The Sonic Society

Showcasing the very best in new Audio Drama

Beacon in the Dark

| March 16, 2016

Beacon Arts Centre in Inverclyde, Scotland is celebrating new writers work by presenting a collection of four new radio plays staged for an audience and dubbed “The Podcast Sessions”. For over a decade now, we at the Sonic Society have believed that audio stories are uniquely positioned to tell stories in the most imaginative and […]

Solid as a Rock

| March 15, 2016

Singer Pamela McNeill will be featured tomorrow night at Granite City Radio Theatre. The program is put together by the Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and includes comedy, trivia, music and Shade’s Brigade, a crime noir radio drama. What: Granite City Radio Theatre. When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 16. Where: Pioneer Place on Fifth, 22 […]

The Black Knight Rides!

| March 11, 2016

Medieval radio is a rare and precious gift in the modern audio drama world. There’s Morgan Sorwell’s incredible Table Round series, and now there’s “The Black Knight”. KVMR Community Radio and the historic Nevada Theatre created this original radio drama. The Black Knight will be presented live on-stage in the theater, broadcast over KVMR 89.5 FM and […]

Brandon Seeks Audio Actors

| February 29, 2016

Superman may soon be flying again and Dick Tracy will be speaking into his two-way radio as Kathy Mathis, director at the Brandon Town Players, looks to find actors to fill the roles of the classic OTR radio plays. Mathis plans to have the actors dressed in period garb and perform the plays on stage as […]

Downtown Abbey

| February 29, 2016

A Moab Sun News article points to a radio station, KZMU to broadcast an original comedy series from Moab, Utah. This grassroots, solar powered station brings their listeners Downtown Abbey starting its run on February 20th. The KZMU manager Marty Durlin penned a satirical radio drama, which “takes place in a parallel universe and features Edward Abbey’s […]

Everything Gold(en) is New Again!

| February 25, 2016

Meadville Community Theatre is working this week to bring back two classic golden age radio drama shows: Sorry, Wrong Number, and Cancelled. as one-act plays from Feb 19th to the 28th at 8 pm on weekdays and with 2 pm matinee performances at the Meadville Community Theatre’s stage in the Odd Fellows Building, 400 N. Main […]

A New Member of the Family

| December 31, 2015

There may have been a lot of birthing pains, but thanks to the generosity of Society Members we retire the old battle scarred Digirack 002 and we bring the Zoom R24. Among the many benefits, there’s multi-track recording capability (of course), the ability to record all by its lonesome for a live recording, and of […]

The Martians Attack Again!

| December 5, 2015

… 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 […]

Shadows From the Past Walk

| October 24, 2015

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.