Once again I have been asked to attend the Radio Enthusiasts of Pugent Sound (REPS) annual Showcase in Seattle June 22-24, 2012. This will be the 20th showcase. I will be directing two shows and likely acting in some as well. Always a wonderful time with the REPS crowd!

BearManor Media has inked a deal with Norman Corwin for his next book: Latest Corwin. The volume will contain thirteen never-before published radio plays ranging from his final effort for CBS, “Citizen of the World” in 1949, up to and including his most recent radio play for National Public Radio: “Memos to a New Millennium.” Each play will be followed by new notes from the author.

The deal, which hopes to be the first in a series of new books by Norman Corwin, seeks to bring the words and wisdom of the poet laureate of radio back into the forefront.

Says BearManor Media’s Ben Ohmart, “Like everyone who loves radio, I’ve been a fan of Corwin’s for as long as I can remember. He is the reigning and only King of dramatic radio, and it’s an honor to have him in my catalog.”

The book will be edited by Michael James Kacey and should be available in early 2012.

I have been asked to direct the delightful Norman Corwin show "My Client Curley" for the SPERDVAC Luncheon on Saturday, November 5, 2011, to be held at the Beverly Garland Hotel in North Hollywood, CA. Tommy Cook (who guest starred in the original broadcast) will play the lead role of the Agent. Other recreations will include "Sorry, Wrong Number" and "My Favorite Husband" directed by Gregg Oppenheimer and "The Six Shooter" directed by Tim Knofler. It will be great event, I'm sure.

I will be attending the 36th and final Friends of Old Time Radio Convention being held at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, 160 Frontage Road in Newark, NJ from October 20-23, 2011. It will be the last hurray for the group that started it all: conventions dedicated to celebrating Old Time Radio. It will be great fun and also bittersweet. More info is available at: http://www.lofcom.com/nostalgia/fotr/update11.php3

If you are in the Seattle area June 24-26, 2011, be sure to stop by and see the annual Old Time Radio Showcase hosted by REPS (The Radio Enthusiasts of Pugent Sound).

On Friday, June 24th at 1pm, I will playing the lead role in a recreation of the classic "Escape" episode titled "Three Skeleton Key" about three lighthouse keepers trapped by thousands of rats! I am playing the Vincent Price role of Jean.

Later that night at 7pm, I will be directing a recreation of the "Lights Out" tale by Arch Oboler called "Valse Trieste," about two women who chance upon a remote forest cabin with a mysterious man who tells them that he will marry one of them and the other will die... My talented cast will include Tommy Cook, Rosemary Rice, Beverly Washburn and Ivan Cury.

On Saturday, June 25th at 9:30am, I will directing a great episode of "X Minus One" titled "The Stars Are The Styx" by Theodore Sturgeon and adapted by Ernest Kinoy. Set on the space outpost called Curbstone, it is a story of love, betrayal and revenge. My cast will feature Tommy Cook, Beverly Washburn, Gloria McMillan, Ron Cocking and Ivan Cury.

The rest of the weekend I will be in the audience enjoying all of the other shows and panels.

Hope to see you there!