Texas Radio Theatre Company
Art in Arlington

The Texas Radio Theatre Company is dedicated to preserving and performing the art of audio theatre, mainly through original works and classic adaptations.

The Texas Radio Theatre Company presents a time-honored form of entertainment known as live audio theatre. The Texas Radio Theatre Company is dedicated to preserving and performing the art of audio theatre, mainly through original works and classic adaptations. Our style of audio theatre is performed like most other live theatre, but it's lack of visual elements can draw the listener intimately into the action, much like a book or a storyteller can. Multiple actors, combined with sound effects and music, help audience members to create the story's scenes within their own imagination. The Texas Radio Theatre Company has been performing in the Arlington, Fort Worth and Dallas areas since Written and directed by Bruce R. Coleman, the series takes place in a little Texas town called Makepeace in the early 70's and centers around a strange visitor who suddenly appears on a night when all the lights go out for miles around. If you're concerned about that sort of thing, you might preview a few before letting your youngest listen in. Now that their first series is complete, we will attempt to keep our weekly podcast going as long as we can with original unedited material we have on our harddrives. Rich Frohlich, the founder of Texas Radio Theatre Company, has always been fascinated by the power of the spoken word especially when combined with music and sound effects. Adam was amazed with the story and encouraged some members of the Hip Pocket Theatre to read a few of the competed audio scripts and adaptations. Later that month, the group performed War of the Worlds at the Someplace Else bar in Arlington. Over 100 people came to hear that performance in the basement of the museum. We were floored, we were encouraged and so we asked around for thoughts, advice and suggestions. We received a lot of helpful responses, most notably from: storyteller Gregg Howard, Reading and Radio Resource, Tony Palermo from the museum of Television and Radio in Los Angeles, Roger Gregg of Crazy Dog Audio Theatre, Generic Radio Workshop, Henry Howard at audiotheater.com, writer DB Humphries, and Alex Burton. Our first year would have been much harder without their contributions. Over 70 people came to hear our performance of THE GREEN HORNET. On a performance night we showed up to a dark building with a locked door. We were going to perform at the Arlington Museum of Art, and if there was a function, we'd perform on the lawn. Since that surprise test of our tightly coiled guerilla theatre-like dexterity, the folks at Artistic Blends in Fort Worth, the Lancaster Theatre in Grapevine, various public libraries and other venues around our area have asked us to perform with them. They've given us support and encouragement ever since.