Pringle Midwest
Audio Fiction Revival 2026
National Audio Theatre Festivals is pleased to announce the dates of our annual celebration of audio fiction & arts:
The Pringle Audio Fiction Festival is set for Thu, June 25th-Sun, June 28th, 2026 featuring evening performances, in person workshops and a live broadcast finale in Columbia, MO.
THURSDAY: Enjoy an evening of the audio arts with
Columbia Writer's Guild and National Audio Theatre
Festivals at SPOKEN: A Celebration of the Spoken
Word, featuring NATF guests Dwight Frizzell, Greg
Mackender, Norbert Herber and Tony Brewer. 6-10 pm
at Cafe Berlin, 220 North Tenth St, Columbia, MO
FRI: Join NATF for an episode of the new TREASURE
ISLAND, A historic radio reimagining of R.L.
Stevenson’s adventure classic, told in eight hourlong
chapters and fully dramatized, with
cinematic Sound Design from Skywalker’s Randy
Thom and MelodyGun Sound Studios, Burbank.
The first episode will be followed up by a Q&A
session from Orson Ossman and Katie
Hendrix.
SAT NIGHT SHOW! Doors at 6:30 pm, Show at 7
pm, featuring two original Audio Plays with live
SFX and live band. Auditions coming soon!
WELLSPRING featuring Marideth Sisco (Ozark folk
singer), Tony Brewer (Waterphone, a midi-water
instrument), Steve Donofrio (singing bowls), Greg
Mackender (midi-water instrument) and Dwight
Frizzell (composer, clarinet, midi-wind
instrument and multi-channel sound).
2026 Corwin Award Ceremony
ICK AND THE CHARM Written by Steve D’Onofrio &
Abridged by Butch D’Ambrosio featuring Special
Guest Barbara Rosenblat, acclaimed audiobook
narrator & "Miss Rosa" in the Netflix original
series Orange is the New Black.
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Promote, Educate and Inspire Great Audio
Promote
Hear Now Palooza
NATF’s juried competition for recorded sound works. Podcasts, Audio Fiction and Theatre, Sound Art, and two new categories: Audiobooks and Game audio.
Educate
Hear Now Workshops
Our dedication to educational opportunities in the audio arts includes instruction in basic production as well as more advanced topics such as sound design, directing for audio, game audio and script writing.
Inspire
The Corwin Award
Every year, the Norman Corwin committee of the NATF bestows an award in his honor to a person or group who has made an outstanding contribution to American radio drama.
About The National Audio Theatre Festivals
The National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc. inspires, educates, promotes, and celebrates storytelling through sound. We endeavor to make the artform accessible to anyone who is passionate about it. Formerly the Midwest Radio Theatre Workshop, we are a fully qualified 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation based in Missouri.
Audio Fiction Fest 2026
Details Coming Soon