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!
Sonic Workshop is a special series designed to listen to audio drama with a more collegial critical ear. A group of experienced audio producers and writers talk about an audio production with aim of helping to improve and support new works. In our inaugural episode we present Star Plot by Jeff Musick. Thanks so much Jeff, for letting us into your playground!
Tonight in our final episode for Season 11 we’re proud to present, Travis Vengroff’s Liberty Audio Tales from the Tower! With episodes 1,2 and 5! What a great way to end another awesome season. Thanks to everyone for all your hard work this past year. What wonderful listening! Now, we all need to get back to work for Season 12! ?
This Penultimate Post July 4th episode presents the first three episodes of The Fall, a new audio drama about the fall of Lucifer from the Kingdom of Heaven by Dayn Leonardson. It’s Audio Drama Time!
Richard Edmonson, director of the Summer Stock play “To Kill a Mockingbird” holds auditions for his production May 26 in the COAS. Auditions will continue June 6.
As we gear up for another great session of recordings here at EVP we look into some of the ideas that make and break good acting auditions.
According to this Green Shirt Studio article, the worst thing you can do is not let your own light shine in the audition. Check out the thoughts from the author and give us yours! What’s the dos and don’ts of auditioning in the audio world? Is it very different from the stage?
Tonight my eldest took me out to see The Legend of Tarzan. Tarzan’s been a favourite of my father’s, and it’s great to see the Edgar Rice Burroughs pulp star still having life after all these years. Inquirer.net has a nice summary on the Ape-Man’s resurrection in the theatres. The flick was pulpy fun. Solid performances. Hard to believe that there were many radio dramas done in the past. They are pretty out dated and could use a new fresh look. Anyone up to making Tarzan adventures in audio again? In the meantime, enjoy the show!
Christian audio drama has been around for a long time, and while many podcasters work hard at producing new work, great production talents are put into the full sounds of epic storylines in these religious tales. City of Destruction is one of these new series, and episode 29 is available to listen on Vimeo. If this could be your new jam, go download the whole series for free at JesusforSinners.com but be warned- 29 is the LAST chapter!
We return with more from the National Audio Theatre Festival with “Jungle Gem” from Bill Chessman and Will Snyder brings us episode two of The Case of the Black Knight” from Neon Nights: The Arcane Files of Jack Tracer. David Ault returns next week but for now it’s AUDIO DRAMA TIME!
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If you’re living in the Des Moines area, now’s your time to get tickets for the upcoming summer playhouse live radio drama there. Final Act Ensemble is bringing back many of your OTR favourites. Check out this Broadwayworld article:
The Des Moines Community Playhouse’s Final Act Ensemble presents their annual summer showcase, an evening of radio shows, 7:00 PM, Tuesday, July 19. Tickets are $10 for all ages and available online at www.dmplayhouse.com and at The Playhouse ticket office, 515-277-6261.
The Final Act Ensemble returns for another installment of nostalgic radio programming, presented in two acts. The first half of the program consists of old-time radio fun with episodes like “Fibber McGee and Molly on Election Day,” “Gracie (Allen) Runs for President,” and “George Frumple Runs for Town Council.” Also on the program: period songs, an installment of “The Shadow” and the return of Dick Tracy, this time solving “Murder at the Mike.”
Go get your tickets today! Make sure you tell ’em “The Sonic Society sent me!”
It’s January 2nd, 2007 and episode #49 of the Sonic Society is on the air. The feature that night? The pilot of Second Shift an original “podplay” that brought gamers and fantasy together in an audio drama series. It was fun. It was gripping. And it continued until 2011 on and off again.
And today we get a look at ten years of Second Shift from writer Brandon M. Crose. Ten years is a long time to be in love…
Jen Rudin writes a series of sage advice on voice acting in one of the latest posts from Backstage .
Go check out what she has to say, but the end of her article identifies the summary of her top five list:
If you want to be a professional actor, you must act like a professional. Practice etiquette and manners and save the crazy tweets and funny Instagram photos for other parts of your life.
Couldn’t have said it better ourselves Jen!
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