Pearland Theatre Guild to Produce Vintage Hitchcock, A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry at the Pearl Theater

HOUSTON, TX, September 23, 2012

If you are like me, you have often heard stories from your parents or grandparents about how it was in the "Old Days", when there were no televisions or video games, and when walking uphill to school barefoot was evidently the norm. "When I was your age, after dinner we would sit around the one radio we owned and listen to the Radio Stories, and we were so excited to hear of the next adventure!" Those "Adventures" were performed live for the radio listeners. All of the sound effects the listener would hear were actually performed by the actors themselves or what is known as a sound effects artist or Foley Artist (in film). So, the half coconuts clopping on a board for horses, is actually not a cliche'!

You will not want to miss out seeing how these plays were produced live and in person. In the digital age of the Internet and YouTube, there is very little left to the imagination, and there are sound files available for just about every noise there is. In fact, "we were surprised to find out that most movies purchase the same sound bites for their sound effects, so if you hear a train in a movie, most likely that is the same train sound from the last movie you saw with a train! Same for the sounds of birds, and animals, and rain and thunder!" say Assistant Director Robyn LeGris.

With this production of Vintage Hitchcock, the sound effects will be made on the stage for the audience to witness, the handful of actors portraying dozens of characters will be "acting" for the "radio" audience and the entire Pearl Theater will be transformed to the 1940's! The Play itself is an evening of adaptations of three early films directed by Alfred Hitchcock: "The Lodger", "Sabotage", and "The 39 Steps". In true Hitchcock fashion, the musical underscoring and live sound effects are sure to make the suspense of the stories come to life to all those in attendance.

The Pearland Theater Guild is very proud to be the first theater to run this play in the Houston Metropolitan area. So put on your red lipstick, and suspenders and meet us at the Pearl Theater!

The show opens Friday, October 12 and runs three weekends. There will no show Sunday, Oct. 14. Regular tickets are $15, seniors and students tickets are $13 and Thursday performances are just $10! More information and tickets are available at http://www.pearl-theater.com or make reservations by phone at (713) 340-2540. The Pearl Theater is located in the northwest area of Shadow Creek at 14803 Park Almeda Dr., Houston, TX 77047.