[NEohioPAL] Hudson Players Audition - War of the Worlds Original Radio Broadcast Staged Reading

[Durbin, Mark H.]

Hudson Players
Auditions for
War of the Worlds:
The 1938 Radio Script

By Howard E. Koch
Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.


Directed by Theresa Benyo-Marzullo

Audition Dates: Sept. 16 & 17, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
Barlow Community Center
41 S. Oviatt St. Hudson, Ohio 44236

Performance Dates:
Oct 19 & 20, 2018 - One Weekend Only
(8:00 p.m. curtain)

The auditions will involve reading from the script.
ALL ROLES AVAILABLE. Hudson Players does not pre-cast.


Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of the original broadcast in Oct of 1938, this special one weekend only staged reading, retells Orson Wells' famous Halloween radio fright night to the nation detailing a realistic-sounding Martian attack. Experience the broadcast that shook the country. This is sure to be a crowd-pleaser!
All actors (except for Sound Effects Artist and family) must be able to speak with different voices for each character.
Rehearsals will be minimal; only once per week for 4 weeks except for Tech week.
Characters are as follows:
Orson Welles/Professor Pierson: Male (20s to 30s) - Leader & director of the radio play and also plays a professor of astronomy.
Announcer/Commander Voght/Stranger: Male (any age) - Typical radio announcer. Also plays a military communications operator, military lieutenant, and a stranger highly effected by the invasion and is interviewed by Pierson at the end of the play.
Announcer One & Two/Operator One: Male or Female (any age) - Introduces other characters and acts as a sort of narrator. Also plays a military communications operator.
Announcer Three/Mr. Wilmuth/VP Harry McDonald/Gunner/Operator 2: Male (40s to 60s) - Radio announcer, farmer, executive, military gunner and military communications operator.
Reporter Carl Phillips/Observer/Operator Four: Male (20's to 40's) - Radio reporter who interviews Professor Pierson and also plays a military observer & communications operator.
Policeman/Captain Lansing/Secretary of the Interior/General Smith/Officer/Operators Three & Five: Male (50's to 70's) - Policeman, military captain, politician, military general, artillery office, and military communications operator.
Sound Effects Artist (Male or Female, any age): able to create sound effects throughout the play. Non-speaking role.
Family of 3-4: Need a small group to play a Mom, Dad and their children (1-2 teens or preteens) as a family around a radio listening to the original 1938 broadcast of the show and being drawn in thinking that aliens are invading the earth. Think of a family like the "The Waltons." Non-speaking roles but need to be very expressive.

Please visit us at www.hudsonplayers.com<http://www.hudsonplayers.com>. Or, call our box office at (330) 655-8522 for more information or write to Hudson Players at PO Box 2159, Hudson, OH 44236. For email inquiries send to info at hudsonplayers.com<mailto:info at hudsonplayers.com>.

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