18-episode inaugural season begins Thursday, September 3, 2026
Lawrence University’s Department of Theatre Arts announced today the launch of Lawrence Theatre of the Air as a weekly podcast series, making more than two decades of live Old Time Radio performances available to listeners everywhere for the first time.
Beginning Thursday, September 3, 2026, one new episode will be released each week through December 31, 2026, for a total of 18 episodes drawn from the ensemble’s archive of live productions. The series is available on all major podcast platforms and can also be streamed directly at [https://LawrenceTheatreoftheAir.transistor.fm/](https://LawrenceTheatreoftheAir.transistor.fm/).
For more than 20 years, Lawrence Theatre of the Air has revived the art of the radio play, performing classic scripts by writers such as Norman Corwin and Arch Oboler before a live studio audience — most often in Lawrence University’s F. Theodore Cloak Theatre. The series is especially known for its sci-fi and detective serials, capturing the imagination and craftsmanship of radio drama’s golden age with live sound effects, full casts, and the same immediacy that made the original broadcasts a cultural phenomenon.
“It’s easy to file Corwin and Oboler under nostalgia, but that undersells them. These were serious writers working at the height of their craft, composing for an audience that had to build the entire world in its own imagination. That’s a demanding literary form, not a novelty act — and performing it live keeps us honest to that demand. Sharing these recordings is really an invitation to hear that writing on its own terms,” said Timothy X. Troy, Professor and Chair of Theatre Arts, Hurvis Professor of Theatre and Drama at Lawrence University.
The podcast offers new listeners a chance to discover a tradition that has, until now, lived primarily in the room where it was performed — and gives longtime attendees a way to revisit favorite productions on their own time.
Lawrence Theatre of the Air is produced by Lawrence University’s Department of Theatre Arts. New episodes release every Thursday beginning September 3, 2026.
Listen: https://LawrenceTheatreoftheAir.transistor.fm/ and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast platforms.
