In a small New Hampshire neighborhood, one girl gets what she wants with hard work, entrepreneurial spirit, and style.

My submission to the 2014 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.  It's also my first interview.  

Flower Power

First assignment for "Writing, Radio, and Aurality".  No windscreen (sorry).     

The Bitter Reaps The Sweet, I Hope

A report on whether Sarah Lawrence College is worth the price.  Will probably re-do it though, since I never introduced one of the interviewees (sorry, Stephanie).  

An assignment for "Writing, Radio, and Aurality".  

Is It Worth It?

An audio postcard of the swing set at Sarah Lawrence College.



Swing

A short radio drama for Writing, Radio, and Aurality.  The assignment was "small moment, big picture".  

Featuring Langston Epps as Josh.

Searching For Love

SHELBY EL OTMANI: Skippy White's Record

20-year-old New Hampshire resident Courtney Griffin died suddenly and somewhat mysteriously on September 29th, 2014.  Some people assumed it was because of a car accident she had been in only a day before, or from some other terrible accident.  But to the shock of her friends and family, Courtney had been suffering from a heroin addiction, and had died of an overdose.  Heroin is one of the cheapest and most addictive drugs on the illicit drug market.  The CDC states that heroin use has quadrupled from 1999-2010 alone, and anticipates that it has increased even more since then.  Furthermore, the death rate from heroin has doubled from 2010-2012, a number that has continued to rise in the nation.  New Hampshire has been hit particularly hard by the increase in users, and the number of overdose deaths has reached epidemic proportions with at least 65 confirmed overdose deaths, and at least 70 pending.  Shelby El Otmani went to New Hampshire to get Courtney’s story and learn more about heroin addiction.    

This piece was produced from October to December 2014. 


The Heroin Epidemic in New Hampshire (Courtney Griffin's Story)

A young woman gets a call... from herself.  

Submitted to The Sarahs.  

Future Calling

My friend Cecilia and I have always been hard workers and big dreamers.  But at 23, neither of us can help but feel totally stuck and off track.   

"23 Snuck Up On Us" was produced by Shelby El Otmani for KCRW's 24-Hour Radio Race.  

SHELBY EL OTMANI: 23 Snuck Up On Us (2016 Radio Race)

What happens when you give a bunch of radio producers a theme and three weeks to produce three short stories? Then what happens when you put all those different stories together?

The Audiotopsy is a showcase for an experimental surrealist audio drama project based on the game Exquisite Cadavers.

Our first episode is produced by Peter Bresnan and Shelby El Otmani. In this case, we had two weeks to make two stories. Our theme was "something rare". 

Want to get involved? Reach out at exquisite@gmail.com!

Stories
"Techno Witchcraft Dreamboy" (00:22-5:40)
"Something Rare" (05:42-9:41)

Shelby El Otmani

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