Tuesday October 29th, 2013 - Saturday November 2nd, 2013 | |
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| "It is reported that at 8:50 p.m. a huge, flaming object, believed to be a meteorite, fell on a farm in the neighborhood of Grovers Mill, New Jersey, twenty-two miles from Trenton." This is the 75th Anniversary of the broadcast of “War of the Worlds”. It was an episode from the American radio drama anthology series ‘The Mercury Theatre on the Air’. It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on October 30, 1938, and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) radio network. Directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker Orson Welles. , the episode was an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1898). Shortly after 8 p.m. on the Halloween Eve, 1938, the voice of a panicked radio announcer broke in with a news bulletin reporting strange explosions taking place on the planet Mars, followed minutes later by a report that Martians had landed in the tiny town of Grovers Mill, New Jersey. Although most listeners understood that the program was a radio drama, the next day's headlines reported that thousands of others plunged into panic, convinced that America was under a deadly Martian attack. It turned out to be H.G. Wells' classic The War of the Worlds, performed by 23-year-old Orson Welles. "The Shadow People" was an episode in a series called "The Hall of Fantasy". It aired on September 21, 1953. The series was dedicated to the supernatural, the unusual, and the unknown." This episode is about "shadow people" who exist in the darkness that are after a young woman. "God of Razor" is about a man investigates an old Texas mansion looking for antiques, but soon finds more than he bargained for. Because in this lonely stretch of town, ancient gods walk the earth, and their followers have no choice but to follow their twisted demands. This selection of radio dramas featuring "War of the Worlds" will be presented at the Pumphouse Theatres October 29 - November 2, 2013 in the Joyce Doolittle Theatre. All shows start at 7:30 pm. Tickets are available online at http://www.workshoptheatre.org or by calling 246-2999. | |
| Contact: | Workshop Theatre Bob Cooper Phone: 403-246-2999 Email: info@workshoptheatre.org Web: http://www.workshoptheatre.org/ |
| Details: | Location: Pumphouse Theatres Price: Adult $25.00, Seniors $20.00 |
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