December 12th 2020
The NOLA Voice Talent Foundation broke new ground this weekend with a hugely successful broadcast of "It's a Wonderful Life" as a radio-play via Zoom.

The production is believed to be the FIRST-EVER Zoom broadcast of the radio-play in the history of popular movie, with each of the cast performing remotely from their own home while the audience also watched from their homes - helping to put Hollywood South at the forefront of innovation in the wake of the current pandemic.

This was the twelfth year The NOLA Voice Talent Foundation has produced "It's a Wonderful Life" as a radio-play, part of the many programs organized by the Foundation to provide opportunities for performers and to use their talents to support the community. Proceeds from the production this year go towards regeneration in the wake of hurricanes Laura, Delta, and Zeta along the Gulf coast this fall.

In the meantime, a recording of the show is being planned for re-broadcast over the Christmas Holidays. Cast list, details and updates at www.WonderfulLifeNOLA.com

Speaking about this year's show, Producer Stephen James, founder and CEO of The NOLA Voice Talent Foundation, was delighted: "Naturally we had a few minor technical glitches, but the presentation came across as smoothly as we could have expected. We all learned a great deal from the program and we are looking forward to our next remote production in the near future."

Stephen James has long been a proponent of the exceptional talent in Mississippi and Louisiana, the region popularly known as Hollywood South, and has called on the movie and entertainment industry in the region to garner its creative and business skills to lead the field in innovation in production techniques as we come out of the pandemic and to create new ways of bringing productions to audiences.

"It's a Wonderful Life" 12th Annual Benefit Radio-play