HEAR Now: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival: Full Schedule

9:00am PDT

2018 HEAR Now Festival Store & Office

T-shirts, Festival Guides, Maps and more can be found at the HEAR Now Festival store.

Thursday June 7, 2018 9:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Holiday Inn - Salon C 1 E 45th St Kansas City, MO 64111

Store and Office

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

10:00am PDT

Communicating Through Story-telling: Raising Our Voices and Extending Our Vocal Lives

Limited Capacity seats available

Technological advances in the fields of communication and performance have, for the most part, served us well. But recent developments have many people in the arts suddenly wondering: might the very technologies we've been using to enhance our skills eventually replace us? With the exponential development of computer softwares that are replicating human expression (vocally, physically, and emotionally), performers face the very real possibility of being absorbed, altered, and perhaps, in time, altogether erased.

Tuning Our Instruments:
It is imperative for us to continue developing our skills, expanding the capabilities of our instrument, and finding the nuances and shades of expression that are uniquely human. We want to discuss the relevance of real experience vs a virtualized one. Does it matter? "The Matrix" moment for the performance arts is upon us and we must address it before we find ourselves catapulted into a future that favors cost-saving commercial enterprise over real human exchange, connection, and performance.

This 2.5 hour session will be a workshop for participants interested in expanding their relationship to the spoken word and addressing the concerns that new technology brings. During the session we will challenge established patterns (vocal, physical, and emotional) that prevent us from furthering our overall expression; discover ways to move through roadblocks, preventatives, and conflicts that limit the creative process; and open up our understanding of, and agility with, words and language, so that we can identify the vocal energies that create and enhance our communication.

Participants will have the opportunity to have a one hour private follow-up session with Geof during the Festival from Friday morning through Saturday afternoon.

There is the possibility that a small group of artists from this session might perform The Pledge of Allegiance at the Saturday night closing showcase -- AUDIO Tonight!

Participation in this program is included with the purchase of any HEAR Now FULL Festival Pass or Featured Artist Festival Pass, or can be taken alone for a fee of $50.00 for the session. HEAR Now Festival performers are also welcome as their schedules and space allows.

Space is limited for this program so be sure to reserve your space today!!

Geof Prysirr is an educator, mentor, and coach in the fields of Acting, Communication Arts, and Business Management Within The Law. He has taught at over forty academic institutions, worked with dozens of corporations, and coached thousands of actors and artists. He leads workshops/seminars, gives private instruction, and works within a diverse community of lawyers, performers, artists, children/adolescents, sales associates, teachers, and corporate professionals. Whether working with individuals or in a group setting, whether developing professional or personal communication skills, he is known for his entertaining, playful, and captivating style.

Thursday June 7, 2018 10:00am - 12:30pm PDT
Holiday Inn Ballroom One East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64111

Roundtable Panel, Attendees Only Welcome, Ticketed

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

10:00am PDT

Workshop 101: The Dramatic Podcast

NATF presents Workshop 101 at the HEAR Now Festival. This workshop is a crash course in audio theater. In three and a half days, NATF's instructors will take participants through the basics of writing, directing, producing and performing audio theater works. Participants will create or adapt a script that will be performed, directed and acted by the Workshop 101 participants on the final day of the festival. Not only will participants get the opportunity to interact with their accomplished teachers, but they will also get to meet many professionals throughout the field, who can become valued contacts. Over the last three decades NATF, and its faculty, have been producing audio theater workshops nationally. Workshop 101 reflects that knowledge in a tight program that will give participants better understanding on how to create their own audio theater projects.

Workshop 101 meets daily from 10:15am - 5:00pm.

Kc Wayland of Wayland Productions leads the group.

Moderators

Tony Brewer

SFX Artist / Writer

Workship 101 Faculty, 1917 6/10, AUDIO Tonight! 6/10Tony Brewer is a poet and sound effects artist from Bloomington, Indiana. He has taught andperformed for the National Audio Theatre Festivals since 2001, and has taught at IndianaUniversity, Michigan University, and Kansas City Art... Read More →

Bob Kaliban

Actor

Workshop 101; MC nightly Celebrating Mark Twain!; ShakesRumble 6/9Bob Kaliban has done more than 15,000 commercials, everything from voice-overs to on-camera announcing. Bob does dialects, cartoon voices, straight announcing, on-camera, industrials, and much more. According to Bob... Read More →

Brian Price

Great Northern Audio Theatre

Workshop 101 Faculty; Podcaster Roundtable 6/9

Kc Wayland

Workshop 101 Lead FacultyKC has carried within him a passion for the creative arts from a young age. As a teenager, he earned the Award of Excellence in Arts and Best Student Editor and graduated with top honors from Orange High School Media Arts program for Acting and Film Theory... Read More →

Thursday June 7, 2018 10:00am - 4:45pm PDT
Simpson House 4509 Walnut St Kansas City, MO 64111

Workshop

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-workshop-101.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

10:00am PDT

Registration for Festival - Festival Passes & Show Tickets

Pick up your Festival schedules, All Access Passes, or tickets to your favorite shows!!

The Registration Desk will open on Thursday, June 8th beginning at 10am and runs through 5pm.

Order your Festival Passes and Show Tickets on-line and pick them up here.

Thursday June 7, 2018 10:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Holiday Inn - Salon C 1 E 45th St Kansas City, MO 64111

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic www.hearnowfestival.org/all-access-pass--ticket-order-form-for-hear-now-festival-2016.html

10:00am PDT

Workshop 102: Connecting Creators and Audience

Workshop 102 meets daily from 10:00am - 5:00pm.

Thursday June 7, 2018 10:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Holiday Inn - Sennheiser Listening Room

Workshop

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/workshop-102-faculty-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

12:00pm PDT

Virtual Reality Demo

Thursday June 7, 2018 12:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
Holliday Inn Lobby 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64111

Virtual Reality Demo

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

12:00pm PDT

PODCAST PALOOZA BEGINS

PODCAST PALOOZA on-line programs! Running June 7 - August 1, 2018.

While at HEAR Now network and meet with other featured festival artists who are being heard on this year's Podcast Palooza's GOLD, SILVER, and BRONZE pages.

NATF Playhouse Featured Artist's PLATNIUM PAGE opens Monday June 11, 2018 and runs through August 1, 2108.

Thursday June 7, 2018 12:00pm - 11:59pm PDT
Holiday Inn - Sennheiser Listening Room

For Program Information: www.hearnowfestival.org

5:15pm PDT

Celebrating Mark Twain at Prospero's Books

Each night, beginning on Thursday, June 7th, from 5:15pm-6:00pm, and running through Saturday, June 9th, guest narrators read selections from Mark Twain at Prospero's Books (1800 W 39th St, Kansas City, MO) in their 2nd floor Cafe Caliban.

With support from SAG/AFTRA, 2018’s A Celebration of Mark Twain! is free and open to all and includes a slice of d'Bronx Pizza nightly for all audience guests and Mark Twain narrators.

Moderators

Bob Kaliban

Actor

Thursday June 7, 2018 5:15pm - 6:00pm PDT
Prospero's Books 1800 West 39th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111

Live Reading

For Program Information: www.facebook.com/Prosperos-Books-36723487766/?ref=page_internal
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

7:00pm PDT

HEAR Now Festival Opening Session: INNOVATIONS

Join the HEAR Now Festival as we open our 6th annual Festival with examples of INNOVATION in the world of audio story-telling. New technologies and story-telling techniques will be highlighted.

MC/Host: Angela Elam
“The Sound of Future Reality - When Literary Classics, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality Meet.”
Presented by Dr. Ken Perlin, the Oscar-winning founding director of New York University’s Media Research Lab, as well as a computer science professor at the school.

Thursday June 7, 2018 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
Truman Auditorium Park Plaza Branch of Kansas City Library

Live Reading, Guest Passes, Ticketed

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

9:00pm PDT

Mark Time Awards

David Ossman and Phil Proctor, along with special Firesign guests, present the 22nd annual awards for best audio theatre production in English.

Moderators

David Ossman

David Ossman is a comedian and a character actor (Firesign Theatre, A Bug’s Life, The Tick) having received 3 Grammy nominations for his work with Firesign.

Philip Proctor

Firesign Theater

Mark Time Awards - Thursday, June 7 9:00pm / NATF Playhouse - Friday June 8, 12-1:30pm / AUDIO Tonight! - Saturday June 9Come celebrate the many works of Phil Proctor with HEAR Now. Philip is best known as a voice actor and a member of The Firesign Theatre, although his career... Read More →

Speakers

Tony Brewer

SFX Artist / Writer

Rich Fish

Mark Time Awards 6/7; Blood Cotton - National WWI Museum 6/9Richard Fish has worked in audio theatre since 1970. He’s an actor and musician who became a writer, producer, director, teacher, engineer, Foley artist, journalist, broadcaster, publisher, and salesman.He helped found... Read More →

Melinda Petersen

Workshop 101 Performance / Casting FacultyMelinda Peterson has been a professional actor for over 45 years and after slogging through 20 of them, she was introduced to audio theatre when she played all 17 of the female roles in Proctor & Bergman’s Power which aired on NPR... Read More →

Brian Price

Great Northern Audio Theatre

Workshop 101 Faculty; Podcaster Roundtable 6/9

Jerry Stearns

Great Northern Audio Theatre

Thursday June 7, 2018 9:00pm - 10:00pm PDT
Holiday Inn Ballroom One East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64111

Awards Presentation & Performance, Festival Pass, Guest Passes, Ticketed

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/mark-time-awards-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-all-access-pass--ticket-order-form-for-hear-now-festival.html

10:00pm PDT

HEAR Now After Party - Celebrating SAG-AFTRA's Performers

Festival guests and attendees with ALL ACCESS PASSES are welcome to join us nightly at Simpson House for a drink, a nosh and lots of networking.

SAG-AFTRA members are welcome to join us for this event with an RSVP to the Missouri River union office. Learn more about HEAR Now's programming celebrating narrators, voice actors and more and meet old friends and new collagues.

Meet SAG-AFTRA union representatives Jane Love, Richard Larkin, Steve Sidawi and Maureen O'Brien.

Thursday June 7, 2018 10:00pm - 11:30pm PDT
Simpson House 4509 Walnut St Kansas City, MO 64111

After Party, Guest Passes, Ticketed

12:00am PDT

Midnight Listening -- Nairobi Jack: The Lost Gold of the Atlantimengani

Nairobi Jack Rackham has a boatload of debt and not enough business coming in to pay it off. Can the Martin Expedition help him and Dusty Jim Slayback out of their jam? Or is the threat of the Zandari too much for the intrepid explorer?

The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company was founded in 1984 by radio personality William L. Brown and actor/director Patrick Stansbury. They incorporated ARTC as a non-profit educational corporation, dedicated to the production and distribution of quality audio drama.

Friday June 8, 2018 12:00am - 1:00am PDT
Holiday Inn - Sennheiser Listening Room

Listening Session, Guest Passes

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/natf-playhouse-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

8:00am PDT

NATF Future Festival Planning Meeting

All those who participate in the June 2018 HEAR Now Festival event, hosted by the National Audio Theatre Festivals (NATF), are welcome to give input into the organization's plans for our 2019 Festival. Join us at breakfast at the Holiday Inn on Friday morning at 8:00am and get involved with NATF and HEAR Now!

Friday June 8, 2018 8:00am - 8:30am PDT
Holiday Inn Restaurant / Breakfast Room

Artist Meeting, Attendees Only Welcome

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

9:00am PDT

Narrator'sNarrators of the Round Table: The Audiobook Anti-Panel

Limited Capacity seats available

Hosted by P.J. Ochlan and featuring Scott Brick, Steven Jay Cohen, Tavia Gilbert, Dion Graham, Neil Hellegers, Eric Martin, Robin Miles, Donna Postel, and Julia Whelan
Join Audie Award winner and Deyan Institute co-founder P.J. Ochlan as he presents an experimental and innovative twist on the traditional “panel” with an extraordinary all-star lineup of guests. In a candid conversation, these audiobook luminaries will openly discuss the changing audiobook world, and the creative and technical challenges they face. Sit in on this unique opportunity to engage with virtually all of our special guest narrators.P J Ochlan of the Deyan Institute of Voice Artistry and Technology in Los Angeles hosts a roundtable for all interested audio performers and narrators. This session is open to your questions and areas of interest including voice performance and narration training. PJ will be joined by guests narrators.

Moderators

PJ Ochlan

Narrator / Producer / Educator

Blood Cotton 6/9; ShakesRumble 6/9; AUDIO Tonight 6/9An actor since 1986, P.J. Ochlan has enjoyed a diverse career across virtually every aspect of the entertainment industry - from critically acclaimed feature films and television series regular roles to innovative new media projects... Read More →

Speakers

Scott Brick

Narrator / Educator

Mark Twain Mentor; A STORY WELL TOLD: CELEBRATING THE HUMAN VOICE 6/9Scott Brick has recorded bestsellers and Pulitzer-Prize winners for every major publisher, over 800 titles, including MYSTIC RIVER, FAHRENHEIT 451, IN COLD BLOOD and HELTER SKELTER. In addition to over 50 Earphones... Read More →

Steve Jay Cohen

Spoken Realms

Workshop 102 (Connecting With Your Audience) Lead FacultySteven has been telling stories his whole life. Professionally, since 1991.A narrator, engineer, director, and educator, he work swith students holistically; helping them find an authentic read, streamlining their production... Read More →

Tavia Gilbert

Workshop 101 Faculty; A Story Well Told; Celebrating The Human Voice 6/9Winner of the 2017 Best Female Narrator Audie Award, Tavia Gilbert is a producer, writer, and acclaimed narrator of more than 500 full-cast and multi-voice audiobooks for virtually every publisher in the... Read More →

Dion Graham

Voice Actor / Director

Director Blood Cotton National World War One Museum and Memorial 6/9Dion Graham from HBO's The Wire, also narrates A & E's The First 48. An award-winning actor and narrator, he has performed on Broadway, off-Broadway, internationally, in films, and in several hit television series... Read More →

Neil Hellegers

Voice Actor / Producer

Director ShakesRumble 6/9; A Story Well Told; Celebrating The Human Voice 6/9Neil is an actor and educator who lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife, son, and orange mutt. Neil has acted with The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Trinity Repertory Company, Aquila Theatre Company... Read More →

Eric Martin

Narrator's Roundtable 6/8, Producer's Meet & Greet 6/8 & Producer Pitch Panel 6/9 Eric Martin is the Earphones and Audie Award winning narrator of over 150 audiobooks. He narrated and directed the NY Times Monthly Bestselling Audiobook Stinker Lets Loose, also starring Jon Hamm... Read More →

Robin Miles

Voice Actor / Director, Voxpertise

Blood Cotton - National World War I Museum and Memorial 6/9; ShakesRumble 6/9With more than 200+ audiobook titles, director and Golden Voice, Robin Miles, seems born to do voice work and brings tremendous talent and experience to both sides of the glass. Her awards include multiple... Read More →

Julia Whelan

Voice Actor

A Story Well Told; Celebrating the Human Voice 6/9, Host AUDIO Tonight! 6/19Julia has appeared in many films and television series, including ABC’s Once And Again. After receiving a degree in English and Creative Writing at Middlebury College and Oxford University, Julia began... Read More →

Friday June 8, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
Holiday Inn - Sennheiser Listening Room

Artist Meeting, All Welcome

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-festival-schedule.html

9:00am PDT

HEAR Now Festival Store & Office

T-shirts, Festival Guides, Maps and more can be found at the HEAR Now Festival store.

Friday June 8, 2018 9:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Holiday Inn - Salon C 1 E 45th St Kansas City, MO 64111

Store and Office

9:15am PDT

NATF Playhouse: Traveling With Gina's Ghost

Traveling with Gina's Ghost
Many years after the event, a fatal car crash comes back to haunt the sole survivor.
Bill Chessman and Suzan Lorraine of Four Eyed Jacks will present this work.

Friday June 8, 2018 9:15am - 9:45am PDT
Cinemark Theater 'A' 526 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, MO 64112

Listening Session, Ticketed

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/natf-playhouse-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

9:45am PDT

NATF Playhouse: Salmon's Run

Salmon's Run
Meet Salmon Warzynski, your typical American twenty-something, back in the States after that standard, middle-class, post-graduation trek through Europe.

He never meant to hurt anybody. He only wanted to throw away his cigarette butt. He didn't want to litter. He had no idea what was in that trash can, and he certainly didn't think it would explode, destroying Manhattan's Fulton Street Train Terminal in the process. But it did.

Now, with the NYPD, the CIA, the FBI, the mainstream media, and a band of homegrown terrorists all scrambling to catch him, Salmon must run--run for his life...

Nick Messitte will present this work.

Friday June 8, 2018 9:45am - 10:15am PDT
Cinemark Theater 'A' 526 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, MO 64112

Listening Session, Ticketed

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/natf-playhouse-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

9:45am PDT

AUDIO Tonight! A Storytellers Cabaret - CUE-TO-CUE

If you are peforming in Saturday night's AUDIO Tonight! please join our technical crew at Bragg Auditorium for the Cue-To-Cue rehearsal for the show.

Cue-To-Cue schedules were provided to all involved. Need a copy? Send an e-mail to:
hearnowfestival@gmail.com

This is an open rehearsal for anyone registered for the HEAR Now Festival.
Please see Producer Steve Donofrio in lobby of Bragg Auditorium before entering this rehearsal.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Moderators

Tony Brewer

SFX Artist / Writer

Friday June 8, 2018 9:45am - 3:30pm PDT
Unitarian Universalist Church Bragg Auditorium

Performance, Attendees Only Welcome

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

10:00am PDT

Workshop 101: The Dramatic Podcast

Moderators

Tony Brewer

SFX Artist / Writer

Bob Kaliban

Actor

Kc Wayland

Friday June 8, 2018 10:00am - 4:45pm PDT
Simpson House 4509 Walnut St Kansas City, MO 64111

Workshop

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-workshop-101.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

10:00am PDT

Workshop 102: Connecting Creators and Audience

Workshop 102 meets daily from 10:00am - 5:00pm.

4pm - 5pm - Meet and Greet for producers and Saturday Pitch Panelists at Holiday Inn Ballroom

Friday June 8, 2018 10:00am - 5:00pm PDT
All Soul's Education Center Downstairs 4501 Walnut St, Kansas City, MO 64111

Workshop

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/workshop-102-faculty-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

10:00am PDT

Virtual Reality Demo

Friday June 8, 2018 10:00am - 6:00pm PDT
Holliday Inn Lobby 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64111

Virtual Reality Demo

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

10:30am PDT

NATF Playhouse: Deck the Halls 2: Even Hallsier

Deck the Halls 2: Even Hallsier
Deck the Halls 2: Even Hallsier is a 4-part sequel to Deck the Halls (with Matrimony!)
Last year, Emma met Trip and fell head-over-heels in love. This year, Trip’s plan to propose blows up in his face when his father announces a plan to steal the girls’ wedding business to keep his own hotel chain afloat.

Paula Deming, co-founder of Sassquach Radio, producer of Deck the Halls, and star of Deck The Halls, will present this original work.

Friday June 8, 2018 10:30am - 11:00am PDT
Cinemark Theater 'A' 526 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, MO 64112

Listening Session, Ticketed

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/natf-playhouse-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

11:00am PDT

NATF Playhouse: The Misadventure of the Disobliging Cadaver (A Holmes Mystery)

The Misadventure of the Disobliging Cadaver
Internationally renowned sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, and his trusty cohort in crime-solving, Dr. Watson, discover that sometimes murder can be downright funny!

Ralph Scott and Kendra Murray of The Petaluma Radio Players present this Holmes adventure.

Friday June 8, 2018 11:00am - 11:30am PDT
Cinemark Theater 'A' 526 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, MO 64112

Listening Session, Ticketed

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/natf-playhouse-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

11:30am PDT

NATF Playhouse: Things To Do With A Wall

Things To Do With A Wall
A satirical and lyrical collage of resisting … THAT wall. Scrawl your name on it, mock it, weep at it--from Borges and Kafka to Humpty Dumpty and our original repartee, Cricket's Bone Caravan psychoanalyzes, vandalizes, and tears down the walls that divide us. Composed originally for live performance at the Fourth Street Festival in Bloomington, this studio recording was created specially for the Hear Now Festival.

Cynthia Wolfe of Loose Lit Media (WFIU-FM) shares this work.

Friday June 8, 2018 11:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Cinemark Theater 'A' 526 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, MO 64112

Listening Session, Ticketed

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/natf-playhouse-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

12:15pm PDT

NATF Playhouse: Celebrating Phil Proctor

Come celebrate the many works of Phil Proctor with HEAR Now. Philip is best known as a voice actor and a member of The Firesign Theatre, although his career has spanned TV, films and games too! From beginning his career at a very early age to helping co-found the thrice Grammy nominated Firesign Theatre, Phil's work has ranged from film and TV to hundreds of voice overs, including a 14 year run as Howard Deville on animated Rugrats series.

This session will also launch Phil's new podcast series based on his memoir Where's My Fortune Cookie? At 12:30 central time, The PLANET PROCTOR podcast, featuring Episode 1 of Where’s My Fortune Cookie?, will be uploaded live as part this tribute to Phil and his work.
Festival attendees at the session will meet Phil and hear the first Fortune Cookie episode going live. Online listeners will be able to ‘chat’ with him as the program is uploaded or listen anytime thereafter.

Friday June 8, 2018 12:15pm - 1:45pm PDT
Cinemark Theater 'A' 526 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, MO 64112

Listening Session, Ticketed

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/natf-playhouse-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

2:00pm PDT

NATF Playhouse: The Dracula Radioplay Experience

The Dracula Radioplay Experience"Bram Stoker's Dracula, performed as radio play, complete with voice actors, sfx, and music, and released in podcast format. Follow along with the story, as it progresses through time."

Now, where we differ from traditional readings and reinactments of the book, is that in the original novel the voices, personalities, and experiences of the characters are not always in correct calendar order. They are revealed as they perceive the events. This way the listener is able to experience the the journal entries of that date in 'realtime'.

Join Bonnie Bogovich and Liz Rishel of Cryptic Canticles for a sampling of this series.

Friday June 8, 2018 2:00pm - 2:15pm PDT
Cinemark Theater 'A' 526 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, MO 64112

Listening Session, Ticketed

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/natf-playhouse-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

2:00pm PDT

Binaural Theater

Among the artists whose work will be heard in binaural are Tom Lopez of ZBS and Tony Winner Gareth Fry of Broadway's The Encounter.

Friday - 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Saturday - Noon - 5:00pm

Making this year's binaural listening special will be dedicated wired headphones for the audience. Curated by Marta Olko (NYU PhD student in sound design) the program has been created to give audience members an opportunity to hear drama, sound design, and music via the more immersive binaural listening experience.
The Binural Theatre is available to those with an ALL ACCESS (or FEATURED ARTIST) pass. Tickets are $5.00 for the general public and can be purchased on-line in advance or at the door
Special thanks to Sennheiser-Neumann for their additional support of this program.

Friday June 8, 2018 2:00pm - 5:30pm PDT
Holiday Inn - Sennheiser Listening Room

Listening Session, Festival Pass, Guest Passes, Ticketed

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

2:15pm PDT

NATF Playhouse: Time Trip

Time Trip!

An original Sci-fi serial following the adventures of Private Trip Timeskipper as he trips through time. An unfortunate accident in Dr. Meira Bitterman's lab hurls Trip into the quantum plane. Now he must find his way back home with the help of Friends and Family, or remain lost in the void of time forever.

Join Orlando Segarra and Gabe Templin as they share Private Trip Timeskipper's tale.

Friday June 8, 2018 2:15pm - 2:45pm PDT
Cinemark Theater 'A' 526 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, MO 64112

Listening Session, Ticketed

2:45pm PDT

NATF Playhouse: Brad Lansky And The Result War

Brad Lansky And The Result War
The Rogue Planet missed Earth by a few thousand kilometers and quickly receded into the blackness of space.

The Sleepers, the smartest form of biological life ever encountered, showed no interest in Earth and shunned all communication, even with GAIA.

The massive object deflected Earth inward, toward the Sun.
Earth’s new orbit is elliptical - a colossal shock for every creature.

For those who cling to life, the new normal means long dismal winters, punctuated by short summers of searing heat.
Worst of all, the new orbit is chaotic, because it gets too close to Venus.

All of humanity is anxiously looking at GAIA to restore certainty, and with it, hope.

Join Dieter Zimmermann as he shares the newest installment in the Brad Lansky series.

Friday June 8, 2018 2:45pm - 3:10pm PDT
Cinemark Theater 'A' 526 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, MO 64112

Listening Session, Ticketed

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/natf-playhouse-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

3:10pm PDT

NATF Playhouse The Legend of Belladonna - Natural Born Outlaws

The Legend of Belladonna - Natural Born OutlawsShe is known by many names; Deadly Nightshade, The Devil’s Daughter, Belladonna. Taken in as a girl by the legendary outlaws known as the Wolf Pack, Annabelle Stark becomes a woman to be reckoned with and a legend in her own right. When her husband Joshua is gunned down in cold blood by former friends, Belle and the Wolf Pack hit the trail in search of their own brand of justice.

Along the way, they enlist the help of some unlikely allies; U.S. Marshal Ben Davidson and Deputy Marshal Zeke Warren. But much to their dismay, the trail of revenge takes them closer and closer to the criminal mastermind, Vasquez. According to legend, Belladonna cannot be killed. Will the legend prove false?

Scott McCormick from Graphic Audio will present this production.

Friday June 8, 2018 3:10pm - 3:30pm PDT
Cinemark Theater 'A' 526 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, MO 64112

Listening Session, Ticketed

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/natf-playhouse-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

4:00pm PDT

NATF Playhouse: The Tale of a Pie, from The Uncommercial Traveler

The Tale of a Pie, from The Uncommercial TravelerThe Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. According to Dikens, a pie is not always just a pie.

Although a solo voice read by JJ Reap the variety of characters created would make you think this was a multi-cast production.

Join narrator JJ Reap for this entertaining reading.

Friday June 8, 2018 4:00pm - 4:10pm PDT
Cinemark Theater 'A' 526 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, MO 64112

Listening Session, Guest Passes, Ticketed

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/natf-playhouse-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

4:00pm PDT

Producers Meet & Greet

Producer's Meet & Greet is for Workshop 101 & 102 Participants
and Podcast Palooza Producers (as space allows)
This is your opportunity to meet with representatives from Author's Republic, Blackstone Publishing, Findaway Voices, and SAG-AFTRA, as well as experienced producers like Eric Martin. Share a refreshment and learn who to talk to when presenting your work.

This session is followed up by a more formal Pitch Panel, Saturday, June 9, from 3:00-4:30 in the Holiday In Board Room.

Moderators

Steve Jay Cohen

Spoken Realms

Kc Wayland

Speakers

Bryan Barney

Blackstone Publishing

At Blackstone Publishing Bryan -Oversees audiobook production at Blackstone Audio-Casts and produces approx. 900 titles per year-Does In-studio direction and engineering-Mixing & Mastering for advanced projects

Richard Larkin

SAG-AFTRA

Kelly Lytle

Findaway Voices

Kelly leads author and partner services for Findaway Voices, an audiobook creation and distribution platform from Findaway. He works closely with independent authors and small to mid-sized publishers to connect them with a community of world-class narrators, create audiobooks... Read More →

Eric Martin

Darren Spears

General Manager, Author's Republic

Darren Speers is the General Manger of Author’s Republic, where he directs strategic partnerships and oversees day-to-day operations. Darren has worked in the audiobook industry since 2012, where he first began as a content ingestion associate for Audiobooks.com. After several... Read More →

Exhibitors

Findaway Voices - Will Dages

Head of Findaway Voices, Findaway Voices

Will Dages is Head of Findaway Voices and is excited to talk about audiobooks!

Friday June 8, 2018 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Holiday Inn Ballroom One East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64111

Artist Meeting, Festival Pass, Guest Passes | Workshop, Festival Pass, Guest Passes

For Session Information http://www.hearnowfestival.org/workshop-102-faculty-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-festival-schedule.html

4:00pm PDT

ABR AWARDS - REHEARSAL

If you are presenting at the ABR Audiobook Awards, please join our technical crew at Bragg Auditorium for the rehearsal for the show.

This is a CLOSED REHEARSAL for the ABR AWARDS host and presenters only. For more information contact producer Samantha Desz.

Thank you for your understanding.

Friday June 8, 2018 4:00pm - 6:45pm PDT
Unitarian Universalist Church Bragg Auditorium

Performance, Attendees Only Welcome

4:10pm PDT

NATF Playhouse: Bad Egg

Bad EggElena is an adventurer who has hired a guide, Sneedly, to take her to Ulna, a village in the middle of nowhere. Sneedly proves to be a terrible guide, often relying on a box of magic eggs that never hatches the animal spirit that he wants. Both of them have things to hide from each other - particularly Elena, who refuses to explain the reason for her visit to the village, which makes Sneedly very curious....

Host Catherine Rinella of Midnight Audio Theatre (from WCBE 90.5 FM out of Columbus, OH) shares this original tale.

Friday June 8, 2018 4:10pm - 4:30pm PDT
Cinemark Theater 'A' 526 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, MO 64112

Listening Session, Festival Pass, Ticketed

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/natf-playhouse-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

4:30pm PDT

NATF Playhouse: Take it or Weave it

Take it or Weave it
War is afoot in the realm and sisters Hildegard and Prunella are merely trying to support their family as rag and bone collectors--amid fierce competition with an unscrupulous rag-and-bone conglomerate. That all changes when a stranger gives them an item that soon even the highest powers are trying to recover. The king’s wizard wants it. A band of smelly ruffians want it. And the sisters need it to change the fortunes of their struggling family...

Join writer and producer Ted Wenskus of Disturbing Frequencies (out of Rochester, NY) as he presents this tale of magic, mischief, and mayhem.

Friday June 8, 2018 4:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Cinemark Theater 'A' 526 Nichols Rd., Kansas City, MO 64112

Listening Session, Ticketed

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/natf-playhouse-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

5:15pm PDT

Celebrating Mark Twain at Prospero's Books

Each night, beginning on Thursday, June 7th, from 5:15pm-6:15pm, and running through Saturday, June 9th, guest narrators read selections from Mark Twain at Prospero's Books (1800 W 39th St, Kansas City, MO) in their 2nd floor Cafe Caliban.

With support from SAG/AFTRA, 2018’s A Celebration of Mark Twain! is free and open to all and includes a slice of d'Bronx Pizza nightly for all audience guests and Mark Twain narrators.

Moderators

Bob Kaliban

Actor

Friday June 8, 2018 5:15pm - 6:00pm PDT
Prospero's Books 1800 West 39th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111

Live Reading

For Program Information: www.facebook.com/Prosperos-Books-36723487766/?ref=page_internal
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

6:30pm PDT

Friday Night Family Fun

The Otherworld Balloon is a live performance that uses the transporting power of sound, voice, and music to explore other worlds— whether of the past, the present, the future, the mythical, or the purely imaginary. Through books, writers, and the special collections of this magical Library of the Air, we’ll use full strength imagination to fuel the journey.

David Ossman, comedian and character actor (Firesign Theatre, A Bug’s Life, The Tick) will host the first voyage of the balloon, as it takes off with the letter A for Adventure. The Otherworld Balloon will fly us from the skies above Kansas City to the Sky-lands of the Maori with Amelia Earhardt and Bessie Coleman, to a steamer crossing the Atlantic with Langston Hughes, to the farthest corner of the unknown Oz with Princess Ozma and her Wizard. All aboard! The Otherworld Balloon lifts off at the Truman Forman Auditorium, for Family Fun Night, June 8, 6:30 p.m. on the dot. The show will be recorded for future broadcast/podcast with live audience participation in making sound effects. Arrive early to get a good seat and practice your part.

The Otherworld Balloon is a production of Otherworld Media, an award-winning producer of programs for children and families since 1981. This performance is made possible in part with support from the 2018 HEAR Now Audio Festivals (www.hearnowfestival.org).

Moderators

Judith Walcutt

Other World Media

Corwin Award Winner Judith Walcutt brings Thursday night's Mark Time Awards & Friday Night Family Fun to this year's HEAR Now Festival.

Speakers

David Ossman

David Ossman is a comedian and a character actor (Firesign Theatre, A Bug’s Life, The Tick) having received 3 Grammy nominations for his work with Firesign.

Friday June 8, 2018 6:30pm - 7:30pm PDT
Truman Auditorium Park Plaza Branch of Kansas City Library

Performance, All Welcome

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

7:30pm PDT

ABR AUDIOBOOK AWARDS FINALISTS COCKTAIL PARTY

Limited Capacity seats available

ABR AudioBook Listener Awards finalists and presenters meet at Simpson House for a pre-awards Cocktail Party.

General HEAR Now Festival Pass holders are welcome as space allows.

Thanks to GOLD Sponsor AUTHOR'S REPUBLIC

Friday June 8, 2018 7:30pm - 8:15pm PDT
Simpson House 4509 Walnut St Kansas City, MO 64111

Artist Meeting, Attendees Only Welcome, Guest Passes

For Program Information: https://audiobookreviewer.com/2018-abr-audiobook-listeners-awards/
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-all-access-pass--ticket-order-form-for-hear-now-festival.html

8:15pm PDT

ABR AudioBook Listener Awards

Audiobook Reviewer (ABR) has announced finalists for the 1st annual Audiobook Listeners Choice Awards competition, the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in independently published audiobooks and spoken word entertainment.

Winners will be revealed at tonight's awards ceremony hosted by internationally acclaimed bestselling author, Jeff Strand.

ABR Finalists will be given priority seating at this event.

Speakers

Samantha Desz

Producer ABR Audiobook Awards Friday June 8, 2018 8:15pm Bragg Auditorium.

Paul Stokes

Friday June 8, 2018 8:15pm - 9:45pm PDT
Unitarian Universalist Church Bragg Auditorium

Performance, Festival Pass, Ticketed

For Session Information https://audiobookreviewer.com/abr-listeners-award/abr-listeners-choice-awards-2018-finalists-announced/
For Program Information: https://audiobookreviewer.com/abr-listeners-award/abr-listeners-choice-awards-2018-finalists-announced/
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-all-access-pass--ticket-order-form-for-hear-now-festival.html

10:00pm PDT

HEAR Now After Party - Celebrating Audio Fiction

Festival guests and attendees with ALL ACCESS PASSES are welcome to join us at Simpson House after the 1st annual Audiobook Listeners Choice Awards.

Thanks to Findaway Voices for sponsoring tonight's party.

Friday June 8, 2018 10:00pm - Saturday June 9, 2018 12:30am PDT
Simpson House 4509 Walnut St Kansas City, MO 64111

After Party, Ticketed

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-all-access-pass--ticket-order-form-for-hear-now-festival.html

9:00am PDT

PODCAST PALOOZA & The State of Independant Audio Fiction

This panel features a lively discussion led by Brian Price and Jerry Stearns of Great Northern Audio Theatre will discuss the state of producing as an independant.

Get the chance to hear and discuss some of this year's PODCAST PALOOZA on-line programs!

With affordable production tools and almost unlimited distribution space on the Internet there are more small, independent audio artists creating audio theater out there than ever before. How are you guys doing? We'll be discussing topics such as, Who's Your Audience?, Where's The Money? (Is There Money In Podcasting?), What Does It Take To Get To The Next Level (What Is the Next Level?) and much more. Guaranteed to be freewheeling, fairly factual and fun.

Network and meet with other featured festival artists who are being heard on this year's Podcast Palooza's GOLD, SILVER, and BRONZE pages.

Moderators

Brian Price

Great Northern Audio Theatre

Workshop 101 Faculty; Podcaster Roundtable 6/9

Jerry Stearns

Great Northern Audio Theatre

Saturday June 9, 2018 9:00am - 10:15am PDT
Holiday Inn Ballroom One East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64111

Panel and Presentation, Guest Passes

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

9:00am PDT

HEAR Now Festival Store & Office

T-shirts, Festival Guides, Maps and more can be found at the HEAR Now Festival store.

Saturday June 9, 2018 9:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Holiday Inn - Salon C 1 E 45th St Kansas City, MO 64111

Store and Office

10:00am PDT

Workshop 101: The Dramatic Podcast

Moderators

Tony Brewer

SFX Artist / Writer

Saturday June 9, 2018 10:00am - 4:45pm PDT
All Soul's Education Center Downstairs 4501 Walnut St, Kansas City, MO 64111

Workshop

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-workshop-101.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

10:00am PDT

Workshop 102: Connecting Creators and Audience

Workshop 102 meets daily from 10:00am - 5:00pm.

2:30pm - 4pm - Pitch Panel

Saturday June 9, 2018 10:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Holiday Inn Ballroom One East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64111

Workshop

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/workshop-102-faculty-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

10:00am PDT

Virtual Reality Demo

Saturday June 9, 2018 10:00am - 6:00pm PDT
Holliday Inn Lobby 1 East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64111

Virtual Reality Demo

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

11:00am PDT

A Story Well Told: Celebrating The Human Voice

Scott Brick, Julia Whelan, Tavia Gilbert, and Neil Helligers read from their favorite authors, with host Geof Prysirr.

Moderators

Geof Prysirr

Communicating Through Story-telling: Raising Our Voices and Extending Our Vocal Lives THURSDAY 6/7 10am-12:30pm / A Story Well Told: Celebrating The Human Voice Saturday 6/9 11am - 12:15pm Technological advances in the fields of communication and performance have, for the most... Read More →

Speakers

Scott Brick

Narrator / Educator

Tavia Gilbert

Neil Hellegers

Voice Actor / Producer

Julia Whelan

Voice Actor

Saturday June 9, 2018 11:00am - 12:15pm PDT
Truman Auditorium Park Plaza Branch of Kansas City Library

Performance, All Welcome

For Session Information http://www.hearnowfestival.org/a-story-well-told-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-all-access-pass--ticket-order-form-for-hear-now-festival.html

12:00pm PDT

Binaural Theater

Among the artists whose work will be heard in binaural are Tom Lopez of ZBS and Tony Winner Gareth Fry of Broadway's The Encounter

Making this year's binaural listening special will be dedicated wired headphones for the audience. Curated by Marta Olko (NYU PhD student in sound design) the program has been created to give audience members an opportunity to hear drama, sound design, and music via the more immersive binaural listening experience.
The Binural Theatre is available to those with an ALL ACCESS (or FEATURED ARTIST) pass. Tickets are $5.00 for the general public and can be purchased on-line in advance or at the door
Special thanks to Sennheiser-Neumann for their additional support of this program.

Saturday June 9, 2018 12:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Holiday Inn - Sennheiser Listening Room

Listening Session, Festival Pass, Guest Passes, Ticketed

1:00pm PDT

Blood Cotton

SHUTTLE AVAILABLE TO MUSEUM - see below.

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SHUTTLE SERVICE TO AND FROM WWI MUSEUM
There will be two shuttle runs to the WWI museum - BOTH leaving from the front of the Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza.
The first will leave at 12:15pm (Promptly)
The second at 12:40pm (Promptly)
After the performance at the WWI museum there will be a shuttle at 2:40pm bringing those wishing to attend AN AFTERNOON WITH ALISON LARKIN directly to BRAGG AUDITORIUM for the 3:00pm show.
The balance will be returned to the Holiday Inn.

If needed, a second shuttle at 3:15pm will pick up the balance of the HNF guests at the WWI museum and return them to the Holiday Inn.

Saturday June 9, 2018 1:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
National World War I Museum 100 West 26th Street, Kansas City, MO 64108

Performance, All Welcome

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic www.hearnowfestival.org/2017-tickets--schedules.html

2:45pm PDT

AUDIO Tonight! A Storytellers Cabaret - REHEARSAL

If you are peforming in Saturday night's AUDIO Tonight! please join our technical crew at Bragg Auditorium for dress rehearsal.

This is a closed rehearsal for cast and crew directly involved in the performance.

Saturday June 9, 2018 2:45pm - 5:45pm PDT
Unitarian Universalist Church Bragg Auditorium

Performance, Attendees Only Welcome

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

3:15pm PDT

Producers Pitch Panel: Best Way For My Work To Be Heard

Producer's Pitch Panel is for Workshop 101 & 102 Participants
and Podcast Palooza Producers (as space allows)
This is your opportunity to present your work for feedback.Workshop participants are given priority in presenting their programs, with additional producer presentions as time allows.

Moderators

Steve Jay Cohen

Spoken Realms

Kc Wayland

Speakers

Bryan Barney

Blackstone Publishing

Richard Larkin

SAG-AFTRA

Kelly Lytle

Findaway Voices

Eric Martin

Darren Spears

General Manager, Author's Republic

Exhibitors

Findaway Voices - Will Dages

Head of Findaway Voices, Findaway Voices

Will Dages is Head of Findaway Voices and is excited to talk about audiobooks!

Saturday June 9, 2018 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Holiday Inn Board Room

Artist Meeting, Festival Pass, Guest Passes | Workshop, Festival Pass, Guest Passes

For Session Information http://www.hearnowfestival.org/workshop-102-faculty-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-festival-schedule.html

5:15pm PDT

Celebrating Mark Twain at Prospero's Books

Each night, beginning on Thursday, June 7th, from 5:15pm-6:15pm, and running through Saturday, June 10th, guest narrators read selections from Mark Twain at Prospero's Books (1800 W 39th St, Kansas City, MO) in their 2nd floor Cafe Caliban.

With support from SAG/AFTRA, 2018’s A Celebration of Mark Twain! is free and open to all and includes a slice of d'Bronx Pizza nightly for all audience guests and Mark Twain narrators.

Moderators

Bob Kaliban

Actor

Speakers

Scott Brick

Narrator / Educator

Saturday June 9, 2018 5:15pm - 6:00pm PDT
Prospero's Books 1800 West 39th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111

Live Reading

For Session Information www.hearnowfestival.org/celebrating-mark-twain1.html
For Program Information: www.facebook.com/Prosperos-Books-36723487766/?ref=page_internal
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

6:15pm PDT

Booksigning with David Ossman & Phil Proctor

The book signing will happen in the Main Lobby outside Bragg Auditorium.

Speakers

David Ossman

David Ossman is a comedian and a character actor (Firesign Theatre, A Bug’s Life, The Tick) having received 3 Grammy nominations for his work with Firesign.

Philip Proctor

Firesign Theater

Saturday June 9, 2018 6:15pm - 7:00pm PDT
Unitarian Universalist Church Bragg Auditorium

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

7:15pm PDT

ShakesRumble

Director Neil Hellegers leads the HEAR Now Festival's Shakespeare Company: Scott Brick, Robin Miles, Tavia Gilbert, Julia Whelan, P. J. Ochlan, Samantha Desz, Donna Postel, and Delaney Cinnamon.

Saturday, June 9, 2018 7:15pm - Bragg Auditorium Lobby

More than 400 years after they were first quilled, the plays and poems of William Shakespeare are part of the fabric of our literary and performance culture, ranging from movies to plays to coffee mugs to memes. This is all the more of a phenomenon considering that originally, the only way to witness these stories was in person, being directly addressed by the original company themselves. As part of the Hear Now Festival's continuing celebration and exploration of how the spoken words of William Shakespeare reach us, through means both classic and modern, we are getting back to that Direct Address...and then, to paraphrase a bit, we shalt prepare to Rumble...!
Yea, verily! Prepare thyselves for the dramatic event of the year, as the Company of actors deploy an array of soliloquies for your entertainment...and also for domination. Juliet v Henry V! Richard III v Hamlet!! Lady McB takin' out punks like so many damn'd spots! Come to Kansas City for the 2018 Hear Now Festival for the First Annual ShakesRumble!! More details to follow!

Moderators

Neil Hellegers

Voice Actor / Producer

Speakers

Scott Brick

Narrator / Educator

Tavia Gilbert

Robin Miles

Voice Actor / Director, Voxpertise

PJ Ochlan

Narrator / Producer / Educator

Julia Whelan

Voice Actor

Artists

Samantha Desz

Producer ABR Audiobook Awards Friday June 8, 2018 8:15pm Bragg Auditorium.

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Saturday June 9, 2018 7:15pm - 8:15pm PDT
Unitarian Universalist Church Bragg Auditorium

Performance, Festival Pass, Guest Passes, Ticketed

For Program Information: http://www.hearnowfestival.org/shakesrumble-2018.html
Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

8:30pm PDT

AUDIO Tonight! A Storytellers Cabaret

MC Julia Whelan with special guests David Ossman and Phil Proctor of the Firesign Theater.

Comedy, original audio plays, music, singing, poetry, story-telling and more are
featured throughout this 90 minute showcase.

Tickets available in advance or at the door.

Moderators

Julia Whelan

Voice Actor

Saturday June 9, 2018 8:30pm - 10:00pm PDT
Unitarian Universalist Church Bragg Auditorium

Performance, Guest Passes, Ticketed

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html

10:00pm PDT

HEAR Now Dance & After Party - Celebrating Our Audio Artists

Festival guests and attendees with ALL ACCESS PASSES are welcome to join us at CONOVER CAFÉ -- right down the hall from Bragg Auditorium for a drink, a nosh, dance music and lots of networking.

Thanks to Blackstone Publishing for sponsoring tonight's After Party.

Saturday June 9, 2018 10:00pm - Sunday June 10, 2018 1:00am PDT
CONOVER CAFÉ (next to Bragg Auditorium) 4501 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Mo. 64111

After Party, Ticketed

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-all-access-pass--ticket-order-form-for-hear-now-festival.html

9:00am PDT

Closing Brunch and Awards Ceremony

The HEAR Now Festival's Closing Brunch & Awards bring all participants together for a fun farewell. Workshop 101 will present the final installment in the podcasting series they have been producing over the last 4 days, while guests artists are recognized and Festival Awards are presented. The 2018 Norman Corwin Award for Excellance In Audio Theatre caps off the festvities.

BE SURE TO FLY HOME AFTER 3:00pm from Kansas City, to ensure you can enjoy the closing and be to the airport 2 hours prior to your flight.

Moderators

Cynthia Allen

HEAR Now Festival Director

HEAR Now Festival DirectorShe has been the NATF / HNF Festival Director for over 5 years, assisting program development, fund-raising and helping coordinate Festival event activities. For over 16 years, she has been a new media professor at New York University, teaching such courses... Read More →

Sue Zizza

Director / Producer / Festival Organizer, SueMedia Productions

Sue Zizza –was named the 2021 Norman Corwin Award for Excellence in Audio Theater, Sue is a transmedia producer, director, writer, and sound designer. She is the owner of SueMedia Productions, a full-service audio production company, and also Radio Waves Studios, a premiere audio... Read More →

Speakers

Marjorie Van Halteren

2018 Norman Corwin Award for Excellence in Audio TheatreThe Corwin Award will be presented to Marjorie on Sunday, June 10, at the Festival's Closing Brunch where she will be performing a new work created just for HEAR Now called The Butterfly's Cough, inspired by Fred Allen, who once... Read More →

Sunday June 10, 2018 9:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Holiday Inn Ballroom One East 45th Street, Kansas City, MO 64111

Awards Presentation & Performance, Guest Passes, Ticketed

Order Festival Passes & Show Tic http://www.hearnowfestival.org/2018-tickets--schedules.html