Ask Answergirl is a unique eleven-part collaborative audio drama experience created by Central Michigan University College of the Arts and Media faculty and students. Each episode contains a mini-mystery designed to invite listeners to use their ears – and their brains – to solve the case before Zina.  But don’t lose sight of the forest for the trees and miss the far bigger mystery bubbling beneath the surface of the bucolic CPSU campus. Appropriate for listeners of all ages.

IN THIS EPISODE: Zina investigates a case of on-line oddness in which it appears that a professor might not have the final say on a final grade. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WILL ANDERSON

Ask Answergirl is a unique eleven-part collaborative audio drama experience created by Central Michigan University College of the Arts and Media faculty and students. Each episode contains a mini-mystery designed to invite listeners to use their ears – and their brains – to solve the case before Zina.  But don’t lose sight of the forest for the trees and miss the far bigger mystery bubbling beneath the surface of the bucolic CPSU campus. Appropriate for listeners of all ages.

IN THIS EPISODE: Jordan gives Zina a letter from a student whose roommate stays constantly connected to their mother. Before she can offer advice, Dean Tukeva calls her in to figure out how a legacy student could be cheating on improvised oral presentations. Can you solve the case before Zina gets the final word? EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WILL ANDERSON

WELCOME TO THE PILOT EPISODE OF A VERY SPECIAL SERIES...

"Adventures of the Federated Tec"! A series of 8 initial episodes of 7 dramatized stories featuring Dashiell Hammett's nameless detective. We call him the Federated Tec ("Tec" being short for detective), but you probably know him as something else. We've chosen Hammett's first few stories that have moved into the public domain, and have done our best to stay true to the originals -- and why not? The originals are just fine, as far as we're concerned.

We proudly present episode one, "Arson Plus", Hammett's first published story, from 1923. We hope you enjoy it and will join us for future episodes. 

In his first adventure, the Tec is called out to Sacramento County to help the Sheriff's Dept. with a strange arson case -- one that involves the death of a man who made a deep impression on everyone he met -- but whom nobody seemed to truly know. An exciting first outing for our unnamed detective!

ADVENTURES OF THE FEDERATED TEC WAS CONCEIVED BY PETE LUTZ AND DEVELOPED BY PETE LUTZ AND MARK SLADE. "Arson Plus" was dramatized, directed and produced by Pete Lutz. Mixing and post-production was by Daniel French of Fishbonius Sound Design.

Our Cast consisted of the following players:

THE FEDERATED TEC, DEPUTIES McHALE and MACKLIN, the ESTATE AGENT, SERGEANT O'GAR, and the NIGHT CLERK: Pete Lutz

SHERIFF TARR: Paul Arbisi 

DEPUTY McCLUMP: Mark Kalita

MR. COONS: Joe Stofko 

MR. ALLIS, MR. PRINGLE, MR. LUCE and THE HOTEL MANAGER: John Bell 

HENDERSON and the BANK MANAGER: Jeff Moon

MRS. JABINE and the Voice of the TELEGRAM: Geri Elliff 

PHILO: Frank Guglielmelli

EVELYN TROWBRIDGE: Rhiannon McAfee

PHILO'S SON: Rudy Good

MR. JEFFERS and YOUR ANNOUNCER: Monte Bratten

Theme and Incidental music composed and performed by Dr. Ross Bernhardt

Join us again soon for Episode Two – THE GATEWOOD CAPER! AND BE SURE TO HEAR ALL EPISODES OF THIS SERIES, RIGHT HERE ON MOONLIGHT AUDIO!

Ask Answergirl is unique eleven-part collaborative audio drama experience created by Central Michigan University College of the Arts and Media faculty and students. Each episode contains a mini-mystery designed to invite listeners to use their ears – and their brains – to solve the case before Zina.  But don’t lose sight of the forest for the trees and miss the far bigger mystery bubbling beneath the surface of the bucolic CPSU campus. Appropriate for listeners of all ages.

IN THIS EPISODE:  Five cases and midway through the semester, Zina understandably feels a little overwhelmed from her unexpected case load of academic dishonesty investigations. However, what kind of dirt could Dean Tukeva have to make her jump back in detective mode? EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WILL ANDERSON

Ask Answergirl is unique eleven-part collaborative audio drama experience created by Central Michigan University College of the Arts and Media faculty and students. Each episode contains a mini-mystery designed to invite listeners to use their ears – and their brains – to solve the case before Zina.  But don’t lose sight of the forest for the trees and miss the far bigger mystery bubbling beneath the surface of the bucolic CPSU campus. Appropriate for listeners of all ages.

IN THIS EPISODE: A professor has suspicions that a star player for CPSU's football team might be getting a bit too much help with his schoolwork. Is she right to throw a flag on the play? And can you make the call before Zina weighs in the final judgment? EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WILL ANDERSON

Ask Answergirl is unique eleven-part collaborative audio drama experience created by Central Michigan University College of the Arts and Media faculty and students. Each episode contains a mini-mystery designed to invite listeners to use their ears – and their brains – to solve the case before Zina.  But don’t lose sight of the forest for the trees and miss the far bigger mystery bubbling beneath the surface of the bucolic CPSU campus. Appropriate for listeners of all ages.

IN THIS EPISODE: Zina gets called in to investigate some missing exams from a professor’s office, when she encounters her old nemesis Caitlyn. Surely, she couldn’t be at again, could she? Or can a leopard not change her spots? Keep your eyes open, as things are not always where they appear. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WILL ANDERSON

Ask Answergirl is unique eleven-part collaborative audio drama experience created by Central Michigan University College of the Arts and Media faculty and students. Each episode contains a mini-mystery designed to invite listeners to use their ears – and their brains – to solve the case before Zina.  But don’t lose sight of the forest for the trees and miss the far bigger mystery bubbling beneath the surface of the bucolic CPSU campus. Appropriate for listeners of all ages.

IN THIS EPISODE: Zina gets a letter from a student in financial trouble wondering if she should accept money from her parents when she knows there are strings attached. Meanwhile, Dean Tukeva has suspicions about an introductory statistics class where several sections have an overwhelming majority of the students getting an A. Can you break the curve and solve the case? EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WILL ANDERSON

Ask Answergirl is unique eleven-part collaborative audio drama experience created by Central Michigan University College of the Arts and Media faculty and students. Each episode contains a mini-mystery designed to invite listeners to use their ears – and their brains – to solve the case before Zina.  But don’t lose sight of the forest for the trees and miss the far bigger mystery bubbling beneath the surface of the bucolic CPSU campus. Appropriate for listeners of all ages.

IN THIS EPISODE: Jordan assigns Zina a letter for her Answergirl column about a roommate dispute over misinterpreted body language. Before Zina can take care of the question, she’s called in to meet with the new Dean of Students, Dean Tukeva, who asks her to follow up on a professor’s request to investigate cheating on her exams. Is there something going on, or is the prof just paranoid? The answers are all there for you to figure it out! EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WILL ANDERSON

Ask Answergirl is unique eleven-part collaborative audio drama experience created by Central Michigan University College of the Arts and Media faculty and students. Each episode contains a mini-mystery designed to invite listeners to use their ears – and their brains – to solve the case before Zina.  But don’t lose sight of the forest for the trees and miss the far bigger mystery bubbling beneath the surface of the bucolic CPSU campus. Appropriate for listeners of all ages.

IN THIS EPISODE: Meet Zina Roberts, a college sophomore who has an advice column in the college newspaper. She also moonlights as Compass Point State University’s secret weapon in bringing campus cheaters to justice. But she needs to keep that on the down low, because “snitches get stitches at CPSU.” In this, our pilot episode, Zina is called upon to figure out who is selling copies of a class exam. Can she do it given the time she has? Moreover, can you solve the case before she does? EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WILL ANDERSON

HARRY STRANGE 209: SAFE HAVEN (MYSTERY) “Magic and magical people – the ‘unnatural order’ is all around us. There are white witches, black witches, demons, vamps, werewolves, shape shifters, ghosts; it’s a protoplasmic party of creature features out there. But unless you know where to look, you won’t find them. I know where to look. My name is Harry Strange.”

HARRY STRANGE 208: HELL ON HEELS (MYSTERY) “Magic and magical people – the ‘unnatural order’ is all around us. There are white witches, black witches, demons, vamps, werewolves, shape shifters, ghosts; it’s a protoplasmic party of creature features out there. But unless you know where to look, you won’t find them. I know where to look. My name is Harry Strange.”

HARRY STRANGE 207: STONE BABIES (MYSTERY) “Magic and magical people – the ‘unnatural order’ is all around us. There are white witches, black witches, demons, vamps, werewolves, shape shifters, ghosts; it’s a protoplasmic party of creature features out there. But unless you know where to look, you won’t find them. I know where to look. My name is Harry Strange.”

HARRY STRANGE 206: TICK TICK BOOM (MYSTERY) “Magic and magical people – the ‘unnatural order’ is all around us. There are white witches, black witches, demons, vamps, werewolves, shape shifters, ghosts; it’s a protoplasmic party of creature features out there. But unless you know where to look, you won’t find them. I know where to look. My name is Harry Strange.”

HARRY STRANGE 205: BASES LOADED TWO MEN OUT (MYSTERY) “Magic and magical people – the ‘unnatural order’ is all around us. There are white witches, black witches, demons, vamps, werewolves, shape shifters, ghosts; it’s a protoplasmic party of creature features out there. But unless you know where to look, you won’t find them. I know where to look. My name is Harry Strange.”

HARRY STRANGE 204: A TRANSITIONAL PLACE (MYSTERY) “Magic and magical people – the ‘unnatural order’ is all around us. There are white witches, black witches, demons, vamps, werewolves, shape shifters, ghosts; it’s a protoplasmic party of creature features out there. But unless you know where to look, you won’t find them. I know where to look. My name is Harry Strange.”

HARRY STRANGE 203: YOU MAY FEEL A LITTLE TINGLE (MYSTERY) “Magic and magical people – the ‘unnatural order’ is all around us. There are white witches, black witches, demons, vamps, werewolves, shape shifters, ghosts; it’s a protoplasmic party of creature features out there. But unless you know where to look, you won’t find them. I know where to look. My name is Harry Strange.”

HARRY STRANGE 202: MR. MOJO RISING (MYSTERY) “Magic and magical people – the ‘unnatural order’ is all around us. There are white witches, black witches, demons, vamps, werewolves, shape shifters, ghosts; it’s a protoplasmic party of creature features out there. But unless you know where to look, you won’t find them. I know where to look. My name is Harry Strange.”

HARRY STRANGE 201: SIX MONTHS LATER (MYSTERY) “Magic and magical people – the ‘unnatural order’ is all around us. There are white witches, black witches, demons, vamps, werewolves, shape shifters, ghosts; it’s a protoplasmic party of creature features out there. But unless you know where to look, you won’t find them. I know where to look. My name is Harry Strange.”

THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (MYSTERY) Adapted from the Classic short story by Richard Connell.

 ELECTRIC VICUNA PRODUCTIONS

GHOST LANTERNS (MYSTERY) A nautical tale that focuses on seven men on a schooner becalmed for three days off the coast of Brazil, out of sight of land. Men from the crew start disappearing at night. There is no sign of what happens to them, and no one is awakened by any sounds of struggle – the men are just discovered as gone the next morning. From a story by Alan B. LeMay. NARADA RADIO COMPANY

THE SHADOW: THE SHADOW’S LEGACY (MYSTERY) An original story written by Pete Lutz as homage to the original Shadow Radio Series, based on characters appearing in those programs. Narada Radio Company

THE SHADOW: A TRIP TO ETERNITY (MYSTERY) An original story written by Scott Leslie as homage to the original Shadow Radio Series, based on characters appearing in those programs. Narada Radio Company

HOME FIRES (MYSTERY) A little lost lamb in the big, bad city is hardly a new theme for our intrepid investigators. But with a couple of hundred pounds of strapping small-town lawman distracting the heck out of the Girl Detective, it looks like it's down to Ol' Square-Jaw to keep the ‘Home Fires’ burning. Decoder Ring Theatre

SPECIAL NOTE: This play is featured in my book, Get Me Out of Here and Other Plays, available at amazon.com and from the publisher, at these links:

https://www.amazon.com/Get-Out-Here-Other-Plays/dp/B0BV49MHJC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

https://gnashingteethpublishing.com/product/buy-get-me-out-of-here-pete-lutz/

OR...if you'd like an autographed copy, please contact me at f6point3@gmail.com, and I'll tell you how to get one. Thanks!

MIAMI IMPULSE (MYSTERY) “Miami Impulse” is an original story by producer-director, Pete Lutz, written for the series in August 2015. Set in 1959 Chicago and Miami, just before the Cuban Revolution, "Miami Impulse" is a tale of one man's adventure, involving the theft of both another man's identity and $150,000 in drug money. Intrigue and encounters with a beautiful Cubaña lead our man down unfamiliar paths. Will he survive? Listen and find out! Narada Radio Company

TIGER CAT (MYSTERY) An all-new production from 63audio, “Tiger Cat” is a strange tale of revenge and murder. Adapted from a pulp-fiction story by David H. Keller, first published in a 1937 issue of "Weird Tales" magazine. Adapted, produced and directed by Pete Lutz. Narada Radio Company