The War of the Worlds (2013)
Season 01, Episode 01
October 30, 2013
No recording of "War of the Worlds (2013)" is available. Apologies.
The 75th anniversary of this classic radio drama, our first performance
Re-Imagined Radio presents a live performance of "The War of the Worlds" by Willamette Radio Workshop at Kiggins Theatre, Vancouver, Washington.
Access the episode script
No script is available for "The War of the Worlds 2013." Apologies.
Background
Martians with Moustaches
A curated gallery exhibition of works created by students in my Fall 2013 DTC 354 Digital Storytelling course provided the spark for this performance, indeed Re-Imagined Radio as a whole.
Read Re-Imagined Radio's Origin Story for more information.
I published an essay about this course, my students' works, and our curatorial efforts as Martians, Moustaches, and Radio Drama. A Case Study for Sound Art Curation by Re-Creation→ in Leonardo Electronic Almanac (Dec. 2018). Learn more→.
The course included a transmedia storytelling component. Transmedia storytelling seeks to use specific features and affordances (potentials for particular actions) of multiple digital media/technologies to make storytelling more immersive and interactive. Usually, a transmedia story begins with a "base story." Specific media are then selected from their ability to tell some part of the story in ways not possible in more traditional storytelling. For example, if a story involves a number of brief narrative sequences, the transmedia storyteller might utilize some form of social media as the vehicle for posting these sequences to multiple readers/participants. The result is to, using text, social media, video or animation, and sound, facilitate narrative and storytelling in ways not possible using only a single medium.
Students explored transmedial storytelling experiences based on some aspect of the original broadcast of War of the Worlds. The exhibition ran throughout November at Nouspace Gallery & Media Lounge located in the Northbank Artists Gallery at 1005 Main Street, Vancouver, Washington.
Production
Contents
A live performance by Willamette Radio Workshop, directed by Sam A. Mowry, of "The War of the Worlds," perhaps the most (in)famous radio broadcast ever. Adapted from the 1938 performance starring Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre on the Air.
Read and Learn→ more about Orson Welles.
Credits
Directed by Sam A. Mowry
Producer and Host, John F. Barber
Producer's Notes
Our first performance of "The War of the Worlds," AND the first episode for Re-Imagined Radio.
Offered on the night of the 75th anniversary of the original broadcast, October 30, 1938.
— John F. Barber
Promotion
Press
75 Years of War of the Worlds. OPB, 30 Oct. 2013.
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