CYGNET RADIO HOUR

Cygnet Productions produces plays and staged readings derived from diverse forms of literature: books, letters, short stories, epic poems, plays, essays, and ephemera. Cygnet Radio Hour is produce as “theatre for the ear.” Our programs are available FREE to all audiences.

End of Season Announcement 01/27/2022

End of Season Announcement Produced by Cygnet Production for your listening pleasure. All episodes are free to listen and share. Thank you from all of us to all of you! Host & Director: Louanne Moldovan /episode/index/show/cygnetproductions/id/21911891

A Christmas Carol 12/01/2021

A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol. Charles Dicken’s classic Christmas tale is brought to life by a cast of seven using an original script by Lisa Barck Garofalo, a cofounder of Portland’s New Rose Theatre. In this production, Dickens himself narrates the action, giving extra resonance to his vivid characters and the glorious renaissance of Ebenezer Scrooge. /episode/index/show/cygnetproductions/id/21298580

Withering Looks 10/30/2021

Withering Looks Find yourself transported into the front room of the Brontë Parsonage in Haworth where your hostesses Audrey and Olivia will lead you on a romp through the lives and letters of Charlotte Brontë (author of Jane Eyre) and Emily Brontë (best known for Wuthering Heights)—with a few zany detours. The duo's blundering comedy is right out of the British farce playbook. /episode/index/show/cygnetproductions/id/20976137

Louanne Moldovan sits with Maggie Fox & Sue Ryding 10/28/2021

Louanne Moldovan sits with Maggie Fox & Sue Ryding Listen in as our director Louanne Moldovan connects with the delightful duo Maggie Fox and Sue Ryding of LipService… described by The Guardian as “the Laurel and Hardy of literary deconstruction.” /episode/index/show/cygnetproductions/id/20976218

My Sweetie Is Gone! 09/05/2021

My Sweetie Is Gone! Oh no, my sweetie is gone! /episode/index/show/cygnetproductions/id/20370722

The Wild Party! 09/02/2021

The Wild Party! The Wild Party is a jazz-age, book-length narrative poem throbbing with passionate rhythms. Louche characters of all sorts engage in colorful debauchery, while main characters Queenie and Burr circle each other in a cynical, dangerous game of sexual power. /episode/index/show/cygnetproductions/id/20341004

CONVERSATION: Director Moldovan and Professor Sonia Sabnis chat about the Wild Party. 09/01/2021

CONVERSATION: Director Moldovan and Professor Sonia Sabnis chat about the Wild Party. Listen in as Artistic Director Louanne Moldovan and Sonia Sabnis, Associate Professor of Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Humanities at Reed College, discuss the power and poetry of language and rhyme in The Wild Party. /episode/index/show/cygnetproductions/id/20341082

Faith Healer 06/26/2021

Faith Healer Haunting, magical, mystical, Faith Healer tells the story of Francis Hardy, an Irish traveling faith healer, his wife Grace, and his Cockney manager Teddy. This play was voted as one of the 100 most significant plays of the 20th century and one of the "40 best plays of all time." This Cygnet Radio Hour production stars Bruce Burkhartsmeier as Frank, Vana O’Brien as Grace, and Keith Scales as Teddy. Bruce and Vana were recorded live in the studio. Keith was recorded virtually from Arkansas. /episode/index/show/cygnetproductions/id/19608944

CONVERSATION: Gemma Whelan speaks about, Faith Healer 06/26/2021

CONVERSATION: Gemma Whelan speaks about, Faith Healer Director Louanne Moldovan and Gemma Whelan, artistic director of Corrib Theatre in Portland, Oregon, discuss the power and potency of the language in Faith Healer. /episode/index/show/cygnetproductions/id/19609259

XINGU 04/27/2021

XINGU XINGU By: Edith Wharton /episode/index/show/cygnetproductions/id/18847316

CONVERSATION: DR. JAY DICKSON REFLECTS ON XINGU 04/27/2021

CONVERSATION: DR. JAY DICKSON REFLECTS ON XINGU Our Companion Conversation is with director Louanne Moldovan and Dr. Jay Dickson, Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College, discussing Xingu’s relevance today. /episode/index/show/cygnetproductions/id/18880916

ADDRESS UNKNOWN 02/28/2021

ADDRESS UNKNOWN This is the book that, in 1938, jolted America into recognizing the Nazi threat. The setting is 1932. Jewish Max lives in San Francisco; gentile Martin has taken his family back to the “new” Germany, where Max’s sister is on the stage. The letters they exchange chronicle the corrosion of their friendship as Martin is swept up in a warped Nazi ideology driven by intolerance. Address Unknown is as relevant today as it was in 1938. /episode/index/show/cygnetproductions/id/18096113

CONVERSATION: SR. RABBI CAHANA REFLECTS ON ADDRESS UNKNOWN 02/28/2021

CONVERSATION: SR. RABBI CAHANA REFLECTS ON ADDRESS UNKNOWN Producer/Director Louanne Moldovan and Senior Rabbi Michael Z. Cahana of Congregation Beth Israel in Portland, Oregon, will discuss why and how Address Unknown is relevant today, for Jews and for people of all faiths (or none). /episode/index/show/cygnetproductions/id/18125597

CYGNET RADIO HOUR TEASER 02/09/2021

CYGNET RADIO HOUR TEASER Cygnet Productions produces plays and staged readings derived from diverse forms of literature: books, letters, short stories, epic poems, plays, essays, and ephemera. In 2021, we are launching the companion Cygnet Radio Hour to produce “theatre for the ear.” /episode/index/show/cygnetproductions/id/17890547

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