California Artists Radio Theatre (CART)

CART Yesterday and Today

In 1984, Ms. Webber began her quest to revive radio drama and help encourage young people to enjoy classic literature. Her past work with directors such as Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Norman Corwin and Jack Webb, as well as her many years as a lead actress in radio, television and film well prepared her for the challenge. Astin and Eggar

Ms. Webber began recording the CART radio shows casting stars from network radio, television and film, along with members of her own CART Repertory Stage Productions, established actors from the U.S., Great Britain and Ireland.

CART appeared at numerous conventions and at The Press Club fundraiser for those unemployed following the closing of the Los Angeles Examiner, and the Mayor's "Fund for The Homeless" event. Both of the latter were live Shay Duffin broadcasts - as was CART's first 90-minute musical, an adaptation of Ian Whitcomb's book, Lotus Land.

The early CART radio shows were broadcast on KUSC where - after the first production of Treasure Island - there were three hundred calls to the station requesting more.

For nine years, CART was heard throughout the Los Angeles area on radio stations KUSC, KPCC, and KPFK, and was also broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio) for twelve years.

Internationally, CART contracted with World Space to send 40 hours
of programming to Africa, South America, and Asia.

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CART on Television

In 1989, The Charles Kurault CBS Sunday Morning show presented
the CART company from rehearsal to show-time performing A Tribute
to Abraham Lincoln, written by Peggy Webber, with scenes from
Norman Corwin's The Rivalry and Ann Rutledge, written and directed
by Norman Corwin.

San Francisco's television station KPIX filmed an excerpt from
CART's The Importance of Being Earnest. It was integrated into the
statewide television O'Herlihy and Nolan

series "California Trails."

During the production of the broadcast of Salman Rushdie's "Satanic Verses," five local television stations covered the live CART broadcast.

On the 75th Birthday Tribute to Ray Bradbury, NBC's The Today Show filmed portions of our 90-minute CART tribute.

Slavic Television covered the CART production of "Pygmalion" while a Canadian television crew covered "The Ray Bradbury Tribute."

All CART programs are produced by agreement with the
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

CART Awards

Three medals from the International Radio Festival (one Gold, one Silver, and one Bronze) for the production of The Orangeburg Massacre, directed by Frank Beacham and produced by Peggy Webber

Two Gold Medals from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for Macbeth, adapted, produced and directed by Peggy Webber

A Gold Medal for best production from The New York International Radio Festival for the C.A.R.T. and Thousand Oak's tribute to Ray Bradbury on his 75th birthday, adapted, produced and directed by Peggy Webber and co-produced by the Thousand Oaks Library Foundation.

A Gold Medal for an 80th Birthday Tribute to Ray Bradbury that was adapted, directed and produced by Peggy Webber

A Gold Medal for Oscar in Limbo, a production written and directed by Richard Erdman and produced by Peggy Webber

A Gold Medal and Silver Medal to CART for the production of "The Tribute to Norman Corwin," produced by Peggy Webber and the Thousand Oaks Library Foundation.

Silver Medal for Alice in Wonderland, produced and directed by Peggy Webber.

Silver Medal for One Perfect Rose, produced and directed by Peggy Webber.

Silver Medal for Where She Stops, produced and directed by Peggy Webber.

Silver Medal for The World and His Wife by Oliver Hailey, produced and directed by Peggy Webber.

Silver Reel Award for Best Radio Drama Production for Any Friend of Nicholas Nickelby is a Friend of Mine, by Ray Bradbury (awarded by the National Federation of Community Broadcasting).

Woodbury University Ray Bradbury Creativity Award, given to Peggy Webber and presented in person by Ray Bradbury. Individual awards were given to ten members of the original CART company.

Certificate Of Commendation from The Mayor of Los Angeles in 2004.

Tribute Luncheon and Award from the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters in 2005.

Fifteen national and international medals, and nine international finalist awards.

In Memoriam

In memory of our colleagues and life-long friends, CART would like to express
the ever-felt loss of their talents and comradeship: the sacrifices, loyalty and generosity
they offered in making CART theatre, television, and radio programs possible.

In Memoriam