The War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script

by Howard E. Koch based on the novel by H.G. Wells

Directed by Matt Reckeweg

The infamous broadcast of a menacing alien invasion

What is real? What is orchestrated? And what do they want us to believe? In 1938, Orson Wells and The Mercury Theatre broadcast a radio version of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. The broadcast was so realistic that listeners panicked, thinking that a Martian invasion was actually taking place. We’re inviting you to experience the infamous broadcast from inside the studio as the lines between reality and fiction become increasingly blurred.

Cast

Rachel Menyuk

Emilia Pazniokas

Jon Reynolds

Mike Winch

Gill Rydholm (u/s)

Matthew Sparacino (u/s)

Production Team

Wendy Snow Walker (Production Manager)

Kerry McGee & Rachel Dixon (Producer)

Kenzi Wentela (Stage Manager)

Jason Aufdem-Brinke (Lighting Designer)

Mike Winch (Sound Designer, Composer)

Lee Gerstenhaber (Costume Designer)

Patti Kahil (Set and Prop Designer)

Jess Singley (Dramaturg)

Todd Hilgert (Graphic Designer)