Reader’s Theatre – War of the Worlds, The 1938 Radio Script

Join us for a stage reading of this infamous radio play, based on the novel by H. G. Wells. Broadcast from New York’s Mercury Theatre in 1938, it had many terrified listeners convinced that an actual alien invasion of Earth was taking place. Adapted by Howard E. Koch, co-writer of Casablanca, and directed and narrated by Orson Welles, this original script detailing the frightening tale of an extraterrestrial takeover is now available to bring to life onstage to thrill and chill audiences.