Five radio plays offering suspense, comedy, Western drama and a spoof of Dragnet and modern art are all part of the fun experience called Hamilton-Gibson’s Tune In To Radio HG Festival.

The Coolidge Theatre at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, 104 Main St., Wellsboro will be transformed into WBFR (Wellsboro’s Broadcast Free Radio) studios for performances at 7:30 p.m. this Friday and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. this Sunday.

The in-person audience will watch actors stand before microphones with scripts in hand, while live sound effects and music are combined to create a special program of radio plays that include “Sam Spade”, “Easy Aces”, “The Thin Man”, “Gunsmoke” and ArtNet.”

There will also be one audio only online performance of those radio plays at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28 so the audience can listen to them as they would have been heard during the Golden Age of American radio.

In “Sam Spade and the Corporation Murders” directed by Mitch Kreisler of Rochester, N.Y., Spade plays both sides of the coin when an angry wife and her conniving husband each try to hire him to investigate the other. The case leads this hard-boiled private detective into a deadly game of murder. It originally aired on Sept. 6, 1946.

“Easy Aces: Jane Gets Jury Duty” is directed by Sarah Duterte of Wellsboro. Despite her husband’s skepticism, Jane is convinced her talents are being wasted when called to jury duty so she shops around to find the jury she likes best. The series of 15-minute episodes aired five days a week for 15 years, from 1930 to 1945.

In “The Thin Man: The Case of The Goofy Groom”, directed by Yolie Canales of Wellsboro, husband and wife Nick and Nora Charles get caught up in a strange situation when they attend a wedding reception for an old friend. The Adventures of the Thin Man radio series was broadcast on all four major radio networks from 1941 to 1950.

“Gunsmoke: The Mortgage” is directed by Gabe Hakvaag of Wellsboro. U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon and his deputy, Chester Proudfoot, are reluctant to serve the foreclosure papers on a family on the brink of disaster. Can they find another way? The Gunsmoke radio series ran from 1952 to 1961. The television series ran for 20 seasons from 1955 to 1975.

“ArtNet,” directed by Yolie Canales. is a spoof of Dragnet and modern art. Join Detective Joe Frida as he gets “just the facts, ma’am” and learns about the mysterious missing model Mona Lisa and where she went. This contemporary radio play, written by Eric Coble, takes the audience on a cruise through the criminal art world.

Tickets for both the in-person shows and the livestream, audio only show can be purchased at hgp.booktix.com. Those who buy tickets for an in-person performance will be offered a discount code if they would also like to hear the audio only version via the Internet.

For more information, call the Hamilton-Gibson Productions office at 570-724-2079 or email hamgib@gmail.com.