WNEP Theater - The Armageddon Radio Hour NYE

"...a show full of verve, absurdity and good fun..."
-- The Stage (Edinburgh)

"Good evening Mr. and Mrs. Radioland and welcome to the Dunbar® Radio Hour!!"

"The Armageddon Radio Hour" takes place in a tiny radio studio in an American metropolis sometime between 1943 and 1945. It was a time when radio was king and the sponsors ruled the airwaves. Programs like "Amos and Andy", "The Bickersons", and "Lights Out" were all the rage and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt held the nation in his palm with his regular fireside chats.

It also takes place on the eve of what some say is the end of the planet. It seems that rumors have been spreading that DUNBAR®, a monopolistic corporation that manufactures everything from gum to GWAT®, has inadvertantly set off a chemical chain reaction that will level the very Earth, leaving only a scorched cinder floating in space.

And it's a comedy!!

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

"...WNEP [has] taken Paul Sills, old scripts from 'The Shadow' and the Book of Revelations and combined them into their own brand of Commedia Hell'Arte...the best show I've seen in Chicago..."
---F News Magazine

"...meticulous in their efforts to spoof an era when sponsors ruled the waves
and trite dialogue held listeners captive ...clever skits, vintage commercial spoofs
and spectacular sound effects..."
-- NewCity

"An outstandingly clever parody of the old wartime radio hours
...brilliant sound effects...an integrated and resonant work..."
--The List (Glasgow)