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HEAR Now Festival Daily Event Schedule
June 11-14, 2015*
The following schedule is subject to change

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Purchase an ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS, to attend any of our events, or select individual tickets to specific events you want to attend:
Individual Event Ticket Costs:
$8.00 per 90 minute "listening event" in Cinemark Theaters
$30.00 per 5 sessions (FIVE 90 minute "listening events" in Cinemark Theaters)
$15.00 for Thursday Night Opening event - Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil
$15.00 for
Saturday Afternoon
Reading With Your Ears: The Art of the Audiobook (This program is free with a Kansas City library RSVP.)
$15.00 for
Saturday Night AUDIO Tonight!
$15.00 for Closing Brunch and Awards Ceremony
The following programs are free and require no tickets: Never Again War: The Sacrifice of Kathe Kollwitz and Celebrating Mark Twain.


Individual event tickets will be available at the door for: 
All Cinemark Theater Listening sessions, Festival Opening event (Thursday night), Mark Time Awards & Right Between the Ears (Friday night), Listening with Your Ears (Saturday Afternoon), AUDIO Tonight! (Saturday night), and the Closing Brunch and Awards Ceremony.

The following programs are free and require no tickets:
Never Again War: The Sacrifice of Kathe Kollwitz and Celebrating Mark Twain.

ADDRESSES FOR OUR VENUES:
SOME OF THE VENUES BELOW HAVE THE STREET ADDRESS LISTED, AND SOME DO NOT.
CLICK HERE FOR THE 2015 HEAR
MAP FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF LOCATIONS AND ADDRESSES.
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Time
Thursday - 6/11
Friday - 6/12
Saturday - 6/13
Sunday - 6/14

9:15 AM –
   10:50AM
  No Programming
      On Your Own
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    NATF Playhouse
     CINEMARK THEATER 'A

A Journey With Strange Bedfellows
Forest Rose Productions
Set in the late 1800s,  accompany Hunter Brown on a quest to secure true love as he searches for mysterious Faith Geibel, the young woman of his desires.

Cleaners
Four-Eyed Jack Productions
Earth's first manned landing on the planet Mars goes without a hitch. However, much to their shock and surprise, the crew meets the Martians who are quite friendly.

Clones In the Closet
The Theater In Your Mind
Emily and Terry Davis buy a fixer-upper in a quiet neighborhood for a price that's too good to pass up. Everyone seems to be adjusting except for Tina, their daughter. She’s been acting... different. The neighbors have their theories but there is more going on in the house than they know.




Sponsored by
           AudioFlix


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ALL ACCESS PASS
OR Listening Ticket


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   
 SENNHEISER / NEUMANN  

      LISTENING ROOM
               10:00am - 5:00pm
Holiday Inn Private Diningroom

      Mozart's Cook
SueMedia Productions
          & The Deyan Institute



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Picture
      NATF Playhouse
    CINEMARK THEATER 'A'

      

The Perhapanauts
Audio Comics
A
gents of BEDLAM, charged with fighting the forces of the supernatural and sending them back from whence they came. The twist: the Perhapanauts are themselves supernatural beings, including the Sasquatch, a Chupacabra, the Mothman, and a ghost!

Good Things Come
Voices In The Wind Audio Theatre
Some say having an open window while you sleep at night is a guarantee of good health. For young Ellen it was an open invitation to allow all manner of scary things to enter her cozy little bedroom. But as she grew older, Ellen discovered an open window wasn’t so scary after all. As a child she shivered from fear. But now she shivers with
anticipation...















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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
         
    SENNHEISER / NEUMANN  
          LISTENING ROOM           
          10:00am - 5:00pm
Holiday Inn Private Diningroom

       Mozart's Cook
SueMedia Productions
      
  & The Deyan Institute



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      HEAR Now
  Closing Brunch

      Holiday Inn
      Ballroom "A"


   Brunch includes meal 
             and

    Workshop 101
     Performance

.
 2015 Corwin Award
    Announcement

Marion Thauer Brown Scriptwriting Competition
Announcement


Closing the Festival:
U.S. Premier of the new   
     film documentary

THIS IS ORSON WELLES

     

Program ends at 12:15 PM

Entry with

ALL ACCESS PASS or Brunch Ticket


Sponsored by
           AudioFlix


        FLYING HOME
    RIGHT AFTER THE
           BRUNCH?
Select a return flight that leaves after 3:00PM from Kansas City International


TIME
Thursday - 6/11
Friday - 6/12
Saturday - 6/13
Sunday - 6/14

10:00 AM –
    11:00 AM



.






10:45 AM -
    11:45 AM

 REGISTRATION OPENS
         Holiday Inn
    Country Club Plaza

           SALON C
1 E 45th St. (near Main St.)
   Kansas City, MO 64111
  Phone:  (816) 753-7400

NOTE:
Registration closes  5:00 PM on 6/11/15
         
      HEAR Now "Store"

      Holiday Inn daily  
          6/11 - 6/13
       9:00 AM-5:00 PM


    WORKSHOP 101
First class meets 10:15am
    Simpson House
        4509 Walnut
       Kansas City, MO
.ENTRY only with Workshop
Registration/ All Access Pass

       Narrator's
        Round
Table
    Selecting the BEST  
  Training To Become A
  Professional Narrator


Moderator: Deb Deyan
    Deyan Institute

SENNHEISER / NEUMANN  
        LISTENING ROOM


Everyone Welcome - No pass required









TIME
Thursday - 6/11
Friday - 6/12
Saturday - 6/13
Sunday - 6/14

11:00 AM– 
   12:30 PM

   No Programming
      On Your Own
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     The Mark Time 
          Awards

  CINEMARK THEATER 'A'

A 90 minute sampling from
 
2015  Mark Time finalist &
winners








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OR Listening Ticket

 
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  Listening & Learning

  Unity Temple on The Plaza
       707 West 47th Street
  (An interactive performance
     program for children in
           grades 1-4
)
 
            Featuring:
Cynthia Darlow, Robert Fass, and Richard Ferrone



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Picture
      NATF Playhouse
       CINEMARK THEATER 'A'


           NATF Premiere
            Road Angels
Featuring Barbara Rosenblat, Bill Chessman, Sande Sherr, Rich Fish, Jackie Casteel, & Butch D'Ambrosio  

A gang of turkey vultures who cruise a section of the super slab in the rural-urb, a fast food lane of road kill at the turn of the century.

Written by Steve Donofrio
    Directed by Lucien Dodge

         Mixed by David Shinn

Discussion
to follow till 12:00pm

  The Inaudible Postscript
     From Arc to Microchip
A phantasmic journey through radio’s disembodied voices and the subsequent unwriting of history, new in the award-winning series From Ark to Microchip.








Sponsored by
           AudioFlix

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OR Listening Ticket

      


12:00 NOON
 PODCAST  PALOOZA
  On-line Festival Listening
     Today thru August 1, 2015

   Check back for the list of this
     year's featured programs.
 
  

 
 

TIME
Thursday - 6/11
Friday - 6/12
Saturday - 6/13
Sunday - 6/14

1:00 PM –
       2:30 PM



 No Programming
     On Your Own
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  Tom Lopez 
         Presents...
 

  Meatball Fulton & ZBS
    CINEMARK THEATER 'A' 
          with Tom Lopez

Spend 90 minutes with Tom as he presents a retrospective of his more than 30 years producing series like Ruby & Jack Flanders









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Reading With Your Ears:
The Art of the 
                 Audiobook
Kansas City Public Library
                Truman Forum
           4801 Main Street
         at the Plaza Branch

Golden Voices
Barbara Rosenblat,
Dion Graham, Robin Miles
,
with
Robert Fass,
and
Richard Ferrone
read favorite selections

Co-sponsors:
Kansas City Public Library

         DOWNPOUR

2:35 PM –
     3:20 PM
   No Programming
      On Your Own
Picture
   NATF Playhouse
  CINEMARK THEATER 'A'
 

Rex Tanner and the Sword
of Damocles

Audiblescripts
We meet race car driver REX TANNER in 1935, after he’s been captured trying to save scientist PENELOPE MULGREW from the clutches of evil Nazi geneticist, DR. JACQUELINE HYDE. Rex effects their escape using the OMNIDIAL: a mysterious device permanently grafted to his skin, which imbues him with temporary super-powers… when it works.










Sponsored by
           AudioFlix


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Picture
   NATF Playhouse
  CINEMARK THEATER 'A'


The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman
Harper Audio
Winner of the Newbery Medal the Carnegie Medal, the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Young Adult Book, and Audiobook of the Year, this new 2014 audio edition is performed by Neil Gaiman, Derek Jacobi, Robert Madge, Clare Corbett, Miriam Margolyes, Andrew Scott, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Emilia Fox, Reece Shearsmith, Lenny Henry, and an ensemble cast.








Sponsored by
           AudioFlix


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TIME
THURSDAY - 6/11
FRIDAY - 6/12
SATURDAY 6/13
SUNDAY 6/14

3:30PM -
    5:00PM
No Programming
      On Your Own
            World War I:
      Never Again War:

The Sacrifice Of Käthe Kollwitz
 

National World War I Museum
        at Liberty Memorial      

                Auditorium
               100 W 26 St

Guests:
Yelena Shmulenson,
              Robert Fass
, and
                Scott Brick

Never Again War takes us into the mind of German artist and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz, from the beginning of WW1 in 1914 through her death in 1945, and examines her renowned work as a social activist dedicated to depicting the lives of the working poor.

Sponsored by
          Midsummer Sound Company


Entry: No Fee - All Welcome
  The Audio Mystery:
    Agatha Christie
and the BBC Murders
     


CINEMARK THEATER 'A'


Guests:
David Ossman & 
             Judith Walcott



Originally adapted for live radio performance for the International Mystery Writer’s Festival this session will discuss the evolution of "Agatha Christie & The BBC Murders" from four little
known radio plays and autobiographical materials to being produced for surround sound technology.

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3:45 PM –
    4:45 PM

 No Programming
      On Your Own
 Star Trek &
            Beyond:
  

The Sounds of   
                     Gaming

    CINEMARK THEATER 'A' 
          with Michael Henry
New this year will be samples and discussion on working with the Star Trek original cast.

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TIME
THURSDAY 6/11
FRIDAY 6/12
Saturday 6/13
Sunday 6/14

5:30 PM –
     6:30 PM

         Celebrating
         Mark Twain!
                      At
      
Prospero's Bookstore

Free Pizza & Mark Twain readings daily

Entry: No Fee - All Welcome

Sponsored by
             
SAG-AFTRA
       Celebrating
       Mark Twain!

               At
    Prospero's Bookstore

Free Pizza & Mark Twain readings daily

Entry: No Fee - All Welcome

Sponsored by
              
SAG-AFTRA
       Celebrating
      Mark Twain!

                  At
   Prospero's Bookstore

Free Pizza & Mark Twain readings daily

Entry: No Fee - All Welcome

Sponsored by
               SAG-AFTRA

6:30 PM –
      7:15 PM

 Festival Meet & Greet
      Holiday Inn Country  
              Club Plaza

         Restaurant / Lobby
          (near back lobby)
*ONLY For all access pass holders
Sponsored by
   Great Northern Audio Theatre
& ZBS



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No Programming
      On Your Own
         Podcaster's
         Round Table


Meet some of the producers from PODCAST PALOOZA and find out more about their programs.



SENNHEISER / NEUMANN  
        LISTENING ROOM


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TIME
THURSDAY 6/11
FRIDAY 6/12
SATURDAY 6/13
SUNDAY 6/14

7:00pm
No Programming
      On Your Own
Mark Time Awards 2015 
Presenting
2015 winners along with

Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts

    Heartland Forum Theater  
  
2450 Grand Blvd
   (in Crown Center)


7:30 PM –
      9:30 PM


    FESTIVAL OPENING  
The Making of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil from METABOOK Full Cast Audiobook and App
    
  
       Holiday Inn Country  
              Club Plaza

               Ballroom

moderated by Angela Elam (New Letters on The Air)
       


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ALL ACCESS PASS  or Opening Night Ticket
Right Between
    The Ears


    Heartland Forum Theater  
  
2450 Grand Blvd
   (in Crown Center)


HEAR Now guest artists
Barbara Rosenblat,
David Ossman

RBTE STARTS AT 8pm
immediately after
The Mark Time Awards


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ALL ACCESS PASS  or RBTE Ticket

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  AUDIO Tonight!
    


 Heartland Forum Theater  
      
2450 Grand Blvd
       (in Crown Center)


Featured Guests include:

Dion Graham, Scott Brick,
Cynthia Darlow
& more....

 
A showcase of audio
performance styles:  

   Drama, Spoken Word, Poetry, Storytelling & ...


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TIME
THURSDAY 6/11
FRIDAY 6/12
SATURDAY 6/13
SUNDAY 6/14

10:00 pm -
    Midnight
HEAR Now "AFTER PARTY"
        Simpson House
4509 Walnut, Kansas City, MO     64111

(this evening begins at 9:30pm)

   CELEBRATING OUR VOICES!!
        Sponsored by

               SAG-AFTRA

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or SAG-AFTRA invite
 

  HEAR Now "AFTER PARTY" 
         Simpson House
4509 Walnut, Kansas City, MO 64111



   HAPPY BIRTHDAY ORSON!!!!!
         Orson Welles Turns 100!!
  From Ark to Microchip Presents
The Other Side of Orson
                  &
         Hidden Touch
        Sponsored by
           AudioFlix
 
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HEAR Now "AFTER PARTY"
       Simpson House
4509 Walnut, Kansas City, MO 64111



        
MRTW 35th!!
  Join us as we celebrate
     35 years of MRTW!!


       Alumni bring your
          MRTW T-shirt!
!
       
Sponsored by
                DOWNPOUR

 
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Midnight -
       1:00am
  MIDNIGHT LISTENING
     "Listening Room"
Holiday Inn -
       Private Dining Room


Honey West:
         Murder on Mars

Sponsored by
     AudioComics 

 
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    MIDNIGHT LISTENING
       "Listening Room"
Holiday Inn -
       Private Dining Room


Forsythia – The Chronos Paragon
& EOS 10



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     MIDNIGHT LISTENING
             "Listening Room"
Holiday Inn -
       Private Dining Room


   Special Premier
          from    
  Pocket Universe   
     Productions!!!



Sponsored by
    Pocket Universe Productions


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