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Penfold offers a free performance series of golden era radio scripts from UT’s Harry Ransom Center archive, including Macbeth, Vanity Fair, and This Side of Paradise.
From 1945 to 1963, listeners across the nation tuned in to Theatre Guild on the Air. Created by the Theatre Guild, which produced 220 plays on Broadway, Theatre Guild on the Air broadcast radio retellings of classic and contemporary plays, bringing the Great White Way to Main Street, USA.
Now, Penfold Theatre is hosting a series of live readings, free-of-charge, from the Theatre Guild on the Air Collection at the Harry Ransom Center of the University of Texas. Performed in the live radio show ... view more »
ADMISSION INFO
Tickets are free. However reservations are required in advance due to safety procedures and limited seating.
INDIVIDUAL DATES & TIMES*
Additional time info:
SEPTEMBER 5TH @6pm
Macbeth
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Marcus McQuirter
SEPTEMBER 19TH @6pm
This Side of Paradise
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Directed by Carl Gonzales
OCTOBER 3RD @6pm
Vanity Fair
By William M. Thackeray
Directed by Rosalind Faires
After each hour-long reading, Penfold’s artistic directors will host a discussion between the audience and artists.