From premiering new works by renowned playwrights like Greg Kotis to restaging avant-garde classics like Ubu Roi, Space55 has been bringing cutting edge theater to downtown Phoenix for over 14 years. For our final show of the season, were taking our biggest leap into the unknown yet: a full-on remote production! Space55 is proud to present our latest theatrical premiere: a radio play by Ear / The First Annual Bookburners Convention playwright Ashley Naftule. Loosely inspired by the life and work of legendary radio host Art Bell, Radio Free Europa is our first-ever foray into doing a completely remote production. Everythingfrom rehearsals to sound/art design to performingwill be done through conferencing. Unlike many Zoom shows, you wont see the actors. Were turning the cameras off and letting their voices, foley effects, and music tell the story (along with a little help from provocative visuals designed by David Matteson). A play structured around a series of phone calls, its uniquely suited to speak to our isolated, cabin feverish times.SYNOPSIS: Broadcasting from the Nevada desert, Delilah Peel hosts the nations most popular late night AM radio show. Fielding paranoid calls about UFOs, Bigfoots, dead pop stars, and chupacabras is all in a days work for Peel. But when her equipment begins picking up ominous transmissions from beyond the stars, she starts to worry that shes turning into one of her callers. Inspired by Coast to Coast AM, the works of Philip K. Dick, and the strange recordings of The Conet Project, Radio Free Europa is a darkly comic exploration of one womans struggle to find a signal in a universe full of noise.Directed by Dennis Frederick, with performances by Amy Garland, Scott Hyder, Julie Peterson, BJ Garrett, Ernesto Moncada, Sarah Starling, Aleks Hollis, Marcella Grassa, Mona Swan LeSueur, Willa Eigo, Cody Hunt, Matt Clarke, and Alex Tuchi.Radio Free Europas performances will be live-streamed Friday, May 15 thru Sunday, June 7th. Friday and Saturday shows at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2pm. Its free to attend the show. Donations are much appreciated. To get an invite, fill out this form and we will email you an invite the day before the show with the info you need to log in.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ziGChvieaTaV8ARbevshfAuuf8rCHm5KBPrdTIK-D-0/editSpecial thanks to Cherry Red Records for letting us use a song from their catalog for the show.
News About Radio Free Europa at Space 55
THE HIDDEN SEA Space 55's Maritime Fantasy Reboots The Virtual Play Experience With RPG Graphics
May 03, 2021 For Space 55's final virtual play of the season, they're combining surrealistic theatre & old school JRPGs like Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger-to create a work of video game theatre!
Space 55 Ensemble Performs RADIO FREE EUROPA
May 20, 2020 Space55 presents its latest theatrical premiere: a radio play by Ear / The First Annual Bookburner's Convention playwright Ashley Naftule. Loosely inspired by the life and work of legendary radio host Art Bell, Radio Free Europa is Space 55's first-ever foray into doing a completely remote production.
BJ Garrett Named New Artistic Director Of Space 55 Theatre
January 13, 2020 Space 55 Theatre Ensemble, the innovative voice for performing arts in downtown Phoenix, announces the appointment of producer, director, filmmaker and actor BJ Garrett to the position of Artistic Director.
Space 55 Appoints New Artistic Director
January 09, 2020 Space 55 Theatre Ensemble, the innovative voice for performing arts in downtown Phoenix, announces the appointment of producer, director, filmmaker and actor BJ Garrett to the position of Artistic Director.About the Theatre
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