Park Players' "The War Of The Worlds -- The Panic Broadcast" Live On 88.1 The Park

Press release from Plymouth-Canton Schools:

The Park Players Theatre Company will present its latest live radio performance, The War of the Worlds---The Panic Broadcast, in a pair of shows this month on P-CEP's student-run radio station, 88.1 the Park.

An alien invasion throws humanity into chaos in the classic sci-fi novel The War of the Worlds--but all it took to cause real-life panic in the streets was Orson Welles's 1938 radio adaptation, which listeners mistook for actual news. The Park Players Theatre Company radio ensemble will recreate the colorful events surrounding the infamous evening, including the full original broadcast. Complete with vintage commercials and live sound effects, this radio-play-within-a-radio-play is a thrilling homage to the form's golden age and timely reminder of what fear can do to a society.

The broadcasts are a continuing partnership between the Park Players and 88.1, They serve in part as a fundraiser to help the theatre company recoup the funds lost due to the cancellation of in-person audience performance performances during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Broadcasts will air on February 12, 2021 at 7:00 pm and February 13, 2021 at 2:00 pm live on 88.1 FM or 881thepark.com

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