The Los Angeles Radio Drama Network
This website is a resource pool for radio drama talent in and
around Los Angeles, California. The purpose of this site is to network talent
and resources among local radio drama practitioners. There are several radio
drama troupes in Los Angeles and this site serves as a connection to and between
them. If somebody needs advice, a script, talent referrals, sound effect
devices, or equipment based in the Los Angeles area, this is the place to find
them.
The L.A. Radio Drama Network is not a regularly performing troupe or
broadcast service. This page and free service is coordinated by
Tony Palermo, a radio dramatist, producer,
composer, and sound effects artist.
Radio Drama Live in Los Angeles
Support our local artists--many of whom do radio drama on stage. And don't
forget to come up after the show and introduce yourself as fellow L.A. Radio
Drama Network members. The better we know each other, the stronger our
community. You never know who may be needing somebody with your talents.
The
California Artists Radio Theater
perform monthly at the Beverly Garland Hotel. Check their
schedule.
The Liquid
Radio Players have several runs a year of their hilarious radio drama
improv shows at the Acme Comedy Theater. From their website you can send an
e-mail asking to be put on their e-mail list to notify you about upcoming
shows.
The Museum of
Television & Radio, in Beverly Hills, holds their
Re-Creating Radio
workshops each Saturday morning throughout the school year. This is a
family workshop primarily for kids 9-14, but adults are welcome to volunteer
with acting and sound effects. It's great fun, you'll be helping kids and
learn how old-time-radio shows were produced.
New
Frequency - A Theater of the Mind perform their
original radio works the first Sunday of each month at the Write Act Theater
in Hollywood. From their website you can send an e-mail asking to be put on
their e-mail list to notify you about upcoming shows.
L.A. Theater Works regularly
record theatrical works at the Skirball Cultural Center which are later
broadcast by public radio stations, including Pasadena's KPCC-FM 89.3 on
Saturdays. Check their
performance schedule.
Experienced Radio Drama Directors
Katrina Alexy - Kalexy@juno.com - MT&R
Cecil Castellucci -
seaskull@hotmail.com - MT&R
Matt Johnson -
New Frequency Players
Christian Lebano -
ccml850@aol.com - Playwright's Project, MT&R
Tony Palermo - Encyclo-Media,
MT&R, KISL-FM, many others.
Yuri Rasovsky - Peabody award winning
audio dramatist
Lori Tubert -
LTubert@sbcglobal.net Wells Fargo Radio Theater
Barbara Watkins - kinseyfan@hotmail.com
- 30 Minutes to Curtain/SPERDVAC
Experienced Radio Drama Engineers
Elly Bazini - Family Theater Productions
Kitty Li -
satanikcheese@hotmail.com -- Engineer for MT&R radio workshops
Marty Halperin - Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters (mostly retired now)
Tony Palermo - MT&R,
Thousand Oaks Public Library, audio producer
Jeremy Satchell - Engineer/mixer from Hollywood Sound Systems, Wells Fargo
Radio Theater
Audio Rental Houses with equipment well suited to Radio Drama
Hollywood Sound Systems
1541 North Wilcox (between Sunset & Selma)
Hollywood, CA 90028
(323) 466-2416
(323) 460-2676 FAX
Besides rentals, Hollywood Sound Systems do the live audio
production for The Wells Fargo Radio Theater at the Autry Western Heritage
Museum. They have wonderful old-time ribbon microphones and much experience
and appreciation for radio drama.
Technology Artists
9900 Bell Ranch Drive, Suite 105
Santa Fe Springs, CA 900670
(877) 278-07772 toll free
(562) 903-0772
(562) 09-9321 FAX
They rent many kinds of audio equipment and are a full Mackie
dealer. They can provide mixers, DJ-CD players (which are perfect for radio
drama cues and SFX), monitors, public address systems and stage lighting--in
addition to engineers. Their equipment and expertise went into the successful
live stage productions for the "Radio Goes To The Movies" series at the
Egyptian Theater in Hollywood.
Experienced Radio Drama Writers
Cecil Castellucci -
seaskull@hotmail.com -
MT&R, children's author
Matt Johnson & James Napoli -
New Frequency Players
Christian Lebano -
ccml850@aol.com - Playwright's Project
Laurel Ollstein -
LaurelO184@aol.com - Playwright's Project
Tony Palermo - MT&R, Public radio,
United Nations, etc.
Yuri Rasovsky - Peabody award winning
audio dramatist
Lori Tubert - LTubert@sbcglobal.net
- Wells Fargo Radio Theater, Family Productions.
Sound Effects
Manual Sound Effects Artists
Jesse Mackie - MT&R, Liquid Radio Players
Tony Palermo - (performance and kit rentals) -
California Artists Radio Theatre, L.A. Theatre Works, Public radio,
United Nations, various radio troupes, etc.
Brian Habicht - Liquid Radio Players
Pre-recorded Sound Effects Triggered Live
Jean Luc Danielle -
SierraArts@aol.com - Wells Fargo Radio Theater
Tony Palermo - California Artists
Radio Theatre, L.A. Theatre Works, Public radio,
United Nations, various radio troupes, etc.
Sound Effects Kit Rentals
History for Hire
The premiere movie prop house in Los Angeles hosts a variety
of radio sound effects--many of which are in working order--and not "just for
looks." They also have a variety of working old-time ribbon microphones.
Encyclo-Media
Tony Palermo makes his unusual kit of manual sound effects
available for local L.A. rentals at reasonable rates. He has many old-style
SFX devices modeled after original NBC and CBS effects. Tony made most of the
SFX used by the Museum of Television and Radio in Los Angeles. You can also ask
him for advice on sounds.
Sound Effects Resources
Sound Effects info - from the educational
Radio Drama Resources website.
Radio Drama Music
Composers Who Specialize in Scoring for Radio Drama
Rick Friend
- composer, accompanist for silent movies too.
Penka Kouneva kouneva@earthlink.net
- composer for stage and screen
Rob Izenberg -
works with the New Frequency
Players
Tony Palermo - scores for his own
productions, Norman Corwin and others.
The Film Music
Network - is a support group for composers--primarily for film, but they
can score anything. They have an e-mail list you can use to advertise for
composer's services. Many fledgling composers will jump at a chance for
credits and to add to their demo reels. They also sponsor monthly networking
events in L.A. where you--as a producer--can meet composers, accompanists,
and music editors.
Live Accompanists
Peter
Zachos - works with the Liquid Radio Players improv troupe
Jonathan Green - j.g.green@adelphia.net
- music director for Acme Comdey Theatre
Rob Izenberg - works with the
New Frequency Players
Los Angeles Radio Drama Troupes
The
California Artists Radio Theater was founded
by veteran actress, director and producer, Peggy Webber. They present new and
classic radio works monthly
The Liquid
Radio Players are a talented improv comedy group that use radio drama
as their launch pad for clever entirely made-up shows. They appear in Los
Angeles, performing in 1940s costumes and concoct hilarious parodies of
standard radio genres using audience suggestions for theme, characters and
commercials. It's good, clean fun and always entertaining. If you love radio
drama, you'll love their show. The LRP
website offers free audio
streams of past shows, so you can listen to them right now!
L.A. Theater Works is an audio
theater company frequently employing Hollywood stars to produce new audio
theater works and dramatic readings. They record their performances in front
of a live audience. Shows from their catalogue of over 300 productions can be
heard on public radio station KPCC-FM
89.3 each Saturday at 8:00 p.m.
New
Frequency - A Theater of the Mind is an
ensemble that presents classic and new radio dramas on stage in Los Angeles on
the first Sunday of each month. They are a talented and energetic group who
really know their radio history, but also bring their skills to creating
modern dramas with a cutting edge.
30 Minutes to Curtain is a performance troupe that does new works
and re-creates classic OTR programs. They were established in 1983 and aired
on KCSN for 18 years. They still perform several times a year throughout Los
Angeles. Several OTR veterans perform in the group.
Educational Radio Drama Resources
Radio Drama Resources - Tony Palermo's
educational website on producing radio drama.
SPERDVAC
- The Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama,
Variety and Comedy
A family program held most Saturdays at
The Museum of Television & Radio.
Here, participants act and perform sound effects for a variety of radio
genres. This is a great introduction to the medium. Aspiring radio-writers,
directors, actors, and sound effects artists can see how things were done in
the golden age--and you get a recording of your production to show off.
Internet Mailing List about Radio Drama
- The Radio Drama List is an international e-mail discussion list
about radio writing and production. Radio dramatists and producers from all
over the world contribute to this lively forum about both the aesthetics and
technical demands of the audio drama medium. This is not a nostalgia trip. We
discuss how to create and distribute new works. Newbies and Pros are all
welcome. If you are a radio writer or producer you belong on this list.
To subscribe, send a message to radiodrama-request@lofcom.com and in the body
of your message type: SUBSCRIBE RADIODRAMA. They will send a confirmation
message with complete instructions.
Radio Drama Organizations
National Audio Theatre Festival - a nationwide professional radio dramatists association
SPERDVAC - The
Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety and Comedy
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