Playwright Alan Olejniczak on Big Blend Radio

10/04/19 • 45 min

On this episode of Big Blend Radio’s 1st Friday Arts in Parks show, playwright and librettist Alan Olejniczak discusses his career experience as the first National Parks Arts Foundation playwright-in-residence in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. Olejniczak is working on an audio drama about the natural history and future of Hawai‘i Island. His operatic verses and performances usually center around human impacts on the environment, but his work during his residency in the park will incorporate active volcanoes and other natural forces beyond our control. More at: https://www.alanolejniczak.com/ and https://www.nationalparksartsfoundation.org/
Featured music on this episode is “Fiction Theatre” by Michael and Spider / Red Wedding.

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