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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29 - Dweller in the Depths - Part 1

Ah, St. Patrick's Day. Leprechauns, shamrocks, pots o' gold, and green things everywhere. Well, everywhere except here. We've just got lots of blarney because this week our podcast features a story set in that fabled land of...Scotland.

This week: Part one of The Dweller in the Depths, by Thomas E. Fuller. , This episode was recorded live at Eddie's Attic in Decatur, GA back in 1997. Next week we'll bring you part two of the story, but the performers will be a lot different because it will have been recorded at Stone Mountain Park in 2005. We hope you'll hear how far we've come in those 8 years.

Posted: 16 March 2007 01:00 AM EST Duration: 16:43 Size: 8M
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28 - Plato's Cave

Myths and legends are our subject this week. Hope you enjoy them.

Unresolved Mysteries, Solved While U Wait: Loch Ness
Plato's Cave: Down and Out in the Elysian Fields
Both written by Ron Butler.

Posted: 9 March 2007 01:00 AM EST Size: 7M - Duration: 15:16
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27 - March 1, 2007

What free bits do we have for you this week? Hmm... Let's see.... 

Bumpers Crossroads: Mow Better Blues.
Chief Burnley's Cake Sale.
Nikki's Place: The Big Homicide.
Bumpers Croassroads: The Early Days.

Posted: 2 March 2007 01:00 AM EST Time: 29:39, Size: 13.5 MB
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26 - A Bridge into the Past

In the words of William Brown, "Due to technical problems beyond our control, we now join our regularly scheduled program."

This week's show is entitled "A Bridge into the Past." Why? Because I needed a name and that's what I came up with on short notice.

Bridge: Actually, one of the things you don't usually get to hear in our podcasts, Dear Listener, is the "bridging material." The short, often one-use scripts that ARTC producers insert into the live shows as buffers in between our more known stories. There is a small but healthy sampling included.

Past: This week's features are a little older than our normal fare. And like the bridging material, they are also things we don't usually podcast. ARTC has had many varied venues in its past. And veteran ARTC performers may (or may not) wax nostalgic about places such as "Eddie's Attic," or tip a mug of Collins Best Coffee in a remembrance of ARTC's Coffee House Days. Or of Guerilla Radio Theater at Manuel's Tavern.

Included:
The Adventures of Hercule Perot. (Last name not a typo, any similarities to any Texas businessman are coincidental.)
Unresolved Mysteries, Solved While You Wait: Phrenotherapy by Ron N. Butler.
A Girl and Her Gryphon by Henry Lee Forrest.

Posted: 23 February 2007 01:00 AM EST Duration: 18:46 Size 8.59 MB
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25 - Can You Hear Me?

Send the kids to bed early, because this week's steamy offering of audio ear candy is a suspenseful story called "Can You Hear Me," written by Thomas E. Fuller.

Posted: 15 February 2007 01:00 AM EST Size - 14.3 MB, Duration - 31:19 MB
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24 - Kissed by a Stranger, part 2

Part 2 of Kissed by a Stranger was written by Fiona Karanina Leonard Brown, produced by David Benedict, and directed by William Alan Ritch.

Featured in the cast were the voices of Megan Jackson, Geoffrey M. Brown, Clair Whitworth Kiernan, Phil Carter, Trudy Leonard, David Benedict, and Fiona Karanina Leonard Brown.

Also heard were the voices of Terry Sanders, Daniel Taylor, Alton Leonard, Joyce Leigh, Kelley Swilley, Jack Mayfield, and "Sketch" Quinn.

Soundscaping, editing, and mixing by David Benedict.
Recording engineering by William Alan Ritch.
Foley sound effects created by Geoffrey M. Brown and David Benedict.
Recorded effects provided by Henry Howard and Audio Craft Studio.
Original music composed and performed by Alton Leonard.
Floor managers were Sheila Ameri and Elayna Little.

Posted: 9 February 2007 10:00 PM EST Duration: 27:24, Size: 12.5M
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23 - Kissed by a Stranger, Part 1

Part 2 of Kissed by a Stranger was written by Fiona Karanina Leonard Brown, produced by David Benedict, and directed by William Alan Ritch.

Featured in the cast were the voices of Megan Jackson, Geoffrey M. Brown, Clair Whitworth Kiernan, Phil Carter, Trudy Leonard, David Benedict, and Fiona Karanina Leonard Brown.

Also heard were the voices of Terry Sanders, Daniel Taylor, Alton Leonard, Joyce Leigh, Kelley Swilley, Jack Mayfield, and "Sketch" Quinn.

Soundscaping, editing, and mixing by David Benedict.
Recording engineering by William Alan Ritch.
Foley sound effects created by Geoffrey M. Brown and David Benedict.
Recorded effects provided by Henry Howard and Audio Craft Studio.
Original music composed and performed by Alton Leonard.
Floor managers were Sheila Ameri and Elayna Little.

Posted: 2 February 2007 10:00 PM EST Length: 29:11 - Size: 13.5M
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22 - The Crimson Hawk: The Widow's Web

In this week's podcast:

• Bumper's Crossroads: Whole Lotto Shakin' Going' On by Daniel Taylor.
• Nikki's Place: In a Bit of a Jam by Ron N. Butler.
• The Crimson Hawk: The Widow's Web by Ron N. Butler (based on characters originated by Thomas E. Fuller.)

Incidentally, if you are a fan of this genre of crime-fighter shows like the Crimson Hawk, (or The Shadow, or the Green Hornet,) I recommend "The Red Panda Adventures." Sadly, this is not an ARTC show in any way, shape, or form. (But then neither is The Shadow or the Green Hornet.)
The Red Panda can be found at http://www.decoderringtheatre.com/
You could tell them ARTC sent you, but I'm sure they'd say, "Uh... who?"

• Size: 14.5M Duration: 31:45
• Link to ARTC Podcast archive
• Direct MP3 Download

21 - Saturday Morning Kid Shows

No voice intro for this show. Despite miscommunication and general behind the scenes random mayhem, this week's podcast is NOT canceled.
There *was* a voice intro recorded. It was meant to sound off the cuff and laid back and funny, but it ended up sounding half-planned and disorganized. (It was.) Anyway, the show lineup has changed several times in the last few hours.

In no particular order:

We have 2 episodes of "Rory Rammer, Space Marshall:" written by Ron N. Butler. One is "The Island of Dr. Marceau" and the other is only ever talked about in hushed, furtive whispers: "The Lost Episode."
And, an episode of "Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment," by Jonathan Strickland: Ps and Q's.
Also included are a pair of Public Service Announcements from the "Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants," by Sketch MacQuinor.

No time for credits. If you want to know, you'll just have to ask nicely.

Posted: 19 January 2007 10:00 PM EST 28 minutes, 12.8 MB
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20 - To Dine with the Devil

Presenting To Dine with the Devil by Ivan Turgenev, adapted for audio by Joyce Leigh. Performed Live at Sci Fi Summer 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia

The old Russian proverb states: "Those who dine with the devil may end up on the menu."
If you like H.P. Lovecraft, you'll love this....Not for the squeamish.

Posted: 11 Jan 2007 10:00 PM EST Size: 14.9 M Duration: 32:00
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