In the summer of 2002, a new not-for-profit theatre production company devoted to the development and distribution of original plays for radio, the internet, and compact disc was created in New York City called Play it by Ear Productions. The following year, three world-premiere one-act works were produced for the anthology series "We Have Ignition."
From the summer of 2003 on, Play it by Ear has made the Central Coast of California its home, and in January of 2005, its presence was made known in the Monterey/Carmel area with a live re-creation of Norman Corwin's legendary audio essay We Hold These Truths at the Canterbury Woods Auditorium in Pacific Grove, a presentation which featured a record 18 local actors.
In 2006, Play it by Ear initiated a series of live re-creations of shows from the golden age of radio, called "Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear" in Pacific Grove. This was followed by the "A Signal to Noise" series in 2008, where modern plays, classic tomes, dark fantasies, and political statements are performed live audio-theatre-style, beginning with Ron Sossi and Frank Condon's adaptation of The Chicago Conspiracy Trial in 2008, and continuing with Starstruck in 2009.
Play it by Ear has also been instrumental in bringing audio theatre to a new generation of listeners in the Central Coast through collaborations with the Children's Experimental Theatre of Carmel, the School of Dramatic Arts at Pacific Repertory Theatre, and the International School of Monterey.
Numerous audio theatre projects are in various stages of development with Play it by Ear Productions. Keep checking back for updates!
At long last! COMPACT DISCS of The Field are available!
The 2003 "We Have Ignition" plays are also available for MP3 DOWNLOAD through the Spoken Network! The Field by Elizabeth Benjamin, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Chaz by Robert Grady, and The Love Song Of... by Lynn Rosen!
Visit the "Compact Discs/Downloads" page for more info about the shows, AND visit the "Make a Contribution" page to find out how to get a copy of The Field on CD. So what are you waiting for?
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT, NOW MORE THAN EVER. WITHOUT YOUR HELP, THERE IS NO PLAY IT BY EAR PRODUCTIONS. PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A TAX- DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TO PLAY IT BY EAR PRODUCTIONS, OR BEING AN INVESTOR IN AN AUDIOCOMICS PROJECT. TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN HELP, VISIT THE "MAKE A CONTRIBUTION!" PAGE.
CONTACT ADDRESS:
Play it by Ear Productions
13 Glen Lake Drive
Pacific Grove, CA 93950
(831) 869-9995
E-mail: playitbyearproductions@yahoo.com
Notes from the Soundboard:
the Official Blog of Play it by Ear Productions:
www.playitbyear.wordpress.com
This is AudioComics:
the Official Blog of The AudioComics Company
www.audiocomics.wordpress.com
A few words from the Producing Director:
You Have Five Minutes... was recorded before a live audience at The Filling Station in Albuquerque, NM on June 20 at 2:30pm, and will air on KUNM FM this September! I thank everyone who was involved, and especially David Sinkus and Beth Bailey, and Linda Lopez McAlister. Best part: the overwhelming response from the audience. So yeah, we're gonna do it again next year!
Then it was off to Memphis to catch the 3:15 shuttle to West Plains for this year's National Audio Theatre Festivals Audio Theatre Workshop. Very little time (in fact, no time) to blog, or for that matter sleep. For one week I was back at radio camp, working, learning, directing. And attending a seminar on audio theatre as a business tool...suffice to say, Play it by Ear will be offering a new audio theatre-related service starting next year.
In the meantime, Starstruck happens this August 15 at the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur with proceeds to help defray the remaining medical bills of comic book legend Gene Colan; as of this writing the play is almost cast, and great gifts are coming in for the silent auction. The SFX list is done, and I'm coordinating with the show's original composer Dwight Dixon on the music. The next month will be very busy, no time to slow down. But the results will be phenomal.
Up the Brigades!
Lance Roger Axt
Producing Director
June 30, 2009
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4/10/2009: "StarStruck: a Benefit for 'Gentleman Gene' Colan"
3/20/2009: "You Have Five Minutes..."
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