Collaborative Art, Radio Drama, and Solutions During Theatre Closures

Overview 

Local Theatre Company, Antaeus Theatre along with their Playwright’s Lab created an opportunity for artists and audiences alike through radio plays. What is unique is each of the writers pitched their plays to take place in a different Los Angeles Zip Code. Now planning for their third season, Antaeus has found a way to make their presence known with nearly 15 months of their physical space being closed to audiences. 

This is a wonderful series that utilizes sound to help create the environment to support these plays. Although many of these works could work on the stage in front of a live audience, these adaptations are accessible and offer a wider audience than Los Angeles if they had been produced there. 

Continued innovation out of necessity. I’m excited to share these plays with you. 

Instructions

Click on one of the seasons below and explore the plays through their descriptions and zip codes.

Zip Code Plays – Season One Links to an external site.

Zip Code Plays – Season Two (Links to Outside Page)Links to an external site.

Put on your headphones and listen

Explore the themes of these plays and how a sound designer has created the atmosphere specifically for the listener

At the bottom of the discussion board, hit reply to start a new thread addressing the following prompt:

Prompt

After exploring the plays, choose one to discuss with the following prompt:

Explain the message  of themes the playwright trying to convey to the audience by writing this play? 

How did the sound designer support the playwright’s ideas? Do you think they did so effectively? What might you have done differently?

Guidelines and What to Include:

Include the name of the play and the playwright at the top of your discussion as a title of your post.

Discuss in at least 10 – 12 complete sentences (for either media upload, or text submission) 

Make sure your introduction starts a New Thread, not responding to another to begin

• Responding to others on the Discussion Thread
• Provide a 2 – 3 sentence thoughtful response to at least two other persons in this class 

Your comment should be on a post that does not yet have 2 replies

Your written or media response shows that you have read their introduction and comment about what they have shared.

RELATE YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES IF YOU RECOGNIZE OR RELATE. 

You will need to reply and craft your answer before seeing others’ replies.

? Thought Question: Did you choose the same play as another person in the class? How do their views on theme differ from yours?