How do you do this audio drama stuff anyway? I’m not entirely sure, but we’re figuring it out!
I released MASTER BUILDER, my first audio drama, in July of 2019. Since then, Artist Soapbox has several audio projects in development and we are rolling full speed ahead, but today I took a moment to look back on the creation of my first audio fiction baby. In this short solo episode, you’ll hear about the background of MASTER BUILDER, some tips on creating audio dramas if you are a newbie, and some things I’d do differently.
Of course, this is just the tiny tip of the iceberg. There’s so much to say about the writing process, the rehearsal and recording process, the post-production process, and the post-release process. It is a many-headed beast. This solo is just a peek, and I hope you find it interesting.
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Triangle Theater-Maker Tamara Kissane Writes About the Birth of Her Audio Drama MASTER BUILDER
Ep. 25: Conversation with Triangle Theater-Maker Tamara Kissane on the Comeback of the Audio Drama
Photo credit: Erin Bell of Bull City Photography
BIO
Tamara Kissane (WRITER, DIRECTOR) is a playwright, theatre-maker, and podcaster for Artist Soapbox (www.artistsoapbox.org). Locally, she’s worked with Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern, Manbites Dog Theater, University Theatre at NC State, The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, Duke Theatre Studies, Transactors Improv, Summer Sisters, Archipelago and both hands theatre company. Tamara is a co-founder of Curious Theatre Collective and leads the Soapbox Audio Collective Writers’ rooms. Her stage-plays, The New Colossus and Master Builder were commissioned and performed by Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern in 2016 & 2018. Tamara’s first audio drama MASTER BUILDER premiered at the Women’s Theatre Festival NC before being released publicly in July 2019. In 2019, she received grants from the Manbites Dog Theater Fund, the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Durham150, and the Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artist Award (Durham Arts Council).
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