The Pagosa Springs Radio Theater Company

Our September production takes us to an uptown New York City dinner party in 1919 during an unexpected blizzard with Alice Gerstenberg's Fourteen .  Wikipedia has a  good write up on the play, which was first produced October 7, 1919 at the Maitland Playhouse. The Pagosa Springs Radio Theater Company adaptation brings the story to the modern podcast listener with original music and sound effects....

Our August production explores the early 20th Century mania that surrounded the revolution of Freud's Psychoanalysis in the George Cram Cook and Susan Glaspell piece  Suppressed Desires . This play was written in 1915 and first produced by The Provincetown Playhouse on July 15, 1915.  The Metropolitan Playhouse site has a great  article about Susan Glaspell and Suppressed Desires. The Pagosa Sprin...

Our July offering takes us back to the theater stages of the early 20th Century with 1905s Miss Civilization by Richard Harding Davis.  This play made its debut on Broadway at The Palace Theater in April of 1913.  This play has been adapted for modern radio listeners by The Pagosa Springs Radio Theater company.  For the best experience please consume with headphones. Voice Actors Anna Hershey as A...

June's production takes us to 19th Century Russia with Anton Chekhov's one act play The Boor.   The Literature network has a nice writeup of this one act play. The Pagosa Springs Radio Theater Company adaptation has updated this play for modern radio listeners. For the best experience, consume with head phones.   Voice Actors Jeannie Abbas Mrs Helena Ivanovna Popov Jefferson Pinson as Mr Grigori S...

May takes us to Northern California mining country in the mid 1800s with The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County .  This was the breakthrough short story that brought Mark Twain into literary prominence.   Randy Lewis has written an excellent article in the LA Times about the story's history. The Pagosa Springs Radio Theater Company adaptation attempts to stay true to the original language...

Our sophomore effort also comes from radio theater history.   Sue 'Em by Nancy Bancroft Brosius has the distinction of being the first Radio Play printed in America.  It was aired on December 29th, 1925. Harry Heuser has done an excellent  article  about the play's history. The Pagosa Springs Radio Theater Company adaptation brings the story to the heady days of the 1990s with original music and s...

We pull our inaugural podcast from the annals of radio theater history.   The Dweller in the Darkness:  A Play of the Unknown by Reginald Berkeley was originally broadcast on the BBC on April 14th & 16th, 1925.   Kultura Press has done an excellent article about the play's history. The Pagosa Springs Radio Theater Company adaptation brings the story to the present day with original music and sound...