The incredible, compelling series Sting of the Dark Tower by Peter Gruenbaum from a tale probably written by C.S. Lewis is our double feature tonight as David leads the microphone and Jack waves from the bed of restoration after Hal-Con.
Author: Jack (Page 116 of 179)
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!
In Slate Magazine yesterday, Mac Rogers- creator of the “found footage” style of audio drama that I’m going to call fictionalized podcasts or Podficts from now on. It’s a kind of fusion of audio drama and podcasting in which the hosts identify the podcasts and recordings as real, but they are truly fictionalized.
While some folks have identified this as “Docudrama” that doesn’t feel right to me either. Wikipedia identifies a docudrama as:
“A docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of radio and television programming, feature film, and staged theatre, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. On stage, it is sometimes known as documentary theatre.”
And these Podficts aren’t in anyway re-enactments of actual events.
What’s exciting is we’re looking at a very new kind of fusion of the audio drama form. Mac Rogers seems very excited at the idea of serializing story telling and he offers a look at some of the rules he would suggest to produce. While I love all kinds of audio drama in the foray, and I hope this brings new listeners to the medium, I’d hate to see this become the only form of choice. It would be like saying the only popular television style is first-person camera shows. After a while, it’s important to let the audience know the medium is robust and diverse!
This special Sonic Speaks interview has Jack speaking with Jacqueline Ball from Audioflix about the plans of Brian Pappas and Tim Knofler and the entire AF team to develop “The Netflix of Audio” and the great hope for monetizing the next stage in the Silver Age of Modern Audio Movies. Whether you want unlimited streaming of incredible new and classic content, or you are a writer or producer interested in getting some recognition and financial remuneration, have a listen!
Our old friends at Quicksilver Radio Theater are at it again! This time with a performance tonight of the eternal Dracula at Episcopal Actors’ Guild. Ticket includes a wine and cheese reception following the show. Proceeds will benefit the charitable programs of EAG, which offers financial support to New York performers “of all faiths, and none.” So go and have some fun!
Biff and his new friends from Nova Command are captured by the Rahoad and find themselves facing “THE POOL OF DEATH”
Christmas has its Claus. Halloween has its own incredible iconic figures. One of the most important of course is the eternal Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Hamilton-Gibson Productions brings their own Dracula adaptation for the audio drama. Get your tickets while you can and enjoy the frights!
Sibby Wieland, from Sound Stages Radio has been a long time advocate and champion of the amazing medium we all know and love- audio drama. Her seminal works along with those of Pete Lutz from Pulp-Pourri Theatre, Richard “Captain Radio” Summers, and our own efforts here at the Sonic Society have pressed to provide World Audio Drama Day on the 30th of October in fond remembrance of an age of panic during the initial broadcast of Orson Welles’ adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds.
In this article with Radio World the focus seems to be audio drama trying to reinvent itself. Is that really the case? Or hasn’t that happened over a decade ago now?
The phenomenal 40th anniversary love letter to War of the Worlds is written and produced by the brilliantly inventive Steve Bellinger and our feature tonight after its 1978 premiere on American Public Radio. With thanks to Captain Radio, Jack and David present this classic on the week of World Audio Drama Day. May we all live love and listen faithfully
Debuting on October 29th, just in time for Halloween, Petaluma Radio Players resurrect the iconic Shadow in a live performance of the old time radio series in a Petaluma barn. Go grab your tickets for the back to back performances of “Flames of Death” and “Death in the Tomb” by going to the Petaluma 360.
Little John (Peter Greenall) tells the backstory of Robin Hood and his merry men in this fantastic BBC Radio drama. As the Daily Post says:
Peter, inspired to become an actor thanks to his mother, Mary, who taught English and ran the drama group at Prestatyn High School, said: “For me, Little John was largely a victim of circumstance. A man who was an outlaw because he was honourable, yet living in a time and way of life where the law forced people to prop up an immoral establishment through crippling taxes, often to the detriment of their families.
So, listen to the original score by Samuel Pegg, strap on your best longbow, don your forest green and your merry laugh and join Mr. Greenall in the adventure!