“No one would have believed in the first years of the 21st century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than our own...””
SYNOPSIS
In this 90-minute online audio experience, originally presented live each night in October 2020, H.G. Wells enters the 21st century as a Chicagoland science journalist thrust into the events of an alien invasion after a meteor from the “Red Planet” Mars crashes outside the suburbs of Chicago at the start of the new decade.
Separated from family, friends and everything they’ve ever known, the eclectic cast of Chicagoland characters must do everything in their power to survive as our world comes crashing down around them. As the Martians reveal their deadly Heat-Ray and their true intentions, whirling our characters into hair-raising chases across Chicago one question remains: is life on Earth doomed?
Actors play dozens of characters in an online theatre experience unlike any other, created by a company critically-acclaimed for its “innovative,” “elaborate,” and “viscerally compelling” storytelling.
Hear HG Wells’ Martian invasion masterpiece like never before. A WAR OF THE WORLDS was presented:
LIVE: Each performance brought our cross-continental cast (broadcasting from Chicago, Vancouver, and New Orleans) directly to listeners in real time.
ONLINE: We’ve created a pandemic-safe performance you can safely tune into from your own home or pod.
AUDIO: Create a dark cozy space, turn off your screen, and crank up your speakers.
DRAMA: Not an audiobook. Not a podcast. Not a staged reading. This is theatre for the 21st century.
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