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CLINTON, NJ USA — Hunterdon Radio Theatre will present Lit Between the Ears - The Plays of William E. Spear, for North County Library’s Teen Café on Wednesday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m.

The cast of HRT will present four original one-act plays, written and directed by Spear, the theatre founder.

Hunterdon Radio Theatre has been working with the teen group at the library for several years, helping them to develop an appreciation for radio theatre by giving them opportunities to participate in the writing… Continue

Our entry in the 2009 National Playwriting Month (NaPlWriMo) is Off the Pipes, an audio drama. Summary follows:

Off the Pipes is about Frank Curts, a quarterback in the Industrial Football League (IFL). Curts is an accomplished quarterback but has never won the league championship. The closest he got was early in his career but a last second field goal bounced off the goal posts – the pipes, as they are called – and was missed because the kicker was high from smoking crack. Curts will remember… Continue

In 1984, veteran sports announcer Johnny Parks was on-hand for the Gardenia Derby. Run annually on the second to last Monday in May in Roberts County, that year’s race featured three big, strong horses that were the class of the field – Marvelous Son, Beautiful Flowers, and All Aboard. All three had outstanding records and each was capable of capturing the first place Champion’s Wreath.

Another seven horses were entered with varying chances to win. But the eleventh horse was a scrawny affair wi… Continue

The Play's The Thing

This Saturday, April 18 from 10 pm - midnight on 89.3 KPCC, L.A. Theatre Works' The Play's the Thing will air M Butterfly by David Henry Hwang. John Lithgow and B.D. Wong recreate their original roles from the Tony Award-winning production. Inspired by an actual espionage scandal, a French diplomat discovers the startling truth about his Chinese mistress. Also stars Margaret Cho, David Dukes, Joanna Frank, Arye Gross and Kathryn Layng.

Next Saturday, April 25… Continue

Lit Between the Ears and Two Plus Plus Productions recently concluded the debut webcast of SIEGE AT SORREL RIFT by Veronica Paulina and starring Jason Downs and Lori Wilner.

SIEGE is about the passion between newlyweds Kaden Blood and Catherine Cobalt Blood. It is also about their two children, Elizabeth and Nathan, and the family they begin at Sorrel Rift.

However, when Kaden and Catherine’s intense desires become a bitter divorce, and Sorrel Rift is figuratively split apart, their family, an… Continue