|
The National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc. began in 1979 as the Midwest Radio Theatre Workshop, and is a fully-qualified 501(c)(3) non-for-profit corporation based in Missouri. The mission of the NATF is to serve the advancement of audio theatre and evolving media arts through education and presentation. NATF currently incorporates the learning skills once offered at its annual week-long workshops into the Hear Learn workshop program. Click here for information on Workshop 101.
Over the years, instructors and special guests have included David Ossman, Phil Proctor, and Peter Bergman of the Firesign Theatre; Tom Lopez of the ZBS Foundation; Otherworld Media’s Judith Walcutt; Roger Gregg of Ireland’s Crazy Dog Audio Theatre; Yuri Rasovsky; Charles Potter; Sue Zizza; Simon “Arthur Dent” Jones; Richard Fish; and successful audio book narrators Barbara Rosenblat, William Dufris, Mirron Willis, and Kathy Garver. Many hundreds of participants have gone away from the Workshop, exhausted and inspired, with a strong sense of both the accessibility of the art form and of its enormous possibilities. Scores of new audio theatre groups and efforts have emerged all over the country as a result of the Workshop. As we enter the second decade of the millennium, NATF is greatly encouraged by the opportunities opened up by the internet, along with the increasing interest in voice acting for various arts, and is working to grow, move, and expand its scope. NATF is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. That means we are community. NATF needs your help and support to grow. Correspondence can be sent to: National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc. 4741 Central St., Suite 1279 Kansas City, MO 64112 |
Executive Committee
President: Steve Donofrio, Harrisburg, MO
Vice President: Russell McGee, Bloomington, IN Treasurer: Ellen Stewart, Sonora, CA Secretary: Angela Elam, Kansas City, KS Board of DirectorsAlice Anne English, Rockville, MD
Charles Potter, Malden, NY Renee Pringle, Washington, DC Tony Brewer, Bloomington, IN Thomas Tiggleman, Bloomington, IN Bonnie Bogovich, Austin, TX Meredith Ludwig, Boonville, MO Emily Labes, New York, NY Advisory Board Members
Charlie Potter (Chair)
Butch D'Ambrosio Mac Chamblin Helen Engelhardt The Firesign Theatre Roger Gregg: Crazy Dog Audio Theatre Jeffrey Hedquist Simon Jones Tom Lopez: ZBS Brian Price: Great Northern Audio Theatre Don Priest: Community Radio, Fresno, CA Ben Taylor: Recording Engineer, Tempe, AZ Randy Thom: Skywalker Sound Vanessa Whitburn: BBC Robin Whitten: Audiofile Magazine In memoriam: William Dufris
|
NATF is a Nonprofit 501(c)(3) Organization
|
|
