Huckleberry Finn: An Orson Welles Radio Adaptation

On Sunday, August 31, 2025, at 2:00pm, the Betty Strong Encounter Center welcomes the Great Plains Radio Theatre Project’s (GSR) presentation of Orson Welles’ radio adaptation of Huckleberry Finn. While there is no admission cost, freewill donations are encouraged.

From the great American novelist, Mark Twain, comes what is considered by many his best and most endearing story, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This production first aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System on March 17, 1940, as part of the Campbell Playhouse dramatic radio series.

The Great Plains Radio Theatre Project (GPR) is a live, old-time radio performance troupe of Siouxland actors directed by Ralph Swain since its formation in 2007. Swain is a college instructor and part-time administrator at Western Iowa Tech Community College, which has a partnership with GPR. He is a Vietnam veteran and former award-winning radio broadcaster who remembers as a child listening to radio dramas during the Golden Age of Radio in the 1940s and '50s.

You may also like the following events from Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and Betty Strong Encounter Center:

• This Sunday, 17th August, 02:00 pm, Don Hickey presents “James Monroe: America’s Fifth President” in Sioux City
• Next Friday, 22nd August, 06:30 pm, Outdoor Summer Series: “We Will Rise Again” Musical in Sioux City
• Next Sunday, 24th August, 02:00 pm, Russ Gifford Presents: "Roads and Trails and Stagecoach Tales" in Sioux City

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