VANCOUVER, Wash. – A live radio adaptation of “The Case Files of Dr. Moreau” will be performed at 7 p.m. April 22 at the Kiggins Theatre. The event is free and open to the public. The performance is a collaboration between Kiggins Theatre, the Willamette Radio Workshop, and Washington State University Vancouver’s Creative Media and Digital Culture program.
“The Case Files of Dr. Moreau” is William S. Gregory’s adaptation of H.G. Wells’s 1896 science fiction novel “The Island of Dr. Moreau.” The novel focuses on a scientist’s attempts to convert animals into humans using vivisection, and its themes include pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity and human interference with nature. The radio adaptation examines these themes from the perspective of the “manimals”—the creatures of Moreau’s experiments.
The show will be performed by the Willamette Radio Workshop, directed by Sam A. Mowry. Students from the audio performance class at 91ԹϺ will provide multimedia sound and visuals. John Barber, faculty member in 91ԹϺ’s Creative Media and Digital Culture program, teaches the course and produced the performance as part of his Re-imagined Radio project.
Each of Barber’s Re-Imagined Radio productions begins with a live recreation of a historic radio drama complete with voice actors and Foley sound artists. Various digital and multimedia components are added to increase opportunities for audience engagement and to introduce student digital storytelling work from Barber’s classes. The result, says Barber, is a new way to think of sound as the primary element of good storytelling.
Doors for this performance open at 6 p.m. Concessions, beer and wine will be available for purchase. The Kiggins Theatre is located at 1011 Main Street, Vancouver, Wash.
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