Radio on the Lake Theatre is recipient of the 2021 Knight Foundation Akron Arts Challenge!
Radio on the Lake Theatre was named one of six recipients of the 2021 Knight Arts Challenge Akron from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The grant was used to create Listening to History - a portable audio tour utilizing the art of the radio play to illuminate five historical Akron landmarks for the visually challenged, and ROTLT partnered with the Akron Blind Center to bring this project to life for its constituents.
In addition to the $18,000 grant for Listening to History, ROTLT also received a $10,000 Tech Grant for technical support.
Podcasting and Playwriting
Our teaching artists work within the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to bring the joys of podcasting and playwriting to area students.
Radio on the Lake Theatre Presents…
This weekly series celebrates classic and contemporary audio drama, and is broadcast on two stations - 920 WON: The Apple in Brooklyn, New York and WBWC 88.3 FM in Berea, Ohio. ROTLT works with the theater and communications departments of Baldwin Wallace University to perform and record this series. Radio on the Lake Theatre Presents… is made possible by a grant from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.
BorderLight International Theatre + Fringe Festival
ROTLT was proud to be chosen as a partner on BorderLight’s first commissioned work. Under the Sycamores, A Secret Path Audio Experience in Cleveland’s Historic Erie Street Cemetery is a self-guided, site-specific outdoor audio experience and invites you to choose your own path through the Erie St. Cemetery.
“With their focus on radio plays, Radio on the Lake Theatre provides a unique offering in Northeast Ohio. In a pandemic year, their expertise allowed BorderLight to offer safe, affordable original programming of local interest”
Dale Heinen
Co-Founder and Co-Director
BorderLight International Theatre + Fringe Festival
PL Radio
PL Radio is a series of audio plays funded through support from the Ohio Arts Council and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, produced and recorded in partnership with Radio on the Lake Theatre and Playwright Local. New works by Julia Fisher, Tom Hayes, Agnes Herrmann, Gail Nyoka and Faye Sholiton are available along with two previous productions, Entanglement and Every Play is a Radio Play When You’re Blind.