Red Room Radio Redux (R4) Updates – Fall 2014

Screen Shot 2012-12-10 at 3.16.14 AM‘A Christmas Carol’ on ICRT – FM100

On Christmas Eve, Dec 24 2014, ICRT- FM 100 will once again broadcast R4’s 2012 rendition of the timeless Dickens classic: A Christmas Carol.

Recorded at the ICRT studios in December of 2012.

Featuring the voice talents of Marc Anthony, Sarah Brooks, Mark Caltonhill, Ben Gagnon, Ronan Hsieh, Taili Hwang, Reider Larson, Manav Mehta, Murray Richardson, Angela Utshig.

Mastered by Sound Engineer Liu Ping.

Adapted for radio by Ignatz Ratskywatsky.

Directed by Ruth Giordano.

Show starts immediately after the 9:00 pm news.

 

Red Room Radio Redux (R4) Updates – Fall 2014

August

Aside 6 at the Red Room: R4 Reader Thomas Bellmore single-handedly tackled The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (the Original) by James Thurber. Carefully selected background music and live sound-effects were provided in R4-style by Director Ruth Giordano.

October

R4 was broadcast weekly over the airwaves of Taiwan via ICRT-FM100 reading our adaptations of selections from the canon of  Western Literature: Macbeth, Treasure Island, Sherlock Holmes & A Scandal in Bohemia and Two by Poe: Short Stories by the Master of the Macabre. We finished off the month with our rendition of Dracula. Each script had been adapted for R4 from the original by Ignatz Ratskywatsky (I.R.). Each hour-long program featured readers from the Red Room Community and, with generous support from Sound Engineer Liu Ping, had been given the full post-production treatment: background music carefully selected and timed, sound effects expertly mastered at the ICRT studio to enhance the listeners’ experience.

Mid-November

R4 contributed to the 5th Anniversary Event with a live presentation of A Most Dangerous Game, a short story from American literature in the 1920s. Two readers, Pat Woods and Rick Brundage brought the story to life with background music and sound effects provided by Director Ruth Giordano.

December

Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Reader’s Edition was read aloud informally at the home of Ruth & Peter Giordano. Red Room community members and new friends gathered for a cozy afternoon with tea and cookies and wine and chocolates. The book was passed freely from hand to hand and we sometimes heard a solo narration, sometimes a dialogue between characters. Each reader had several opportunities to read to the group in this supportive, non-competitive way.

What’s next?

While I.R. continues his research into potential adaptations, members have agreed that the informal reading, (ala the December reading party), is a fine way to nurture the spirit of listening. Plans are underway to gather monthly at homes or tea-shops. Under consideration for reading material: Alice in Wonderland, selections from The Odyssey. Additionally, individual readers are preparing short stories for recording.

Red Room Radio Hour, every Thursday in October

Every Thursday in October at 9 PM in ICRT FM100 The Red Room Radio Hour

COMING UP!

October 23: The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809 –1849) was an American author and poet best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre. His story, The Black Cat is a “first person” narrative, told by a man bedeviled by alcohol and a paranormal feline.

愛倫坡 (1809-1849) 是一個美國作家和詩人,最為知名是神秘與恐怖系列故事。他的故事 “黑貓” 是一個第一人稱敘事,

述說一個被酒精所擾的人與一隻奇異的貓故事。

October30: Bram Stoker’s Dracula

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Our story takes place in the late 1890’s. A British lawyer, Jonathan Harker, travels to Transylvania to meet a client, the charismatic and mysterious Count Dracula. The Count is interested in purchasing property in London. Harker is welcomed as a guest but soon finds himself prisoner in the Castle Dracula which is surrounded by bloodthirsty wolves and haunted by Undead Brides.

Dracula travels to England, seeking victims to support his thirst for blood. He seduces Harker’s fiancée, Mina Murray, and Mina’s best friend, Lucy Westenra. Lucy’s ill health draws the attention of her fiancée, Dr. John Seward, who, in turn, calls for help from his former professor and vampire hunter Dr. Abraham van Helsing. Together, this small band of survivors must defeat Dracula…before they, too, become Undead.

The original novel Dracula was written by Irish author Bram Stoker and first published in England in 1897. His novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film and television interpretations.

Bram Stoker was born in Dublin in 1847, and spent most of his career as a theater critic and later a theater manager in London. He wrote a number of other occult and horror novels, and had a strong personal interest in the folklore of Eastern Europe.

我們的故事發生在 1890 年代後期,一位英國律師,名叫喬納森哈克,前往特蘭西瓦尼亞拜訪一位神秘又有魅力客戶,德古拉伯爵。而伯爵對於購買英國的資產非常有興趣,因此哈克受到熱情款待,但是不久發現到他自己被亡靈新娘和嗜血狼人鎖包圍與困住,被囚禁在德古拉城堡。

德古拉旅遊前往英國,找尋著受害者來滿足他的飢渴所需的鮮血。他引誘著哈克的未婚妻米娜謬雷以及她最好朋友露西威士頓爾。後來露西開始生病與惡化,讓露西的未婚夫約翰蘇俄德博士引起了注意與採取行動,從以往的老師,教授亞博拉罕博士和吸血鬼獵人范海辛要求幫助。這個小型生存團隊必須在他們變成亡靈以前必須擊敗德古拉。

原著小說德古拉是由愛爾蘭作家布拉姆·斯托克撰寫,在 1897 年於英國發行。他的小說已經由眾多戲劇,電影和電視劇所詮釋。

布拉姆·斯托克在 1847 年誕生於都柏林,他大半生涯從事著戲劇評論家,而後期來到倫敦擔任劇院經理。他寫一系列恐怖小說,在中東歐地區民間家喻戶曉流傳著。

October 2: Shakespeare’s Macbeth

 

r4-macbeth-291x69px4The Tragedy of Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare in the early 1600’s, is considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies. Set in Scotland, the play tells the story of a brave general who receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King. Consumed by greedy ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth kills the King, and takes the throne. He becomes a tyrannical ruler, as he is compelled to commit more and more murders to protect himself. The bloodbath swiftly takes Macbeth and Lady Macbeth into realms of arrogance, madness, and death.

馬克白,由莎士比亞在 1600 年代所著,是一部其極為黑暗及悲劇的作品。故事背景在蘇格蘭,內容講述一名勇敢的將軍,從三名女巫的預言中得知有朝一日他會成為國王。由於貪婪野心和妻子 背地裡慫恿鼓吹,馬克白殺了國王奪得王位。從此,馬克白成為一名暴君,並且不得不透過更多殺戮保護自己。然而,無情地屠殺帶著馬克白和妻子走上囂張態勢、 殘暴、和死亡的之路。

October 9: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island

r4-icrt-TI-291x69pxTreasure Island, by Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, is the 18th century tale of young Jim Hawkins, who sets sail as a cabin boy on the Hispaniola, on a voyage in search of treasure hidden on a faraway island. In the course of his harrowing adventures, he comes across a motley assortment of devious seaman: Bill Bones, Black Dog, Old Blind Pew, Ben Gunn and that most notorious pirate of all, the one-legged Long John Silver, with the ever-present chattering parrot on his shoulder.  Along the way, Jim uncovers the crew’s plot of mutiny, comes face to face with their greedy and bloodthirsty tricks, and helps to rescue the ship as well as the stash of buried gold.
The story is told by Jim as an adult, looking back on his youthful, daring adventure. We begin by finding young Jim at home with his mother at the Admiral Benbow Inn, where the boy meets his first shadowy buccaneer, Bill Bones, and unknowingly comes into possession of an old treasure map…a map that everyone is after…

金銀島,由蘇格蘭小說家羅伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森著。背景自十八世紀青年賀詹姆(Jim Hawkins)從伊斯帕尼奧拉島揚帆啟程,在航程中找尋隱藏在遙遠島嶼的寶藏。在冒險過程中,他遇到一群狡猾奸詐的航海人,包含許多惡名昭彰的海盜,其 中最有名的海盜:單腳西渥弗(Long John Silver),和站在他肩膀上的活潑鸚鵡。沿路上,賀詹姆揭發了叛變的船員們,親眼目睹他們的貪婪以及各種詭計,最後拯救了航海船以及找出埋藏深處的黃 金寶藏。

本故事是賀詹姆成年後回顧他的青年冒險故事。從最一開始年輕的詹姆和他的母親在本葆海軍上將酒店家裡,這位小男孩認識了第一位神出鬼沒的海盜–骨頭比爾,並在無意中得到了一張古老藏寶圖…這張寶藏圖無數人正虎視眈眈著…

October 16: Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes/Doctor Watson story “A Scandal in Bohemia”

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A Scandal in Bohemia , by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, features the world famous fictional characters: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. In this adventure, our heroes are employed by the Duke of Bohemia to foil a cunning and beautiful blackmailer who is poised to ruin his reputation.

Sherlock Holmes disguises himself in order to garner information and gain access to the blackmailer’s home and, with the help of Dr. Watson, carries out a ruse to trick her into revealing the location of the incriminating evidence.

波希米亞醜聞,由英國作家柯南道爾爵士所著,

擁有世界著名的虛構人物:福爾摩斯和華生醫生。在這次冒險,我們的英雄是由波希米亞公爵用來襯托哪一位狡猾和美麗的敲詐者正準備毀了他的聲譽。福爾摩斯喬裝自己,在華生醫生的協助下,來獲得敲詐者家種種資訊,並且設計一個可以引誘他洩露罪證的局。

Adapted for Radio Drama by Ignatz Ratskywatsky
Read by Red Room Radio Redux members including:
Marc Anthony
Thomas Bellmore
Sarah Brooks
Rick Brundage
Marina Burana
Mark Caltonhill
Ruth Giordano
Taili Huang
Ronan Hsieh
Paul Jackson
Reider Larson
Manav Mehta
Nate Murray
Evelyn Philbrook
Ted Pigott
Murray Richardson
Nic Sando
Charlie Storrar
Pat Woods

Engineered for broadcast by Liu Ping
Directed and produced by Ruth Giordano

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ICRT BROADCASTS R4 Xmas Carol

TUNE IN!

ICRT BROADCASTS R4 Xmas Carol

ICRT FM 100 will air our story on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 at 9:00 PM and again on Christmas Day 12/25 at noon (Taiwan Time).

This recording was made late in the year 2012 featuring voices of Mark Caltonhill, Murray Richardson, Marc Anthony, Ben Gagnon, Reider Larsen, Angela Utschig, Manav Mehta, Sarah Brooks & Taili Huang. Recording mastered by Liu Ping.

You can listen live at ICRT FM 100 on the dial or online at www.icrt.com.tw Click on  LISTEN or “Listen LIVE!”

(c) Copyright 2013 Red Room.  Material on this site is the property of contributing members of the Red Room Community. Please do not copy any part of this publication. Thank you.

Volunteer & Internship Opportunities at the Red Room

rr-972x420-10The Red Room is an ever-expanding community, exploring and extending the boundaries between audience and performer; a not-for-profit platform for events developing a culture of learning to listen to each other, what is around us, and our selves.

We at the Red Room are always on the lookout for motivated and energetic volunteers. As a multi-arts organization, the Red Room offers opportunities for volunteers to gain experience in non-profit management and to help support a range of outstanding events.

Those who are interested in short-term volunteer opportunities at the Red Room should email red.room.taipei@gmail.com or call 0910 947 307 to inquire about ushering at certain events; helping to promote the Red Room’s events via emails, calls and flier/postcard distribution; cleaning and setting parts of the Red Room space; and other individual projects that arise from month to month.

Red Room also offers ongoing internships for college or graduate students and early- or mid-career professionals who are interested in gaining arts management experience.

Internships are part-time and unpaid; they typically last for the equivalent of an academic quarter or semester. Interns have the opportunity to work in an informal but extremely active administrative environment, and to witness an array of performances, rehearsals and workshops at the Red Room.

We seek interns in the following categories:

Assistant to Event Coordinator Intern:
Interns will assist with management tasks, including helping the event coordinator with Red Room activities. Responsibilities may include helping book events, scout artists, maintain and update the event calendar, reviewing and editing documents, correspondence and promotional text, special events tasks, and administrative duties such as database management, maintaining files and archiving. Previous experiences working with programming, event planning and/or artist management preferred but not required. Interns will be expected to work about 10 hours per week.

Publicity/Outreach Intern:

This intern works with the team to prepare and disseminate periodic press releases and listings e-blasts for Red Room events; helps field press requests and arrange press events as needed. The Publicity/Outreach intern should have excellent writing and communication skills. Interns will be expected to work about 10 hours per week.

Media and Website Intern
The media and website internship is ideal for individuals with relevant coursework in photography, videography, web development or web based graphic design. Both on-site and off-site internship opportunities are available. Responsibilities may include event photography, videography, web site maintenance and programming (this includes but is not limited to making ongoing revisions and uploading content to Red Room webpages, assisting in Red Room webpage redesigns, developing new webpages, assisting with other design and web projects as needed). Travel to event sites in Taipei may be necessary. Previous experience working with photo, video editing software, knowledge in html, experience using web and media analytics, experience using Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign preferred but not required. Interns will be expected to work about 10 hours per week.

Freedom to Write Intern

This internship is for individuals interested in writing about Red Room events in Chinese and/or English. Applicants should be interested in writing and editing and be eager to develop synopsis of Red Room events. Responsibilities include listening to Red Room Radio Redux shows and writing up appealing summaries which people can read on the Red Room website and e-news blasts. Candidates should have an interest in the performing arts, a flair for writing, and a facility with the English and/or Chinese language. Interns will be expected to work about 10 hours per week.

About Red Room Internships
Internships will be based at the Red Room unless otherwise specified. Internships are unpaid. Red Room will work with interns to comply with the requirements of internship-for-credit program at their institution.

Objectives
Interns will learn first-hand how a non-profit organization, as well as be exposed to various events within the Taipei community and have various networking opportunities with attendance members and performers. Interns will gain skills in non-profit management, event planning and public speaking. In addition to receiving experience and garnering recommendations from Red Room co-founders and/or event coordinators, interns have free admission to all Red Room events.

General qualifications
Candidates must be able to assume significant responsibility and work independently. Excellent communication and organization skills are required. Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs required. Interest or experience in NGO or non-profit organization/management and event planning preferred but not required. Graduate students preferred but qualified undergraduates are welcome to apply. Database, Web/graphic design and foreign language skills (especially Chinese) preferred but not required.

How to apply
Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to email a cover letter and resume to red.room.taipei@gmail.com, with the phrase “Red Room Intern” included in the subject header. In the cover letter, please indicate which internship position you are interested in assisting and describe why you want to be an intern at the Red Room.

Applications for Fall, Spring and Summer positions accepted on a rolling basis.

We encourage anyone interested in an internship to familiarize her- or himself with the Red Room’s programming and history before applying.

We look forward to hearing from you!

RRRR brings Dickens to ST&W

charles_dickensThe year 2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of the better known authors in the English-speaking world: Charles Dickens.

On Dec 15th, 2012, at the Stage Time & Wine @ Red Room event, Red Room Radio Redux, a company of voice actors from the Red Room community will read aloud their dramatized rendition of Dickens’ best beloved masterpiece ghost story: “A Christmas Carol”

 

RRRR Press Release

 

Contact: Ruth Giordano            For immediate release

Cell: 0981831320

Email: ruth.giordano@gmail.com

A CHRISTMAS CAROL COMES TO LIFE

A New Theatre Company Recreates Golden Age Radio Drama

To help in the world wide celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens Taipei’s newest theatre company, Red Room Radio Redux (R4) is producing two different productions of Dickens’ most famous work: “A Christmas Carol.”

For Taiwan’s radio audience the theatre company has teamed up with professionals at the studios of International Community Radio Taipei FM 100 to produce a magical piece of theatre of the imagination, enlivening the immortal characters in a special radio adaptation that recalls the class radio dramas of the 1930s and 40s. ICRT will broadcast this adaptation on Christmas Eve at 17:00, and twice on Christmas Day, at 08:00 & 17:00. ICRT broadcasts island-wide at FM 100.7 in Taipei & Kaosiung and FM 100.1 in Taichung. Listeners can tune in live over the internet at the ICRT wedsite: www.icrt.com.tw.

On Dec 15th, 2012, Red Room Radio Redux will present a staged version of the same script as they read aloud their dramatized rendition of Dickens’ masterpiece at the Stage Time & Wine @ Red Room event. This reading will recreate the atmosphere of a radio studio in the 1930s complete with live sound effects. For more information go to www.redroom.com.tw.

This past September, as part of the 5th Annual Taipei Fringe Festival, R4 produced “Open Your Ears! An Evening of Shakespeare”. A two-part evening, the show opened with an original script about Shakespeare love of actors and continued with a fresh adaptation of the story of Macbeth. Audiences were delighted with the antics of a troupe of voice actors run amok. In October, they brought forth their rendition of Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds”, set in a fictionalized Taipei City.

As part of the Red Room community which is designed to foster “a culture of listening”, the R4mission is to bring the spoken word to a wide community using simple techniques of readers’ theater and radio drama. As global citizens, the writers and actors at R4 have the opportunity to share the finest of the Western literary heritage; to re-kindle an appreciation of the great stories and find common purpose with the literature of the world.

In the future, R 4 will hold events that will welcome all to enjoy the fun of readers’ theater and radio drama. They will also produce special events: theater productions and radio broadcasts that will display the highest quality of performance and bring Red Room’s message, the value of the spoken word, to the widest possible audience.

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If you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with the director, please call Ruth Giordano at 0981831320 or e-mail ruth.giordano@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RRRR at the Taipei Fringe Festival

The postcards are all over town; the press has been already touting the show. Only four weeks until the world premiere of Red Room Radio Redux’s play for the Taipei Fringe Festival. Get tickets at http://www.walkieticket.com/product.aspx?P1=0000001070
Rehearsals are about to get really busy and the company is starting to collect props and costumes.
There’s still time to get involved email ruth giordano <ruth.giordano@gmail.com> for more information.

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