Posts Tagged ‘radio play’

Treasure Island: A Telling for the New World

Saturday, July 11, 2026
7:30 PM
Mainstage
$20 / Pay What You Will

Treasure Island: A Telling for the New World is an 8-hour mini-series for radio, based on the classic by R.L. Stevenson.  This adaptation resets the story in the Bayous of Louisiana, the Port of New Orleans, and the Caribbean in 1828.  The fully dramatized production stars the voices of Keith David as Long John Silver, John Goodman as Billy Bones, and Glynn Turman as the storyteller, along with members of the Firesign Theatre—David Ossman and Phil Proctor.  The series features an original score by multiple-Grammy-winner Taj Mahal.  Sound Design was supervised by multi-Oscar-winner Randy Thom of Skywalker Sound.  Writer/Director Orson Ossman produced the series for Otherworld Media, the internationally renowned production company based on Whidbey Island for 38 years. The series is airing on local public radio station KSER-Everett & Freeland and public radio stations nationwide, beginning July 1st.  This event is the local premiere for our cast, crew and supportive community. Join us for a preview of Episode One and a Q&A afterwards. For more information, please visit Radiotreasureisland.org

Tickets: https://purchase.wicaonline.org/ChooseSeats/30801

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts

565 Camano Ave., Langley (360) 221-8268…