The Middlebury Radio Theater of Thrills and Suspense presents Red Army - Red Planet, an original Mr|Tots serial. Coming this fall to WRMC 91.1 FM.
Monthly Archive for July, 2008
This is the first installment of a five-part series on the production of a single Mr|Tots show from start to finished. Parts two through five (editing, music, casting, performance) will be posted over the next two-plus months.
While most of you have probably heard a Mr|Tots production through a live broadcast or a podcast, many might be unaware of the amount of work that goes into each episode of our show. Although we originally chose our projects not one week before they were performed, we now plan sometimes months in advance in order to accommodate our growing cast and take advantage of our increasingly sophisticated resources. The summer months are a valuable time for the Mr|Tots crew, since they offer the chance to prepare for the next batch of shows without the pressure of the Middlebury academic schedule. For the first part of The Making of a Mr|Tots Broadcast, we’ll be examining the process of conceiving of and writing an episode of The Middlebury Radio Theater of Thrills and Suspense. The episode in question: our upcoming production of Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep. As this is an adaptation of a preexisting work, there are differences from the process used for an original piece, but the principles are the same.
Continue reading ‘The Making of a Mr|Tots Broadcast, Part One - Writing’
