SHOWS

Laura

Presented by AFTRA/SAG Senior Radio Players

Tuesday, May 19
7:00 PM — 9:00 PM
Claudia Cassidy Theater
FREE

Otto Preminger directed the movie version using a great cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, and Vincent Price.  The film scored highly as a financial, artistic, and critical success.  The AFTRA/SAG Senior Radio Players have a well written radio adaptation of it, but admit they haven’t been able to discover the date it was aired or even the program or network that broadcast it.  However, consider the fascinating plot line of this film noir:  A police detective investigates the murder of a very beautiful woman named Laura, and finds himself falling in love with her. Falling in love with her?  Come on! That’s right. It happens when he sees her portrait and hears memories of her recited by others.  There’s a lot more to the story, and that’s why you’ll want to be seated on time for the show.

Audiences are invited to witness the performance of classic radio scripts by voice actors, sound effects artists employing as many manual devices as possible, and, often, a real, live keyboard player.  The AFTRA/SAG Players stay faithful to the original model by having to get it right the first time--no retakes permitted.