Stagestruck Audio Theatre, a radio show put on my Wichita State University's Theatre program, will be featured at the National Audio Theatre's HEAR Now festival this summer, represented by a selection chosen from a number of national entries.

Stagestruck Audio Theatre was started by WSU Director of Theatre Bret Jones in 2011. It produces radio show programs from adventure to detective noir. The selection chosen for the festival was “Sidekicks the Musical,” featuring the vocal talents of Jones and students Kyle Dilley, Ashley Parton, Robert Thomas, Krista Nelson and Adriana Somerville.

The National Audio Theatre event, HEAR Now: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival, is the equivalent of a film festival for contemporary audio storytelling in all its forms, including live and scripted solo performances; multi-voiced performances; classic radio dramas; experimental narratives and more. The four-day festival showcases sound art storytelling in theaters and other ‘listening’ venues. It takes place June 11-14 in Kansas City, Mo.

Stagestruck Audio Theatre was previously awarded the Silver Mark Time Award for its radio drama, “My Other Self.” The Mark Time Awards are given by the Great Northern Audio Theatre for the best fantasy or horror audio theater production as part of Convergence, an international science fiction and fantasy convention.

To hear “Sidekicks the Musical” and other Stagestruck Audio Theatre shows, go to stagestruckaudiotheatre.podomatic.com.

For more information on Stagestruck Audio Theatre or the WSU Theatre program, contact Jones at 316-978-3646 or bret.jones@wichita.edu. For information on other programs in the School of Performing Arts, contact Linda Starkey, director, at 316-978-3368 or linda.starkey@wichita.edu.