Guest Artists
Festival featured artists, guests, and speakers.
The following list is currently being updated for June 11-14, 2020
Dion Graham
Jeff Hays
Performs at the
Independent Audiobooks Awards 
Jason Kao Hwang
Performs for
AUDIO Tonight! & more... 
Sean Pratt
Mentor and performs in AUDIO Tonight!
Karyn O'Bryant
Melissa Southwell Archie
Annie Ellicott
R.A. Mejia
|
Ed Asner
God Help Us!
Thursday, June 11, 2020 8:00pm Bragg Auditorium 
Judith Kampfner
Workshop 102:
Marketing Through Creative Coaching and More Featured Artists In NATF Playhouse Friday June 12, 2020 
Emily Labes
Ann Richardson
K.C. Wayland
Robert Fass
Andrea Parsneau
Performs at the Independent Audiobooks Awards
& is featured in "The Stories They Tell" & AUDIO Tonight! 
Dave Willmarth
Author featured in "The Stories They Tell"
Deondra Kamau Means
Assistant Director and actor in "Prisoner 9653 For President: Eugene Victor Debs" at National WWI Museum & Memorial
Tony Brewer
SFX Artist & Workshop 101
|
Val Vigoda
Festival Opening Session
Innovations In Storytelling Performs from the Off-Broadway hit Ernest Shakelton Loves Me 
P. J. Ochlan
PJ is featured in AUDIO Tonight!
Jeff Strand
Author Jeff hosts the Independent Audiobook Awards
Neil Hellegers
Directs "The Mousetrap"
for AUDIO Tonight! 
Eric MartinWorkshop 102: Connecting To Your Audience, Lead Mentor
Brian Price
Workshop 102: Connecting To Your Audience, The Independent Producer, AUDIO Tonight!
Justin James
Harmon Cooper
|
We're continuing to add Guest Artists, so please visit this page again.
2019 FESTIVAL PASSES & SHOW TICKETS
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:
$15.00 for Thursday, 6/06/2019 7:00pm Festival Opening Program
$8.00 LISTENING PASS for one 90 minute program Friday, 6/07/2019
$30.00 for ALL DAY LISTENING PASS: four (4) 90 minute programs Friday, 6/07/2019
$35.00 Independant Audiobook Awards, Friday, 6/07/2019 7:30pm (includes cocktail party before awards)
$15.00 for AUDIO Tonight! Bragg Auditorium (All Soul's), Saturday 6/08/2019 8:30pm
$15.00 for Closing Brunch & Awards Ceremony 6/9/2019
The following programs are free and require no tickets: The Stories They Tell and Celebrating Mark Twain.
Individual event tickets will be available at the door for:
All NATF Playhouse Listening sessions, Festival Opening Session INNOVATIONS (Thursday night), AUDIO Tonight! (Saturday night), and the Closing Brunch and Awards Ceremony.
The following programs are free and require no tickets:
The Stories They Tell 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 2019 HEAR MAP FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF LOCATIONS AND ADDRESSES.
Individual Event Ticket Costs:
$15.00 for Thursday, 6/06/2019 7:00pm Festival Opening Program
$8.00 LISTENING PASS for one 90 minute program Friday, 6/07/2019
$30.00 for ALL DAY LISTENING PASS: four (4) 90 minute programs Friday, 6/07/2019
$35.00 Independant Audiobook Awards, Friday, 6/07/2019 7:30pm (includes cocktail party before awards)
$15.00 for AUDIO Tonight! Bragg Auditorium (All Soul's), Saturday 6/08/2019 8:30pm
$15.00 for Closing Brunch & Awards Ceremony 6/9/2019
The following programs are free and require no tickets: The Stories They Tell and Celebrating Mark Twain.
Individual event tickets will be available at the door for:
All NATF Playhouse Listening sessions, Festival Opening Session INNOVATIONS (Thursday night), AUDIO Tonight! (Saturday night), and the Closing Brunch and Awards Ceremony.
The following programs are free and require no tickets:
The Stories They Tell 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 2019 HEAR MAP FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF LOCATIONS AND ADDRESSES.
The following is a simple breakdown of the Festival's daily activities and does not include ALL sessions.
THURSDAY, June 6, 2019
10am - 5pm -- Workshop 101 CREATING THE DRAMATIC PODCAST begins. Click here for Workshop 101 details.
10am - 5pm -- Workshop 102 CONNECTING CREATORS WITH AUDIENCE begins. Click here for Workshop 102 details.
5:15pm - 6:00pm -- Celebrating Mark Twain at Prospero's Books
7:00pm - 8:15pm -- Innovations Festival Opener: – Dr. Beau Lotto Perception and Story-Telling Kansas City Park Plaza Library Truman Auditorium. Dr Beau Lotto is a globally renowned neuroscientist whose studies in human perception have taken him well beyond the scientific domain and into the fields of education, the arts and business.
8:45pm - 10:15PM -- ED WOOD THE MUSICAL! - Bragg Auditorium
ED WOOD THE MUSICAL! The story of a non-conformist who followed his dream to become a Hollywood director against all odds! Discover untold secrets the Johnny Depp movie never revealed. All original score. Help us create this iconic musical. THINK “ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW” for the new millennium. PULL THE STRING!
10:30pm - midnight – First Night Festival AFTER PARTY - Simpson House
Celebrating Audio Performers - sponsored by SAG AFTRA
10am - 5pm -- Workshop 101 CREATING THE DRAMATIC PODCAST begins. Click here for Workshop 101 details.
10am - 5pm -- Workshop 102 CONNECTING CREATORS WITH AUDIENCE begins. Click here for Workshop 102 details.
5:15pm - 6:00pm -- Celebrating Mark Twain at Prospero's Books
7:00pm - 8:15pm -- Innovations Festival Opener: – Dr. Beau Lotto Perception and Story-Telling Kansas City Park Plaza Library Truman Auditorium. Dr Beau Lotto is a globally renowned neuroscientist whose studies in human perception have taken him well beyond the scientific domain and into the fields of education, the arts and business.
8:45pm - 10:15PM -- ED WOOD THE MUSICAL! - Bragg Auditorium
ED WOOD THE MUSICAL! The story of a non-conformist who followed his dream to become a Hollywood director against all odds! Discover untold secrets the Johnny Depp movie never revealed. All original score. Help us create this iconic musical. THINK “ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW” for the new millennium. PULL THE STRING!
10:30pm - midnight – First Night Festival AFTER PARTY - Simpson House
Celebrating Audio Performers - sponsored by SAG AFTRA
FRIDAY, June 7, 2019
9:30am - 4:30pm -- NATF Playhouse.
This year's newest and BEST audio fiction and a celebration. Along with presenting submitted works there will be special presentations.
Special NATF Playhouse Session
10am - 5pm -- Workshop 101 CREATING THE DRAMATIC PODCAST continues. Click here for Workshop 101 details.
10am - 5pm -- Workshop 102 CONNECTING CREATORS WITH AUDIENCE continuess. Click here for Workshop 102 details.
5:15pm - 6:00pm -- Celebrating Mark Twain at Prospero's Books
7:30 - 8:15pm -- Independent Audiobook Awards Cocktail Party - Simpson House
Sponsored by
8:15-9:45pm Independent Audiobook Awards at Bragg Auditorium (in All Soul's)
Hosted by Jeff Strand -- with special presenters
Sponsored by
10pm - midnight - Second Night Festival AFTER PARTY - Simpson House
Celebrating Audio Fiction - Sponsored by
9:30am - 4:30pm -- NATF Playhouse.
This year's newest and BEST audio fiction and a celebration. Along with presenting submitted works there will be special presentations.
Special NATF Playhouse Session
10am - 5pm -- Workshop 101 CREATING THE DRAMATIC PODCAST continues. Click here for Workshop 101 details.
10am - 5pm -- Workshop 102 CONNECTING CREATORS WITH AUDIENCE continuess. Click here for Workshop 102 details.
5:15pm - 6:00pm -- Celebrating Mark Twain at Prospero's Books
7:30 - 8:15pm -- Independent Audiobook Awards Cocktail Party - Simpson House
Sponsored by
8:15-9:45pm Independent Audiobook Awards at Bragg Auditorium (in All Soul's)
Hosted by Jeff Strand -- with special presenters
Sponsored by
10pm - midnight - Second Night Festival AFTER PARTY - Simpson House
Celebrating Audio Fiction - Sponsored by
SATURDAY, June 8, 2019
9:00am - 10:30am -- The "State of the Independents" Podcasters Roundtable and Panel
What is happening in the world of audio fiction for independent producers!! Hosted by Brian Price.
10am - 5pm -- Workshop 101 CREATING THE DRAMATIC PODCAST continues. Click here for Workshop 101 details.
10am - 5pm -- Workshop 102 CONNECTING CREATORS WITH AUDIENCE continues. Click here for Workshop 102 details.
Note: There will be a special 'pitch' session at 4pm for this program. All welcome as space allows.
11:00am - 12:15pm -- The Stories They Tell at Kansas City Public Library's Park Plaza Truman Auditorium.
Guest narrators present their favorite stories.
1:00pm - 2:30pm -- National World War I Museum & Memorial - Prisoner 9653 For President - Eugene Victor Debs
Documentary film makers Yale Strom and Elizabeth Schwartz successfully produced "American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs," and now want to tell his story, and the story of socialism in America, via podcast and a radio play. Working from the source materials that made their documentary so powerful, they are focusing on how, even after being jailed for speaking out against World War I, Debs ran a successful bid for the US Presidency from jail and brought socialism to the US.
5:15pm - 6:00pm -- Celebrating Mark Twain at Prospero's Books
7:15 - 8:15pm --
8:15-10:00pm AUDIO Tonight! at Bragg Auditorium (in All Soul's)
10pm - midnight - Third Night Festival DANCE & AFTER PARTY - Bragg Hall
Celebrating ALL HEAR Now Festival Artists
9:00am - 10:30am -- The "State of the Independents" Podcasters Roundtable and Panel
What is happening in the world of audio fiction for independent producers!! Hosted by Brian Price.
10am - 5pm -- Workshop 101 CREATING THE DRAMATIC PODCAST continues. Click here for Workshop 101 details.
10am - 5pm -- Workshop 102 CONNECTING CREATORS WITH AUDIENCE continues. Click here for Workshop 102 details.
Note: There will be a special 'pitch' session at 4pm for this program. All welcome as space allows.
11:00am - 12:15pm -- The Stories They Tell at Kansas City Public Library's Park Plaza Truman Auditorium.
Guest narrators present their favorite stories.
1:00pm - 2:30pm -- National World War I Museum & Memorial - Prisoner 9653 For President - Eugene Victor Debs
Documentary film makers Yale Strom and Elizabeth Schwartz successfully produced "American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs," and now want to tell his story, and the story of socialism in America, via podcast and a radio play. Working from the source materials that made their documentary so powerful, they are focusing on how, even after being jailed for speaking out against World War I, Debs ran a successful bid for the US Presidency from jail and brought socialism to the US.
5:15pm - 6:00pm -- Celebrating Mark Twain at Prospero's Books
7:15 - 8:15pm --
8:15-10:00pm AUDIO Tonight! at Bragg Auditorium (in All Soul's)
10pm - midnight - Third Night Festival DANCE & AFTER PARTY - Bragg Hall
Celebrating ALL HEAR Now Festival Artists
SUNDAY, June 9, 2019
9:00am - 11:30am -- Closing Brunch and Festival Awards
HEAR Now Festival Favorite (from NATF Playhouse) and Corwin Awards presented.
Fly home after 2pm from Kansas City Airport to ensure you can enjoy the closing Brunch and make it to the airport in time!!
9:00am - 11:30am -- Closing Brunch and Festival Awards
HEAR Now Festival Favorite (from NATF Playhouse) and Corwin Awards presented.
Fly home after 2pm from Kansas City Airport to ensure you can enjoy the closing Brunch and make it to the airport in time!!
