“Hi-Fi Sci-Fi and Horror!” - Bill Tush, Atlanta Union Actors for Charity
(Atlanta) Old Radio Plays read by professionals here have become a tradition and a whole lotta' fun...
This year's theme coincides nicely with the SCARY pumpkin season as well as the dramatic increase in, "Worldwide UFO sightings," now reported on Mainstream News. Contrast that to the first piece, "Buck Rogers," directed by Veteran Atlanta Acting Icon Doug Kaye. Next, the author Arch Oboler is read by Bill Tush in, Lights Out - "The Dark" & "Little Old Lady," directed by Veteran Atlanta Acting Icons Barry Stoltze and Jon Hayden. Following in Act 2 is, "The Lottery," directed by Veteran Atlanta Acting Icon Sheri Mann Stewart. "
Closing out the evening is, "X MINUS ONE: Venus Is A Man’s World,"directed by Veteran Atlanta Acting Icon Karen Beyer.
From the PRESS RELEASE
Just in time for Halloween, the Tri-Union Radio Players of AFTRA, SAG, and Equity offer their talents to the 8th annual fundraiser for the Atlanta Community Food Bank, “Lend Me an Ear”, a night of Old Time Radio recreations. This year’s theme: “Hi-Fi Sci-Fi and Horror!”
AND WE HAVE GREAT NEWS! We’re adding a second night! The Wieuca Road Baptist Church has graciously offered the use of their Fellowship Hall for the benefit of the ACFB! Plus Bill Tush from TBS & CNN will be joining us again this year!
The program includes fan favorite Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; 2 thrillers penned by the notorious Arch Oboler for his program Lights Out; the famous short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson; and X Minus One with a humorous extraterrestrial tale from the future entitled “Venus Is a Man’s World”. Terror, mystery, and space-age intrigue will abound!
>The show starts at 7:30PM on Monday, October 24, 2011 at our usual venue, the New American Shakespeare Tavern,http://www.shakespearetavern.com, 499 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA across from the Emory Hospital Midtown. Doors open at 6:15PM and authentic English fare and beverages will be available. Paid discounted parking is across the street at the hospital.http://www.shakespearetavern.com/index.php?/about_us/directions
>The additional 7:30PM performance at Wieuca Road Baptist Church’s Fellowship Hall will be on the following night, Tuesday, October 25, at 3626 Peachtree Road NE in Buckhead, just down the street from Phipps Plaza. Doors open at the church at 6:45PM. Limited concessions will be available and there is adjacent parking. http://www.google.com/maps?q=3626+Peachtree+road+NE,+ga
Admission is $15 and all net proceeds will go to the ACFB to help feed the less privileged during the holiday season. Tickets may be purchased at the door the day of the event or online in October at http://ear.tix.com. Cash or a check made out to the Atlanta Community Food Bank please ONLY at the door.
Come join us for our ongoing salute to The Golden Age of Radio as over 30 Atlanta artists turn back the clock while lending a helping hand to the ACFB! Lend us your ears and enjoy remembering the “Theater of Imagination”!
http://www.acfb.org/
AND WE HAVE GREAT NEWS! We’re adding a second night! The Wieuca Road Baptist Church has graciously offered the use of their Fellowship Hall for the benefit of the ACFB! Plus Bill Tush from TBS & CNN will be joining us again this year!
The program includes fan favorite Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; 2 thrillers penned by the notorious Arch Oboler for his program Lights Out; the famous short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson; and X Minus One with a humorous extraterrestrial tale from the future entitled “Venus Is a Man’s World”. Terror, mystery, and space-age intrigue will abound!
>The show starts at 7:30PM on Monday, October 24, 2011 at our usual venue, the New American Shakespeare Tavern,http://www.shakespearetavern.com, 499 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA across from the Emory Hospital Midtown. Doors open at 6:15PM and authentic English fare and beverages will be available. Paid discounted parking is across the street at the hospital.http://www.shakespearetavern.com/index.php?/about_us/directions
>The additional 7:30PM performance at Wieuca Road Baptist Church’s Fellowship Hall will be on the following night, Tuesday, October 25, at 3626 Peachtree Road NE in Buckhead, just down the street from Phipps Plaza. Doors open at the church at 6:45PM. Limited concessions will be available and there is adjacent parking. http://www.google.com/maps?q=3626+Peachtree+road+NE,+ga
Admission is $15 and all net proceeds will go to the ACFB to help feed the less privileged during the holiday season. Tickets may be purchased at the door the day of the event or online in October at http://ear.tix.com. Cash or a check made out to the Atlanta Community Food Bank please ONLY at the door.
Come join us for our ongoing salute to The Golden Age of Radio as over 30 Atlanta artists turn back the clock while lending a helping hand to the ACFB! Lend us your ears and enjoy remembering the “Theater of Imagination”!
http://www.acfb.org/
Screen Actors Guild http://www.sag.orgAmerican Federation of Television and Radio Artists http://www.aftra.orgActors Equity Association http://www.actorsequity.org
