Schedule
The following is a simple breakdown of the Festival's daily activities and does not include ALL sessions. The schedule is subject to change.
You can use our interactive schedule below, or, scroll down to see the schedule on this page.
Be sure to add yourself to the list of Festival attendees.
Be sure to add yourself to the list of Festival attendees.
Festival Registration & Vendor Hours
Pick up your Workshop class materials, your Festival Passes, or buy a copy of your favorite producer's work, during these times.
Tickets for specific shows will also be available at the door before each performance.
Tickets for specific shows will also be available at the door before each performance.
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - 2:00pm - 5:00pm - Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza
(for all Workshop 101 & 102 participants)
Thursday, June 6, 2019 - 10am - 5:00pm - Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza
Friday, June 7, 2019 - 10am - 5:00pm - Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza
Saturday, June 8, 2019 - 10am - 5:00pm - Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza
Sunday, June 9, 2019 - 8am - 9:00am - & 11:30am - 2:00pm - Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza
(for all Workshop 101 & 102 participants)
Thursday, June 6, 2019 - 10am - 5:00pm - Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza
Friday, June 7, 2019 - 10am - 5:00pm - Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza
Saturday, June 8, 2019 - 10am - 5:00pm - Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza
Sunday, June 9, 2019 - 8am - 9:00am - & 11:30am - 2:00pm - Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza
Daily Festival Programs Running June 6 - 9, 2019 Include:
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Thursday June 6 - Saturday, June 8
5:15pm - 6:00pm: Celebrating Mark Twain at Prospero's Books. sponsored by SAG AFTRA |
Additional Daily Programs
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019
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PODCAST PALOOZA on-line programs! Running June 6 - August 1, 2019. Holiday Inn - Sennheiser Listening Room - Salon A
While at HEAR Now network and meet with other featured festival artists who are being heard on this year's Podcast Palooza's GOLD, SILVER, and BRONZE pages. NATF Playhouse Featured Artist's PLATNIUM PAGE opens Monday June 10, 2019 and runs through August 1, 2109. |
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7:00pm - 8:15pm: Innovations Festival Opener: – Dr. Beau Lotto Perception and Storytelling 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.
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8:45pm - 10:15PM: ED WOOD THE MUSICAL! - Bragg Auditorium (All Souls)
ED WOOD THE MUSICAL! The story of a nonconformist who followed his dream to become a Hollywood director against all odds! “They aren’t bad filmmakers, just misunderstood misfits!” This is an affectionate parody of the life and works of Edward D. Wood, Jr., a wannabe filmmaker, who has a fondness for angora and turns the film world woefully on its head. All original score. THINK “ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW” for the new millennium. PULL THE STRING! Requires ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS or show ticket to attend. |
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10:30pm - Midnight: First Night Festival AFTER PARTY - Simpson House
4509 Walnut St, Kansas City, MO 64111 Celebrating Audio Performers - sponsored by SAG AFTRA Free to SAG-AFTRA Members or requires ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS to attend. |
FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2019
In addition to daily programs listen above, HEAR Now will be presenting the following on 6/7/2019.
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7:30am - 8:45am: Synthetic Voices, Let's Discuss... Holiday Inn - Sennheiser Listening Room - Salon A
Moderators Dr. Peter Gregg & PJ Ochlan As synthetic voice algorithms, or artificial intelligence-driven programs that approximate the sound of a real human are getting better and better, and appearing more and more in the news, HEAR Now will be hosting a special session on Friday, June 7th from 7:30am - 8:45am, for all voice actors and interested attendees. This informal 'Bring Your Coffee' gathering will be led by Dr. Peter Gregg, of St. Thomas University, whose current research and scholarship focuses on media and audiences, including the formation of attitudes and beliefs through observation and active learning. This will be an opportunity to share your feelings, and or concerns, about the incorporation of synthetic voices into the entertainment industries. Requires ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS to attend. |
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9:00am - 10:30am Building Blocks for Beginning Audiobook Narration & VO Studio Best Practices
Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza - Ballroom A Moderators Ann Richardson and Karyn O'Bryant with Dion Graham Author Joshua Gayou joins this session to discuss author's and casting. This session is for those interested in exploring the field of audiobook narration, or just "dipping their toes in the pool." Additional panelists from HEAR Now's invited Guest Artists will be added to this session as schedules allow. Requires ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS to attend. |
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9:00am - 4:30pm: HEAR Now Playhouse. Pilgrim Center
This year's newest and BEST audio fiction and a celebration. Along with presenting submitted works there will be special presentations. BUS SERVICE will be available from 8:45am - 5:00pm to take Festival attendees from the Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza to the Pilgrim Center. Requires ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS or show ticket to attend.
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3:00pm - 4:00pm What Can I Do To Brand Myself? Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza - Ballroom A
Moderator Mellissa Southwell Archie In this session, Melissa disccuses with narrators ways to help them identify and develop their own unique brand. Melissa Southwell Archie has over 15 years of marketing and sales experience in the industries of media and event sponsorship. She launched The Collective Lifestyle Marketing Group to help small businesses, cause focused organizations and influencers apply these values to their brand and marketing strategies. Requires ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS to attend. |
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6:15pm-7:00pm Audiobook Signing with Phil Proctor
Holiday Inn - Salon B (HEAR Now Store) The hilarious, startling biography of Phil Proctor, the co-founder of the legendary satirical comedy group, the Firesign Theatre, and soon to be returning to "The Rugrats" shares personal stories and insights from his decades of work in comedy, TV, film and even the Broadway stage. Learn how Phil, with Peter Bergman, Phil Austin and David Ossman, as the Firesign Theatre, predicted reality TV, hackers, computer viruses, virtual reality, the fall of the Soviet Union, 9/11 and more. From the early days of radio and TV to contemporary feature films, the "Where's My Fortune Cookie?" podcasts bring Phil's book to life. Free to all |
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7:30 - 8:15pm: Independent Audiobook Awards Cocktail Party - Simpson House
4509 Walnut St, Kansas City, MO Presenting Sponsor Podium Publishing 8:15-9:45pm: Independent Audiobook Awards at Bragg Auditorium (All Souls) 4501 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO Hosted by Jeff Strand -- with special presenters and live entertainment. Presenting Sponsor Podium Publishing Requires ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS or show ticket to attend. |
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10pm - Midnight: Second Night Festival AFTER PARTY - Simpson House
Celebrating Audio Fiction - Sponsored by National Audio Theatre Festivals Requires ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS to attend. |
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12:00am - 1:00am MIDNIGHT LISTENING - Holiday Inn - Sennheiser Listening Room - Salon A
The Call of the Flame: An Audio Play From the epic fantasy series, this is the journey of Bri, and her travels along with her Orc, Elvan, Dwarven, and Halfin companions as she seeks to redeem her father, for murdering the Chieftain of Gods, and restore the balance of magic in the world. Meet cast members Bonnie Bogovich (Bri) and Stephen Cumberworth (Villadius), and producer Kurt Peterson. |
SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019
In addition to daily programs listen above, HEAR Now will be presenting the following on 6/8/2019.
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9:00am - 10:30am: The State of the Independents Podcasters Roundtable & Panel
Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza - Ballroom A What is happening in the world of audio fiction for independent producers!! Hosted by Brian Price and Dr. Peter Gregg Requires ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS to attend. |
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11:00am - 12:15pm: The Stories They Tell: LitRPG/Gamelit Authors and Their Narrators Kansas City Public Library's Park Plaza Truman Auditorium. The LitRPG/GameLit genre – gamer fiction – takes center stage as narrators Jeff Hays and Andrea Parsneau, members of Soundbooth Theater, along with authors Dakota Krout, Charles Dean, Dave Willmarth, and Harmon Cooper discuss and showcase what makes this genre special to produce as audiobooks. Moderated by R.A. (Ramon) Mejia, who hosts The LitRPG Podcast, and will be podcasting from the session. Free to Kansas City residents, or with a ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS to attend. |
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1:00pm - 2:30pm: National World War I Museum & Memorial
Prisoner 9653 For President - Eugene Victor Debs featuring Robert Fass 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. Directed by Sue Zizza. 1919: Peace and Vengeance featuring Scott Brick which features US President Woodrow Wilson, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, and British Prime Minister Lloyd George as they gather on June 28, 1919, with the other 18 representative of the Allies Powers, in Versailles, France, to sign the treaty that had been agreed upon at the earlier Paris Peace Conference, also known as Versailles Peace Conference, which set the terms for peace for the defeated Central Powers. Free to Kansas City residents, or with a ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS to attend. |
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7:15 - 8:00pm: The Gatlingophone: An Audio Art Performance/Installation by Alex Kirt
Lobby of Bragg Auditorium This sound art sculpture/performance is designed and built by Alex. It is a mechanical 'record player' that looks like a civil war era gatling gun. Alex creates his own, one of a kind records to play on the gatlingophone. To do this, he uses audio clips taken from major news networks, editing them into a rapid-fire audio piece. Then using a vintage recording lathe, cuts the audio piece onto a lacquer master disc that is then played on the gatlingphone. This performance is his artistic response to the way in which our society is inundated with media messages from an ever-increasing number of delivery methods that can often begin to feel as though there is no escape, leaving us feeling emotionally exhausted and filled with fear. To Alex, it feels as though we are being pinned-down by a machine gun fire of media messages. Requires ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS or AUDIO Tonight! show ticket to attend. |
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8:15-10:00pm: AUDIO Tonight!
at Bragg Auditorium (All Souls) Hosted by Phil Proctor AUDIO Tonight! will feature a variety of new audio works. ROAD TO PREDATION: In the aftermath of battle, a Prussian soldier in the early 19th century confronts demons both real and imagined in this historical fantasy look at PTSD with a supernatural twist, produced and directed by PJ Ochlan. Among the cast are William Dufris, Ann Richardson, Karyn O'Bryant, Jeff Hays, Lisa Flanagan, Robert Fass, Eric Martin, Suzanne Freeman, and Neil Hellegers. Sound design by Bryan Lincoln. THE NEW SILENCE: By getting personal and a little surreal the New Silence by Brian Price uses humor, heightened language, and edgy jazz to take on the thorny question of climate change. Written and directed by Brian Price and featuring Dion Graham and Jane Oppenheimer with violinist, Jason Kao Huang. Styx and Stones by Dave Willmarth Welcome to The Last Dragon Fantasy Online, the most realistic Sensory Immersive Virtual Reality High Fantasy Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game to date! At the Styx and Stones Tavern, located in ‘Limbo’ – the place where adventurers must wait for respawn after being killed by monsters, other players, or packs of fuzzy bunnies, a group of adventurers contemplate their new ultra-realistic environment, that offers many of the familiar gaming experiences you’ve all grown to know and love! From Soundbooth Theater featuring Jeff Hays and Annie Ellicott. THE MOUSETRAP, adapted and directed by Neil Hellegers, combines the riotous Elizabethan theater environment with an exacting post-modern eSports ethos. Though this be madness, yet there is method in it...get ready for some DramLitPRG in KC! Mousetrap's cast features Scott Brick, William Dufris, Lisa Flanagan, Robert Fass, Eric Martin, PJ Ochlan, Sean Pratt, and Phil Proctor. Requires ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS or AUDIO Tonight! show ticket to attend.
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10pm - Midnight: Third Night Festival DANCE & AFTER PARTY - Simpson House
4509 Walnut St, Kansas City, MO Celebrating ALL HEAR Now Festival Artists - Sponsored by Blackstone Publishing Requires ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS to attend. |
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SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2019
9:00am - 11:30am: Closing Brunch and Festival Awards Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza Ballroom HEAR Now Festival Favorite (from NATF Playhouse) and the 2019 Corwin Award will be presented to Miles B. Smith. Performance of Between Americans by Norman Corwin featuring Phil Proctor and Scott Brick. Special Guest Storyteller: Dr. Gladys Coggswell, Missouri Master Storyteller, returns to share one of her favorite 'morning' tales. Fly home after 2pm from Kansas City Airport to ensure you can enjoy the closing Brunch and make it to the airport in time!! Requires ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS or show ticket to attend. |
