ABOUT THE WTF SEASON ON AUDIBLE
2020 brought unprecedented challenges to the world. In response, Williamstown Theatre Festival embarked upon an innovative artistic endeavor, ensuring that the voices of our artists can be heard loudly and clearly around the globe. This is the WTF Season on Audible.
Collaborating with the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, WTF has turned obstacle into invention and limitation into access: producing a full season of new and reimagined works defined by artistic excellence, cultural relevance, and unbounded reach. This is a season artfully crafted with some of the most influential and provocative American theatre artists of today to meet the challenges and opportunities of this extraordinary moment; a season for a new medium and a new stage; a season created and performed by diverse artistic voices, mirroring the diversity of theatre lovers worldwide who now have a front-row seat. This is pure theatrical creation amplified and democratized, designed for a global audience at an hour when theatre’s power to inspire, move, and heal is most needed.
You can enjoy the WTF Season on Audible wherever and whenever you want, unlimited by space or time. Inside your headphones, a truly unique experience awaits: daring, exhilarating, engaging… and most importantly yours. A theatre you alone inhabit yet experience with an audience listening all over the world.
Wherever you are, we invite you to press play and immerse yourself in the WTF Season on Audible.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
What is Audible?
Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary, is the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, offering customers a new way to enhance and enrich their lives every day. Audible content includes more than 525,000 audio programs from leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers.
Why Audible?
Translating our season into audio-only productions is a new artistic opportunity that our artists are embracing. These works were written for the stage, but by reimagining what is possible we will take their characters and stories and transport our audience through an entirely sonic experience. This is not a replacement for live theatre, but, as artists, we must continue to put a mirror up to society and reflect the current moment out to the world, and this moment is pushing us to create in a new and exciting way.
How do I get access to the WTF Season on Audible?
To listen to the WTF Season on Audible, go to www.audible.com or download the Audible app to subscribe. For information about Audible’s different membership plans, click here. Note: the WTF Season on Audible is included in both the Audible Plus and Audible Premium Plus memberships. Individual titles will also be available for sale through Audible as they are released.
Audible’s Customer Care team is available for any questions or issues that arise at 1-888-283-5051.
Special access to all seven titles in the WTF Season on Audible is available for eligible WTF donors; click here for more information. Eligible donors: for access to the WTF Season on Audible, please click the unique link that was emailed to you on December 3. If you have any questions, please email support@wtfestival.org.
When can I listen to the WTF Season on Audible?
Release dates have been announced for the season’s first four titles:
- A Streetcar Named Desire on Thursday, December 3 – LISTEN NOW
- Photograph 51 on Thursday, December 10 – LISTEN NOW
- Animals on Thursday, December 17 – LISTEN NOW
- Chonburi International Hotel & Butterfly Club on Tuesday, December 29 – LISTEN NOW
Release dates for the three remaining titles will be announced soon.
When each title releases, it will be available on Audible. Stay tuned to this webpage for updates!
WTF SEASON ON AUDIBLE UPDATE
The season has begun! The first four releases of the season, A Streetcar Named Desire, Photograph 51, Animals, and Chonburi International Hotel & Butterfly Club, are available now on Audible.
Release dates for the three remaining titles will be announced soon.
When each title releases, it will be available on Audible. Special access to all seven titles in the WTF Season on Audible will be made available to eligible WTF donors; click here for more information.
Scroll to learn more about the shows in the season, and stay tuned to this page for more information and exciting updates.
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