At noon this Friday, April 30, and again at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 1, KZSM.org will proudly present radio plays written and produced by Theatre II students at San Marcos High School.
The project was developed by Abigail Hopkins, a student teacher and theatre major at Texas State University. She was “inspired to develop radio plays with the students after observing Mrs. Rowe’s unit on Foley art and sound design.” Working alone or collaborating in groups, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students completed one-to-five-minute radio dramas that incorporate music, sound effects, and dialogue to tell a story. As Hopkins explains, “students had complete ownership of their amazing creations as they picked their topic, wrote their script, designed their Foley sound effects, and created fun-to-listen-to characters.”
The students made their own sound effects using random objects available to them to create unique sounds specific to their radio drama. For instance, they used paint rollers to create the sound of bikes and a metal plant hanger and a spoon to create the sound of a cow bell.
