Synopsis:
TALK RADIO
By Eric Bogosian
A Dark American Satire
‘’Talk Radio is a 1987 Pulitzer Prize-nominated play written by Eric Bogosian, based on a concept by Bogosian and Tad Savinar. It centres around Barry Champlain, a Cleveland-area radio talk-show host on the eve of his radio show's national syndication. Champlain is a provocateur shock-jock, whose constant espousal of his inflammatory views and ceaseless hectoring of his callers and listeners reaps equal parts love and hate. Thousands of listeners tune in every night for his rants against contemporary America and the riotous insults he throws at callers. But on the other side of the microphone, the line between persona and personality becomes blurred. The play becomes less about the program and focuses more on the inner struggles of its host and how he has become incapable of connection beyond his phone lines, beyond the persistent calls of his eccentric, foolish, often adoring, often despising but never indifferent, listeners – beyond the people who allow Champlain to, as his operator explains, think of himself as God.’’
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• Production team:
Producer: Emilie Guillot
Director: Candice Moore
Production Manager: Van Chui
DSM/ Lighting Designer: Van Chui
Set Design: Bee Wan
Stage Manager: Kannie Chung & Leema
Assistant Prod. Manager: Chloe Tsang
• Name of artists:
Barry Champlain: Leon Hill
Stu Noonan: Joshua Wolper
Linda Macarthur: Janice Jensen
Dan Woodruff: Mike Paleos
Sid Greenberg, Male Callers: Brad Powers
Bernie, Male Callers: Eric Krueger
Kent: Daniel Garcia
Dr Susan Fleming, Female Callers: Tammie Rhee
Rachael, Female Callers: Louisa Ward
Male Callers: Henry Coombs
Announcer: Russell Wait
• Venue: Fringe Theatre, Fringe Club, Central
• Dates: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th of December, 5 nights.
• Time: 7:45pm & 2:45pm (Saturday Matinee & evening)
• Ticket price: HKD 240 Full price
HKD 180 HKTA Members
HKD 200 Students, Disabled, Senior
HKD 200 Fringe Club Members &
Citibank I.T Visa Cardholders
• Booking: www.hkticketing.com - 31 288 288
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