SHOWS

The War of the Worlds

Presented by AFTRA/SAG Senior Radio Players

Tuesday, May 18
7:00 PM — 8:00 PM
Claudia Cassidy Theater

Audiences are invited to witness the performance of classic radio scripts by voice actors, sound effects artists and, often, live musicians. The AFTRA/SAG Players stay faithful to the original model by having to get it right the first time – no retakes permitted.

The War of the Worlds (originally broadcast October 30, 1938 on the CBS Radio Network as part of “The Mercury Theatre on the Air” series)
This is a radio play that Time magazine labeled “a textbook example of mass hysteria.” Listeners who were tuned into the program from its beginning knew it was simply a compelling drama adapted from HG Wells’ story; however, many of those who came in from government offices were real—and some who lived in the Grover’s Mill, NJ area tried to run from what they believed was almost certain extinction by creatures from Mars. The AFTRA/SAG Senior Radio Players are proud to re-create the script that made America love, hate, and most of all, become aware of a giant talent by the name of Orson Welles.