H.A.T. = High-School
Audio Theatre
MY WEBMASTER IS
BAHAA DAUOD, COLLEGE STUDENT
AND CIRCUIT CITY EMPLOYEE
The acronym
H.A.T. was
invented by Bradley
Thunderbird Phoenix
The organization, H.A.T., was founded by
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix
Do you want a career as a voice actor?
Potential
employers don't want to know what you want to do in life, they want to know what
you've accomplished (experience).
Taking theatre in high school, college,
or getting involved with community theatre is a smart move.
Through workshops, H.A.T. will
introduce high school students to the following:
The art / medium of contemporary AUDIO theater
Classic or radio theatre from the Golden Age of Radio
How to write audio play scripts [What are
the components of audio theatre?]
Voice acting which will help them with oral reports
in class and public speaking
The importance of sound effects in audio (radio) theater and the role
of a "sound-effects artist" or foley artist
Digital editing of dialogue, sound effects, and music to produce a good
audio play or skit
Related careers of audio theater such as performing voices for
audio books, animated characters
for movies, commercials, etc.
Performing audio theater on STAGE at the Babylon Town Annex, for my
public access TV program, and other venues
Perform in recording studios to commit the production(s) to audio CDs (to air on radio stations AND
internet radio)
Perform ORIGINAL scripts of various genres: Twilight Zone-type plays,
suspense, sci-fi, comedy, satire, horror, and DRAMA
Audio theater (also called
RADIO THEATRE) can be performed for
the following venues:
1. On STAGE - the actors stand in front of microphones and
perform (performances can be
videotaped and shown on television or made into
DVDs). The performance(s) should be committed to audio CDs.
2. In recording studios (in order to commit the performance(s) to audio
CDs, audio cassettes, or IPODS.
3. Live over the internet via web-casting.
Internet radio is very practical for audio theatre
productions.
4. Live over the radio airwaves (commercial, public, college, or high
school radio stations).
AUDIO THEATRE
DIFFERS FROM STAGE THEATRE:
Audio theater is one of the most inexpensive forms of theater.
Memorization of scripts is NOT required because you act while READING the
script.
Audio theater is related to audio books and dramatic readings, but
MICROPHONES ARE REQUIRED.
Elaborate costumes and sets are NOT required in audio theater.
Blocking is NOT required.
NOTE: I have
contacted the staff of the Helen Keller National
Center in Sands Point, NY
WHY? Because the blind or
sight-impaired are a logical audience for
what I do best:
AUDIO THEATRE.
The sight-impaired may not be able to SEE a play, but they can HEAR a play
(unless they are both blind and deaf, which
the Helen Keller Nat'l Ctr is well equipped to train them).
I have donated
some of my audio short stories (audio plays) on audio CD to their facility's
library.
My goal is to encourage the public to
make donations to the Helen Keller Services for the Blind.
Help support the Helen Keller
National Center's mission by making
an online donation at
http://www.hknc.org/Giving.htm
CONTACT INFORMATION
for Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix:
Bradley Phoenix can come to
your high school and give a workshop.
Contact him at:
E-mail:
info [AT] bradleyphoenix.com
OR by snail mail:
Bradley Phoenix
P.O. Box 58
Bay Shore, NY 11706
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NOTE: My
webmaster is Bahaa Daoud, a former high school student at
Islip, NY.
He assisted me in upgrading this website. The flashing
logo on my HOME PAGE is Bahaa's work.
I'm preparing to have workshops at the Bay Shore YMCA, with the permission of Mrs. Tiana Christoforidis,
Cultural Arts Director,
for high school students AND also with Adult Education - Eastern BOCES
with
the permission of Dr. Robert Doctor, who runs this department.
Besides Bahaa, I have other two other technical
individuals who
help me with my web site:
David O'Connell, the Traveling
Computer Doctor -
www.travelingcomputerdoctor.com
Brian Kern -
Help desk tech with Island Wide Computer Care Solutions - On-Site Service
-
www.iwccs.com
Both David and Brian have their
businesses listed on my LINKS web page
(
www.bradleyphoenix.com/links.html )
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I HAVE A
MY SPACE.com WEB PAGE
( www.myspace.com/xcursionmedia )
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Check me out!
UPDATE:
New audio plays written by Bradley
Thunderbird Phoenix:
Weapons of Mass Profit.....A television newsperson goes
to Iraq to report on WMD found there...or were
they found? Approx. 3 minutes long.
- This play is finished.
Brad Phoenix plays a David Brinkley-type character in
Iraq.
The Educational Toy........A toy takes on
an abusive alcoholic father - 2-character audio
play that can work as a stage play - Approx. 12 minutes
- X-Cursion Media is working on making
this an independent film.
Welcome to Your Future!...Two white scientists travel into the
future to an unexpected utopia. Could work as a stage
play - Approx. 30 minutes.
- X-Cursion Media will hire three actors
to perform this science fiction play.
How many original scripts has Bradley Thunderbird
Phoenix written? CLICK ON
www.bradleyphoenix.com/playlist.html
X-Cursion Media has original scripts to lease
(schools, churches, organizations, businesses, etc.):
www.bradleyphoenix.com/lease.html
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College, high school, and junior high school students...it's
open to the
general public...
CAN send their movie opinions (reviews)
to be posted at:
"Television & Film Reviews"
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ACT OUT THEATRE, THEATRE FOR ISLIP
TOWN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS...
MINI-Review of
"The Man Who Came to Dinner"
(Act Out Theatre production)
by Bradley
Thunderbird Phoenix
Friday, February 10, 2006, 8 pm at 37 West Main Street, the Boulton Center,
Bay Shore, Long Island, NY and
the Act Out Theatre School Teen
Theatre presented: "The Man Who Came To Dinner". Several schools were
represented:
Bay Shore High
School, St. John the Baptist High School, Islip High School, West Islip
High School,
Brentwood's Freshman Center,
Udall Middle School, and
St. Mary's School.
If there was an empty seat
in the Boulton Center that night, I didn't
know about it.
I was so captivated by the story, that
I was
surprised that my watch read 11 pm when I
departed the Boulton Center.
Hats off to the entire cast. Kyle Savage
as Dr. Bradley seem to have a carefree
Marx-Bros. quality to his performance,
which I enjoyed. A special salute to Christopher Tudisco
(Sheridan
Whiteside), Morgan Matthews (Lorraine Sheldon), and
Ian Harvey (Professor Metz & Banjo).
My theatre instincts tell me that Ian Harvey
has a brilliant theatre career ahead
of him). Fine job by
the crew as well. The
credits for the cast & crew are listed
below.
DVDs of this production may still be available. For
further information concerning this DVD, please contact
the Boulton Center
for the Performing Arts at:
www.boultoncenter.org
There was a scene in this
production that was especially interesting to
me and
that was when the characters were in front
of microphones
to "broadcast live" over the radio: audio theater.
With the formation of * HAT (High-School Audio Theatre),
I hope to introduce teenagers as
well as adults to the art form of
contemporary
audio theater (formerly called radio theater)
via workshops at
the following venues: The Bay Shore - Brightwaters Public Library through
Linda Clark,
Children's Librarian),
Adult Education with Eastern BOCES (authorized by
Dr. Robert Doctor), Bay Shore's
YMCA, and
BACCA (Babylon Citizen
Council on the Arts (Babylon Arts Council), Ray Zaccaro,
Executive Director).
Kudos to Robin Harvey, the Production Stage
manager. Congrats to Tiana Christoforidis, the
Director of the
production, who
studied in New York City
at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, Circle in the Square, and HB
Studios.
Mrs. Christoforidis
founded the
Act Out Theatre program at the Great South Bay YMCA
nearly twelve years ago.
-- Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix
Founder, X-Cursion Media & Montage Radio Theatre
www.bradleyphoenix.com
CAST &
CREW - "The Man Who
Came to Dinner"
Mrs. Stanley...............................Ms.
Ashleigh Dehlow
Miss Preen..................................Ms. Missy Adams
Richard Stanley...........................Mr. Corey Matthews
June Stanley................................Ms. Marisa Dalpiaz
John...........................................Mr. Stephan Garamy
Sarah..........................................Ms. Alana Doran
Mrs. Dexter.................................Ms. Angela Spera
Mrs. McCutcheon........................Ms. Kristin Manna
Mr. Stanley.................................Mr. Darren Cunningham
Maggie Cutler..............................Ms. Jillian Gorry
Dr. Bradley.................................Mr. Kyle Savage
Sheridan Whiteside......................Mr. Christopher Tudisco
Harriet Stanley............................Ms. Jacqueline Hansen
Bert Jefferson.............................Mr. Patrick Crociata
Professor Metz...........................Mr. Ian Harvey
Convict Michaelson.....................Ms. Samantha Albanese
Convict Henderson......................Ms. Victoria Walsh
Mr. Baker...................................Mr. Jimmy Affatigato
Expressman.................................Mr. Jimmy Affatigato
Lorraine Sheldon.........................Ms. Morgan Matthews
Sandy.........................................Mr. Morgan Eschmann
Beverly Carlton...........................Mr. Robert Poole
Westcott.....................................Ms. Samantha Albanese
Radio Techies.............................Mr. Jimmy Affatigato & Ms Victoria
Walsh
Banjo.........................................Mr. Ian Harvey
Deputies.....................................Mr. Jimmy Affatigato, Mr.
John Borromeo, & Mr. Morgan Eschmann
Plainclothes Man.........................Mr. Jimmy Affatigato
General understudy.....................Ms. Kira Christoforidis
Director......................................Tiana Christoforidis
Production Stage Manager............Robin Harvey
Lights.........................................Marc Christoforidis
Sound.........................................Scott Berry
Backstage....................................Rose Dehlow
Costumes....................................Act Out Theatre Costume Shoppe
Ushers........................................Lauren Kulbit &
Samantha Monteleone
Video / DVD..............................."Personal Video"
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Debbie Starker - photo by Lori Casdia
www.debsliweb.homestead.com - Long Island Theater
new: DEB's WEB.
Debbie Starker - actress, singer, &
director.
Debbie has acted in some of our Montage Radio Theatre
productions.
Debbie Starker has played the following characters
with Montage
Radio Theatre:
A homicidal clown in "Always Keep'n Laughing"
Captain Barbara "Babs" Gold in the comedy
"Space Car"
A liberal high school teacher in,"Color
Me Bigot"
President Margaret Strong in
the,"The Gods in the Pentagon" (President of the USA)
- a Dr. Strangelove-type black comedy
Ambassador in,"The Day Music Lived" (a science fiction -
fantasy monologue)
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The
X-CURSION MEDIA High School Audio Play Contest
For about 4 years now, I've been contemplating establishing a competition between
at least
7 high schools here in Suffolk County, Long Island in an audio play contest.
This also
INCLUDES private and parochial high schools.
I'm gonna post updates
on this website. I wonder, which high school here in
Suffolk
will contact me and say that they are
entering Montage Radio Theatre's Audio Play
Contest? To date, I've contacted over
35 high
schools. All is needed are seven high
schools
and this contest is happening. Who
will it be?
What's the
Purpose of this Audio Play Contest?
The mission of X-Cursion Media, the parent organizatin of Montage Radio Theatre, is to promote
and
preserve the art of audio theatre (audio plays). We challenge the
misconception that audio
theatre is a "dying art". I feel that audio theatre challenges the imagination better than television.
I also know that some of our best writers grew up listening to radio plays:
Ray Bradbury,
Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone), Harlan Ellison, Woody Allen, and many others.
What is an AUDIO PLAY?
An audio play, formerly known as radio theatre, is a play consisting of the following
components:
dialogue, sound effects, music, and silence. You HEAR audio plays via:
audio cassettes,
reel-to-reel tapes, walkman, DAT, CDs, DVDs, cell phones, and IPODs. There are no visual
elements,
only the four aforementioned components. It's one of the most economical forms of
theatre because
costumes, elaborate sets, and staging is NOT required. The actors READ
and PERFORM their lines
during the course of the production; memorization of scripts is NOT required.
Familiarization of
the script, its characters, and the spirit of the script's message is
required. In audio theater, the actors
must
use MICROPHONES. How else will the play be captured and
recorded on a medium (audio cassette,
DAT, reel-to-reel, CD, etc.)?
It's also done for amplification of
the voices so that the performers
(including the sound effects artist or foley artist)
can be heard.
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RULES & GUIDELINES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDIO PLAY
CONTEST
At least 7 high schools here in Long Island, Suffolk County, NY,
public, private and parochial high schools,
can compete in an audio play contest
No money will be exchanged by any party. The 1st Place Winner of the
audio play contest will receive
either a plaque or certificate.
The principals or vice principals in each high school must appoint a moderator (teacher in the
English Department, Film Studies,
Theatre Dept., etc.) to ensure the high school students involved in this theatre project
follow
the X-Cursion Media guidelines.
The student director should be appointed by any
one of the following:
The principal, Vice Principal, English Department Chair,
or school official monitoring this theatrical project.
The students do not have to be in a drama club or taking a theatre course.
ANY student can participate in this
audio play contest as long as they are registered / enrolled students of the
same
high school. You cannot have students that
graduated from high school or students from another high school
participating; it must be enrolled students from the same
high school.
The high school students must be in good repute; not on suspension or expelled.
Any student that is suspended or
replaced, must be replaced by another student
OR appoint someone else in the troupe to take on their job.
The students in each high school making up the cast & crews for this
audio play contest should NOT
exceed 25 students or be less than 8 students.
Including the director, you can have 8
students
participating in this project.
The student director auditions his actors and
selects his audio engineers, stage manager, stagehands (to move
audio equipment, etc.), keyboardist (for music (this is optional),
announcer (to read the opening narration (if any)
and closing credits, or whatever theatrical positions are needed.
IF there is singing in your audio play, then you
have to find students that can sing. * IF the
high school choir is used they can only sing, they
CANNOT act
unless a student is both in the school choir
AND a member of the cast & crew for this
theatrical project
(audio play contest).
The student director must select either one scriptwriter
or at least two scriptwriters, but no more than two
scriptwriters
to write the audio play. The student director can ask for
changes in the script or ask for improvisation. The scriptwriters
cannot
consult
with any school official or adult when writing the script.
Resources for scriptwriting: Public libraries
and the web.
The director must e-mail their original script
to X-Cursion Media after the finished product has
been submitted via mail. Spelling and
grammar errors will NOT be checked, but X-Cursion Media needs to
see
the scripts only as proof that the
students participating in the contest wrote the scripts.
The DIRECTOR must select the sound effects and the
music. The MUSIC can be original compositions by the
students,
music in public domain, or existing music you can get written
permission to use. The high
school band in the same
high school can provide music for this theatrical project, but
that is their only function, they cannot do any acting
or provide voices for the project. Only the
cast & crew can perform the voices (exceptions are
screams,
laughter, booing from sound effects CDs, records, or
tapes). Adults and teachers cannot
perform directly in the plays.
You can have the voices of adults from
TV, radio, or speeches only as background voices
to aid the audio play,
for example, three teenagers may be watching
television and having a conversation about their school or their
parents
(you can hear adult's voices in the background via
the TV), but ON MIKE you'll hear the student's dialogue.
NOTE: If adults or teachers work
directly with the students, then they can effect the quality of the
audio play.
This project is for students to write the
scripts, do the technical work, and perform as a
team. The only direct
assistance for adults or teachers is recording
the audio play so that it can be burned onto a CD for
submission. This
is critical, because if you think you're recording
and you hit "play back" and there's nothing
there...it can be a lot of
hours
and
hard work down the tubes! Adults and
teachers can assist in recording, but NOT
in directing the
performances
of the student actors. The student
audio tech(s) must interact with the student
director and the
adult tech in
capturing the audio play on whatever medium before you
convert it into a CD (DAT, reel-to-reel,
audio
cassette,
lap top, hard drive, etc.). The student
audio tech(s) is also responsible for burning
the play into
an audio CD and not a CD rom.
THE AUDIO PLAYS
FOR THIS CONTEST...
Must be ORIGINAL stories of any genre (comedy, mystery, science fiction,
fantasy, drama, etc.)
written, produced, and performed by the students
associated with this theatre project in the
same high school.
The audio plays must have at least three
characters. You can have as many characters as you need.
The audio play cannot be a monologue, it must have 3 or more characters.
The audio play submission cannot be shorter than 10 minutes or longer than
25 minutes.
The audio play cannot contain foul language. The emphasis
is on clever dialogue and stories and not obscenities.
You cannot enter an original play from a previous year.
The plays will be judged on the script, acting, good editing, good use of sound
effects / music, and quality of the final production.
This theatrical project is supposed to be fun AND work, and to see if high
school students can work as
a team and meet a deadline. Just like in the real world. Everything we
do is in the real world.
The final project (finished audio play with integrated
dialogue, music, sound effects, and announcing the cast & crew's credits)
must be submitted on a CD to X-Cursion Media, P.O. Box 1034,
Bay Shore, NY 11706.
Failure to submit the final production on CD, for example, IF it's
submitted on audio cassette, will eliminate
or disqualify that high school from this audio play contest.
Failure to get the finished audio play on the date of
the deadline also disqualifies a high school.
The package must be postmarked on or BEFORE the date of the deadline.
Which will be announced. The deadline will be sometime in
May 2006.
international community to hear...for FREE. Not only
will the winning high school get a plaque or certificate,
X-Cursion Media will seek to get this winning audio play aired
on local high school radio stations and some
other radio stations, OR at least get them to
announce the winning high school! The winning
high school
can post the winning play on their own website--sure, why not?
WHAT WOULD
DISQUALIFY A HIGH SCHOOL
FROM THE X-CURSION MEDIA
CONTEST?
If it's discovered that any adult or teacher helped the students write
the scripts and direct the productions
(the high school students involved in the project must write, perform, and
appoint a director to direct the play).
If it's discovered by X-Cursion Media that during the course of the project,
a physical fight broke out between
any of the students in the cast and crew. Teamwork and
cooperation is very important.
If it's discovered that the audio play presented to X-Cursion
Media was plagiarized.
If the student director of the project is suspended or
expelled by their high school.
(This only applies to the director, since that person must lead, coach, and
motivate the cast & crew).
IF members of the cast & crew are suspended or expelled, the student
director may replace them.
IF the student director is expelled or suspended, then the high school
they represent CANNOT
participate in the X-Cursion Media Audio Play Contest. They are
disqualified.
The "Captain" is responsible for his ship.
Selecting a good student director is very important.
On the honor system, it is expected that the teacher or school official
monitoring this theatre project
will report any incidences to X-Cursion Media that would warrant
disqualification.
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Information on the deadline of the contest and MORE details will follow
be updated and posted on this site.
The deadline for submissions is tentatively set for May 2006.
The specific date in May 2006 will
be announced. This could
be pushed back to May 2007, depending on how many high school
respond and
participate in this contest.
We only need SEVEN high schools to participate (public, parochial, or private).
TO DATE: I've tested the waters by sending letters to two high schools:
Bay Shore High School
(letters sent to Dr. Frazer (principal), Ms. Kalter (teacher), Mr. Negrelli
(Cultural Arts Dir.), and
Mr. Jerry Berka (lawyer and President of the School Board). St. John
the Baptist Diocesan High
School, West Islip, NY (letters sent to Walter Lace (principal), Mr. Paul
Lynch (English Chair),
and Mr. Bouklas (teacher). Recent contact: Mr. Walter Lace's secretary.
I mentioned that
I sent letters to Mr. Lace, Lynch, and Bouklas with CD samples of X-Curision
Media audio theatre.
I know the teachers and school officials are very busy, but I've come this
far by faith....
More letters have been sent out to high school principals
and their English Department Chair.
I SENT
LETTERS TO FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL OFFICIALS ON
THESE DATES
-- Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix
DECEMBER 15 -
19, 2005:
Re-established contact with Mr. Cone at
the Smithtown High School. I interviewed Mr. Cone on
my
radio program,"The Montage Radio Arts Magazine" back in March
19, 2001. Mr. Cone talked about
one of his courses which involves radio history, radio plays, and
field trips to the Museum of Television and Radio.
The audio play contest for high schools and junior high schools is an
extracurricular activity and was not intended
to be part of the
curriculum's of the various schools.
* My interview with Mr. Cone
over WUSB - 90.1 FM radio station is archived on audio
cassette.
Any teacher or
school official can request it by e-mail
and I'll send it to them.
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X-Cursion Media sent out new letters
to the following Junior High Schools in
Suffolk County, Long Island, NY:
Andrew Greene (Candlewood Middle School), Maryann Fletcher
(Hauppauge Middle School), Timothy Martin
(Middle School (Islip, NY), Dr. Levi McIntyre (Longwood
Junior High School), Thomas Heinegg (Northport Middle School),
Michael R. Radday (Westhampton Beach Middle School), Albert H. Voorneveld
(Copiague Middle School), Carolyn Schick
(William Floyd Middel School), Barbara Butler (William Paca Middle
School), Lori Cannetti (Oregon Middle School (Medford,
NY), Linda Pickford (Saxton Middle School (Patchogue, NY),
Manuel Sanzone (South Ocean Middle School (Patchogue, NY),
David Kletcher (Port Jefferson Middle School), Andrea Pekar
(Riverhead Middle School), Barbara Chu (Mount Sinai Middle
School), Ralph Cartisano (Willaim T. Rogers Middle School (Kings
Park, NY), Barbara Chu (Mount Sinai Middle School),
Michael J. Rizzo (West Babylon Junior High School), Gustave
Hueber (Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School (Setauket),
Dr. Joseph Tanen Centamore (Rocky Point Middle School), Carmen
Garcia-Collins (Ralph G. Reed Middle School (Central Islip,
NY), and
Joanne Giordano (Oldfield Middle School (Greenlawn, NY).
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I sent letters out
to over 30 letters to high schools here in Suffolk County.
One for the principals
and
another letter for the English Department Chair.
This is the letter that
was sent to high school principals and
their English Department Chair
PLEASE CLICK ON:
Audio Play Contest ltr.doc
Letters were sent to the following high
schools principals and English Department
Chair:
LETTERS SENT ON
AUGUST 6, 2005:
Larry Spruill, Bernard Thomas, Joseph V. Buderman, Mark
Bauman, Rhia Warren, Thomas O’Brien, Robert Visbal,
Edward Ehmann, Jose Cruz, Kenneth Hartill.
LETTERS SENT
AUGUST 11, 2005:
Dr. James LoFrese, Al Kindelmann, Eileen Rossman, Catherine
Kalina, James McKenna, Irene McLaughlin, Jeff Nichols,
James McCaffrey, Nanine Cuttitta, Edward W. Casswell, Robert Feeney,
Mike Comanda, Dr. Dean Schlanger,
Thomas Fasano,
Seth Lipshie, Peter H. Ferenz, John Merone, Michael Locantore, Dr. Charles
Russo.
LETTERS SENT
SEPTEMBER 13, 2005:
Gregory Murtha (Connetquote High School), Michael Hodgkiss
(Copiague High School), Dr. Keven Stack (Shelter Island
High School), Dr. Ellice Vassallo (West Babylon Senior High School), William
B. Caulfield (Rocky Point High School),
Leon Beckerman ( Ward Melville High School), David Bennardo (Harborfields
High School (Greenlawn), Anthony Servedio
(Central Islip High School).
Letter hand-delivered to main office to
English Chair in Bay Shore High School
in latter part of September for
a Ms. Jeannette Senneca
September 30, 2005
- 10 letters to Superintendents
of Schools:
Bay Shore, Dix Hills, Kings Park, Rocky Point, Port Jefferson,
William Floyd, West Babylon, Greenlawn,
Central Islip and Mount Sinai.
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix
I'm available by e-mail for questions concerning this contest or about any aspect
of audio theatre
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix
African American & Native writer-producer-actor-director
Founder & President, Montage Radio Theatre
www.bradleyphoenix.com
X-Cursion Media
This address is a current valid address
Attn: Bradley Phoenix
P.O. Box 58
Bay Shore, NY 11706
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LEASING X-CURSION MEDIA'S SCRIPTS / AUDIO PLAYS
Why would a school want to lease X-Cursion Media audio scripts
(plays)?
Answer:
1. For classroom or workshop use: The students can perform the plays within a classroom
or for discussion of the mechanics of audio play script writing.
2. Perform the audio plays ON STAGE as stage plays or radio plays
(traditionally with actors in
front of microphones).
3. The mission of X-Cursion Media & Montage Radio Theatre is to
promote and preserve the ART
of audio theatre. We feel audio plays help make people of all
ages, BETTER LISTENERS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
LEASING MONTAGE SCRIPTS... PLEASE GO TO:
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MY REFERENCES
(Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix & X-Cursion Media):
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix, Class of '73, Bay Shore High School, Bay Shore,
Long Island, NY
11706. Resident of Bay Shore for over 40 years.
I served in the United States Army from November 1979 - November 1985 - Regular
Army.
Basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. U.S. Army Admin. training School
at Fort Jackson,
South Carolina. Received an Honorable
Discharge in 1982 and 1985 during my 6 years
in the Army.
My theatre company has PERFORMED LIVE OVER THE RADIO AIRWAVES, AND
THE INTERNET ON 90.1 FM in 3 hour and 4 hour specials on Memorial Day and Labor Day
between 2000 - 2002. Audio scripts written, produced, announced, and directed by Brad Phoenix.
PERFORMED AUDIO THEATRE ON STAGE AT THE FOLLOWING VENUES:
The Huntington Public Library (2002), Border Bookstore & Music in Farmingdale,
NY (2002),
Babylon Town Annex Building (2002), SAC (Student Union Activities) Auditorium
(along with
performance poets (1998), Stony Brook University Student Union Auditorium
for the ICON
Science Fiction Convention (1997), Stony Brook University Student Union Hall
(1996),
This website has a list of established audio theatre companies and troupes
in America and Europe.
My website ( www.bradleyphoenix.com ) is listed at "Deb's Web", a respected Long Island Theatre reference
website -
www.debsliweb.homestead.com/index.html Under the LINKS page:
www.debsliweb.homestead.com/LINKS.html
Debbie Starker, the founder of this website, has performed audio theatre
live over the airwaves with Montage Radio Theatre.
Debbie played United States President, President Strong,
in the Dr. Strangelove-type play "The Gods in the Pentagon",
a murderous clown in "Always Leave'em Laugh'n", a betrayed friend in "Aggavated" (not spelled "aggravated"),
Captain Barbara "Babs" Gold, space pilot of Space Limo, Inc, in the audio play
comedy: "Space Car", and the liberal
wife in a 2-character play entitled: "Color Me Bigot".
*NOTE: You can hear Debbie Starker in the following audio plays: "The
Day Music Lived"
"The Gods in the Pentagon" (or "Dr. Strange-body (inspired
by Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove")
Please CLICK ON: www.bradleyphoenix.com/playsandskits.html
I'm a former Assistant Arts Director at WUSB
radio station at Stony Brook University,
Stony Brook, Long Island, NY. Had
my own radio talk show for 5 years on WUSB (6 AM - 7 AM, alternating Mondays), interviewed Hollywood
celebrities
(Phil Proctor, David Ossman, Geoffrey Lewis, etc.) and local talent, played an eclectic range
of music (Mozart, Wendy Carlos,
Cab Calloway, John Barry,
Vangelis, Buddy Holly, Luther Vandross, Duke Ellington, Patsy
Cline, Johnny Cash, J.S. Bach, John Tabacco,
Marcie Geller, and of course...James Brown, the Godfather of Soul...and
much more).
I'm known by the following persons in the Suffolk County community: Mr. Rodney Marve, Assistant Director, Bay Shore -
Brightwaters Public Library, Mr. Jerry Berka, attorney and President of the School Board in Bay Shore, NY, Dr. Richard
Harmond, Board of Trustee member, Bay Shore - Brightwaters Public Library, Tiana
Christoforidis, Cultural Arts Director
for the Bay Shore YMCA and the Bolton
Center for the Arts in Bay Shore, Long Island, NY. Charlotte Sky, Co-manager,
Cinema Arts Ctr., Huntington, NY.
My audio theatre company, Montage Radio Theatre, is registered with BACCA.
The acronym stands
for Babylon Citizen Council on the Arts (Babylon Arts Council) -
www.babylonarts.com -
(631) 661-7558. Currently, Ray Zaccaro is the Executive Director.
Carol Kennelly is the
office manager. Both Ray and Carol know me and they are aware I'm
trying to launch this
audio play contest.
Currently, Bradley has a public access television program on
Cablevision's Channel 20 (Brookhaven district only).
The name of his program is: X-Cursion. A
television talk show that interviews artists (musicians, writers, etc.)
and talks about social and political issues. Coming soon, we'll
have theatrical monologues, stage plays, and audio theatre
on stage aired on X-Cursion. Dooes your
theatre troupe or company have any skits under 20 minutes we can
air?
He's looking for pre-recorded material. No
theatrical productions will air IF they are violent, obscene, or
offensive
to women or any ethnic group. X-Cursion
is on Saturday nights from 11:30 pm - 12 midnight.
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ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION CAN BE PROVIDED TO SCHOOL OFFICIALS UPON
REQUEST
Driver's license - Military Record (U.S. Army (six years - Honorable
Discharge Certificate) -
Work History (hard-copy RESUME) - SEE "Brad's Bio" also: www.bradleyphoenix.com/bradleybio.html
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