Re-Imagined Radio

Re-Imagined Radio pays tribute to Joe Frank, a radio storyteller noted for his husky, insomniac voice and sincere delivery of ideas and stories that were often surrealistic, even absurd. From 1978 to 2018, Frank entertained thousands of listeners with his combinations of monologue, radio drama, and talk radio to tell stories about the human experience. He is credited with 250. We sample from "Jewi...

Re-Imagined Radio pays tribute to three uniquely connected radio drama series, The Lone Ranger , The Green Hornet , and The Challenge of the Yukon . Produced by George Trendle, owner of WXYZ radio, and written by Fran Striker, The Lone Ranger , The Green Hornet , and The Challenge of the Yukon are each examples of pioneering radio storytelling. Through voices, music, and sound effects we are there...

Re-Imagined Radio pays tribute to William Conrad's iconic radio voice which was heard in thousands of supporting roles and literally defined two radio drama series, Escape and Gunsmoke . We sample "The Abominable Snowman" from Escape and "Bloody Hands" from Gunsmoke . Season 10, Episode 05 Premier broadcast: 20 June 2022 Written, Produced, Hosted by John Barber Post Production, Music, Sound Design...

Re-Imagined Radio paid tribute to The Columbia Workshop , perhaps the most important American anthology radio program, and its mission to explore and present new forms of radio storytelling. The Willamette Radio Workshop performed Archibald MacLeish's "The Fall of the City" which follows the collapse of a city under an unnamed dictator and the ambiguous relationship humans have with freedom. The V...

Re-Imagined Radio pays tribute to Women's History Month, women in radio , and specifically Lucille Fletcher, a superb female radio storyteller, writer of "The Hitch-Hiker" and "Sorry, Wrong Number." Our re-imagined adaptation of both dramas presented by The Voices proves the appeal and power of radio storytelling to engage listeners' imaginations. Season 10, Episode 03 Premier broadcast: 18 March...

Re-Imagined Radio pays tribute to Black History Month, Black American culture, art, and history, and Destination Freedom (1948-1950), a radio series that dramatized the democratic traditions and cultural contributions of Black Americans, and, in the process, provided foothold for the later civil and human rights movements. We sample from original episodes of Destination Freedom to consider W. C. H...

Re-Imagined Radio presents the first ever radio adaptation of the comedic hypertext novel Figurski at Findhorn on Acid by Richard Holeton. Performed by The Voices, our ensemble of voice actors. Special guest appearance by Holeton. Three larger than life characters, Frank Figurski, The No Hands Cup Flipper, and Fatima Michelle Vieuchanger, converge at Findhorn, Scotland, a small fishing village and...

Re-Imagined Radio presents "A Radio Christmas Sampler" featuring selections from Christmas episodes of Suspense , Rocky Fortune , The Damon Runyon Theatre , The Jack Benny Program , Bing Crosby and The Kraft Music Hall , Vic and Sade , and the 2020 recorded performance of "A Radio Christmas Carol" by Metropolitan Performing Arts. Season 09, Episode 12 Premier Broadcast: 20 Dec. 2021 Written, Produ...

Re-Imagined Radio pays tribute to Candy Matson , a ground-breaking female investigator anthology series broadcast from KNBC in San Francisco, 1949-1951. Candy Matson is significant because it featured a strong female lead character, San Francisco locations and references, gay and Asian characters, provided a compelling alternative to the popular male detective radio genre, and was the best of the...

Re-Imagined Radio celebrates the 83rd anniversary of "The War of the Worlds" original broadcast, and World Audio Drama Day with our re-imagined remake of this classic radio drama. We re-imagined the storyline, adding new content, placing all in present day Vancouver, Washington. We used local landmarks and characters. We introduced new plot twists and perspectives. We incorporated cinematic sound...

Our third take on the original man in black! Re-Imagined Radio reprised a 2018 recorded performance by Metropolitan Performing Arts actors and other community volunteers at Kiggins Theatre in downtown Vancouver, Washington. The earlier recording at the core of this episode has lain dormant . . . buried in a box of dirt. . . waiting. We revived and edited the original recording using arcane galvani...

Re-Imagined Radio presents "Nirvana & Gehenna," an interdimensional documentary written by Jerrel McQuen and produced by three-time Emmy winning sound designer Marc Rose, both of Portland, OR. In their story, The Multiverse is a helix. Five spirals above Earth is the universe that contains the dimension of Dry Smoke, and nine spirals up is the universe that contains Farwan. Professor Thedgar Rhedl...

Re-Imagined Radio presents The Willamette Radio Workshop performing two short radio dramas, "Hiro & Liling," a lyrical love story   by Kristina Jones, an original performance, and "The Martian Death March,"  an insight into inhumanity, by Ernest Kinoy, an episode from Dimension X and X Minus One . Both are directed by Sam A. Mowry. Season 09, Episode 07 Premier Broadcast: 19 July 2021 Produced, Ho...

Re-Imagined Radio celebrates X Minus One , the anthology program known for high quality radio adaptations of original science fiction stories. Two episodes are featured, "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury and "The Cave of Night" by James E. Gunn. Both illustrate the high quality stories X Minus One offered radio listeners, as well as the production values used in transforming these stories into radio dra...

A story of love and loss in 1940s Oregon. Re-Imagined Radio presents "Exuberance Is Beauty," performed by Illuminus Audio Productions, of Portland, Oregon. Created and produced by Donna Barrow-Green, this radio drama is a contemporary interpretation of Adam and Eve's biblical allegory and Eve's fall into desolation. The setting is Portland, Oregon, following the end of World War II. A young widow,...

Re-Imagined Radio gave a tip of the deerstalker hat to the most famous detective who never lived, but whose enduring legend will never die: Sherlock Holmes. We presented our adaptation of "The Immortal Sherlock Holmes" by William Gillette performed by Metropolitan Performing Arts, of Vancouver, WA. Sherlock Holmes, the most famous of all fictional detectives, uses his amazing powers of deduction t...

Sounds spark imaginations, create engaging stories. Re-Imagined Radio explores how sounds, like the storyteller's voice and sound effects, contributed to storytelling throughout human history and provided some interesting listening examples. Storytelling with sounds (the storyteller's voice and other sound effects) sparks our imagination like no other human sensory input, creating a visual world i...

Oh, the things we do for love! Re-Imagined Radio celebrates love, in many forms, just in time for Valentine's Day. We sample from the 2019 live performance by actors from Metropolitan Performing Arts and other community volunteers recorded in Kiggins Theatre, Vancouver, WA. With special appearances by Lonesome Gal whose singing broke many hearts, with happiness. Season 09, Episode 02 Premier Broad...

Re-Imagined Radio samples New Year's Eve episodes of The Whistler and Guy Lombardo's New Year's Eve Party to celebrate the start of 2021. January, named for Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings, is noted for New Year's Eve, an opportunity to reflect and celebrate both the previous and upcoming years. Season 09, Episode 01 Premier broadcast: 14 Jan. 2021 Written, Produced, Hosted by John...

Our community holiday tradition continues. Re-Imagined Radio presents a 2-hour performance by Metropolitan Performing Arts actors and other community volunteers. We adapt A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens for radio, with a bundle of carols and holiday songs. Season 08, Episode 03 Premier broadcast: 24 Dec. 2020 Produced, Hosted by John Barber Sound Design, Post Production by Martin John Gallagh...

Re-Imagined Radio presents its third foray into the enduring legend of D.B. Cooper with an original script by Dan Wyatt, Jr. performed by Metropolitan Performing Arts. On Thanksgiving Eve, 1971, Cooper jumped from a hijacked passenger airplane into the dark and stormy night over Southwest Washington. Neither Cooper, nor the ransom money, has ever been found. His hijacking of a Northwest Orient jet...

Re-Imagined Radio presents Metropolitan Performing Arts performing THE classic hard-boiled private eye novel, written by American writer Dashiell Hammett and originally serialized in  Black Mask magazine, beginning with the September 1929 issue. The complete novel was published in 1930 by Alfred A. Knopf, and adapted four times as a motion picture, and a radio drama. Sam Spade, Brigid O'Shaughness...

Re-Imagined Radio presents its second foray into the enduring legend of D.B. Cooper with an original script by Dan Wyatt, Jr. performed by Metropolitan Performing Arts. Before he parachuted from the back of the low-flying passenger jet into history over Southwest Washington with $200,000 strapped to his body, D. B. Cooper was alone in the economy section. The only person he talked with was Tina Mu...

Re-Imagined Radio presents a re-mix of horror and fright from radio programs like Lights Out , Quiet, Please! , and Suspense . The result? A delightful shiver of fear up your spine. Live performance by Metropolitan Performing Arts actors and other community volunteers at Kiggins Theatre in downtown Vancouver, Washington. Season 07, Episode 03 Premier broadcast: 30 Oct. 2019 Written, Produced, Host...

Re-Imagined Radio and Metropolitan Performing Arts sample "The Junkyard" by Clifford D. Simak as a frame for presentations by two Washington State University Vancouver scientists, one about alien intelligences, the other about climate change. Season 07, Episode 02 Premier broadcast: 17 Apr. 2019 Written, Produced, Hosted by John Barber Website:  https://www.reimaginedradio.fm/episodes/scifi-scifac...