Metabolic Studio's IOU Theatre performed their annual radio play “WAR OF THE WORLDS” on December 13, 2015 at 7:00 pm at the Double L Saloon in Lone Pine, CA.
This live radio drama was written by Howard Koch, directed and narrated by Orson Welles in 1938, and inspired by the H.G. Wells story written in 1897. The 1938 CBS radio broadcast performed on Halloween caused a historic fracas across the nation. The “War of the Worlds” script has been adapted by Jon Klusmire to be set in contemporary Owens Valley and Los Angeles.
C A S T :
ORSON WELLES, PROFESSOR PIERSON, COMMANDER: Max Rosan
PHILLIPS RADIO REPORTER, STRANGER, ARMY OFFICER, OPERATOR 2 & 5: Jim Shallcross
ANNOUNCER 1, POLICEWOMAN, VICE ADMIRAL MONTGOMERY SMITH, GUNNER, OPERATOR 4: Judyth Greenburgh
ANNOUNCER 2, CAPTAIN LANSING, OBSERVER, OPERATOR 3, LA ANNOUNCER: Jeanie Smith
MS. WILMUTH, HARRIET McDONALD (RADIO STATION BOSS),
SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OPERATOR 1: Mary Winchester
LONE PINE RADIO ANNOUNCER: Jon Klusmire
Community Announcements and Ads written and performed by:
Jon Klusmire
SFX/Foley artists:
Lauren Bon
Dani Lunn
Script Adaptation & Director
Jon Klusmire
Music selections for this production: Terry Riley – A Rainbow In Curved Air (IOU Radio Theme); Dwight Yoakam – Honky Tonk Man; Johnny Cash – Sunday Morning Coming Down; Merle Haggard – If We Make It Thru December; Little Big Town – Girl Crush; Toby Keith/Willie Nelson – Beer For My Horses.
Why IOU Theatre? Since 1914 Los Angeles has been exporting water from the Owens Valley. Metabolic Studio has been working to transform resources into actions that support life in the Owens Valley. The Metabolic Studio IOU Theatre joins the IOU Garden (2009-present) as a way to add additional culture to what's on offer in the Owens Valley. The Metabolic Studio hosted “IOU THEATRE” in 2014 and presented a series of radio plays that had relevance to the Owens Valley at the Double L Saloon on Main Street and broadcast live in the IOU Garden next door and also on IOURADIO.org and 89.9FM in the Owens Valley.
Special thanks to our host: Kent Ramlose and the Double L Saloon and Jaque Hickman and Boulder Creek for the folding chairs!
