2008 NATF Audio Theater Workshop June 22, 2008

The National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc. (NATF) will host their 27th Annual Audio Theater Workshop in West Plains, MO, June 22-27, 2008. This unique week of audio arts training and hands-on participation is dedicated to all areas of audio production. Beginners to experts of all ages are welcomed for a week of learning, networking, and sharing. Returning to West Plains for the seventh consecutive year, the 2008 workshop will feature Shakespeare and Cowboy Poetry.

Live audiences will enjoy the fruits of the participants' experiences during a special performance Friday, June 27, in the Civic Center Theater. This performance will also be broadcast, webcast, and recorded. Highlighting this summer's weeklong event will be participatory workshops in, among other areas, script writing, performing and voice, and the technical aspects of this art form.

This year's workshop will feature Shakespeare and Cowboy Poetry. Guest instructors include: Female Cowboy Poet, Author/Artist, and self confessed Hysterical Relic Buckshot Dot (aka Dee Strickland Johnson); Sam A. Mowry, the founder and Executive Director of the Willamette Radio Workshop; and Cynthia McGean, Willamette Radio Workshop's dramaturge and resident playwright.

Registration form and scholarship application are available on the website.

Official Website: http://www.natf.org/atw.html