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Seattle,
Washington
May
11, 2002 -- Original Lindbergh Radio Play Premiered Live
The Museum of Flight will host a live premier of the original radio play, Spirit:
The Story of the Spirit of St. Louis. The play will be
performed by the Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound (REPS) and is being
written by REPS member Joy Jackson. Drawing on Lindbergh's Spirit
of St. Louis and other supplementary materials, the one-hour play
focuses on the drama of Lindbergh's struggle to build an aircraft to compete
for the Orteig Prize. The text of actual telegrams and newspaper
articles of the day is woven into the script to heighten the audience's
sense of being present through the trials and tribulations Lindbergh faced
before ever leaving the ground on his historic flight. Spirit
will be performed live in the Museum of Flight's 275-seat William M. Allen
Theater, and the performance will be broadcast on KIXI-AM, Seattle, on May
18, 2002.
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