{"id":1358,"date":"2018-02-01T05:47:37","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T05:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/?page_id=1358"},"modified":"2018-02-21T23:30:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T23:30:48","slug":"war-of-the-worlds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/war-of-the-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"War of the Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Dates and Tickets<\/h2>\n<p>Performances were held at the Murray E Nelson Government Government and Cultural Center in Key Largo, located at 102050 Overseas Highway (mm102 on the Bay Side) Show dates are as follows for February 2018.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>February &nbsp;8th, @ 7:30 pm (Thursday &#8211; OPENING NIGHT)<\/li>\n<li>February &nbsp;9th, @ 7:30pm (Friday)<\/li>\n<li>February 10th @ 7:30pm (Saturday)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>February 15th 7:30pm (Thursday)<\/li>\n<li>February 17th @ 7:30pm (Saturday)<\/li>\n<li>February 18th @ 2:00pm (Sunday &#8211; MATINEE)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/market\/the-key-players-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WoftheW-Flyer-Updated-777x1024.jpg\" alt=\"WAR OF THE WORLDS KEY PLAYERS FLYER\" width=\"500\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WoftheW-Flyer-Updated-777x1024.jpg 777w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WoftheW-Flyer-Updated-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WoftheW-Flyer-Updated-768x1012.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WoftheW-Flyer-Updated.jpg 1457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Show Description<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3241-e1517463069219.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3241-e1517463069219-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Original NYTimes Coverage of the Orson Wells War of the Worlds Broadcast\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3241-e1517463069219-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3241-e1517463069219-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3241-e1517463069219-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3241-e1517463069219-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3241-e1517463069219.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The<em><strong> War of the Worlds<\/strong><\/em> would become the most famous radio show in history and be known forever as the panic broadcast. It all began a little past 8pm on Sunday, October 30th, 1938 when an estimated 32 million people (according to the Crosley service)&nbsp;people tuned in to listen. It was devils night, mischief night, the eve of Halloween and this show turned into one big &#8220;scare&#8221; for America just as director Orson Welles intended. The radio show and the stories of that night would haunt American households for generations to come.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This <strong>Key Players production<\/strong>&nbsp;of this radio broadcast uses original radio scripts from the 1938 Orson Welles directed event. &nbsp;The cast portrays the multitude of on-air characters changing voices (and in this case outfits too for visuals) along with creating the many eire sounds of battle and alien spaceships from inside the Mercury Radio Studio in New York City (on stage).<\/p>\n<p>To compliment the show, additional skits written by director\/producer Jonelle Kopp to depict scenes of New Jersey families close to the initial alien landing listening to and being &#8220;fooled&#8221; by the broadcast. Watch how it impacted families and see how some took matters into their own hands before they learned it was just a radio play. See the struggles and decisions these families faced just as many real families did in America at the time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So join us at the Murray Nelson Center this February to be entertained for the evening (or afternoon) and learn exactly what did happen on this night in American history. Witness how the show sounds were produced and hear the voices on the actors reading characters depicted in the original broadcast. &nbsp;Understand why americans took this broadcast so seriously. Let&#8217;s take a trip to 1938 and see (and listen) to radio history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Performance<\/h2>\n<p>Catch this two minute video showcasing a few of the scenes in Act I. Enjoy and come see the show.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VCgQ4N02sOY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also sharing some images from the early performance and dress rehearsal. Images special thanks to the KeysWeekly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Slide1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Slide1.jpg\" alt=\"War of the Worlds Key Players Feb 2018\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Slide1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Slide1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Slide2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Slide2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Slide2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Slide2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Thank You from the Key Players<\/h2>\n<p>A special thank you from the entire cast and crew of War of the Worlds to all who attended and to those who supported the show including our sponsors. Thank you. We appreciated the opportunity to perform for so many people and love the fact so many came out to be entertained and watch a piece of radio history done Keys style.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1397\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/WarofheWorldsFullCast-Director2018-02-18-16.10.01.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1397\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/WarofheWorldsFullCast-Director2018-02-18-16.10.01.jpg\" alt=\"full cast and director of the war of the worlds florida keys\" width=\"550\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/WarofheWorldsFullCast-Director2018-02-18-16.10.01.jpg 2675w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/WarofheWorldsFullCast-Director2018-02-18-16.10.01-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/WarofheWorldsFullCast-Director2018-02-18-16.10.01-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/WarofheWorldsFullCast-Director2018-02-18-16.10.01-1024x623.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That&#8217;s all she wrote&#8230; Thank you.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<h2>Press Coverage<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out our article in the <em><strong>Florida Keys Free Press<\/strong><\/em> on January 31 starting on 1B and continuing to page 5B. See full story &gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/keysnews.com\/article\/story\/alien-invasion-radio-broadcast-inspires-play\/\"> here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Check out the article in the February 2018 <em><strong>The Conch Republic Coconut Telegraph&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>on page 15. See the full story &gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theconchtelegraph.com\/issues\/2018\/february\/page14-15.pdf\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Check out the cover story in the february 8th Keys Weekly. See full story on page 9 &gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/keysweekly\/docs\/18-0209_uk\">here.&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1364\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3239-e1517463042964.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1364\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3239-e1517463042964-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3239-e1517463042964-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3239-e1517463042964-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3239-e1517463042964-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3239-e1517463042964-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3239-e1517463042964.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Florida Keys Free Press<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1375\" style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/coconut-telegraph-WoftheW-story.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1375\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/coconut-telegraph-WoftheW-story-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Conch Republic Coconut Telegraph story on War of the Worlds\" width=\"186\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/coconut-telegraph-WoftheW-story-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/coconut-telegraph-WoftheW-story.jpg 714w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conch Republic Coconut Telegraph&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1385\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/keysweekly\/docs\/18-0209_uk\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1385\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3299-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"Keys Weekly Feb 8th, 2018 - Cover image from War of the World's - Kthe Keys Players production. \" width=\"265\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3299-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_3299.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cover Story in upper Keys Weekly<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Rehearsal<\/h2>\n<p>The Key Players rehearsals are taking place at the Key Largo Lions Club Monday and Wednesday evenings until we move into the Murray Nelson Theater on February 3rd. Here is a view into some of the rehearsals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/WaroftheWorlds-Rehearsal-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/WaroftheWorlds-Rehearsal-01-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"War of the Worlds Rehearsals for the Key Players\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/WaroftheWorlds-Rehearsal-01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/WaroftheWorlds-Rehearsal-01.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/WaroftheWorlds-Rehearsal-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/WaroftheWorlds-Rehearsal-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/WaroftheWorlds-Rehearsal-02.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/WaroftheWorlds-Rehearsal-02-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/market\/the-key-players-2\"><strong>BUY tickets to see the War of the Worlds<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dates and Tickets Performances were held at the Murray E Nelson Government Government and Cultural Center in Key Largo, located at 102050 Overseas Highway (mm102 on the Bay Side) Show dates are as follows for February 2018. February &nbsp;8th, @ 7:30 pm (Thursday &#8211; OPENING NIGHT) February &nbsp;9th, @ 7:30pm (Friday) February 10th @&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1358"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1358"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1372,"href":"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1358\/revisions\/1372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thekeyplayers.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}