Radio Ghosts by Greg Romero

FULL-LENGTH (60 - 65 minutes): William Tell sees the world as one giant hologram after shooting his son in the face. Lorna carries an extra pair of rubber boots as she speaks through the waves of the Pacific Ocean. Dr. Abernathy, a physical scientist - and also a wolf - howls through the rings of Saturn in a 24-hour diner that is also a wilderness. What if someone was trying really hard to reach you and you couldn't hear them?
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Radio Ghosts

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  • Jillian Blevins:
    17 Jun. 2023
    “ Non-linear storytelling isn’t new, but it can feel gimmicky or unmotivated. Not so in this metaphysical miracle of a play in which reality spins around one unendurable, unnameable moment, the narrative orbiting it, unable to escape its gravity.

    RADIO GHOSTS is carefully crafted with tremendous economy. Here, form and content reinforce each other; heady discussions of quantum physics and the human brain illuminate the structure of the play, helping us piece together the mystery at its center.

    Sound is integral to RADIO GHOSTS, providing any designer with the opportunity of a lifetime.

    A haunting tale. ”
  • Jared Michael Delaney:
    27 Sep. 2022
    “ This play is haunting, imaginative, thoroughly strange and extraordinarily heartfelt. I had the good fortune of participating in an informal reading of this play and was completely transported by it. Highly recommend. ”
  • Arthur M Jolly:
    22 Jun. 2022
    “ Greg Romero has such a distinctive voice as a writer - and in this collaboration with soundscape designer Mike Vernusky, Romero has once again achieved something haunting, compelling and original - a theatrical experience unlike any other writer out there.
    I saw it at the Valdez Theatre Conference, with the sound design playing, which adds so much. For theatres looking for something immersive for your audience - read this play. ”
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WILLIAM TELL (M) mid 30s - 40s, sees holograms, hears waves, feels gravity, later
ABERNATHY/WOLF (M) mid - 60s, a professor of physical science and a wolf
LORNA ADAMS TELL (F) early 30s - 40s, speaks through, then becomes the Pacific Ocean

Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    Valdez Theater Conference (Valdez AK)
    ,
    2022
  • Workshop
    ,
    New Leaf Theatre (Chicago IL)
    ,
    2012
  • Workshop
    ,
    Painted Bride Art Center (Philadelphia PA)
    ,
    2012
  • Reading
    ,
    Boomerang Theater Company (New York NY)
    ,
    2011

Production History

  • Professional
    ,
    TBA Theatre (Anchorage AK)
    ,
    2023

Awards

Finalist
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Summer New Play Development Workshop
,
Hyde Park Theatre (Austin TX)
,
2019
Finalist
,
The Seven Devils Playwriting Conference
,
2012
Finalist
,
Bay Area Playwrights Festival
,
2012
Semi-Finalist
,
National Playwrights Conference
,
Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center
,
2012