52 - Superheroes...?

This week we delve into the realm of ...superheroes? Well, it greatly depends on how you define the term, really. We've brought you installments from these great series before, but we like them (and we hope you do, too!) so here's some more!

First up, The Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants in Episode One - "Flame Out", by "Sketch" MacQuinor.

Then, hold onto your dry-erase markers, as we bring you Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment - "A Consultation with Eeeeevil" by Jonathan Strickland.

Both of these were performed live at Sci-Fi Summer 2005.

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40 - Memorial Day part 2

Last week we celebrated the upcoming Memorial Day holiday with a few timely pieces, and this week we conclude that celebration with a wonderful piece entitled Unaccustomed to Fear, written by Terry Quinn, performed at Stone Mountain Park's Memorial Hall on May 29, 2005.

Unaccustomed to Fear was originally performed at the National Audio Theatre Festivals audio theatre workshop in June of 2002 and it made quite an impression on me. When an opportunity for us to perform at Stone Mountain on the Memorial Day weekend, I knew this was the perfect piece for us to bring to our audience. I contacted the author and was luckily able to negotiate the rights to perform it again. Unfortunately I was not able to reprise my role as the narrator as my cousin was getting married in Boston at the time. The story is based on true events and we hope you enjoy it.

Length: 27:26  Size: 12.8M
Direct download: ARTC40-Memorial02.mp3

39 - Memorial Day

On Sunday, May 29, 2005 ARTC performed a tribute to heroes at Stone Mountain Park's Memorial Hall.

This week we bring you a portion of that show. We begin with Bumpers Crossroads: Grandma's Diary by Daniel Taylor and proceed to Chief Burnley's History Lesson by Ron N. Butler.

Duration: 19:19 Size 9M
Direct download: ARTC39Memorial01.mp3

37 - Podcasting is Damn Sassy

Eureka, fiction believers! It's time for another installment of the Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants, by Sketch MacQuinor!

This issue is entitled "Enter: Mindgames" and it was performed at both Sci Fi Summer and Dragon*Con in 2005. You'll be hearing the Dragon*Con performance.

Length: 22:18 Size: 10.5M
Direct download: ARTC37-BDSM02.mp3

31 - Heroes and Villains in the Big City

This week we bring you tales of Heroes and Villains in the Big City. We begin with "The Adventures of the Crimson Hawk: The Crimson and the Red" episode one, by William Alan Ritch. This is a three part serial, so be sure to tell us how you like it at podcast@artc.org. This was performed live at the coffeehouse in Little Five Points in Atlanta. This is one of our older recordings, and we're not exactly sure what year, but it was pre-1996.
Next up is Jonathan Strickland's "Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment: Subterranean Subterfuge" recorded live at Sci Fi Summer in 2005.

Posted: 30 Mar 2007 01:00 AM EST Length: 18:52 Size: 9M
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30 - Dweller in the Depths - Part 2

St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland (but not on a plane...unless you mean a 2-dimensional surface...nevermind). But did he miss one? Just what is the Loch Ness Monster? Assuming it even exists.
Last week we brought you part one of The Dweller in the Depths, by Thomas E. Fuller, recorded live at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, GA. This week we bring you part two of the story, but this performance was recorded at Stone Mountain Park in 2005.
Did you like hearing the story broken up over two performances? Would you like to hear more of the evolution of ARTC? Or not? Write to us at podcast@artc.org and let us know!

Posted: 23 March 2007 01:00 AM EST Duration: 17:32 Size: 8.25M
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18 - An Atlanta Christmas, Episode 05

One last look at Christmas for the year...

Opening Music: An Old Atlanta Christmas, Alton Leonard.

USO Christmas, Thomas E. Fuller and performed by William Brown & Lou Brock.

Are You Lonely Tonight, written by Thomas E Fuller and Daniel Taylor, performed by Daniel & Clair Kiernan.

The Experts, by Ron N Butler featured the voices of Kelly Swilley, Lou Brock, and Daniel & Clair Kiernan. (Useless trivia: The Kiernans played characters with the same first names as those in Are You Lonely Tonight. But now they're actually Mr. & Mrs. Zabrinski.) My apologies to Hal Wiedeman who went uncredited in the podcast: He played the towtruck driver.

Size: 11.4 MB Time: 25:00
Direct download: ARTCShow18_-_An_Atlanta_Christmas_No_5.mp3

17 - An Atlanta Christmas - Episode 04

Our annual gift to our listeners continues with more excerpts from An Atlanta Christmas. This week we bring you three short pieces and another lovely song. We hope you enjoy it.

The Santa Claus Blues, by Thomas E. Fuller
Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: A Visit From St. Rex, by Ron N. Butler
The Tree Comes to Atlanta, by Thomas E. Fuller
O Holy Night, performed by the ARTC Chorus

Size: 15M, Duration: 32:31
Direct download: ARTC-Show17Xmas04.mp3

16 - An Atlanta Christmas - Episode 03

Pour youself some of Collins' Best Coffee (Christmas Blend) and stay tuned. Because this week's podcast contains a special episode of Bumper's Crosroads: Ernie the Christmas Snail - by Daniel Kiernan. This is followed by Davy Crockett and Me - written by Thomas E. Fuller. We have a musical portion of the show too: The Carol of the Birds. (traditional)

Time: 27:36 Size: 18.9 MB
Direct download: 12-14-06podcast02.mp3

15 - An Atlanta Christmas - Episode 02

The Elves Strike Back.

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In addition to the plays of Thomas Fuller's Atlanta Christmas, the writers of ARTC have produced a number of shorts which provide a comic counterpoint. Think of this as the lighter side of Christmas.

All of these pieces are surreal (as if the entire concept of Santa Claus and the Northpole Workshop isn't). Some (all?) may be in questionable taste. One of these pieces will be performed in this years Christmas show program. There can be only one.

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This podcast includes the following pieces from our live performances at Stone Mountain and Parkview High School.

"Roger, the Jolly Little Christmas Elf" by Gerald W Page (2000)
"The Legend of the Poinsettia" by Brad Strickland (2004)
"Unresolved Mysteries Solved While U Wait - the Grinch" by Ron N. Butler (2000)
"Zen Santa Claus" by Tracy V Wilson (2005)

There is Adventure in Sound!

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Time: 27:05 Size: 12.7M
Direct download: ARTC-Show15Xmas02.mp3

10 - Halloween Extravaganza! (Into the Labyrinth)

You say you can't get enough Trick or Treating? You say that you spent most of October looking for TV special with the "Round-Headed Kid" on DVD? You say haven't slept for 48 hours because of the insane sugar rush? Is that's what's troubling you, Pilgrim?

Seriously though. We have two shows from Into the Labyrinth 2005: Farm Report of the Worlds by Brad Strickland and Penny Dreadful, by Kelly Swilley

Farm Report of the Worlds: Imagine you're waking up to AM Radio... the morning *after* the night that H.G. Wells' Martians attacked.

Penny Dreadful: And what happens when a lost book by an unknown author suddenly and mysteriously appears on a library shelf?


Time: 24:04 Size: 27.55 MB
Direct download: ARTCShow10.mp3

09 - Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants!

Performed live at Sci Fi Summer 2005, so controversial that it had its own late night time slot, and so funny that we just couldn't keep it to ourselves.

ARTC presents "The Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants, episode 2: Miss Rorschach if You're Nasty" by Sketch MacQuinor.

Time: 28:19 File size: 12.97M
Direct download: ARTC-Show09-BDSM01.mp3

Podcast 07 - Into the Labyrinth - Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment: Sweet Revenge and Nikki's Place: The Collectors

This week's features:

1. Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment: Sweet Revenge, by Jonathan Strickland
2. Nikki's Place: The Collector, by Oreta Taylor

time: 15:24 (7.05 MB)
Direct download: ARTC-Show07-Labyrinth01.mp3

Podcast 06 - Bradbury's Funeral Home, Armada Rising

ARTC presents:

1. Bumper's Crossroads: Bradbury's Funeral Home, Ron N. Butler
2. Armada Rising, Thomas E. Fuller

From Into the Labyrinth 2005, recorded at Stone Mountain Park, Stone Mountain GA.
time: 30:29 (13.96 MB)
Direct download: ARTC_Show_06_-_Armada_Rising.mp3