we will be posting pictures and videos here on the Workshop page and on the Twitter, and Facebook. Kevin also posted a great running description at Audio Drama Talk.
 The opening day gathering gives old friends and new a time to connect before the stress of the week  Jason and Natalie arrive to the gathering!  The Civic Center allowed us to record the sound of the filling of their pool. Ben can be seen here with full recording gear.  Here, Dianne records with her portable gear from inside the filling pool.  Ben sits to record the rushing water  David and Renee teamed up to use the shotgun mic on the pool  The Sound Effects table in all its glory!  Bill and Kirby set up the stage  The footbox is filled with Kitty Litter, and the water tub has both an above water mic and an underwater mic.  Cindy prepares to produce gastric sounds for a scene from Darwin.  The pit area included musicians Larry, Anne-Marie, and Peter.  Steve gives morning instructions in the auditorium, while Mary gets ready to draw the raffle winner  Dianne interviews many of the people involved with the show each year, and uses their responses and snippets of the show itself to make an "audio postcard". Here, she interviews Anna in the auditorium.  Dwight stands at the director's podium If you want to contribute to this space, please leave a comment or e-mail our webmaster, lucus.keppel {at} gmail(.)com" target="_blank">Lucus Keppel.
West Plains, Missouri is not on most people’s radar, so if you would like to learn more about it, please browse the links below:
West Plains
West Plains Chamber of Commerce
The Yellow House – a community arts organization.
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