Writing Radio Drama
Thursdays, April 17, 24, May 1, 8 from 7:00-9:00 PM
Character, plot, story, description, soundscape, dialogue, these and more are the elements that combine in the author controlled medium of dramatic radio. This radio scriptwriting workshop will guide workshop participants through the process of creating short radio plays for WPEB. Participants should come to this workshop with a story idea on a topic or issue relevant to their community, and be prepared to get dramatic!
Award-winning writer Ed Shockley served as Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Dramatists Center and the American Concert Theatre at the Community Education Center. He has authored of more than 70 plays, films and the new book, Notes from a Practicing Writer. He has taught theater courses at Temple, NYU, Nassau Community College and continues to teach play/filmwriting and World Theatre history at the University of the Arts and Rutgers Camden. His radio credits include head writer for the NPR show, The Corner, Unsung Heroes; actor in Ishmael Reed's Mumbo Jumbo; and co-creator of the PDC Radio Play initiative.