Radio Suspense Theatre
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If you're looking for a stage-tested, audience-pleasing play that offers opportunities for both novice performers and the seasoned professionals alike, check out the benefits of producing one of the Radio Suspense Theatre stage plays available on this site. Radio Suspense Theatre plays have already enjoyed over 100 performances across the United States.
Royalties for five of these plays will be determined by your house size and the nature of your theatre company, but they will be much lower than royalties for typical plays that include music. Episodes 1 and 4 are handled by Playscripts, Inc and require a licensing agreement and full royalty payment through that publisher.
Follow the links above and below to navigate through the history of Radio Suspense Theatre.
Follow the Radio Suspense Theatre Ensemble as they blaze a trail through the first part of the 20th century with their popular weekly radio program, featuring two radio mysteries guaranteed to keep you in. . . suspense!
Each play in the series features two original mysteries inspired by the radio dramas of the era.
Your audience will also experience the backstage stories of the characters in the company as they get ready to go on the air. This provides an entertaining "inside" look at the process of producing radio drama.
These family-friendly plays are appropriate for audiences of all ages.
All of the Radio Suspense Theatre episodes require a single setting that provides for a production budget of any size.
Since much of the play is performed from the scripts, they are great training grounds for newbies to the theatre.
Even though companies have presented Radio Suspense Theatre as a series, each play is all self-contained. The original productions were successfully produced as a series out of chronological order.