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Columbia Workshop

Description

Experimental radio drama series explores new narrative and sound techniques through original plays, adaptations, and music.

Columbia Workshop was a radio series that aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System from 1936 to 1943, returning in 1946–47.

Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 4.0. Updated Jun 18, 2026.

Norman Corwin Guy Repp Helen Claire Lurene Tuttle Dwight Weist Howard Smith Karl Eastman Karl Swenson Lewis Carroll Adelaide Klein Alfred Shirley Arthur Vinton Eustace Wyatt Florence Robinson Frank Lovejoy House Jameson Lord Dunsany Lucille Fletcher Martin Gabel Morgan Farley Neal O'Malley Norman Lloyd Ray Collins Roy Fant William Pringle Agnes Moorehead Archibald MacLeish Arthur Elmer Brandon Peters Burgess Meredith Carleton Young Dan Davies Earl Hammond Edgar Stehli Edmond MacDonald Edward Latimer Elliott Lewis Henriette Kaye Hester Sondergaard Jack Hartley Jack Kruschen Jeanette Nolan Joan Tepsal John Gibson Jonathan Swift Kenneth Delmar Kenneth Grahame Larry Robinson Luis van Rooten Orson Welles Oscar Wilde Rosalind Ralston Santos Ortega Sarah Selby Ted Osborne Tom Tully Van Heflin Walter Kinsella Walter Vaughn William Watts Winfield Honey Abraham Polansky Ann Alsner Arlene Francis Arnold Stang Art Carney Arthur Laurents Arthur Miller Arthur Q. Bryan Artie Shaw Barbara Weeks Basil Heater Betty Filson Betty Ragie Bill Bendix Bill Johnstone Billy Lynn Burford Hampden Cameron Andrews Cathy Lewis Celina Royal Charles Burton Charles Dickens Charles Leteaux Charles Vanda Chester Stratton Cyrus Kendall Dan Seymour Dean Reisner Dolores Gillen Donald Ogden Stewart DuBose Heyward Earle Ross Ed Kaylish Ed Lattimer Eddie Mayehoff Eddie Ryan Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Barryer Edgar Stelhi Edith Spencer Edwin Max Effie Palmer Eileen Burns Elsa Lanchester Elsie May Gordon Enid Markey Eric Rolfe Eric Roth Ernest Hemingway (The Killers) & Georgia Backus (Illusion)Ethel Everett Everett Sloane Flora Campbell Florence and Ben Vine Frank Butler Frank Graham Frank Reddick Gale Bonny Gardner Ashain Gaye Seabrooke Gayza Corbin Gene Leonard Geoffrey Bryan George Coulouris George Fass George Gaul George Tiplady George Tipley Gerry Shwartz Gladys Thornton Grace Coffin Gregory Morten Groucho Marx Guy de Maupassant Hans Conried Harold Dryanforth Helaine DuMoise Helen Bergavoy and George Zachary Helen Lewis Henry Morgan Hilda Cole Horace Braham Howard Lyndsay Ian Martin Irwin Shaw Ivan Triasof J. B. Melik Jack Grimes Jack McBride James Frederick James Gould Cozzens Jay Novello Jean Cobert Jerry Hausner Jim Backus Jim Tranter Joan Alexander Joel Falcens John Browne John Clarke John Kane John Millington Synge Joseph Gottlieb Julian Noah Junius Matthews Karel Čapek Keenan Wynn Ken Daniel Kenny Delmar Louis Hector Madelyn Pugh Mandel Kramer Margot Stevenson Mark Smith Mary Parkington (Experiment) & Brian J. Byrne (Highway Incident)Mathew Crowley Maurice Dolbier Maurice Ellis Maurice Franklin Maurice Tarplin Micky O'Day Naomi Campbell Nathaniel Curtis Norma Jean Nilsson Orthe Bell Parker Fennelly Parker Finlay Patricia Ryan Patsy O'Shea Paul Emery Paul Stewart Paul Y. Anderson (An Incident of The Cosmos) & John Whedon (The Last Citation)Pauline Gibson Peter Capell Pinto Colvig Raymond Van Sickle Reginald Bache Richard Coogan Richard Widmark Robert Benchley Robert Lee Rolfe Sedan Ruth Gordon Ruth Yorke Sam Wanamaker Sandy Strauss Sheridan Le Fanu Sidney Newman Somar Alberg Sonny Lembke Stefan Staubel Stephen Vincent Benét Sutton Vane Sylvia Sidney Ted de Corsia Teddy Bergman Teddy Hart Templeton Fox Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss)Thurl Ravenscroft Tom Lewis Unknown (Script by Artie Shaw)Vicky Voeller Vin Ross Vincent Price Walter Newman Walter Slezak Werner Mishel Whitford Kane Wilbur Daniel Steele Zac McBride

Showtimes

Original schedule

7:00 PM ET
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10:30 PM ET
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8:00 PM ET
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2:30 PM ET
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4:00 PM ET
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10:00 PM ET
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10:15 PM ET
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7:30 PM ET
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