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In the middle of 2020, The Cary Playwrights’ Forum and Creative Greensboro co-produced the first annual NC Radio Play Festival! All festival entries feature a story centered around the theme of “Halloween!” Every aspect of production was conducted remotely. All shows are free-to-stream. Click on a title to listen!

FESTIVAL LINEUP

The Case of the Haunted Inheritance (Detective Noir)

• Written by Andy Ralston-Asumendi
• Directed by Christian O’Neal
• Sound Design and Editing by Kenny Hertling
• Featuring the Voices of Emily Mohler, Gary Pezzullo, Rhonda Lemon, and Jordan Long

Off the Vine (Fantasy Comedy)

• Written by Andy Rassler
• Directed by Chauncey Miller
• Sound Design and Editing by Terrell Brown
• Featuring the Voices of Chauncey Miller, Marina Enslen, and Shannon O’Grady

Picky Zombies (Horror Comedy)

• Written by Clinton Festa
• Directed Carl Grasso
• Sound Design and Editing by Carl Grasso
• Featuring the Voices of Jerry Schultz, Krista Scavron, Salinda Tyson, and Jordan Long

Voices, Like Whispering (Drama)

• Written by Debra Kaufman
• Directed by Mia Peters
• Sound Design and Editing by Christian O’Neal
• Featuring the Voices of Benaiah Barnes and Jamila Curry

A Different Drummer (Horror)

• Written by George Jack
• Directed by Thom Haynes
• Sound Design and Editing by Thom Haynes
• Featuring the Voices of Christopher Bynum, Emily Chiola, Freyja Helmer-Sindemark, George Jack, Alex Haynes, and Gina McKenzie

Hallovenge Part XIX (Surreal Comedy)

• Written by Larry Bliss
• Directed by Todd Fisher
• Sound Design and Editing by Terrell Brown
• Featuring the Voices of Elliot Hoppins, Laney Kaley, Pete Turner, and Sally Kinka

Star-Crossed Words (Fantasy Comedy)

• Written by Laura Arwood
• Directed by Meredith DiPaolo Stephens
• Sound Design and Editing by Meredith DiPaolo Stephens
• Featuring the Voices of Dan Beckmann and Erinn Dearth

Here Kitty, Kitty (Horror)

• Written by Mike Brannon
• Directed by Dan Beckmann
• Sound Design and Editing by Dan Beckmann
• Featuring the Voices of Jim McKeny and Meredith DiPaolo Stephens

Oh, Darling Sister of Mine (Haunted House)

• Written by Shelley Stolaroff Segal
• Directed Kurt Benrud
• Sound Design and Editing by Kurt Benrud
• Featuring the Voices of Jeffrey Nugent and Shelley Sink

The Next Street Over (Slasher Comedy)

• Written by Teddy Durgin
• Directed by Natasha Jackson
• Sound Design and Editing by Christian O’Neal
• Featuring Carl Grasso, Celeste Hinnant, Heather Shinpaugh, Naima West, Parker West, Tyanna West, and Xander Barnes

 

MORE INFO

The inaugural “NC Radio Play Festival – Halloween!“ is a collaborative prerecorded (not live) audio play festival produced by the Cary Playwrights’ Forum and the Greensboro Playwrights’ Forum. The plays are fully-produced using local voice talent and fully-produced sound effects, and released on the CPF Radio Hour podcast site (https://cpfradiohour.podbean.com/). The radio plays were released in phases, premiering on October 10^th, October 17^th, October 24^th, and October 31^st. All were out before the very scary date of Nov 3 2020 🙂

The theme for this year’s festival is Halloween – every script has elements of fantasy, horror, or the supernatural.

The NC Radio Play Festival marks the first major collaboration between the Greensboro Playwrights’ Forum and the Cary Playwrights’ Forum. The radio-play format (“Theatre of the Mind”) allows playwrights to tell stories beyond what is normally practical for stage productions, unrestricted in scope and limited only by imagination.

All plays will be available indefinitely. No ticket or fee is required to listen!

The Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1183043338731439/

Producers: Mike Brannon and Christian O’Neal

 

AUDIO EASTER EGGS

At the end of each play, you’ll hear an audio Easter Egg corresponding to one of these famous anthology series: