Audio Art

Emily is a would-be writer whose bubble life in NYC has popped. Finding life back home in Hawaii chaotic and unfulfilling, she becomes strangely activated after creating a sassy alter-ego for a radio bit. Told through a playful mixture of live radio, voicemail, and phone calls, Today Is My Birthday is a quirky comedy about life with a thousand friends on Facebook and no one to have dinner with on Saturday night.

Visit https://artistsrep.org/performance/today-is-my-birthday/ to purchase the Premium access and listen to the complete BONUS episode.

ART and TAC shifted focus to theatre works adapted into digital mediums, and co-produced a new audio drama starring 2nd-Year Conservatory students. This 70-minute audio drama was written specifically for seven students by acclaimed playwright Diana Burbano, and directed by ART Executive Artistic Director Dámaso Rodríguez. Award-winning sound designer Rodolfo Ortega (ART’s Magellanica) has created a cinematic soundscape and original score for the piece. The Vertical City audio drama is a character study set in a future-Portland built to survive the effects of climate change, and imagines how technology might evolve society at the end of the 21st century, both for better and worse.

Visit https://artistsrep.org/performance/vertical-city/ to purchase the Premium access and listen to the complete BONUS episode.

THE BONUS is a discussion podcast featuring Josie Seid and Shawn Lee, and takes listeners on a deep dive into the world of creating the living poem. Visit www.artistsrep.org for the complete BONUS episode.

Forget Me Not, America is an audio recording of a living poem that goes on an emotional ride through American history and centers on Black Americans. From Seid, “It is a journey that travels through pain and strength, frustration and hope, as it crafts a map of the African American experience in this country.” THE BONUS is a discussion podcast featuring Josie Seid and Shawn Lee, and takes listeners on a deep dive into the world of creating the living poem. Visit www.artistsrep.org for the complete BONUS episode.

In the inaugural storytelling project collaboration with Artists Rep and Back Fence PDX featuring the work of some of Portland’s best storytellers talking about everything from teen fashion sense to being a Black actor in Portland, OR.

Bonus podcast material is available when you purchase the premium access at https://artistsrep.org/performance/drop-the-mic/

Part 5 of 6

In 1986, scientists and engineers from around the world converge at the South Pole Research Station to figure out, among other things, if there really is a hole in the sky. In the darkest, coldest, most dangerous place on Earth, eight imperfect souls are trapped together. Utterly isolated from the outside world for eight and a half months, this research team must face life or death challenges, their own inner demons and depend upon each other for survival.

Featuring Vin Shambry, John San Nicolas, Sara Hennessy, Michael Mendelson, Allen Nause, Barbie Wu, Eric Pargac, and Joshua Weinstein.

Directed by Dámaso Rodríguez with sound design and composition by Rodolfo Ortega.

Additional premium content can be accessed with purchase at our website https://artistsrep.org/performance/magellanica-the-audio-drama/.

THE BONUS podcast, a collection of interviews with the cast and crew of Magellanica, dives a little deeper into the production process of making a staged play into an audio drama.

The full podcast is available for purchase at our website, https://artistsrep.org/performance/magellanica-the-audio-drama/.

Part 4 of 6

In 1986, scientists and engineers from around the world converge at the South Pole Research Station to figure out, among other things, if there really is a hole in the sky. In the darkest, coldest, most dangerous place on Earth, eight imperfect souls are trapped together. Utterly isolated from the outside world for eight and a half months, this research team must face life or death challenges, their own inner demons and depend upon each other for survival.

Featuring Vin Shambry, John San Nicolas, Sara Hennessy, Michael Mendelson, Allen Nause, Barbie Wu, Eric Pargac, and Joshua Weinstein.

Directed by Dámaso Rodríguez with sound design and composition by Rodolfo Ortega.

Additional premium content can be accessed with purchase at our website https://artistsrep.org/performance/magellanica-the-audio-drama/

THE BONUS podcast, a collection of interviews with the cast and crew of Magellanica, dives a little deeper into the production process of making a staged play into an audio drama. Our fourth episode features actors Barbie Wu and Eric Pargac. The full podcast is available for purchase at our website, https://artistsrep.org/performance/magellanica-the-audio-drama/.

Part 3 of 6

In 1986, scientists and engineers from around the world converge at the South Pole Research Station to figure out, among other things, if there really is a hole in the sky. In the darkest, coldest, most dangerous place on Earth, eight imperfect souls are trapped together. Utterly isolated from the outside world for eight and a half months, this research team must face life or death challenges, their own inner demons and depend upon each other for survival.

Featuring Vin Shambry, John San Nicolas, Sara Hennessy, Michael Mendelson, Allen Nause, Barbie Wu, Eric Pargac, and Joshua Weinstein.

Directed by Dámaso Rodríguez with sound design and composition by Rodolfo Ortega.

Additional premium content can be accessed with purchase at our website https://artistsrep.org/performance/magellanica-the-audio-drama/.