Body of Work

WAR OF THE WORLDS AN INTERESTING JAUNT THROUGH THE PAST
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October 21, 2002, Celia Baker, The Salt Lake Tribune

In 1938, a sci-fi radio drama called War of the Worlds caused a national panic. Thousands of American listeners were drawn into the realism of the broadcast.

One enters the Studio Theatre in October 2002 and becomes part of a studio audience for a radio broadcast from New York City's Mercury Theatre in 1938.

The trick of Plan-B's production is to put all the artifice of War of the Worlds on display for the members of its audience and still suck them into the story... a metaphor of man's—or America's—vulnerability.

One can close eyes and enjoy the story as its first audience did, or learn a visual lesson in the development of radio broadcasting by watching.

Heard any good plays lately? Try War of the Worlds, a Halloween treat with some clever tricks up its sleeve.