Born to Teachers and Amateur Audio Enthusiasts in the small rural community of Belwood, Jack's first love was stories- writing, reading, telling, and singing. He developed his acting skills through High School, University, and through film and community theatre.
Jack writes the lion's share of Sonic Cinema Production's (previously Electric Vicuna) Audio Drama scripts and has his own writing site at www.jackjward.com. Jack also is the middle of book writing, screenplay production, and is the CEO of the Mutual Audio Network- where he and the best people in the world Listen & Imagine, Together!.
He's thrilled to co-host the Sonic Society with his wonderful, talented, friend David Ault as they enter their second decade in the medium!
Hot on the heels (or is that feels) of our Sonic Speaks interview with Steven Jay Cohen, we have another great link to share. Steven’s incredibly detailed: Audiobooks in the Classroom: A Field Guide!
I know this time around I’m going to be paying attention to this “finely tuned” wisdom as I get my students to listen to some great literature. A must for all educators and learners alike!
David presents Battleground Productions latest exciting steampunk series for tonight`s feature BRASS! Right here, on the Sonic Society!
In the Guardian newspaper, Miranda Sawyer asks a very simple question: Why are Americans so much better at making podcasts than the British?
I for one think that Ms. Sawyer has the ideas backwards. She suggests in the article that you have to do massively produced shows to get them to be successful and that the British podcasters don’t do that. But the truth is, Serial is an NPR show, and if the BBC wanted to throw its weight and creativity around a “Serial type” podcast, it would do just as cracking, I would say.
In the end, people are hungry for good stories. Isn’t that why we love Radio Drama in the first place?
John Madden was “making movies with the lights turned out” by releasing the incredible NPR Star Wars radio drama. With the help of Brian Daley, this never before tried extended series of the original trilogy was an instant sensation and starred Mark Hamill (who Madden proclaimed as a “natural” in radio drama) and Anthony Daniels of C-3P0 fame. Other stars included Ann Sachs as Princess Leia Organa and Perry King as Han Solo (a film role he lost to Harrison Ford, but ended up playing the swashbuckling Solo longer in the extended series than Indy himself).
As The Force Awakens breaks all box office numbers known to humanity, have a listen to NPR’s remembrances of when radio drama sparkled after a low fizzle for decades in That Time NPR Turned ‘Star Wars’ Into A Radio Drama — And It Actually Worked!
The incredibly versatile and talented Steven Jay Cohen comes in to talk about audio production, Broken Sea, acting, and his new passion project Listen 2 a Book!
Virginia helps out Jack with co-hosting while David Ault rests up his Kris Kringly self. Tonight’s special feature comes from Austin Beach andAudioblivious with “Natural Selection”. Hold on to your hats and your screams!
… Or rather they have settled for kidnapping Santa! That’s right, Lions Den Theatre and Dartmouth Players present “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians- the Radio Play”. The holiday favourite was adapted into a live show radio drama which was fun for the whole family. Ginny, Rory and Jack had a ball laughing at the great balls of cheese as this B-flick script was expertly rendered into a live performance. Congratulations all!
Adapted by Keith Morrison from the much over-looked film of the same name, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians will bring a little family friendly sci-fi into your holidays as we present an old-timey radio style version of this classic Christmas comedy, complete with costumes and live sound effects.
Our star-studded cast includes: Colleen MacIsaac, Dan Bray, Dan Roy , Jenny Trites, Jesse Robb, Maggie Hammel, Mark Penny, Matt Downey, Melanie Patten, Sean Skerry, Shawn Maggio
Biff fights to survive with Angela Degan and Professor Thermopoli in the Pool of Death before they make their escape to “The Man they call Methuselah”
David flies solo and soars with a great double feature from WCRS Stage “The Watch” by John S. Drewand “Victoria! Empress of the Universe- Ep 1. Murder in Space Most Foul” from All Better Audio.
This week on the Sonic Society Jack and David welcome back an old friend with several episodes fromDreamRealm Enterprises new series Polygloms and the long awaited second episode of Strangeness in Space!
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