Heinlein Centennial, Kansas City

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This photo was taken during the Saturday show, featuring Heinlein's "All You Zombies" and "Creation is a Circle" by Thomas E. Fuller. Pictured are Hal Wiedeman, David Benedict, Kelley Swilley, and Jonathan Strickland. Clicking on this photo will take you to the rest, on Flickr.

Window shopping

Window shopping
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We had a blast at the "Midnight Magic" release party for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" on Friday, July 20. Here's what we looked like to one fan as we performed in front of the store's windows.

Podcast 47 - The Crimson Hawk: Compliments of the Vixen, Chapter 1

ARTC's Podcast #47 - The Crimson Hawk, Compliments of the Vixen, Chapter One. Time: 14:05. Size: 9.7 MB.

Podcast 46 - Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Asteroid of Love

The Asteroid of Love (written by Ron N Butler) originally contained a song of the same name, which was a parody of an Andrew Sisters song. Obviously, this was not podcast safe. For our February 2007 show, musician Alton Leonard composed a new song to replace the parody. And he performed it here with the Android Sisters, and our guests for that show, the Radio Ramblers, of which he is a regular member.

Podcast 45 - The Brides of Dracula (Part 3 of 3)

The Brides of Dracula, by Thomas E. Fuller (Conclusion) File Size : 17.3M Duration: 28:35.

Podcast 44 - The Brides of Dracula (Part 2 of 3)

The Brides of Dracula (Part 2 of 3) written by Thomas E. Fuller.
Time 29:51 File Size: 20.4M
Direct download: ARTCPodcast43.mp3

Podcast 43 - The Brides of Dracula (Part 1 of 3)

The Brides of Dracula, by Thomas E. Fuller.

(presented in three parts.)

Duration 21:27, File Size 14.9M

Quite possibly one of the most ambitious ARTC projects, the February 2007 live performance at Stage Door Players required extra personnel: a stage/floor manager, 3 foley artists instead of the usual one or two, a second sound engineer and mixing board solely for the foley sound, and two people to manage the digital effects. Plus extra consideration for the Brides singing parts, and our guest musicians - another rare event.

The outcome? Judge for yourself. Brides of Dracula was the featured story for this show, and comprised the entire post-intermission show.

If you're really adventurous, try listening with headphonones...

Direct download: ARTCPodcast43.mp3

Podcast 42 - The Passion of Frankenstein

Hello again!

This week, in honor of Fathers Day, we bring you selected scenes from The Passion of Frankenstein, by Thomas E. Fuller. It's going to be a little different this week, though. We're going to feature some scenes, but we're also going to highlight a little bit of what goes into creating the audio drama that we all know and love. We'll take a few short clips from the raw voiceover and then transform them with music and sound effects into new old-time radio. Whereas we normally bring you material from our live productions, the source for this material comes from the studio.

Direct download: ARTC42-Frankenstein.mp3

41 - Tales of Seduction. Or something.

What can I say about this podcast? Well, it's the first sixteen minutes of a fairly recent live show: at StageDoor Players this past February (2007.) The underlying theme for this show was seduction. Originally it was supposed to have been Love, but due to scheduling difficulties, it wasn't performed in the theater until after St. Valentines Day.

The opening music has been removed as it was not podcast safe, and there are a few other minor edits, but otherwise, the material presented is pretty much in the order that it was originally performed. Our host/announcer is Daniel Kiernan, who (upon reflection) *does* look a bit like Garrison Keillor.

Duration: 15m53sec Size: 10.9M

Direct download: Podcast.mp3

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

38 - Amalgam

This week we bring you an amalgam of various short pieces culled from various venues. First up, Nikki's Place: Into the Blue Forest by Gerald W. Page, performed at Stone Mountain Park in 2004. Next, Standing Peachtree by Ron N. Butler, performed at the Tomato Festival at Stone Mountain Park in 2004, and we finish up with another Ron N. Butler classic, Rory Rammer, Space Marshal in Eye in the Sky performed at Sci Fi Summer in 2003.

Length: 15:36 Size: 7.3M
Direct download: ARTC38-Amalgam.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

36 - The Turn Out

Back in 2004 we did a show at Stone Mountain Park called "Frontier Days". We got a lot of great new material out of it because the theme of the festival was Georgia between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War...not exactly a haven for our usual SF and Fantasy stuff. We also performed it outdoors...predictably, it rained. But we still got a good show, and we're bringing it to you in installments.

This time we bring you The Turn Out by Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, adapted for audio by Daniel Taylor. It takes place at Easter, which we missed by about a month, but it also deals with school, and with school about to let out for summer, we thought this would still be a good time to trot this out.

Duration: 12:12 Size: 5.7M
Direct download: ARTC36-Frontier02.mp3

35 - Country of the Blind Pt 2

The second installment of "The Country of the Blind" by H.G. Wells, adapted for audio by Daniel Taylor.

Time 16:42 Size: 11.4 MB
Direct download: ARTC_Country_of_the_Blind_Pt_2.mp3

34 - Country of the Blind, Part One

This is the first installment of The Country of the Blind, by H.G. Wells, adapted for audio by Daniel Taylor.

Duration 18m 18s File Size: 12.5 M
Direct download: ARTC_Country_of_the_Blind_Pt_1.mp3

33 - Conclusions

Everything must come to an end. And so it goes with the serial we've been bringing you for the last three weeks, "The Adventures of the Crimson Hawk: The Crimson and the Red" by William Alan Ritch. This is the third and final installment in this particular saga, but there's plenty more where that came from. We currently have almost twenty adventures of the Crimson Hawk, so if you like them be sure to let us know! You can reach us at podcast@artc.org.
Also this week we bring you an ARTC favorite, "Bumpers Crossroads: Hide, A Cow's Outside" by Daniel Taylor. The last word on the end of a lot of bad jokes. This was recorded live at the Gwinnett History Center back in 1999.
And lest you forget that we have more recent work available, there's also a short sample from our studio release of Robert A. Heinlein's "The Menace From Earth".

Posted: 13 Apr 2007 01:00 AM EST Duration: 18:40, Size: 8.7M
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32 - Continuity

Hello again, and welcome to another ARTC podcast. This week I've chosen to call the episode "Continuity" for a couple of reasons. First, we'll be continuing the episode of "The Crimson Hawk" that we began last week by playing part two of "The Crimson and the Red" by William Alan Ritch.
Next we'll bring you "Unresolved Mysteries, Solved While U Wait: A Very Special Creation" by Ron N. Butler, which, without giving too much away, deals with the continuity of the universe.

Posted: 6 Apr 2007 01:00 AM EST Duration: 18:03 Size: 8.5M
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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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