This week Jack feels like a little cheese, bagels and schlocks as we present Radio Project X‘s “Invasion of the Cheesemen” and the triumphant return of Schlock Audio and “The Tale of The Roku” by Texas Radio Theatre!
Author: Jack (Page 95 of 175)
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!
Mark Bruzee, a giant in the modern audio drama world, actor, writer, and producer of many programmes and most recently from Leap Audio offers these words during these dark times after the Attack in Orlando.
Peace, love, and hope for a better world to our brothers and sisters across the world from the Sonic Society.
Every year the Mark Time Awards present some of the best audio drama has to offer. The 2016 Awards were presented at the Hear Now Festival and has expanded its usual fare from the award for best science fiction drama (Mark Time) and the best horror drama (Ogle) to The Danger Prize, The Bradshaw, and The BettyJo.
The Sonic Society congratulates this year’s winners:
From the Mark Time Award’s Page:
The Ogle Award, named for Charles Ogle, the first portrayer of Frankenstein’s Monster on screen, is given in two categories, Horror and Fantasy. The Gold Ogle for Horror went to “The Masque of the Red Death,” produced and directed by William Dufris, who accepted in person. The Silver Ogle was won by “To The Manor Borne by Robots, Episode 5,” written, produced and directed by John Eder.
Winning the Silver Ogle for Fantasy was “The Springheel Saga: The Secret of Springheel’d Jack,” from London’s Wireless Theatre Ltd., producers Jack Bowman, Mariele Runacre Temple and Robert Valentine.
The Mark Time Award for Science Fiction, named for one of Ossman’s Firesign characters, was won by Jonathan Mitchell of New York City, who was also named Producer of the Year for a trio of short pieces, “Visible,” “The Last Job,” and “Santa For President.” He appeared via Skype. In addition, Tom Ligon, in the role of Santa, won the Betty Jo for Best Actor. The Betty Jo honors Firesign’s Phil Proctor, man of many voices.
The Silver Mark Time went to the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company for “The War of the Worlds: The Untold Story,” produced by David Benedict.
Additional Finalists were John Holland for “The Cure,” Marty Durlin and KZMU, Moab, Utah for “Downtown Abbey, Episode 3: Denial in So Many Forms,” and Pete Lutz and Pulp-Pourri Theater for “The DNA Pit.”
The Nick Danger Prize honors Firesign’s Phil Austin in memoriam and his immortal character, known for his “third eye.” It is awarded for the best in mystery and noir detective genres. There was a single Finalist, “Brass – A Steampunk Adventure Serial” from Battleground Productions, Seattle, written and directed by John Longenbaugh, sound design and production by Nick Abercrombie,
Ossman announced a new prize for Audio Comedy, called The Bozo Knows, open for entries in 2017. Information on entries and the Mark Time Awards history, previous prize-winners, Grandmasters, and Hall of Fame can be found at www.marktimeawards.org.
The Awards Ceremony was held as part of an Otherworld Cabaret, which featured high school students from the Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts where the Mark Time SoundPlay audio workshop is in its second year of production classes and activities. Youth participants presented four short original audio plays which were written, performed, and sound designed by them, as part of the Mark Time Awards performance. Members of the 2016 Mark Time Academy included Carissa Stevens, Mel Jones, Kaden Vladimir, Travon Wainwright, Mahryn Barron, Trail White, Ethan Anissy, Marcus Robertson, and Kahlil Odums.
Young audio artists of the Paseo SoundPlay Workshop will be seen again as part of the Future Stages Festival at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, June 26th at 3 p.m. on the outdoor stage.
The Mark Time Awards and SoundPlay Workshops are made possible by a grant from the Leo Gilbert Wetherill Foundation with additional support from the Board of Directors of Otherworld Media.
Tonight we have a three-pack of audio drama for your listening pleasure with Tyler Polk’s award winningLarceny, Seespace Labs reproduction of EVP’sDeathbed Confessions, and a Gallowtree Radio second season episode Stop Arking About. It’s Audio Drama Tonight.
Jack and David are back after a successful move and we complete our James O’Neill and Paul Freeman appreciation with Part 4 of “The Hum” and B.I.L.I.
It’s Audio Drama Time!
Well, it may be in Nova Scotia, but we’re moving on up into a new house. See you soon in the new place!
Erik Hermansen from Seespace Labs has taken one of our Electric Vicuña Dead Line Favourites- Deathbed Confessions– and provided a new performance from actors Dray James, Ray Stewart. Audio processing by Terrance Robinson. Music, foley, and editing by Ray Stewart. Directed by Siyence McGhee.
To listen to this awesomely creepy rendition, go to the Seespace Labs Soundcloud page!
Jack and David muse about the upcoming Sonic move and we get a hum-dinger of a time with James O’Neill and Paul Freeman’s The Hum.
It’s Audio Drama Time!
Jerry Robbins of Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air has been incredibly busy these days. The award winning top tier audio drama company that has brought you such series as Powder River, Ticonderoga, Royall House, Perry Mason, Father Brown, Captain Blood, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Dead Ahead, and so many many more is working on the 12th season of their western epic, and some new shows including Tom Swift and his Motorcycle.
With so much content coming down the audio pipe, Mr. Robbins is looking for new audio producers who are interested in working on the mixing for CRT. Unlike many shows made in the audio drama world today, CRT pays commission for their producers. So, let us know if you’re interested today!
Colonial Radio is one of the most prestigious and well-known production companies in the business. Wouldn’t you like to learn and grow from the best?
Tonight we have the new show from Life You Choose “Who’s Johnny Long Arms?” and Episode 4 of “Victoria! Empress of Universe” from All Better Audio. David and Jack bring you Audio Drama Time!