Teaching Audio Theater

There are various outlets that I teach creating audio dramas.

At Chapman University/Dodge College I teach two courses in the Spring Semester that have an audio-drama emphasis:

Sections 133 – Audio Techniques

Section 417 – Writing for Audio

Writing for Audio, part of the Writing for Evolving Platforms Track, focuses on scripted narratives that have no visual component. This class will explore several methodologies and writing methods that best illustrate something aurally onto the page. Most screenwriting classes emphasize “show not tell”, while this employs “show through tell”. With various exercises focusing on the individual components of sound and dialogue, the class will eventually build to creating a script that will be fully casted, recorded and produced in partnership with the Audio Techniques course.

For those who might be interested in the course, it is at night, and there are ways to join who are not fully enrolled at Chapman. Also, if you don’t have the prerequisites, those can be waived if I petition it. If you are interested please contact my EDU email: cwayland@chapman.edu 

At USC School for the Dramatic Arts I teach in the Fall:

499 – Audio Drama Production

This course covers from the writing and production of audio-dramas throughout the semester, leading up to one final project at the end.

---

In the Summer, I teach the Workshop 101 for Audio Drama at the Hear Now Festival in Kansas City that runs in June. http://www.hearnowfestival.org/workshops-101.html

For samples of previous work, feel free to check out our “Theater for the Mind” podcast channel that has several of our past productions: