Riddle previews play with WPR

Prof. Laura Riddle is a huge old-time radio fan… which came through in a highly descriptive and entertaining interview Wednesday afternoon on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” program. She talks about the exacting challenge of synching up music, actors and sound effects — and indicated that a lot of the show’s fun will come from watching the “tech crew” scramble to simulate script details such as “Harry falls through the ice,” for example, by twisting stalks of celery (which sounds like ice breaking). A listenable seven-minute segment, can be heard here.