I know we  all work on different calendars, but a lot of us are announcing our 2007-2008 in the next month or so.  I thought it would be interesting to hear what you all have planned for your upcoming season.

Being a new group with limited resources (got any old lights/paint/curtains/folding chairs/etc you don't want? PLEASE send them our way! :) ) presenting our first season, we've decided to go with shows that can be presented in fairly simple surroundings, without many costly technical requirements, but were still enjoyable and entertaining. They are:
 
The Ransom of Red Chief
Faith County
The Dining Room
The Fantasticks
 
We're exploring an off-season Christmas show, and at least one dinner theatre event with a local restaurant, too, but nothing is set in stone there.
 

We're doing:

Red Diva, Where did you get the scripts from old radio shows? That sounds interesting. Are you doing them as radio programs (people in front of a microphone) ?
Barb

Originally posted by GoldCanyonLady Red Diva, Where did you get the scripts from old radio shows? That sounds interesting. Are you doing them as radio programs (people in front of a microphone) ? Barb

Hi, Gold!  (Red and Gold....isn't that cute?)

My husband got the scripts off the internet, and they are all public domain, non-royalty scripts, so it will be a cheap evening for the Playhouse.  I'm not sure what the website is, but I know it was discussed in an earlier thread, which I will try to find later this afternoon and post it for you.

Yes, we are doing the show in front of mikes, before a live audience, and are working with the local radio station to either broadcast it live or tape it for later broadcast (which is more likely, as we're competing with Cleveland Indians broadcasts at this time of year).

We're trying to recreate the way the old-timey radio shows were done, but on a bare-bones budget.  We won't be wearing period costumes, but will have an appropriate "radio studio" set, with a sound man doing all the sound effects live like they used to do.  My husband and I have done this several times before, but with another near-by theatre, and they were real audience pleasers!

Back later with the website or previous thread.