Adventures of the Federated Tec, Season 2, Episode 10: Who Killed Bob Teal?
In this exciting second-season finale, our hero gets an assignment that hits too close to home: Find the person who murdered another Federated operative, young Bob Teal. The Tec, along with San Francisco Police Detective George Dean, soon starts sniffing out the trail of the most obvious suspect...but our nameless protagonist eventually begins to wonder if maybe they're after the wrong guy.
Adapted by Pete Lutz from the story of the same name, originally published in the November, 1924 issue of True Detective magazine. Produced and directed by Pete Lutz. Mixing and mastering by 63audio, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Our cast consisted of the following Narada Radio Company players:
Darren Rockhold as THE ANNOUNCER
Pete Lutz as THE TEC
Joe Stofko as THE OLD MAN
Frank Guglielmelli as OGBURN
Ian Federgreen as BOB TEAL
John Bell as DETECTIVE DEAN
Rhiannon McAfee as MAE LANDIS
Geri Elliff as THE LANDLADY
Jeff Moon as WHITACRE
The theme, and some incidental music, were composed and performed by Dr. Ross Bernhardt.
FEDERATED TEC FANS! We're happy to report that a third season is in the works. Scripts have been written for 11 episodes so far, with a likely four more to go. Each season gets longer than the previous one, because Hammett's stories, for the most part, kept getting longer, better, and more detailed, as his writing skills improved. As a huge fan of Hammett for more than 40 years, I have no desire to condense these longer tales, preferring instead to split them, as you saw in S2, into multi-episode dramas -- S2 alone had three longer stories split into two-parters, for example. Well, S3 will have both two- and three-part story arcs, full of the Hammett hard-boiled style, full of intrigue, and full of the unusual characters he was famous for. You won't wanna miss it!
Here's the line-up for Season Three -- and just for simplicity's sake, we'll be shortening our series title to The Federated Tec:
1. Mike, Alec, or Rufus?
2-3. The Whosis Kid
4-5. The Scorched Face
6-8. Corkscrew
9-11. The Daiwan of Chinatown (orig. title Dead Yellow Women)
12-14. The Gutting of Couffignal
15. The Creeping Siamese
COMING SOON FROM 63AUDIO!
THE CELLAR MS4 EP4: RETURN TO THE SABBATH
RATED PG
For adult language and depictions of violence. LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED.
Welcome to the fourth miniseries of The Cellar! This is the fourth of five planned episodes of this long-running series, and in our humble opinion, the plays keep getting better and better.
Episode 4, Return to the Sabbath, is set in 1930s Hollywood. A film studio public relations man relates his negative experience with hiring a horror actor. Adapted from a short story by Robert Bloch, and directed/produced by Pete Lutz.
CAST:
CADAVERA QUIVRY (Host): Angela Young
ANNOUNCER: Trevor Rines
MILO MAYO: Andy Hartson-Bowyer
LESLIE KINCAID: Rhiannon McAfee
EDWARD RELCH: David Ian
THE STUDIO BOSS: Nick Wommack
BLESKIND: Austin Beach
VITO: George Hatfield
KARL JORLA: Tom Konkle
THE REPORTER: Dana Gonsalves
SYLVIA CHANNING: Carole Krohn
The Cellar theme by Tom Rory Parsons
Additional music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt
THE CELLAR MS4 EP1: INCIDENT IN THE LIGHTHOUSE
WARNING: RATED NC-17
For adult language, sexual situations, violence. LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED.
Welcome to the fourth miniseries of The Cellar! This is the first of five planned episodes of this long-running series, and in our humble opinion, the plays keep getting better and better.
Episode 1, Incident in the Lighthouse, is set in early 20th-century France, in a coastal town. Lighthouse-keeper Remy is a shy young man, very pious, whose older brother Remy, a sailor, is 180° different -- fun-loving, irreverent, and impulsive. When they get together, Remy brings along two women of questionable morals. When the brothers learn that their mother is in danger, will Remy deal with the stress in a positive way? TUNE IN AND FIND OUT!
CAST:
CADAVERA QUIVRY (Host): Angela Young
ANNOUNCER: Trevor Rines
FLEUR: Carole Krohn
LISETTE: Aileen Corpos
THE PRIEST: Chuck Wilson
ACHILLE: Mark Kalita
REMY: Ian Federgreen
PADRIG: Les Marsden
Theme composed & performed by Tom Rory Parsons
Additional music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt
In terms of sheer fun and laughter during radio's classic mid-century era, it's hard to beat the Phil Harris/Alice Faye show. A spinoff from Jack Benny, bandleader Phil Harris and his family found themselves in classic sitcom predicaments week after week. Now, Robert L. Mills, former writer for Bob Hope, has created another fresh script that brings all those characters -- including Frankie Remley, Julius, brother Willie, your friendly Rexall druggist and others -- back to life.
Project Audion's talented voice actors came together live with a virtual studio audience to create a delightful - and delightfully accurate - recreation of a radio comedy classic:
PETE LUTZ in Texas (Phil)
ANGELA YOUNG in Florida (Alice and Nurse Syringe)
DUANE NOCH in New Jersey (Remley)
JULIE HOVERSON in Washington (Julius)
BOB BEAUMONT in California (Willie/Doctor)
MEL ROSE in Pennsylvania (Phyllis/Little Alice/Store Patron)
HARRY MIDDLEBROOKS in California (Admiral)
RANDY KERDOON in Washington (Announcer)
ROBERT L. MILLS, in California, who also scripted the show (Druggist)
Production was handled in Texas by Larry Groebe
S2 E8 - The Golden Horseshoe, part 1
In this two-part adventure, the Tec is sent by a worried wife down to Tijuana, Mexico, to find her husband. Our hero has a swell time south of the border, but when he returns, he finds a house full of murder! Story by Dashiell Hammett, adapted and dramatized by Pete Lutz.
CAST:
Pete Lutz as THE TEC
Noah Diamond as VANCE RICHMOND
Amanda Sisk as MRS. ASHCRAFT
Carole Krohn as the LANDLADY
Jeff Moon as ED BOHANNON
Paul Arbisi as LUSK and JAMOCHA
John Bell as THE POLICE CAPTAIN, THE BARTENDER and PEDRO
Frank Guglielmelli as THE NEIGHBOR and THE COP
Angela Young as CORA and the STENOGRAPHER
Rhiannon McAfee as KEWPIE
Joe Stofko as the OLD MAN and
Jason D. Johnson as O'GAR
With Darren Rockhold as THE ANNOUNCER GUY
Music by Ross Bernhardt. Post-production and mixing by Fishbonius Sound Design.
PROJECT AUDION EPISODE 56 - The Jack Benny Program w/guest star James Stewart (orig. rel. 6/14/24)
Project Audion once again brings you laughs, with an all-new original episode of the Jack Benny Program sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes. This Audion Original was written for us by former Bob Hope staff writer Robert L. Mills. Jack Benny was his childhood comedy inspiration, and once again Mr. Mills has recreated that classic Benny style and humor so faithfully, it's like discovering a lost episode! This week, Jack has snagged Jimmy Stewart as his guest star, so the Benny gang (Mary Livingston, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Mel Blanc, and the rest) can stage their send-up of the Alfred Hitchcock film "The Man Who Knew Too Much." Also, after a trying violin lesson with Professor LeBlanc, Jack faces a tax audit which requires a trip to the IRS to explain some of his more mysterious deductions. Performing live in our virtual Zoom studio, our coast-to-coast cast and crew once again capture the sound of the Benny show right down to the studio audience. Tune in and join in the laughter!
JOHN BELL (as Jack) In Alabama
SCOTT MCKINLEY (as James Stewart) in New Jersey
ANGELA YOUNG (as Mary) in Florida
PAUL PATTERSON (as Rochester) in Georgia
PETE LUTZ (as Mel Blanc/Phil Harris) in Texas
BOB BEAUMONT (as Dennis Day/Frank Nelson) in California
RACHEL PULLIAM (as child) in Missouri
KEN JEFFRIES (as Don Wilson) in California
LARRY GROEBE produced and directed from Texas
SUSPENSE, Episode 55
Premiered May 10, 2024
Suspense is one of classic radio's most highly-regarded dramas -- with good reason. It sustained a remarkably high quality level of dramatic tension for 20 years, as the many surviving recordings attest. But a handful of episodes are lost - and Project Audion now recreates one of them. "The Life of Nellie James" was intended as Suspense's premiere, but circumstances pushed it back to the third episode. It was performed once, live, on July 1, 1942, but never heard again. Until now -- as Project Audion, kicking off its fifth season, brings together a transcontinental cast in a live transcription of "The Life of Nellie James" from the original 1942 script. A dreadful murder takes place in the Simon James home, and justice is done ...or is it? It's a tale well-calculated to keep you in ...Suspense!
Featured in our cast are –
Patte Rosebank in Canada
Tim Burns in Kansas
Andy Hartson-Bowyer in Virginia
Richard Huitema in Florida
Mel Rose in Pennsylvania
Pete Lutz in Texas
Art Brown in California
Denny Thompson in Colorado
Frank Guglielmelli in Pennsylvania
Sharon Grunwald in New Jersey
Larry Groebe produced and directed from Texas
THE MAN CALLED "X", Episode 54
Premiered Apr 12, 2024
A spy caper always makes for a good show. Start with a suave man of mystery, sprinkle in some far-off exotic locales, and stir in some evil enemies of democracy and beautiful women. The result: James Bond? No, "The Man Called X" -- which broadcast several hundred episodes on network radio from 1944 through 1952. Unflappable British actor Herbert Marshall originally played American agent Ken Thurston, AKA the man called X. Project Audion now recreates the very first episode of "The Man Called X," from a script which has not been heard since its premiere in July 1944! The action of "The Cage of Europe" is set in wartime Lisbon (you know, where Ilsa flew off to in "Casablanca." Audion's recreation features voice actors performing live on both sides of the Atlantic for this half hour of what was described as in 1944 as a "comedy-mystery," and which eighty years later is still highly entertaining!
Featuring –
David Ault in England
Jack Ward in Canada
Laura Mirsky in New Jersey
George Taylor in Tennessee
Jane Beverley in New Jersey
Jeff Billard in Massachusetts
Caleb Fisher in Virginia
Joe Mendell in England
Robert Stevenson in Indiana
Larry Groebe produced and directed from Texas
DAMON RUNYON THEATRE, Episode 53
Premiered Mar 8, 2024
"The Damon Runyon Theatre", a syndicated radio series from 1949 relating stories of New York's "guys and dolls" -- mobsters and dames, gamblers and frails, saints and sinners -- which newspaperman and sportswriter Damon Runyon colorfully brought to life in decades of short stories. They may have been gangsters, but they often had hearts of gold underneath - plus a unique present-tense way of speaking which has come to be known as "Runyonesque." The Damon Runyon Theatre recorded 52 charming half-hour versions of his stories, and those got writer Casey Keller (Beakman's World, The Love Boat) wanting more. So he's written a new episode, and Project Audion brings you the world premiere of his Runyonesque tale, "Ringside Rosie." Our transcontinental cast is captured live in performance, just like they did in 1949, for a delightful story about a doll who loved boxing, and the guy who loved her.
Our cast includes:
Duane Noch in New Jersey
Don Paul in California
Andy Hartson-Bowyer in Virginia
Jacob Palka in Illinois
Stanley Dyrector in California
Paul Arbisi in Illinois
Reg Platt in Texas
Susan Platt in Texas
Casey Keller in California
with the production under the supervision of Larry Groebe in Texas
CRIME CLASSICS, Episode 52
Premiered Feb 9, 2024
The first woman executed for murder in the United States was hanged in 1778. In 1953 her shocking tale of love, hate, conspiracy, and murder was brought to life in the audition script for a new CBS radio drama series - "Crime Classics." Crime Classics was a sort of mid-century predecessor to today's true-crime podcasts. The audition episode, titled "The Crime of Bathsheba Spooner," featured some of radio's finest actors, writers, directors, and musicians. Unfortunately, this thoughtful adult true crime series only lasted a year before succumbing to the inexorable advance of television. Now, Project Audion premieres a recreation of the show using the original, uncut audition script, including material that never aired seventy years ago. In addition, we visit with Andrew Noone, author of a recent book on the 1778 murder, trial, and execution of Spooner. Join us and listen to the modern passions that inflamed Revolutionary America, as our transcontinental cast gathers via Zoom to perform a true "Crime Classic."
The cast includes –
David Phillips in Virginia
Patte Rosebank in Toronto Canada
Kyle Bonn in Oregon
Scott McKinley in New Jersey
Mick Wheaton in Washington
Pete Fernbaugh in West Virginia
Tom Konkle in California
Donna Patton in Tennessee
while Larry Groebe produced and directed from Texas
S2 E7 - Women, Politics & Murder
Our hero is hired by the widow of a wealthy building contractor to find out who murdered her husband. The Tec soon finds out, however, that he has more suspects than he knows what to do with.
Starring The Narada Radio Company.
Adapted by Pete Lutz from the story by Dashiell Hammett.
CAST:
ANNOUNCER: Darren Rockhold
Pete Lutz as THE TEC
Geri Elliff as MRS. GILMORE
Rhiannon McAfee as THE MAID
Jason D. Johnson as O'GAR
Angela Young as CARA KENBROOK
Jeff Moon as STANLEY TENNANT
Frank Gugliemelli as THE CABLE CAR MOTORMAN and LT. McTIGHE
Paul Arbisi as OFFICER KELLY and
John Bell as the POLICE SERGEANT and OTHER COPS
Theme and incidental music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt, other music sourced from the Public Domain
Mixing and sounds by Fishbonius Sound Design
This production was supervised by Pete Lutz
Western hero Jake Dimes, Range Detective, is back for another very special holiday tale, "Santa Claus of Bitter Creek". Jake and his sidekick Briar Buck spin a Christmas yarn for their wives and in-laws when they all gather for the holidays: A cowboy who has lost his faith in Christmas gets it back in spades when he helps a youngster buy presents for his mother. It's a heart-warming tale that's perfect for Christmas! Written and directed by Pete Lutz – adapted from a short story by A. C. Abbott, and starring the Narada Radio Company.
With the voice talents of:
Dana Gonsalves as JAKE DIMES
Victoria Fancki as CHRIS GREENSLATE DIMES
Austin Beach as BRIAR BUCK
Nancy Bueler as MOLLY SUTCLIFFE BUCK
Joe Stofko as FRED GREENSLATE
Glenn Hascall as SLIM SUTCLIFFE and
Debby Gonzales Ramirez as LUPE; with
Philboyd Studge as JEFF MITCHELL
Isla Braly as BUD
Pete Lutz as MIKE GABBY
Paul Patterson as JIM BAILEY and
Lisa Michaud as BUD'S MOTHER
The Jake Dimes Theme was composed by Pete Lutz, arranged and performed by Dr. Ross Bernhardt.
DESECRATE (HORROR) Philamena was a seer, a psychic by modern vernacular. And somewhere among these stones is her gravesite. Tonight, we're going to contact her." On All Hallows' Eve, a graveside Ouija board session descends into a nightmare, unveiling a web of lies and betrayal between longtime friends and perhaps a doorway to something far more disturbing.
Warning: Explicit language, violence, and graphic content. Written, directed, and produced by John Ballentine. Original music score by Kevin Hartnell. CAMPFIRE RADIO THEATER
THE CELLAR Miniseries 3.3: Gear Jammin'
The Cellar Miniseries continues with this exciting horror tale by Mark Slade, with characters taken from a 1970s TV series, Movin' On, but with a supernatural element the creators of that series never dreamed of adding! Sonny and Will, long-haul truckers who share driving duties, are down on their luck as usual. A stranger offers them a considerable amount of money to carry a strange parcel cross-country, with the usual unforeseen consequences. This episode has the added thrill of having been edited and mixed in a single marathon production session lasting approximately 12 hours! We hope you enjoy it. NARADA RADIO COMPANY
The Cellar theme by Tom Rory Parsons
Incidental music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt
Produced & directed by Pete Lutz
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!
THE CELLAR MINISERIES 3.1: Get Me Out of HereGene: Pete Lutz
Sandy: Carole Krohn
Nelson Boatwright III: Orlando Segarra
Eric: Isla Braly
Charlie McCourt: Paul Arbisi
Tom O'Bannon: John Bell
Servant: Rachel Pulliam
Dr. McBain: Chuck Wilson
SONIC SUMMERSTOCK PLAYHOUSE '23:
Lux Radio Theatre's production of Kaufman & Hart's You Can't Take it With You, remade by the Narada Radio Company.
Tom Konkle as YOUR ANNOUNCER
Les Marsden as GRANDPA
Laura Mirsky as PENNY
Noah Diamond as TONY
Amanda Sisk as ALICE
Joe Martinez as CECIL B. DEMILLE
Victoria Fancki as ESSIE
Dana Gonsalves as ED
Debby Ramirez as RITA
Larry Groebe as PAUL
Scott McKinley AS MR. DEPINNA
Tre Minor as DONALD
Pete Lutz as KOLENKHOV
Alex Lagase as MR. KIRBY
Stephanie Stearns Dulli as MRS. KIRBY
John Bell as HENDERSON of the IRS
Ian Federgreen as the head J-MAN and
Geri Elliff as GRAND DUCHESS OLGA KATRINKA
Additional voices performed by Stephanie Stearns Dulli, John Bell, and Pete Lutz
Recorded over Zoom in July 2023, with actors from Texas, California, New Jersey, New York, Alabama and Illinois. Originally released 8/6/23 on the Mutual Audio Network as a feature of the 2023 Sonic Summerstock Playhouse festival.
S2 E6 - The Girl With the Silver Eyes - Part Two
In this thrilling conclusion to the latest two-part adventure, our nameless sleuth finally meets the "girl" in question -- only to find out that she's left a trail of dead men behind her, and she wouldn't mind a bit if the Tec was just one more corpse to step over.
Starring The Narada Radio Company.
Adapted by Pete Lutz from the story by Dashiell Hammett.
CAST:
ANNOUNCER: Darren Rockhold
Pete Lutz as THE TEC
Geri Elliff as the HOTEL SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR
Mark Kalita as DICK FOLEY and TIN-STAR JOPLIN
Rhiannon McAfee as JEANNE DELANO
Jason D. Johnson as R. F. AXFORD
Jeff Moon as TAG KILCOURSE
John Bell as PORKY GROUT
Frank Gugliemelli as THE VOICE IN THE CROWD and the BANK TELLER
Ian Federgreen as ROACH
Dana Gonsalves as BURKE PANGBURN and
Joe Stofko as THE OLD MAN
Theme and incidental music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt, other music sourced from the Public Domain
Mixing and sounds by Fishbonius Sound Design
This production was supervised by Pete Lutz
S2 E5 - The Girl With the Silver Eyes - Part One
Our nameless sleuth is called in by a lovesick young poet to find his runaway fiancee -- but soon finds that his client is in too deep. Is it love, or...something else?
Starring The Narada Radio Company.
Adapted by Pete Lutz from the story by Dashiell Hammett.
CAST:
ANNOUNCER: Darren Rockhold
Pete Lutz as THE TEC
Dana Gonsalves as BURKE PANGBURN
Rhiannon McAfee as JEANNE DELANO
Jason D. Johnson as R. F. AXFORD
Geri Elliff as MRS. CLUTE
Daniel French as MR. CLEMENT
Angela Young as the TRANSFER COMPANY CLERK and the DETECTIVE AGENCY CLERK
Frank Guglielmelli as the ELEVATOR BOY and the BANK TELLER
Ian Federgreen as MR. FALL
John Bell as PORKY GROUT and
Joe Stofko as THE OLD MAN
Theme and incidental music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt
Mixing and sounds by Fishbonius Sound Design
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, a new production of Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre, is set to launch on Tuesday, May 30th, 2023, to all the online retail sites, including Amazon, Audible, Apple Store, Ratuken Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Downpour, and Walmart.
Listen here to a scene from this production and please support this excellent production company by making your purchase of their dramatization of Lewis Carroll's timeless classic.
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - By Lewis Carroll
Adapted for audio by Diane Vanden Hoven – Directed by George Zarr
Post Production: David Farquhar
Release Date: May 30, 2023, Everywhere Audiobooks Are Sold.
Cast In Order of Appearance:
GEORGIA LEE SCHULTZ - Alice
NOELLE DUPUIS – White Queen
PETE LUTZ – White King
SKYE GOULBOURNE – Tiger Lily
TRISHA ROSE – Rose
ASHLEY BANKER – Red Queen
GEORGE ZARR – Conductor
ROB TYMEC – Paper Man
HEIDI STEWART – Beetle
ELLIN WALLIN – Owl
BILL CRAVEN – Tweedle Dum
KEITH BURNETT – Tweddle Dee
JOHN JARVIS – Humpty Dumpty
JEFF DUPUIS – Messenger
MICHAEL CROUCH – White Knight
THE UNDEAD TRAIL: Where Death Comes Uninvited - episode 4
Jim Wilkes, Sheriff of Liberty Gulch, and his deputy Abe Farrow, have tracked the murderous town mayor into the desert, only to have him get the drop on them, take them captive, and to reveal that he is a shape-shifting monster. The mayor has left them to be taken captive by the local Indian tribe, on whose lands they have been trespassing in their pursuit of the mayor. CHRONOSPHERE FICTION
Written by Craig Robotham
Cast
Jason D Johnson : Narrator
Jim Wilkes : Pete Lutz
Ilana Labourine : Annie Deemes
Paul Arbisi : Abe Farrow
Rich Greene : Dan Wilson
Anne Ghrist : Crow's Shadow
Katelin Curtis : Leaping Toad
Joe Stofko : Chief of the Tribe
Daniel French at Fishbonius Sound Design : Production, Editing, Foley, Sound Design, Music, Mixing, Mastering
THE SUNDOWNERS – Episode Three: “BLOOD BATH”
[Rated R for Adult Language, Violence and Sexual Situations]
Written by Mark Slade
Directed and Produced by Viktor Aurelius
Featured in the cast were:
Jeff Niles as the Narrator
Keane Lutz as Joey
Mary Genevieve Fortier as Maddy
David Ault as Fowler
Viktor Aurelius as Granger
Terrence Drye as Glenndale
Pete Lutz as Boris
Angela Young as Sabrina
Jessica Mathews as Nadya
Cheyenne Gibbs as Drina
David Schütz II as Gino Thompson
and Cary Michael Ayers as Ned
Music by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/)
Sound Design by Viktor Aurelius
© The 4077th and ALL BETTER AUDIO (2016)
The Undead Trail - Where Death Comes Uninvited - Episode 3
Having exonerated the drifter, Abe Farrow, of the arson-murder of a number of children in the town, Jim Wilkes (formerly of the U.S Marshal’s office and now Sheriff of Liberty Gulch) has appointed Abe as his deputy. This is bound to rile up the crooked mayor and his supporters, who Jim is determined to face off with, down at the saloon. CHRONOSPHERE FICTION
Written by Craig Robotham
Cast
Jason D Johnson as Narrator
Pete Lutz as Jim Wilkes
Ilana Labourine as Annie Deemes
Paul Arbisi as Abe Farrow
Rich Greene as Dan Wilson
Jeff Moon as Wallace Leach, Passersby, Townsfolk
Katelin Curtis as Passersby, Townsfolk
The Undead Trail - Where Death Comes Uninvited - Episode 2, A New Deputy in Town
Jim Wilkes, formerly of the U.S Marshal’s office, has taken a job as Sheriff in the town of Liberty Gulch. Barely preventing a lynching, Jim finds himself saddled with a deputy who, likely, owes his position and allegiance to the local mayor rather than the law. CHRONOSPHERE FICTION
Written by Craig Robotham
Cast
Jason D Johnson as Narrator
Pete Lutz as Jim Wilkes
Ilana Labourine as Annie Deemes
Paul Arbisi as Abe Farrow
Rich Greene as Dan Wilson
Jeff Moon as Wallace Leach, Passersby, Townsfolk
Katelin Curtis as Passersby, Townsfolk
Daniel French at Fishbonius Sound Design: Production, Editing, Foley, Sound Design, Music, Mixing, Mastering
Craufurdland Castle in Fenwick, Ayrshire, keeps its secrets close. It has been held in the same family for almost two thousand years. It is the early 1800s. Janet Craufurd, Lady of the house, writes in her diary, charting the progress of renovations to the estate which has suffered years of neglect.
But Janet’s mind is not easy. She suspects that the house has its own story to tell – a story lost in a secret passage, in hidden rooms, in dusty books and neglected papers. And someone is watching her as she searches for answers; someone she cannot see but whose presence she senses as she works.
There Goes Craufurdland is the final play in An Ayrshire Trilogy, three audio dramas which celebrate Ayrshire and its people. The Trilogy is supported by Creative Scotland.
Author | Jill Korn |
Director | Jill Korn |
Sound design | Alex Bennett |
Original music | David Simpson |
Janet Craufurd | Kerry Burley |
William Craufurd | Lorenzo Novani |
Nurse | Diane Brooks |
Isabella Keith | Kirsten Maguire |
John Walkinshaw Craufurd | Alex Bennett |
William Boyd, Earl of Kilmarnock | Euan Galbraith |
Thomas Coutts | Iain McAleese |
Other parts | Members of the cast |
Continuing our special run of Christmas and Holiday-themed shows, we are proud to present: The Holiday Spirit by Will Anderson
Synopsis: During an argument between two hobos, Clay and Hobo Joe, about Clay’s claims of having been a country music star, Clay’s dog, Tyger, gets injured. In steps a vet who takes Tyger to his clinic. The celebration of successful surgery is interrupted when local business bully Snerdly storms in, demanding the rent payment for the clinic by five o’clock that evening. Will the formerly famous Golden Voice of the High Plains be able to save the clinic – especially after Snerdly informs them of an injunction by Song-Pluggers Incorporated, against Clay playing his old material? Make a great new family tradition with this fun, heartwarming (and slightly subversive) Holiday tale!
Rating: AD General/Suitable for all audiences
Cast (in order of appearance) :
“Golden Voice of the High Plains” Clay McGruder: Eric Chercover
Hobo Joe: Josh Brewer
Tyger, Clay’s loyal canine companion: Bernie Cesena
Kindly veterinarian Monty Morton: Steve Coon
Snerdly the evil landlord: Jeffrey Weinstock
Cadwalls the eviler well-heeled one percenter: Ted Clayton
Safeley’s sunflower cooking oil ad interstitial
Martha, 1940’s housewife: Bernie Cesena
Lois, Martha’s across-the-fence neighbor: Shelly Hinck
Winslow, Martha’s husband: Ted Clayton
Safeley’s sunflower cooking oil pitchman: Josh Brewer
The Holiday Spirit was written by Will Anderson, directed by Stacey Pattison, and recorded and edited by Jim Bollella.
Music performed by Eric Chercover and Will Anderson.
Title art designed by Kim Patishnock.