"On Air's heartfelt messages and buoyant music harken to earlier times of discovery, gathering together, listening to new ideas... And to each other."
- DC Theatre Scene

"The voices that fill the intimate Cauldron space in solos, duets and group numbers are beautifully on the money."
​- ​DC Metro Theater Arts

"...this is a lovely show about hope and dreams and a time when America still seemed to be excited about progress and believed that yes, we can."
​- MD Theatre Guide
Music and Lyrics by MATT CONNER
Book and Lyrics by STEPHEN GREGORY SMITH

Principal Sponsor: Jon Wiant
Additional Sponsors: Mike Blank, and John & Jackie Chewning & The Juan C. Febles Memorial Fund

Amidst the tumbling torrent that was the 1920s, Frank and Flora Conrad were on the edge of discovering mass broadcasting. These two unsung radio pioneers broke through the static and established the first radio station in America in their unassuming garage in East Pittsburgh.  ON AIR follows their untold love story, and how radio became a constant companion, messenger and soundtrack of our lives over the past century of American life.
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Just as Frank and Flora’s creative partnership brought a bold new invention, Conner and Smith bring us this captivating final “Bold New Work,” a celebratory culmination of their five year cycle of critically acclaimed musical premieres at Creative Cauldron. (The Turn of the Screw 2015, Monsters of the Villa Diodati 2016, Kaleidoscope 2017, Witch 2018). Don't miss it!

May 2 - 26, 2019

​Thursday 8:00 PM, Friday 8:00 PM, Saturday 8:00 PM, Sunday 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM

Adults $32 - Seniors $28 - Military $28 - Students $20 - Groups $20
Get a FREE ticket when you sign up as a volunteer!

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