Radio Drama Revival

From our Mark Time/Ogle Awards winners' circle series - this week we feature again the funky distopia of Our Fair City, where the Hartlife Company provides "All the life you ever need," malicious man-eating ants are something to sweep under the rug, and the highlight of your day may be bumping into a mole person.  This funky post-apocalyptic play earned the Silver Ogle Award this year, and producer Fred Greenhalgh got a chance to meet, greet, and interview their crew at the 2012 CONvergence Con #CVG2012.  Hijinks and audio interviews ensue. Kicking off our episode is the second installment of Aural Stage's Dialed In - the aptly titled Shooting the Bull by Perry Whittle, in which a raging bull and a china shop just don't mix. We also have Chapter 20 of The Cleansed - the conclusion of Episode 5, wherein Lucian is brought to confront a group of "Angels," and our intrepid heroes find a new battle about to be fought on the home front P.S. Our Fair City has a fantastic new website, and will be celebrating the launch of Season 3 with a party in Chicago this August.  Details on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ourfaircityradio

Chilling sound effects, a huge and diverse cast that has come together like clockwork, and tight writing that keeps you wound in suspense hour after hour are the hallmark of zombie podcast sensation We’re Alive, a show that proves that horror is best served cold, on the omniplex-sized theatre of your imagination. We’ve been following [...] The post Episode 288 – We’re Alive’s Kc Wayland Talks appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

We kick off the next round of features of Mark Time/Ogle winners with a feature of Dieter Zimmerman's newest production - the Gold Mark Time Award winning Brad Lansky and the 4DVerse by Protophonic. AMAI Soliton found a way to travel through the toroid artefact in the Anti-Starc. The cryptic note he left before disappearing leads Brad and Alex to Drupa 5, a deserted alien planet. There they find a beacon in a desert canyon that might belong to MAMAI. Next thing they hit upon a treasure trove of alien artefacts - To Alex, an explorer’s dream come true; to Brad, too good to be true. Alex’s personality suddenly changes. And then there are the shapes…. This moment strains their friendship and marks the start of a devious plan by unseen agents. Subsequent events drive the rift between them ever wider. Can trust win through when reality itself is being manipulated? Can friendship survive in a game dictated by malevolent superbeings? Alex is soon lost in a higher dimension, his only hope an old friend’s loyalty. In his desperation Brad accepts the help of a sinister warship and soon finds himself at the forefront of GAIA’s power struggle with an old enemy, an enemy that has just taken the arms race to a completely new, and terrifying level. Preceded by Chapter 18 of The Cleansed - wherein a young boy Amos is embraced with open arms by a religious sect called The Believers.

This week we report from #CVG2012 where our own FinalRune Productions in tandem with good friends Aural Stage Studios pick up the Gold Ogle award for our last year's Halloween show, Intensive Care.  Joining us are a group of friends including Jack and Robert from Wireless Theatre Company, Dieter Zimmerman from Protophonic, Jeffrey Gardner and Clayton Faits from Our Fair City, and - !!! - Phil Proctor and David Ossman from The Firesign Theatre. We kick off with the debut of Aural Stage's new biweekly series - Dialed In with their inaugural installment, "Ancient Evil" When an ancient Xipe curse is released in the Archaeology lab, Ryan (Mike Racioppa) & Dr. Miller (David Ault) must contain it to prevent an apocalyptic outbreak on campus. Features Nat Angstom and Amye Lewis. Directed by Samantha Mason. Music by Peter Van Riet. Sound Design by Mike de Almeida. Theme music and editing by Matthew J Boudreau. Afterwards we move on to Chapter 17 of The Cleansed. We face the grim aftermath of the pig man, when Sam comes in to clean up the mess and Maria faces the horror of the night before. We then move on to a series of interviews, including a really nice moment with Phil Proctor and David Ossman, who talk in brief about their work with the Firesign Theatre, pay tribute to the passing of Ray Bradbury, and look towards radio's future - and then conclude with an interview with some of this year's Mark Time/Ogle winners.

This week on the show we have the searing hot rocket-paced adaptation of Titanium Rain, one of the most acclaimed (and controversial) graphic novel series in recent years. Scripted by the book’s author, Josh Finney, this audio drama remains completely loyal to the original to the material, yet offers new and expanded scenes that were [...] The post Episode 285: Titanium Rains Down on Us appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week on the show we give a nod to West Plains, Missouri, which this week is home to the National Audio Theater Festivals‘ annual audio pilgrimage. A week jam-packed with workshops, lectures, and hands-on audio craft culminates in a live show on Friday night, broadcast locally and streamed globally. We’re airing a 2011 show, [...] The post Episode 284: Taking a Transgender Tango to Mars appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week on the show we again feature the Radio Repertory Company of America, a group that combines star-studded casts with clever, sassy, sci-fi scripts and soaring sound design for a listening experience quite beyond anything else out there. This week, we have the esteemed pleasure of featured a segment from their award-winning tale, Anne [...] The post Episode 283 – Anne Manx Takes on the Ring of Minotour appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

In this week we mark the passing of science fiction grand master Ray Bradbury, who has been eulogized well in media ranging from Wired Magazine, to Bloomberg and NPR. What hasn’t been said enough – Ray Bradbury was an enduring fan of the radio drama medium, and we take a moment now to celebrate the [...] The post Episode 282 – Bradbury’s Passing Brings Us to the Veldt appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week on the show it’s our esteemed pleasure to welcome the Radio Repertory Company of America (RRCA) who have produced dozens of works in the past 15+ years including the esteemed Anne Manx series featuring Claudia Christian (of Babylon 5 fame). Tonight we feature the 1st 1/2 of their new show, “Song Bird.” Song [...] The post Episode 281 – RCCA Releases a Song Bird appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Our second week featuring the boldly original occult mystery drama The Mask of Inanna. We’re into the second episode of season two, where Leonard Allen – the hapless old time radio host turned lighthouse keeper brought back from retirement to revive an old radio show – realizes that the ritual he’s been set up to [...] The post Episode 280 – Mask of Inanna Faces a Smoking Monkey appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Not all legends die easy, and not all old radio shows are forgotten. Such is the lesson for Leonard Allen, who learned at the beginning of Post Meridian Radio Player‘s Mask of Inanna that not all was quite right with the people who took a tired old man out of a nursing home and put [...] The post Episode 279 – Revealing the Mask of Innana Again appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Part 6 of 6 On this week’s show we conclude of Tom Lopez’s Ruby 5, the galactic gumshoe who has been investigating the Land of Zoots. This is the episode in which secrets of the Awakening Archipelago and wacky land of Zoots are revealed! After our feature, we have the first half of an interview [...] The post Episode 278 – Ruby and the Zoots, Part 6 appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Part 5 of 6 Did we say 5? No, there are SIX parts to Ruby 5. Right, moving on… This week on the show we continue our feature of Tom Lopez’s ZBS Foundation with the fast-talking galactic gumshoe, Ruby. Our feature: Ruby 5. The natives of the Awakening Archipelago turning their islands into a wacky [...] The post Episode 277 – Ruby and the Zoots, Part 5 appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Part 4 of 5 This week on the show we continue our feature of Tom Lopez’s ZBS Foundation with the fast-talking galactic gumshoe, Ruby. Our feature: Ruby 5. The natives of the Awakening Archipelago turning their islands into a wacky world based on a story called The Land of Zoots. On one island they’re growing [...] The post Episode 276 – Ruby and the Zoots, Part 4 appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Part 3 of 5 This week on the show we continue our feature of Tom Lopez’s ZBS Foundation with the fast-talking galactic gumshoe, Ruby. Our feature: Ruby 5. The natives of the Awakening Archipelago turning their islands into a wacky world based on a story called The Land of Zoots. On one island they’re growing [...] The post Episode 275 – Ruby and the Zoots, Part 3 appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.