The Late Night Radio Fest

As part of The Tank’s PrideFest 2026, The Late Night Radio Fest is offering listening parties for a pair of radio plays with decidedly queer subplots. Friday will be a night of suspense with The Strange Case of Nick M., in which a podcaster stumbles upon some recordings of questionable medical experiments conducted on a concert pianist with a memory disorder. Saturday night is pure comedy: Price in Purgatory follows the late, camp horror icon Vincent Price as he goes on a Dantesque journey with a lookalike spirit guide. Both shows are strictly audio. Eye masks provided.

Each program has also already received favorable notices. Oregon ArtsWatch said of The Strange Case of Nick M. when it originally broadcast on K-BOO FM: “Pisarra & company keep things playful, speculative, entertaining, tickling the audience around the edges of consciousness.” Meanwhile Arts Independent said of Price in Purgatory following its first hearing that “The play is both hysterically funny and intensely thought-provoking…”

The Strange Case of Nick M. cast includes Sean Doran, Stephanie Woods, and Danny Gray along with Nancy Campbell and Vanessa Hopkins. Sound design by Myrrh Larsen. Direction by Jerry Mouawad. Radio play by Drew Pisarra.

Price in Purgatory cast includes Mike Pinney, Jmar Reid, and Sai Thibodeau Bhattacharya. Direction and sound design by Douglas Wagner. Radio play by Drew Pisarra.