118 - The Fox and the Fry Bread

This month we bring you The Fox and the Fry Bread , a traditional story adapted for audio by Daniel W. Kiernan, performed live at Frontier Days at Stone Mountain Park, May 1 and 2, 2004.

• Size: 5M Duration: 10:28
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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

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

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

14 - An Atlanta Christmas - Episode 01

Welcome, welcome one and all to our family Christmas! To every family Christmas that ever was or ever will be! Behold the traditional Christmas tree weighted down with ornaments and decorations! Every five year old's Christmas morning writ large and come true!

For one day a year, the Theater of the Mind gives way to a warm hearth and a bowl of gingerbread -- and when from the roof there arises a clatter, it's neither a faceless monster nor a Martian.

It's Christmas.

Christmas is memories. For the next 5 podcasts, ARTC will be bringing you some of our favorite memories from our holiday programming, drawing heavily from Thomas E. Fuller's An Atlanta Christmas, but with a few other surprises along the way.

This week we bring you The Ultimate Christmas Pageant and O Tannenbaum by Thomas E. Fuller, and Some Assembly Required, by Daniel Taylor.

These were recorded live in 2003 at Stone Mountain Park's Fruitcake Festival. Featured in the cast were the voices of Joyce Leigh, Daniel Taylor, Ron N. Butler, Neil Butler, Colin Butler, Daniel Kiernan, Clair Kiernan, Tamara Morton, Justin Ameri, Katie Brass, Megan Jackson, Juliana Finch, Sarah Taylor, Josh Adams, Jack Mayfield, and Caran Wilbanks.

Foley sound effects were created by Lili, Deanna Ameri, and Sheila Ameri. Music performed by Brad Weage. Sound engineering by David Carter, Ray Spitz, and Elayna Little. The show was produced and directed by William Alan Ritch.

Time: 22:29 Size: 10.5M
Direct download: ARTC-Show14-Xmas01.mp3

12 - Frontier Days 01

In May of 2004 we were invited to perform at Stone Mountain Park's Frontier Days Festival. We eagerly accepted the opportunity...and then learned that the theme was Georgia between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. With our specialties being in the area of science fiction, fantasy, and horror...well, our selection of available material was a bit thin.

But our writers rose to the challenge and wrote us 11 new scripts, including rehearsals and rewrites, in about three months. It was an exciting time and we got some great new material out of it. Today we bring you a bit of historical bridging, "A Sage Conversation" by Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, "A Feast at Sycamore Grove" by Bill Arp, and we finish with "The Triumph of Natural Justice" by Ron N. Butler.

Oh, and we performed it outdoors on the Plantation Grounds, which just goes to prove that we can do a show just about anywhere.

Size: 13.6M Time: 29:08
Direct download: ARTC-Show12-Frontier01.mp3