An innovative experiment in epistolary radio drama

"For one week in the middle of the summer a giant eye appears in the sky over the city. At the end of seven days it disappears as suddenly as it had originally materialized..."

Audacity Theatre Lab hand-selected a number of playwrights from around the country to take part in this innovative collaboration. The short blurb above served as the launching point for the playwrights to create one to three page scenes, monologues, letters, songs, newspaper clippings, thoughts, etc.

There's an eye in the sky. How has it effected those on the ground? What does it mean? Where did it come from?

From the contributions of the playwrights, Audacity has launched a large-scale project that will stretches throughout 2009, 2010, 2011 and into 2012. Six episodes, each featuring three radio pieces will be engineered and posted on this website. Each episode will feature some of the most talented actors in the Dallas area. By the beginning of 2012, we plan to have the whole series up online.

Starting in January 2009! click on an episode below to listen

This project is curated by Artistic Director Brad McEntire with help from Mananging Producer Ruth A. Engel. Audio recording by John Flores. Original music by Chris Humphrey. Special thanks to the Undermain Theatre for donating recording space over the span of this project.

The contributors include:

EPISODE 1
James Comtois (New York)
Andy Eninger (Chicago)
Chris Humphrey (Austin)

EPISODE 2
Erin Courtney (Brooklyn)
Greg Romero (Philadelphia)
Daniel Talbott (New York)

EPISODE 3
Jason Tremblay (Austin)
Crystal Skillman (New York)
Ben Walker Sampson (New York)

EPISODE 4
Gary Winter (New York)
Jeff Swearingen (Dallas)
Chris Alonzo (Brooklyn)

EPISODE 5
John Flores (Dallas)
Jeff Hernandez (Dallas)
Ken Urban (New York)

EPISODE 6
Vicki Cheatwood (Dallas)
Zack Gonzales (Austin)
Mark Rigney (Evansville, Indiana)

If you are a selected playwright, visit here to get guidelines about the project.