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CPF Radio Hour

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The CPF Radio Hour is a podcast series that produces original, immersive audio plays and serials by North Carolina playwrights. Sponsored by the Cary Playwrights’ Forum, the CPF Radio Hour serves as a creative opportunity for dramatic writers who have stories that reach beyond the stage.  Every audio play recording is made available online with the aim to share these unique stories with the world.

The CPF Radio Hour was created by Glenn Greggs, who wanted to showcase plays from up and coming playwrights in a “play-it-by-ear” live radio format. The CPF Radio Hour premiered on April 11th 2017, broadcasting out of the WCOM 103.5 FM radio station in Carrboro. Glenn produced and hosted the first season of the program from April 2017 until July 2018 – a total of 49 episodes that included live radio plays, interviews with local artists, and spoken word pieces. Christian O’Neal picked up the show for its second season, hosting 32 episodes between July 2018 and May 2019.

The CPF Radio Hour is currently a pre-recorded podcast with a renewed focus on developing original, immersive audio plays and serials. Production is driven by the writers rather than deadlines and writers are provided resources to workshop scripts before production begins. The CPF Radio Hour is a resource and a creative outlet for North Carolina playwrights, but any writer with a connection to NC is encouraged to submit their work.

Current Producer:       Christian O’Neal

Want to be a part of it?

  • The CPF Radio Hour and Cary Playwrights’ Forum are equal opportunity platforms. All are welcome.
  • If interested in submitting an audio play or a proposal for a new series, please see the section for SUBMISSIONS below.
  • If interested in lending your voice talent, please see the section for PERFORMERS.
  • If interested in producing, designing, or editing radio shows, please see the section for PRODUCERS.
  • If interested in listening to previous episodes, please see the ARCHIVE section.

Please send all inquiries to CPFRadioHour@gmail.com.

Submissions

Audio Plays

  • Submissions should be 10-30 minutes long.
  • Submissions longer than 30 minutes may be divided into two or more episodes.
  • Shorter submissions are easier to produce and may have a quicker turn around than longer submissions.
  • Submissions should be written in standard play format or standard radio play format. Here is a PDF, video, and example covering “Standard Manuscript Format for Stage Plays”, and here’s one for “RADIO DRAMA FORMAT”.
  • Submit scripts as a .doc or .pdf to submissions@caryplaywrightsforum.org. Include “CPF RADIO HOUR SUBMISSION: <Name of Script>” in the subject line.
  • Submitting an audio play does not guarantee that it will be produced.
  • Due to production timelines, available slots for audio play production will be limited.
  • The producer may contact you for questions and feedback concerning your submission.

Audio Series

  • An audio series consists of four or more episodes.
  • Episodes can vary in length but should be between 10-30 minutes.
  • Episodes should have at least one recurring character.
  • No anthology series unless there is a cohesive theme or connection between each story.
  • If you are interested in developing an audio series, send a proposal email to CPFRadioHour@gmail.com. Include “CPF RADIO HOUR SERIES PROPOSAL: <Name of Playwright>” in the subject line.
  • The proposal email should describe the setup of the series in six sentences or less. Make sure the genre, tone, and major themes of the series are communicated. Alternatively, the playwright may submit a pilot episode.
  • Include an expected number of episodes in the proposal email.
  • Due to production timelines, available slots for audio series production will be limited.
  • The producer may contact you for questions and feedback concerning your proposal.

Further Guidelines

  • Submissions should utilize sound effects, take advantage of talented voice actors, and allow the audience to exercise its imagination. Audio plays are not limited by setting, cast size, or genre.
  • Genres that are normally “too difficult” to stage like horror, fantasy, and science fiction work great for audio plays.
  • You don’t have to worry about finding the voice talent. We have a growing list of talented performers eager to bring your stories to life.
  • Listen to old radio plays and modern audio plays to get an idea of what works for the format.
  • The Cary Playwrights’ Forum exists as a resource for dramatic writers. If you have any questions on how to write or adapt an audio play – send us those questions!

Performers

Please send your resume and a brief bio to CPFRadioHour@gmail.com. If possible, please include an attachment or link of a voice sample. Make sure your resume lists previous acting, voice, or radio experience and highlights other vocal talents (impressions, dialects, animal calls, etc).

Performers are credited at the end of every episode and every episode will be made available online. Performers will be contacted when an episode is released.

Producers

If you are interested in producing, sound editing, sound effects design, and/or editing for the CPF Radio Hour, please send your resume and a brief bio to CPFRadioHour@gmail.com. Also send any questions you may have.

Archive

Links to podcast recordings before June 2019 here.

10-31-2020: NC Radio Play Festival – Halloween! Co-produced with Creative Greensboro, 10 NC-written short plays

6-28-2020: Episode 8 of THE SPIRE (previous episodes: 7  6  5  4  3  2  1 , written by Larry Bliss – here’s the series preview)

9-9-2019: Episode 3.6 The Deadly Blonde Caper by Phil Koch (Greensboro Playwrights Forum) – 12:01. CAST: Christian O’Neal, Rhonda Lemon, Carl Nubile

9-9-2019: Episode 3.5 Crunch by Mike Brannon (Greensboro Playwrights Forum) – 10:01. CAST: Thom Haynes, Sarianna Gregg, Carl Nubile

9-9-2019: Episode 3.4 Worst Birthday Ever by Jini Zlatniski (Greensboro Playwrights Forum) – 5:19. CAST: David Klionsky and Tim Coyle

9-2-2019: Episode 3.3 Cruise Queens by Clinton Festa (Greensboro Playwrights Forum) – 13:09. CAST: Stephanie Simon, Rita Hewell, Sierra Smith, David Klionsky, Tim Coyle

9-2-2019: Episode 3.2 Oh Rapture, Up Yours by Cari Hopson (Greensboro Playwrights Forum) – 13:12. CAST: Sierra Smith, Nat Conti, Bob O’Connell, Jason Christ

9-2-2019: Episode 3.1 An Unlikely Concert by Karin Willet (Greensboro Playwrights Forum) – 8:05. CAST: Noelle Azarelo, Joel McLaughlin, Randy Thompson

5-28-2019: we’ll talk about “Sitting Pretty: A Live Radio Play” @ Odyssey Stage. Plus! Another episode of “Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel”.
5-21-2019: “The Misadventures of Darklight and Nightbird” by Doug Simpson (re-broadcast)
4-30-2019: “Oppenheimer’s Ghost” by Larry Bliss
4-16-2019: “NCISSVUCSI” by Annie Taft

4-9-2019: ‘Results’ of the Radio Play Contest Voting!!! Winners in two categories will be announced.

3-19-2019: Radio Play Contest Entry #5 – “Rick Danger: The Kase of the Kidnapped Kerbopple” (47:25), featuring music by Thursday’s Flight

3-12-2019: Radio Play Contest Entry #4 – “Black Spectre: A Trail Grown Cold”  (50:01),  featuring music by Kevin MacLeod

2-26-2019: Radio Play Contest Entry #2 and #3 – “The (Dog) Park”  (9:16) and “A Guy Walks Into a Bar” (10:43)

2-19-2019: Radio Play Contest Entry #1 – “The Daughter in the Basement” (11:47)

2-12-2019: “The Great Celestial Cow” (Burning Coal) with Seema Kukreja

2-5-2019: “The Misadventures of Darklight and Nightbird” by Doug Simpson

1-22-2019: “Grandma’s Opal Brooch” by Ken Walsh. Ballad composed and sung by Eddie Cisneros.
1-15-2019: “Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel” – a live performance of three classic Marx Brothers’ radio scripts

1-8-2019: “This Doesn’t End Well” at Sonorous Road – interview with local playwright Brook North. Bonus! Announcement of the five finalists for the CPF Radio Play Contest!

12-18-2018: Two Plays by Laura Arwood: “Misanthrope Under the Mistletoe” and “How I Wonder What You Are”
11-13-2018: “1940s Radio Christmas Carol” – interview with the creative team behind Cary Players’ production.
11-6-2018: “The Best Time of Year“: interview with the creative team behind Moonlight Stage Company’s new, original family-friendly holiday musical.
10-30-2018: Two “spooky” plays that Christian O’Neal wrote, “Beware” and “Last Laugh”.
10-23-2018: Interview with Marina Enslen, a Bar Plays 4.0 director! And, a reading of Laura Arwood’s “Three Men Walk Into a Bar”!
10-16-2018: Plays by prolific CHill writer Mark Cornell. Actors: Mary Rowland, Robby Merritt, David Akiva Klionsky, & Faith C. Krech. Hosted by Yvette Holder.
10-9-2018: Three plays by Henry Kimmel, Wim Coleman, & Tom Reilly. Actors: Mary Rowland, Robby Merritt, David Klionsky, & Kurt Benrud. Hosted by Yvette Holder.
10-2-2018: “Meanwhile” by Ann Chenoweth-Carr
9-25-2018: Four plays by Eric Weil, Marilynn Barner Anselmi, Andy Rassler, and Henry W. Kimmel. Actors: Dick Hayden, Kurt Benrud, Sharon Silcox, Abbey Toot, and Ruka Osoba. Hosted by Yvette Holder.
9-18-2018: “Medicine Chests” by Ken Walsh
9-11-2018: “Bob O’Connell Airs Out His Shorts – An Evening of Short Plays”. Three plays written by Robert O. Connell.
8-28-2018: “Drop Dead” @ Holly Springs Stageworks Theatre – interview with director Mia Peters and some of the cast
8-21-2018: “Chekhov’s Museum of Marital Mischief” by Roy Proctor – Part II (Settling the Score), preceded by Karen Williams and Elena Mulligan talkin’ ’bout “Open Doors” at Sonorous Road
8-14-2018: “Chekhov’s Museum of Marital Mischief” by Roy Proctor – Part I (Trip of the Tongue and Chorus Girl)
8-7-2018: “Burn This” – Danielle Koppel (actress) from Sonorous Road
7-31-2018: CPF Bar Plays – “Lost in Translation” and “When You Wish Upon a Bar”
7-24-2018: The Miracle Worker – Dustin Britt and the cast of Seed Art Share’s production, plus a radio comedy sketch
7-17-2018: NC 10 by 10 Play Festival with cast members, directors, and producers!
7-10-2018: Johannah Edwards, the Managing Director of the Women’s Theatre Festival, joins us. We’ll be discussing “Goblin Market”, “Eclipsed”, “These Shining Lives”, and other WTF projects.
7-3-2018: First Date: an interview with the stage manager (Elaine Petrone), and the two leads (Lauren Bamford and Sean McCracken) from the NRACT production
6-26-2018: Hyper Heart Max
6-19-2018: MAYHEM
5-22-2018: Advice With Erica
5-15-2018: Dial A Host
4-10-2018: The Member Of The Wedding featuring Mackie Raymond, Dr. Joy Bryant, and Areon Mobasher
4-3-2018: ShakesBEER Episode 2, featuring Camille Watson, Laura J. Parker, Benjamin Tarlton, Glenn Greggs, and Dustin Britt
3-27-2018: Maribeth McCarthy interview
3-20-2018: Erica Reid, interview, also reviews of Framing the Shot and Girl In Space!
3-13-2018: No Exit. a talk with co-producers Thom Haynes and Kurt Benrud, and several members of the cast/crew
3-6-2018: Girl In Space with Peter Lalush
2-27-2018: Allan Maule, writer of Everscape and the newly-remounted Framing The Shot
2-6-2018:  Julya Mirro about V Day Raleigh and the upcoming performance of The Vagina Monologues at NRACT
1-2-2018: Marilyn Barner Anselmi – internationally produced NC playwright, with multiple CPF credits
12-26-2017 “Misanthrope under the Mistletoe”
12-19-2017: Twelve Things From 2017 (Twenty Four Things Total) – a talk with Lorelei Lemon
12-12-2017: a recap show for music I (Glenn) liked of the year
12-5-2017: “ShakesBEER”
11-28-2017: an unfortunate no show
11-21-2017: Ben Vigeant a writer of plays in Chicago and general man about man. Ben can be found on Twitter at @BVigeant and is one of the voices of Space Lincoln (http://spacelincoln.libsyn.com/)
11-14-2017: “Dawn’s Early Light” with Full Nelson producer/writer/director/actor Paul Newell
11-7-2017: “Bar Plays 3.0″ with Cary Playwrights’ Forum producer Sean Malone and one of the writers (and directors) Michelle Corbitt! Two of the actors too – Laurel Ullman and Michael Parker, with the director Noelle Barnard Azarelo! Hear Michelle’s “The Donor Agency”.
10-31-2017: Susan Ryan. She’s a UNC professor who is helming a production of War Of the Worlds which goes up next weekend (Nov 3rd, etc) with Carolina Company, UNC’s student theatre company.
10-24-2017: Jonathan Walters.  He’s with the hand2mouth theatre company out of Portland, we’ll discuss their stage adaptation of Ursula K LeGuin’s Left Hand of Darkness that went up about 3 years ago.

10-17-2017: Libby Heily. She has a new book coming out! We’ll read an excerpt, talk with Libby about playwriting, and who knows what else! https://libbyheily.com/

10-10-2017: Bump In the Night. The cast and team behind this new sketch comedy revue performed select sketches and chatted. http://thisismettlesome.com/bump-in-the-night  Low-fi podcast available upon request.
10-3-2017: Collaborative Works. Interview with Chicago writer Stephen Winchell (nattycomic.com) on the intricacies of working together with others on artistic endeavors.
9-26-2017: Protest as Theatre. Glenn talks about different forms of protest as theatre and theatre as protest.
9-12-2017: “Yes To Nothing” by Mara Thomas. Interview with the writer of this punk rock musical which was produced by Little Green Pig.
9-5-2017: “Meanwhile” by Ann Chenoweth-Carr. An idyllic fantasy setting gets a little haywire when the evil overlord has a new hero who comes in to town and muddles things up. Featured Matthew Tucker from the ‘Open Doors’ cast, Glenn Greggs, Mandy Marie, and GK Lai. Includes an interview with the writer. Low-fi podcast available upon request.
8-22-2017: “Conversations With Hitler“ by Steven R. Bonds. An interview with Julya Mirro, the director of  this show at Sonorous Road.
8-15-2017: “Baby Boomers by” Christian O’Neal. A handy app helps you make sure your baby comes out the way you want it. Shelley, a mother to be, struggles with whether or not she should decide her baby’s outcome before it is born.Featuring Kristen Dewey
8-8-2017: “ShakesBEER” by Chuck Keith & Will Shakespeare. Two great things! Beer and Shakespeare. Performed at some of the Triangle’s best breweries, bars, and unconventional performance spaces.
Guests: Tara Nicole Williams, J Robert Raines, Natalie Sherwood, Kyle Mears, and D Keith Britt
7-25-2017: “Sweet Tea and Baby Dreams” by Maribeth McCarthy (part of the Women’s Theatre Festival). A seemingly-sweet baby shower in the south that has all the ingredients to go wrong in all the most hilarious ways.
Guests: Maribeth McCarthy (writer/director), Hannah Marks (producer), and the cast: Chelsey Winstead, Joey DeSena, Tyler Graeper, Liz Webb, Arissa Brinson, Kelly Stansell, Sean Malone, Rachel McKay
7-18-2017: “Trimmings & Sauce”, a sound collage of snippets from Glenn Gregg’s writing.  No podcast recording.
7-11-2017: replay of “Designer Darlings” (4/11/17) and “Sister From The Lake” (4/25/17).
7-4-2017: “Licked Cupcake“, a devised work for the Women’s Theatre Festival. Guests included Emily Tomasik and Kristen Dewey.
6-27-2017: “Yard Sale Finds” by Marilyn Barner-Anselmi.  Mother and child enter into a yard sale and find more than they were looking for. Featuring Glenn Greggs and Lorelei Lemon.  No podcast recording.
6-20-2017: “Resume Watching” by Sarah Duncan & “Shut Up I’m On a Diet” (same URL) by Catherine Weingarten. Also, a segment about “Space Girl” by Mora V. Harris. All three are part of this year’s Women’s Theatre Festival programming. Lorelei Lemon guested, and stage directions/audio assistance were handled by GK Lai.
6-13-2017: “Looking For Love” by Grace Win Ellis. A woman steps into a bookstore and finds a book that really speaks to her.
Featuring Glenn Greggs and Annie Taft.  No podcast recording.
6-6-2017: “Click to Subscribe” by Christian O’Neal (re-recording). An aspiring film-maker interrupts his neighbor’s grilled cheese to get her to subscribe to his video channel.
  • Karen – Carol Oleson
  • Nicky – Kyle Mears

5-30-2017: “Reading Signs“ by Marilyn Barner Anselmi (re-recording). Henry has been assisting his aging mother for some time. Sallie Ann only wants to be of use to her son. Seeing eye to eye is never easy.

  • Glenn Greggs – Henry
  • Pam McClure – Sallie Ann
5-23-2017: “Inference and Deduction” by Libby Heily. A piece of art ends up in a bar and all the regulars have something to say about it.
  • Dustin Britt – Gene
  • Cheryl Edson – Paige
  • Maclyn McCord – Patrick
  • Glenn Greggs – Harry
5-16-2017 “Reading Signs” by Marilyn Barner Anselmi. Hillarie has been assisting her aging mother for some time. Sallie Ann only wants to be of use to her daughter. Seeing eye to eye is never easy. No podcast recording.
  • Hillarie – Kristen Dewey
  • Pam McClure – Sallie Ann

5-9-2017 – replay of “Designer Darlings” (4/11/17) and “Sister From The Lake” (4/25/17).

5-2-2017 “Click to Subscribe” by Christian O’Neal. An aspiring film-maker interrupts his neighbor’s grilled cheese to get her to subscribe to his video channel. No podcast recording.
  • Karen – Carol Oleson
  • Nicky – Kyle Mears

4-25-2017 “Sister From the Lake” by Debra Kaufman. Isabelle has lived in by herself for a long time and explains to the county sheriff about a strange visitor who came to her during a storm.

  • Isabelle – Cheryl Edson
  • Samantha – Rebecca Jones
  • Arnold – Sean Malone

4-18-2017 “All Inclusive” by Libby Heily

  • Kurt Benrud
  • Kat Froehlich
  • Nicola Lefler
  • Christian O’Neal

4-11-2017 “Designer Darlings” by Glenn Greggs – the inaugural broadcast. Two women meet with Not A Doctor to get advice on how to raise their child.

  • Nina – Kat Froehlich
  • Andrea – Seema Kukreja
  • Duck – Glenn Greggs