2016 Festival

HEAR Now Festival 2016

Photos, programs, and sounds albums for the 2016 HEAR Now Festival

The 4th Annual HEAR Now: The Audio Fiction & Arts Festival was June 9 - 12, 2016

HEAR Now is the audio equivalent of a film festival for contemporary audio story-telling in all its forms: live and scripted solo performances, multi-voiced performance, classic radio drama, experimental narrative, and much more. This four-day Festival will offer a multi-faceted program showcasing the many forms of audio fiction and sound art story-telling in theaters and other “listening” venues. The Festival will present audio fiction programs that exemplify traditions of craftsmanship, as well as aesthetic and technological innovation.

The 2016 HEAR Now Festival was a gathering place where the work of master storytellers was celebrated and shared.

Audio drama, audiobooks, recorded, and live story-telling -- sketches, poetry, spoken word -- alongside academic papers, juried competitions, and presentations on the physics of sound, as well as performance workshops, rounded out this intensive listening event for the 2016 Hear Now Festival.

Thanks to photographs by Jackie Casteel, Un Joo Christopher, Mallory Daily, David Owens, David Shinn, and Sue Zizza.

SiriusXM broadcasts from
HEAR Now Festival
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Shakespeare In Sound
at Truman Forum Auditorium
Thursday, June 9, 2016

Celebrating Mark Twain
at Prospero's Books
June 9-11, 2016

Mark Time Awards
and Paseo SoundPlay
Thursday, June 9, 2016

Listening & Learning
Lessons: Patience, Friendship, Sharing
Friday, June 10, 2016

Best of Audio Fiction 2016
Friday, June 10, 2016

The Last Broadcast Premiere
Friday, June 10, 2016

Narrator's Round Table:
To Narrate or Not to Narrate
Friday, June 10, 2016

Oh! What A Poetical War!
Saturday, June 11, 2016

Reading With Your Ears:
The Stories We Tell
Saturday, June 11, 2016

Workshop 101
Thursday, June 9- Sunday, June 12, 2016

Click here to listen to 101's original podcast series
Escape from Sanctuary 7!

AUDIO Tonight!
Saturday, June 11, 2016

The HEAR Now PODCAST PALOOZA 2016!

Welcome to the 2016 HEAR Now PODCAST PALOOZA!
The HEAR Now Festival is happy to present a variety of audio dramas from around the U.S. Featured among our stories are classics, original sci-fi and fantasy and a little comedy and drama too. Be sure to click on the link for each program so you can learn more about our featured artists.

These programs will be available until August 15, 2016 for you to enjoy.

And be sure to watch for the 2017 HEAR Now Festival Submission Information. You might be selected to be showcased in one of our listening theaters or in next year's HEAR Now Podcast Palooza!

Happy Listening - The 2016 HEAR Now Festival.

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