Martians have invaded H.D. Stafford Middle School in 91原创. Well, not exactly.

A group of students led by teacher Andrew Gundy have completed their own version of the 1938 radio production of 鈥淭he War of the Worlds,鈥� based on the H.G. Wells novel.

Gundy, who teaches theatre, was inspired to take on the radio theatre project after seeing an image on the internet, prompting him to make the best out of a challenging situation in this pandemic.

鈥淭here was a meme about 鈥榓liens invading and at least that hasn鈥檛 happened yet.鈥� It has been quite a trying year,鈥� says Andrew Gundy.

鈥淚n the back of my mind, I was thinking I鈥檇 like to do a theatre production, but I don鈥檛 really know how to do that with COVID or what would be allowed or not allowed, but I thought about it and then somehow it all clicked together. The idea of a radio play, about an alien invasion, catastrophe, something we鈥檙e all experiencing right now, so it all just came together,鈥� explains Gundy.

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The four-part series was written and voiced by the students. Many of them have experience with school productions but voice acting was a first.

鈥淚 usually like doing live performances more, but this was very fun because I could put my own ideas into the script that we were writing,鈥� said Neera, one of the performers.

The students learned about the importance of imagery, expression, and sound.

鈥淲riting for radio theatre, you have to really make sure that you know if you are saying something about the environment you have to really describe it, and you have to make sure that if I was just listening and didn鈥檛 see it, could I make the image in my head,鈥� outlined Kaya, another student in the show.

With the internet and technology, the students admit radio is not a popular medium for their generation.

鈥淭his is kind of 鈥榦ld school,鈥� I kind of liked it though, because it was a change. This year hasn鈥檛 been normal at all for anyone, so I figured why not make this different too,鈥� noted Kaya.

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鈥淚 think they really offered something unique in their work and something that hopefully will be encouraging for them in years to come as they think of the memories of this time,鈥� says Gundy.

鈥淜ids are more resilient than we sometimes give them credit for. I think I have seen a lot of resiliency both in the students I teach and then these kids that I worked with as well,鈥� added Gundy.

The four episodes of the War of the Worlds and other information can be accessed on the theatre group鈥檚 website .