Steve Oney to Speak at Northern New England Audio Theatre Conference 2000

Keene State College, Keene, NH, July 14 - 16.
Steve Oney will be speaking at Keene State College, during the Northern New England Audio Conference. The conference is geared towards performers, radio personnel, writers, teachers, producers of radio or audio works, and radio or theater buffs--no experience is necessary.

The goal of the conference is to network people interested in preserving and expanding the field of radio and audio theater for future generations.

The conference includes workshops in three basic categories--writing for radio, performance, and technical/production considerations and demonstrations. Auditions will be held on Friday evening for two shows which will be recorded on Sunday, to be submitted for national broadcast distribution by Radio Works. A digital video of the production will also be made.

Writing workshops include writing your own script, writing short (3-5 minutes) scripts for a daily broadcast, radio dramas in the classroom as a language arts curriculum, adapting short stories as radio plays, and writing and producing mysteries.

Performance workshops include acting for radio, working with actors and directors, vocal warming and breathing exercises, developing character voices, developing the character, aural vs visual perceptions when writing or performing to create an image, and how to scream without hurting your vocal chords (by Hollywood's Scream Queen).

Technical workshops include developing the soundscape, recording considerations in and out of doors, on-location, microphone choices, analog vs digital, etc., recording and editing with Sonic Foundry products, streaming for the internet, minidisc recording, sound effects, starting your own radio theater group and more.

Register Now! Conference fee of $150 is payable to Janine Preston, PO Box 113, Gilsum, NH 03448. Rooms are available on the KSC campus. For further information, call 603-357-0635 or e-mail wknhradiotheatre@yahoo.com.