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A Guide to the Production of Audio Plays
in Twenty-first Century America

by
Yuri Rasovsky

last modified July 18, 2006

© 1999 - 2006 Yuri Rasovsky. All rights reserved. No part of this web site may be reproduced in any form without express written permission from the author or the National Audio Theatre Festivals.

to
Michelle M. Faith
without whom I'd have had no career
and far less aggravation

CONTENTS

1. Introduction by Norman Corwin
2. Give Me a Break!
3. Overview
4. Project Management
5. The Production Assistant
6. The Text
7. Manuscript Formats
8. Microphone Acting
9. Casting
10. Blocking in Stereo
11. Directing Actors
12. Production
13. Foley
14. Appendices
    1. Audio Dramatist's Lexicon
    2. Professionalism and Studio Etiquette
    3. Credits and Announcements
    4. Useful Forms
    5. Vocal Health
    6. MP3 Files (incomplete, in-progress)
    7. Further Study
15. About the Author

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published by The National Audio Theatre Festivals Gresham, OR

This volume is funded in part by grants from The National Endowment for the Arts

A print version of this book is available for purchase. For details, please contact:
Nannette Taylor Executive Director - NATF ED@natf.org
National Audio Theatre Festivals
PO Box 3535
Gresham, OR 97030-0396