The University of Maine at Augusta
Rehearsing and recording the script with students in the studio
For over 10 years, I taught directed-study in audio production and a course in radio theatre to students at the University of Maine at Augusta. I worked with students to write a script, create sound effects, record, and mix the drama for radio.
We wrote scripts based on current events, such as, Comet Hale-Bopp crashing to the earth in a Maine farmer’s field. Space missions always included the sound of the spaceship performed by our beloved 16-track analog reel-to-reel tape recorder. The machine turns on with a low frequency clunk and emits the best 60Hz engine hum ever!
In November of 2003, Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as Governor of California. Because two of the students in the class did good impersonations of Schwarzenegger and Sean Connery, we wrote them into the script.
The following is an article I published about the radio theatre work in the newsletter of the Association of Independents in Radio:
The Governator's Cabinet
Arnold Schwarzenegger picks his cabinet.