OTHERWORLD MEDIA
P.O. Box 566
Freeland, WA 98249
Voice: (360) 331-2813
Fax: (360) 331-6527
Founded in 1981 and incorporated as a 501c(3) non-profit
organization in Washington State by Judith Walcutt, Otherworld Media has
developed, produced and created programs for young people, radio theatre for
all ages, stage performances, full-production audio drama, spoken books,
educational workshops and conferences, entertainment and variety radio
broadcasts.
Writer/producer Walcutt has specialized in media for
young people, beginning with the creation of “The Last Jack-in-the-Pulpit” for
community radio station KRAB-Seattle, in 1979.
The non-profit corporation has received contributions and
support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for
the Humanities, the Seattle Arts Commission, the Fremont Arts Council, the
Washington Commission for the Humanities, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the
Pennsylvania Council for the Arts, the Bell Foundations, Sno-Boy Inc. and
Tradewell Stores, Citicorp, the M&M/Mars Candy Company, General Motors, the
Ahmanson Foundation, the Bicentennial Commission on the U.S. Constitution,
Academy Hall, McGavren Guild/Interep Radio, Chihuly Inc., and private
contributors.
OTHERWORLD MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
AUDIO
THEATRE PRODUCTIONS 1988-2000
Produced
by Judith Walcutt
Written
and Directed by David Ossman and Judith Walcutt
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
A Centennial Celebration presented by The Children’s
Museum of Los Angeles. With Harry
Anderson, Rene Auberjonois, Annette Bening, Phyllis Diller, Joanna Gleason,
John Goodman, Robert Guillaume, Mark Hamill, Maurice La Marche, Michael
Learned, Mako, Phil Proctor, Nestor Serrano and Michelle Trachtenberg. Afterword by Ray Bradbury. Unabridged audio adaptation, winner of the
Gold Parents’ Choice Award and the Golden Headset Award. (4 hours)
THE WAR OF THE
WORLDS 50TH ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION
GRAMMY-nominated for Best Spoken Word production,
digital sound design by Oscar-winner Randy Thom at George Lucas’ Skywalker
Ranch, an international broadcast event, this contemporary NPR/CNN version of
the Orson Welles classic stars Jason Robards with Hector Elizondo, Steve Allen,
CBS newsman Douglas Edwards and public radio personalities Scott Simon and
Terry Gross. (1 hour)
An entirely new production of Corwin’s
history-making 1941 broadcast honoring the 200th anniversary of the
signing of the Bill of Rights. Forty
celebrated performers include James Earl Jones, Richard Dysart, Esther Rolle,
Lloyd Bridges, Tom Bosley, John Ireland, Fess Parker, Jesse White, Studs Turkel. Score by Libby Larsen. Winner of the A.B.A.’s Silver Gavel, three
Gold Medals at the N. Y. International Radio Festival and the CPB Silver
Medal. (1 hour)
The epic history of early broadcasting and the tragic interactions of the lives of three men: inventors Edwin Armstrong (David Ogden-Stiers) and Lee de Forest (John Randolph) and NBC mogul David Sarnoff (Harris Yulin). Narrated by Steve Allen, with Bonnie Bedelia, Jayne Meadows, John Astin, Ed Asner, Gary Owens and Harry Shearer heading a cast of thirty-five. Ken Burns’ 1992 documentary film was based on the same Tom Lewis book as this dramatic adaptation. A General Motors “Mark of Excellence” production. (3 half-hours)
The first Philip Marlowe short story, recorded, in a gritty, “radio noir” style, entirely on location in the Pacific Northwest where Chandler originally set it. Harris Yulin stars as Marlowe with Harry Anderson as the lethal bad-guy “Sunset.” With an outstanding cast of Seattle actors including Peggy O’Connel, David MacIntyre, John Gilbert and Kevin O’Morrison and an original blues score, featuring Janie Cribbs’ torchy “My Lonely Love Affair.” (1 hour)
An hour-long family comedy written especially for the great voice artist June Foray (aka Rocket J. Squirrel) in the role of Mavis Murgatroyd. Mavis and her shy broomstick travel the globe on Hallowe’en Night, from Russia to Japan, on to India, ending at a chili-cookoff in New Orleans. Each of the adventures is based on a regional folk-tale and features authentic musical instruments and score. Winner of Gold and Bronze Medals at the New York International Radio Festival, the NFCB Golden Reel for Best National Drama, a Silver Award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and a Major Armstrong Award for Creative Use of the Medium. (1 hour)
THE DOOR IN THE WALL
Margurite de Angeli’s Newberry Award-winning novel, set in Medieval England, in a three-part adaptation largely recorded on location in and near Philadelphia. A stirring adventure in which a disabled youth, Robin, saves Castle Lindsay, helped by a Minstrel and a Monk. Narrated by Colleen Dewhurst, supported by an original score for ancient instruments. Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Winner of two Silver Medals at the New York International Radio Festival and two Silver Awards from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. (3 half-hours)
THE RED BADGE OF
COURAGE
Steven Crane’s novel of the Civil War in a two-hour, four-part adaptation, utilizing authentic period military effects, extensive location recording and a large cast of Boston-area actors featuring a stylish and sensitive performance by John Hickok as the Youth, narration spoken by David Ossman and an original score by John Adams. Produced for the WGBH series “The Spider’s Web.” (4 half-hours)
“THE USE OF FORCE”
& “THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD”
Short stories by William Carlos Williams and Norvall Morris adapted and produced for “The Heart of the Story,” part of the William Benton Broadcast Project at University of Chicago. National Educational Association prize-winner. With Hector Elizondo, solo, in the Williams story and an international cast from CBC, Vancouver, in the Morris story, set in Burma and featuring a fictional George Orwell. (2 half-hours)
AN URSULA K. LE
GUIN DOUBLE BILL
With Betty Garrett virtually solo in an original audio play, “The Phoenix,” and Ms. Le Guin reading her own “Introducing Myself.”
GISH JEN’S “THE
WATER FAUCET VISION”
With Rosalind Chao and full cast in an adaptation of Jen’s short story by D. Roberts.
Both programs funded by the National Endowment for the Arts as pilots for a series devoted to women writers. (2 half-hours)
MIDWEST RADIO
THEATRE WORKSHOP 10TH ANNIVERSARY
Live theatrical broadcast produced by Judith Walcutt, including a production of Norman Corwin’s “The Odyssey of Runyon Jones” directed by David Ossman. Winner of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s Gold Medal. (about 2 hours)
RADIO MOVIES
A series of twelve two-hour audio theatre productions produced for WGBH, Boston, conceived and produced by Judith Walcutt and David Ossman, including three original radio productions: “Jacques and His Master,” a comedy by Milan Kundera with Tom Derrah and Robert Drivas, “Orchids in the Moonlight” by Carlos Fuentes with Carmen deLavellade and Liliane Montevecchi and Stephen Crane’s “The Red Badge of Courage.”
A musical comedy, written and with lyrics by Judith Walcutt, produced by the Los Angeles Children’s Museum, sponsored by Del Monte. This three-character show toured museums nationwide, including a stay at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. in 1996-1997.
THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS
(WHIDBEY ISLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS)
love is a place :
an e. e. cummings cabaret
The “autobiography” of America’s great modern poet from his childhood in Cambridge to his celebrity as a writer and artist. Told in cummings’ poetry, letters, essays and self-interviews by three actors with a musical score by Little Jack Melody and His Young Turks. David Ossman’s original BBC drama adapted to the stage.
“RADIO NOIR” AND
“SUMMER RADIO FESTIVAL”
Four “live radio” events, with detective stories featuring Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade, Mr. and Mrs. North and premiering Walcutt/Ossman’s original, “Food Crimes: The Adventures of Mimsy Borogrove.” Also, “George Tirebiter’s Radio Follies,” “New Mexican Overdrive,” Ring Lardner’s “Haircut,” Edith Wharton’s “Xingu” and “Additional Dialogue: Tales From Hollywood.”
SAM HAMILL AND
POETS AGAINST THE WAR
A hour-long program drawn from the Spring 2003 anthology of anti-Iraq war poems edited by Sam Hamill and read by a dozen writers and actors ranging in age from 15 to 66. A 35-minute reading of his own work by Mr. Hamill, who is the editor of Copper Canyon Press in Port Townsend WA. The entire 90-minute program is available on CD.
A half-hour mystery/comedy written by Judith Walcutt and David Ossman, produced by KCTS/9, Seattle Public Television. Aired November 1991 and several times thereafter. Winner of Northwest Regional Emmy Award.
RADIO & THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS FOR
CHILDREN
Written, Produced and Directed by Judith
Walcutt
1979-1988
THE LAST JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT
A short story about a young girl who learns to leave the wild flowers growing in the forest. Produced for KRAB, Seattle, 1979.
MC FIDGEN AND COMPANY: The Day
Before Valentine’s Day Bog-Down
A comedy-adventure story for KRAB, funded by the Seattle Arts Commission, 1980.
MC FIDGEN AND COMPANY: “The
Last Plum-Colored Cloud”
Another adventure story, produced for the Academy of Media and Theatre Arts, San Francisco, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, 1980.
MC FIDGEN AND COMPANY: “The
Return of the Rainwater Basket”
A time-traveling adventure story in six half-hour episodes, drawing on Pacific Northwest history and Native American culture, including a curriculum guide. Funded by the Washington Commission for the Humanities and Snoboy, Inc., 1981-1982.
THE DRAGON’S COMB
A mystery-adventure in four hour-long episodes based on Wagner’s Ring operas and The Volsumg Saga. Produced in front of a live audience at The Magic Theatre, San Francisco with the Academy of Media and theatre Arts and Young People’s Theatre, 1983.
THE OTHERWORLD BALOON
A series of modular radio pieces featuring children’s journeys to imaginary worlds, recorded on location at various elementary schools and at the Los Angeles Children’s Museum, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, 1982-1984.
THE SPIDER’S WEB
Young People’s Radio Theatre, Classics of 19th Century American Literature Series. Judith Walcutt was Associate Producer, thirteen half-hours. Based at WGBH, Boston, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1985.
EAST OF THE SUN, WEST OF THE MOON
The award-winning Children’s Audio Service, presented by the Southern Educational Communications Association, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and distributed by National Public Radio. Hosted by John Lithgow. Judith Walcutt developed, wrote and produced segments for eighteen half-hours, 1983-1988.
RADIO HAIKU
A series of 21 ninety-second radio spots produced with specially-abled and physically challenged Junior High students, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and Very Special Arts, Minnesota, 1986.