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The War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script – Student Theatre Production Copy link to clipboard

Posted on October 21st, 2021

When:
November 7, 2021 @ 3:00 pm
2021-11-07T15:00:00-05:00
2021-11-07T15:15:00-05:00
Where:
Center for Fine and Performing Arts Theatre
Toledo-area Campus

Broadcast from New York’s Mercury Theatre in 1938, this infamous radio play, based on the novel by H. G. Wells, had many terrified listeners convinced that an actual alien invasion of Earth was taking place. Adapted by Howard E. Koch and originally directed and narrated by Orson Welles, this original script detailing the frightening tale of an extraterrestrial takeover comes to life onstage to thrill and chill audiences!