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Listener CommentsBelow are comments and questions we have received either by email or postal mail about "Shoestring Radio Theatre". |
February 24, 2000
Dear Monica and the entire SRT gang,
It's tough to put into words what radio theatre means to me and mine. Jessica and I are travelling across the country and are holed-up in Santa Fe, NM where we work, save and listen to you on KUNM 89.9, Albequerque. It's a long time from Sunday at ten-thirty to Sunday at ten-thirty, but, nonetheless, we wait week after week to hear what radio theatre will have in store for us.
Usually there are features from many theatre companies, we like yours a lot though.
Currently, I'm downloading radio theatre to my minidisc so I can listen to it between Sundays. I would like to visit your studio in San Francisco (once I get outta Santa Fe) and hope one day to be employed in radio theatre.
Thank you for your inexpensive form of entertainment.
I.C.
J.M.
May 6, 1999
I've been entangled in so many odd things lately -- and so I haven 't written to compliment you. But last night's Part II of "Intercom" was so wonderful. It was so sad at the end that I cried. (Not just because of the elderly lady who was insulted by that young man -- but because the marriage of that young man and his pregnant wife could have become quite abusive.) How that old couple must have loved each other. I'm reading a book in whose pages it sometimes states that mean words can make people sick. So the message was beautiful for the old and young marrieds. Something very lovely about that; maybe you'll re-run the play... It would be nice to have these plays given to schools of any kind anywhere -- many of them are so insightful and even the scary ones are cool. Some of the plays about corruption remind me of Aesop's fables.
Ernestine
San Francisco, CA
April 29, 1999
I LOVE Shoestring Radio Theatre. I listen to it religiously. I kinda have a ritual where I make a vanilla latte, turn off all the lights, and listen to the show in the dark. I've been a listener for over a month, ever since I found out about it. You guys are doing a great job.
Roz P.
January 23, 1999
Dear SRT,
I was thrilled to find you folks on the Internet. Ever since I did radio news back in Kona, HI in the early '80s, I have wanted to do radio theatre. I couldn't get my station manager interested but that is no surprise in Hawaii. I wrote plays and taught theater on the Big Island for many years. I am currently writng mystery novels situated in Kona. Now that I know you are out there I will get to work on a script for you asap. I will search the airwaves here to find your programs.
You made my day!
Sincerely,
Tom B.
February 02, 1997
Dear SRT,
Fancy Finding you here! I am curently writing a book on the Old Time Radio Theater. While doing some web research, I ran across your site. I just had a listen to one of your radio theater skits and must say it reminds me alot of Monty Python. I had not the time to listen to more but shall return for a listen at a later date. I am glad to see that someone of our time is curently producing such entertainment. I am an avid suporter of radio; I dislike the television and find most of my entertainment coming from radio.
Good work. Keep it up...
Randy Berry
YellRX Radio
December 26, 1996
Dear SRT,
I'm not very familiar with Internet communication, but when I tried to find something in my own field of profession, Radio Drama, I found you and your organization on the net -- and many others. Let me present myself: I'm head of the Radio Drama Department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. My department has produced radio plays on a regular basis for 70 years -- about 5000 productions during the years. We broadcast 3 different plays nation-wide every week (new or a repeat). We produce about 50 new plays a year.
Now, in Europe we have -- as you probably know -- many radio drama producing departments in many countries, cooperating in the EBU (European Broadcasting Corporation). But I was excited to know that there are still survivors and even newcomers in this field in the US! Of course, I know of the glorious period of the '30s and '40s when radio plays were produced in great numbers in the US. But I believed that we lost you more or less when TV took over. I'm glad I was wrong, even though Radio Drama might be a cult phenomenon for a rather sophisticated audience.
Yours sincerely
Nils Heyerdahl
November 11, 1996
Dear SRT,
I do radio theater, as well. For three years I produced a weekly half hour for the University of Iowa called "The Iowa Radio Project". Then they stopped funding it. I also have a comedy feature called "Ask Dr. Science" which has been on public radio for about thirteen years. Like you, I'm not getting rich, but I am getting to make art and find an audience.
Glad to hear you're putting out a show. My comedy group Duck's Breath Mystery Theater did quite a bit of radio theater. We got a CPB grant in 1985 and put out about 200 ninety second radio theater pieces called "Duck's Breath Homemade Radio". Some of those were pretty good. And we did a serial on KSAN, called "Rodo, Monster from Outer Space" back in 1977!
I live in Iowa City, Iowa. Used to go to MRTW in Columbia, Mo back when it was happening.
Keep slugging away!
Dan Coffey
August 9, 1996
Dear SRT,
"The Brian Situation" is quite possibly one of the most powerful things I have ever heard. I went through many emotions during the course of the show(s). Keep up the good work!!
Gordon Katz
Bangkok, Thailand
January 26, 1996
Dear Monica,
I work for WYPL-FM 89.3 in Memphis and we are proud to air Shoestring Theatre. Always wondered about how to submit scripts to you. Don't have any idea in particular but I would like to discuss the possibility with you. Keep up the great work!
M.P.
Memphis, Tennessee
Answer: Hi. Thanks for the kind words, we are proud to be on WYPL. We are an all volunteer organization, but if your play is accepted, you will get a cassette copy of the finished product. Please send an SASE. Thanks. You can submit scripts to me at:
Monica Sullivan, Producer
P.O. Box 590163
San Francisco, CA 94159-0163
August 28, 1995
Hello, out there! I just read about your new webpage on the OTR Digest and checked it right out. Very visual for practitioners of an aural art, and easy to use.... Good luck to you all. I keep telling folks that creative radio is more a matter of brains than budget and I suspect you'll prove me right.
B.J.
Binghamton, NY
May 2, 1995
Dear Shoestring Radio Theatre,
Radio! Old Radio! When I was kid radio wasn't old, and neither was I. I listened to everything and I recently discovered that I remembered nearly everything.
I took a course on The History of Radio at Chabot College in Hayward and was pleased to discover that I knew most of the test questions before I listened to the tapes.
I love old radio programs!
Even though Shoestring Radio Theatre cannot be considered old radio, its way of presenting stories in the old radio style is a delight to hear. Not too long ago SRT presented an adaptation of a Cornell Woolrich story which prompted me to write a note to you thanking you for a fine job. Cornell Woolrich is one of my favorite writers. I have nearly everything he wrote.
Well all of the above is by way of telling someone that SRT is a great program. There a million stories out there in the naked city just waiting to be told, and I hope SRT gets a chance to tell a lot of them.
Thanks for letting me listen and return to those thrilling days of yesterday.
Best,
S.S.
San Francisco, CA
September 15, 1994
Dear Shoestring Radio Theatre,
Recently heard one of your Shoestring Theatre programs and enjoyed it very much. Nostalgia. Memories of listening to radio programs when I was young. Hope this is a regular feature. And scheduled weekly at the same time.
Looking forward to future broadcasts of this program.
Also, read about it in the local paper. This is how I first heard about it.
Sincerely,
T.B.
Berkeley, CA