No Soap Radio - X Minus One: The Parade

Our 11th NO SOAP RADIO production created in April, 2025. This is a recreation of The X MINUS ONE radio episode..."THE PARADE". This episode introduces two new actors to the No Soap family: Andy Hartson-Bowyer, and Pete Lutz of the Narada Radio Co. The show was produced, directed and edited by Paul Kovit. 

CAST:
Andy Hartson-Bowyer as Sid Ryan
Paul Patterson as Luchar
Annette Bochenek as Ada Shackley
John Bell as Ken Dailey
Zach Eastman as Oliver
Victoria Gordon as The Telephone Operator and Parade Watcher
Larry Groebe as Adolph
Paul Kovit as Sammy Sorrell
Tony Semczuk as Commissioner Patrick and Sgt. Cassidy
Pete Lutz as Marty Sanford
Laura Mirsky as Gloria Montez
John Henderson as The Announcer
The Henderson Kids as Parade Watchers

No Soap Radio - The Shadow: The Long Arm of Death

Our 9th NO SOAP RADIO production created in September, 2024.
This is a recreation of "The Shadow radio episode..."The Long Arm of Death". The original broadcast took place on November 7, 1954. There is no surviving recording of the original broadcast so this your chance to hear what it might have sounded like back in the day.

This show was produced, directed and edited by Paul Kovit.

CAST:
Zach Dillinger as Lamont Cranston / The Shadow
Victoria Gordon as Margo Lane
Zach Eastman as The Announcer
Annette Bochenek as Grace Randolph
Tony Semczuk as George Randolph
Paul Patterson as Doctor Low
Laura Mirsky as Jennie

No Soap Radio - Jack Benny Visits the Apollo 11 Launch

Our 7th No Soap Radio production is based on an original script written by Craig Shemin.  This Jack Benny Radio Show takes place in 1969.  Jack is invited to attend the launch of Apollo 11 which resulted in the first men walking on the moon.  All of the usual cast of characters make appearances including Mary Livingston, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Rochester, Don Wilson, Frank Nelson, and Sheldon Leonard.  

This production had its premiere at the 4th annual Jack Benny Convention in February, 2024. It was produced, directed and edited by Paul Kovit.

 CAST:
 Jack West as Jack Benny
 Annette Bochenek as Mary Livingston
 Paul Patterson as Rochester
 Tony Semczuk as Frank Nelson and Sheldon Leonard
 Zach Eastman as Dennis Day (talking) and Michael Collins
 Robert Creighton as Dennis Day (singing)
 Zach Dillinger as Phil Harris
 Victoria Gordon as The Airline Clerk
 John Henderson as Don Wilson and Buzz Aldrin
 Paul Kovit as NASA Gate Officer, Airport Announcer and Countdown Announcer
 Matthew Merback as Kodak Spokesman and Neil Armstrong

No Soap Radio - Fibber McGee & Molly: The 6th Anniversary Show (1941)

Our 8th NO SOAP RADIO production created in July, 2024.  As always we're presenting this show exactly as written in 1941 for historical accuracy.  We don't condone every attitude expressed in the show.  You might recognize the voice of the actor playing Fibber.  It’s none other than Larry Groebe of Project Audion fame.  
This show was produced, directed and edited by Paul Kovit.  Paul also managed to decipher the four part hamonies of The Kings Men.  He then was able to recreate their song, “Let’s Get Away From It All” using singers who were scattered throughout the U.S. We hope you like the results.

CAST:
 Annette Bochenek as Mrs. Uppington
 Zach Dillinger as Harlow Wilcox
 Zach Eastman as The Old Timer
 Victoria Gordon as The Little Girl
 Larry Groebe as Fibber McGee
 Anne O’Sullivan as Molly
 Paul Patterson as The Oculist
 Tony Semczuk as Throckmorton Gildersleeve & Wallace Wimple
 Paul Kovit, Tony Semczuk, Mark Saunders, Alexander Rynerson as The Kings Men

Project Audion 69 - Suspense: Deadline

Project Audion kicks off its sixth season by once again returning to that all-time classic audio drama, Suspense.  We've again accessed a script from one of the very few lost episodes of the show, and are bringing back many of the actors from Audion's very first show in 2020 to recreate it.  This episode, titled "Deadline," was originally broadcast in June 1950 with Broderick Crawford. It is a powerhouse story of a newspaper editor whose fast-breaking stories on the Chicago underworld increase his paper's circulation beyond his wildest dreams... but which may also prove to be the stuff of his nightmares. It is indeed a classic tale "well-calculated to keep you in..." SUSPENSE!

Pete Lutz in Texas

Doug Fain in Kentucky

Richard Huitema in Florida

Scott McKinley in New Jersey

Patte Rosebank in Toronto Canada

Craig Wichman in New York

Production, direction, music and sound patterns by Larry Groebe

Project Audion 68 - Wayfaring Men

Larry Groebe wanted to do a "very special episode" for the finale of the fifth season. Starting with recreating what is not only a lost episode, but an entirely lost show from some of the earliest days of network radio. 

"Wayfaring Men" is pretty much an unknown, undocumented show... a dramatic 1933 summer serial from CBS about the lives of the hoboes, tramps, and bums who were so numerous during the Great Depression. Not a single recording of the show exists, and there's almost no background information either, but Project Audion came upon a handful of the original mimeographed scripts, and has selected an episode dated June 26 1933 to bring back to life.

Project Audion 67 - Our Miss Brooks

Project Audion presents the delightful mid-century classic sitcom "Our Miss Brooks." Back in the 1950s, the character of Connie Brooks was everyone’s favorite high school English teacher - sassy and smart, but starry-eyed in her unrequited desire for biology teacher Mr. Boynton. Actress Eve Arden’s portrayal was so iconic she made the jump to television four years after the radio version launched in 1948 - and even filmed a movie adaptation in 1956.

Robert L. Mills, comedy writer for Bob Hope, has crafted a fresh episode of the show just for Project Audion that matches the original radio episodes, laugh for laugh. We had a great time recording this one, and you'll have a great time listening to it!

Project Audion 66 - The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Project Audion brings you "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," recreating an episode which has remained unheard for eighty years.

There's no more famous detective, real or imagined, than Holmes. His creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, pretty much defined the mystery-detective story, and 138 years later Holmes and Watson are still part of popular culture. In 1945, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce portrayed them weekly on the Mutual Radio network. Our selected script (which aired only once, on January 15, 1945) "The Curse of Doctor Anselmo," carries its own mystery - the secret identity of the man who co-wrote it pseudonymously. Will you discover whodunnit? Will Holmes fall under Anselmo's curse? Will the Petri family take the time to bring you good wine? All will be revealed in this delightful half hour audio drama, faithful to the original series' sound and spirit.