FANTASTIC AUDIO:
2000X Tales Of The Next Millennia
Produced by Yuri Rasovsky and Stefan Rudnicki
FULL CAST PRODUCTIONS with introductions by Harlan Ellison
6 Cassettes - Approx 7 hrs. [UNABRIDGED DRAMATIZATIONS]
ISBN: 1574535307
Date Published 2002
Published by Fantastic Audio
Blood by Fredric Brown
*Knock by Fredric Brown
By His Bootstraps by Robert A. Heinlein
R.U.R. by Karel Capek
Bloodchild by Octavia E Butler
Merchant by Roger Zelazny
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Shambleau by C. L. Moore
And Miles to Go by William F. Nolan
Even the Queen by Connie Willis
Pillar of Fire by Ray Bradbury
Revival Meeting by Dennie Placta
Dear Pen Pal by A.E. van Vogt
"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison.
*Knock by Fredric Brown is the only title in this collection produced by Seeing Ear Theater
DOVE AUDIO:
Seeing Ear Theater, Volume 1
By Terry Bisson, Brian Smith, James Patrick Kelly, Allen Steele, John Kessel and Gregory Benford
FULL CAST PRODUCTIONS with introductions by Harlan Ellison
2 Cassettes - Approx 3 hrs. [UNABRIDGED DRAMATIZATIONS]
ISBN: 0787118133
Date Published 1998
Published by Dove Audio
Stories Included:
THREE ODD COMEDIES by Terry Bisson
"They're Made Out of Meat"
"The Toxic Donut"
"Next"
Into The Sun by Brian Smith
Think Like a Dinosaur by James Patrick Kelly
The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele
A Clean Escape by John Kessel
The Bigger One by Gregory Benford
Seeing Ear Theater, Volume 2
By Stephen Baxter, Terry Bisson, Eric Brown, Harlan Ellison, Brian Smith and Benjamin Wachs
FULL CAST PRODUCTIONS with introductions by Harlan Ellison
2 Cassettes - Approx 3 hrs. [UNABRIDGED DRAMATIZATIONS]
ISBN: 0787118753
Date Published 1999
Published by Dove Audio
Stories Included:
George And The Red Giant by Stephen Baxter and Eric Brown
The Oblivion Syndrome by Benjamin Wachs
Wanted In Surgery by Harlan Ellison and Brian Smith
The Flat Edge Of The Earth by Brian Smith and Terry Bisson
Too Late: An Experiment In Sound Theater by Brian Smith
Seeing Ear Theater, Volume 3
By Terry Bisson, Brian Smith, George Zarr and James Morrow
FULL CAST PRODUCTIONS
2 Cassettes - Approx 3 hrs. [UNABRIDGED DRAMATIZATIONS]
ISBN: 0787118788
Date Published 1999
Published by Dove Audio
Stories Included:
Orson The Alien! The Untold Story Behind The War Of the Worlds by Terry Bisson, Brian Smith and George Zarr
Daughter Earth by James Morrow
The First (And Last) Musical On Mars by George Zarr
Clive Barker's "The History of the Devil"
By Clive Barker; A FULL CAST PRODUCTION
2 Cassettes - Approx 3 hrs. [UNABRIDGED DRAMATIZATION]
ISBN: 0787118133
Date Published 1999
Published by Dove Audio
In Clive Barker's
The History of the Devil, a deprived and lovelorn
Satan is sick and tired of living in Hell. He bemoans the loss of his angel-wings,
his freedom of flight, his elegance and grace. And he misses God. So he
calls a trial, his appeal, to seek re-admittance into Heaven. As the trial
moves through space and time, we revisit scenes of humanity's great failures
-- or are they the work of the Devil, his own wicked crimes? If Satan wins
his day in court, he'll be reunited with his Father in Heaven. And if he
loses? He'll end eternity here with us -- on Earth.
PENGUIN AUDIOBOOKS:
Tales from the Crypt
Audio Drama - Performed by Tim Curry, Gina Gershon, Luke Perry, Oliver Platt, John Ritter, Campbell Scott and others
4 cassettes - Aprox 2 hrs. [UNABRIDGED]
ISBN: 1565116739 (1565116747 for the 4 CD version)
Date Published: 2002
Published by Penguin Audio
Produced by the Sci-Fi Channel and Seeing Ear Theatre
- these seven audio plays are selected from the eight actually recorded.
Both the CD and the cassette versions include the following 7 episodes:
"Island of Death", "A Little Stranger", " Tight Grip" ,"By the Fright of the Silvery Moon","Zombie!", "Carrion Death" and "Fare Tonight, Followed by Increasing Clottiness!"
HARPERAUDIO:
Two Plays For Voices
by Neil Gaiman
2 Cassettes - Aprox 2 hrs. [UNABRIDGED DRAMATIZATIONS]
ISBN: 0060012579
Date Published: 2002
Published by Harper Audio
Produced by the Sci-Fi Channel and Seeing Ear Theatre - these two plays
are adapted for voice by Neil Gaiman from two of his short stories (both
stories can be found in
Smoke and Mirrors).
Stories included:
"Snow Glass Apples"
Once upon a time there lived a young princess with
skin as white as snow, with hair as black as coal, with lips redder than
blood. Most people think they know what happens to this young unfortunate
girl. Most people are wrong. Tony-award winning actress Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago,
Sweet Charity, and TV's Cheers) stars as a wise Queen who wants nothing
more than to reign over her kingdom peacefully but is forced to match wits
with an inhuman child who has an unnatural taste for blood.
"Murder Mysteries"
In this mystery noir set in heaven's City of Angels
before the fall, the first crime has been committed. It is an awful one.
While the angelic hosts labor to create the world and its workings, one
of their number is mysteriously slain by one of their own. Raguel, Angel
of Vengeance, is mandated by Lucifer to discover both motive and murderer
in this holy dominion that had so recently known no sin.
AVAILABLE AT www.scifi.com/set:
Tales from the Crypt
Eight all-new productions based on the original EC comic books
Featuring: Gena Gershon, Luke Perry, Tim Curry, Oliver Platt and John Ritter
http://www.scifi.com/set/tales/
J. Michael Straczynski's City of Dreams
In the spirit of The Twilight Zone, a series from the creator of Babylon 5 and Jeremiah!
Featuring: Steve Buscemi, Andre Braugher, Campbell Scott, Tim Curry, John Turturro, Bill Irwin and Peter Gallagher
You've heard rumors of the City of Dreams. Its existence has been officially
denied, although unconfirmed reports have placed it beneath the ruins of
Machu Pichu in South America. Others say it's in Arkham, Massachusetts,
or hidden in a secret network of tunnels under Moscow. But we're here to
tell you the truth. Do you want to know where the City of Dreams is?
http://www.scifi.com/cityofdreams/
Kindred
A mini-series based on the acclaimed novel by Octavia E. Butler
Starring Alfre Woodard and Lynn Whitfield, and featuring Ruby Dee
Dana Franklin, a modern day African-American woman, is ripped violently
and suddenly back in time to an era in which freedom and human dignity
were often determined by the color of one's skin. In order to save her
family, she must find a way to survive amidst the horrors of slavery in
America's pre-Civil War South.
http://www.scifi.com/kindred/
The History of the Devil
By Clive Barker; adapted by Brian Smith
Duration: 188:43 minutes
A deprived and lovelorne Satan is sick and tired of living in Hell.
He bemoans the loss of his angel-wings, his freedom of flight, his elegance
and grace. And He misses God. So he calls a trial to seek re-admittance
into Heaven. As the trial moves through space and time we revisit scenes
of humanities failures -- or are they the work of the Devil, his own wicked
crimes? If Satan wins his day in court, he'll be reunited with his Father
in Heaven. And if he loses? He'll spend eternity here with us -- on Earth.
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/devil/
Snow Glass Apples
By Neil Gaiman; Starring Bebe Neuwirth
Duration: 46:11 minutes
Once upon a time there lived a young princess with skin as white as
snow, with hair as black as coal, with lips redder than blood. Most people
think they know what happens to this young unfortunate girl. Most people
are wrong. Tony-award winning actress Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago, Sweet Charity,
and TV's Cheers) stars as a wise Queen who wants nothing more than to reign
over her kingdom peacefully but is forced to match wits with an inhuman
child who has an unnatural taste for blood.
Credits:
Written by Neil Gaiman
Starring
Bebe Neuwirth as the Queen
Martin Carey as the Huntsman
Mark Evans as the Prince
Merwin Goldsmith as the Lord of the Fair
J.R. Horne as the Archbishop & Friar
Alissa Hunnicutt as the Maidservant
Randy Maggiore as a Soldier
Kate Simses as the Princess
Nick Wyman as the King
Sound Design by John Colucci
Co-Producer, Laurissa James
Produced and Directed by Brian Smith
Art design by Kevin Doherty
Web design by Michael Blancaflor
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/snowglassapples/
An Elevator and a Pole
By Tony Daniel
Duration: 56:34 minutes
The amazing ensemble of Kyra Sedgwick, Oliver Platt, Peter Gallagher,
and Stanley Tucci star in a supremely demented cross between Samuel Beckett,
Harold Pinter, and the Marx Brothers! A strangely compelling "pole" rises
up somewhere in the desert. After contemplating the pole (and their own
navels) for a moment, our heroes — or are they anti-heroes? — risk being
thrown off the Earth if they do not begin climbing. Meanwhile, another
group has been trapped in an elevator for days, assured that soon "the
lubricant will penetrate the mechanism" and they can finally get out. Each
discovers that any idea of conscious control of one's own personal destiny
is an illusion — and a deadly illusion at that. This may be the wildest,
weirdest, and most thought-provoking Seeing Ear Theatre production ever!
Written by Tony Daniel
Starring:
Anne Bobby as Jolene
Peter Gallagher as Del
JR Horne as Ins
Ezra Knight as the Voice
Evan Pappas as Shell
Oliver Platt as Hank
Kyra Sedgwick as Melany
Stanley Tucci as P
Produced and Directed by Brian Smith
Associate Producer, Laurissa James
Original Score Composed and Performed
by Ohad Talmor
Foley SFX by Sue Zizza and David Shinn
Sound Design by John Colucci
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/elevator/
The Martian Crown Jewels
By Poul Anderson (based on his short story); adapted by Andrew Joffe
Duration: 34:57 minutes
The Martian Crown Jewels have been stolen! The theft threatens to destroy
diplomatic relations between Mars and Earth. Inspector Gregg, of the Earth
police force stationed on Mars is stumped! Who can solve the baffling mystery
and avert a galactic catastrophe of cataclysmic proportions? None other
than Mars' greatest private investigator, Syaloch, a seven-foot stork who
lives in the "Street of Those who Prepare Nourishment in Ovens." He is
a brilliant thinker who (despite being a 7 foot tall bird) is the very
image of another "great detective" from Earth's past. Can Syaloch, after
all his reading of Earth's Sherlock Holmes, crack the case in this delightful
playfair mystery? Elementary!
Starring:
Bronson Pinchot as Syaloch
Also featuring:
Felix Van Dyk
as Inspector Gregg and Officer Ybarra
Nicholas Haylett
as Yagamata
Marc Fine
as Steinman
Martin Carey
as Hollyday
Mark Evans
as Ramanowitz
Produced and Directed by
George Zarr
Sound Designer
John Colucci
David Shinn
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/jewels/
The Time Machine
By H.G. Wells; adapted by Charles Potter
Duration: 62:12 minutes
A scientist invents a wondrous time machine made of ivory, crystal,
brass - and a handheld computer — in our updated drama based on the H.G.
Wells masterpiece. Our intrepid inventor uses the device to travel 90,000
years into the future, where he discovers the childlike Eloi, who live
in ignorant bliss on the surface while the hideous, subterranean Morlocks
dwell below. In their underground caverns, the Morlocks tend the machinery
of what may - or may not - be the twisted remains of our own civilization.
Has the time traveler become an alien on his own planet?
Starring:
Joe Morton as the Time Traveler
Timothy Jerome as Herb Wells
Alissa Hunnicutt as Weena
with
Margaret Albright
Matthew Arkin
John Brady
Jeff David
Ramon de Ocampo
and
Peter Newman
Sound Effects by Arthur Miller
Recorded at Back Pocket Studios, New York
Edit by Molly Thompson
Mix by David Rapkin
Produced and directed by Charles Potter
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/timemachine/
Black Canoes
By Tony Daniel Adapted from his original story
Duration: 56:11 minutes
Savagery. Sensuality. Primitive dreams. Merely remnants of our barbarous
past — or necessary ingredients for all that makes us human? Anthony Simcoe
(Farscape, The Castle) and Claudia Black (Farscape, Pitch Black) star as
a modern couple who journey to a primitive world where the survival of
the human race is drawn in blood upon the sands of the innermost imagination
— a world where the creation of myth demands a very real and terrible sacrifice.
Starring:
Claudia Black as Carol Verdane
Anthony Simcoe as Edward
Also featuring:
Peter Waldren as Nestor, Hega, and Bashi
Fran Rizzo as Deti
Dan Anthony as Jodu
Alissa Hunnicutt, Rebecca Nice, Fran Rizzo,
Aeryn Sun, and Ka D'Argo
as the Jungian Mississipians
Produced and Directed by
George Zarr
Sound Designer
John Colucci
Voice Editing
David Shinn
Foley Effects
Sue Zizza
David Shinn
Original Music Composed and Performed by
Elliot Sharp
Special thanks to
Randy Blume and Donna Kat of Hands On Clay
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/canoes/
Titanic Dreams
By Robert Olen Butler; adapted by Sarah Montague
Duration: 43:32 minutes
In the still night air on April 14, 1912, an iceberg pierces the hull
of the Titanic. A young American woman and an aging English bachelor connect
briefly on the deck of the doomed vessel. She is unwillingly placed in
a lifeboat, and he returns to the smoking lounge to await the inevitable.Decades
later, they connect again; he has dissolved into the water that claimed
his life, while she has passed through time onboard the lifeboat. Gigi
Edgley and Clancy Brown star as the ill-fated couple who embrace life from
the depths of death. Based on Robert Olen Butler's short stories "Titanic
Victim Speaks Through Waterbed" & "Titanic Survivors Found in Bermuda
Triangle".
Original audio play written by:
Sarah Montague
Produced and Directed by Laurissa M. James
Starring:
Gigi Edgley as The Woman
Clancy Brown as The Man
With:
Debi Mae West as Roberta
Tuck Milligan as The Husband
Jane Gennaro as The Wif
Passengers on board the Titanic:
Christopher Burns, Martin Carey,
J.R. Horne, Mather Zickel
Associate Producer Sarah Montague
Voice Editing by David Shinn
Sound Design by John Colucci
Original Music composed and performed by
Jeff Van Nostrand
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/titanic/
The Moon Moth
By Jack Vance; adapted by George Zarr
Duration: 73:22 minutes
A tone-deaf detective pursues a singing assassin through an opera of
blood in this classic satirical thriller by Jack Vance. On the planet Sirene
everyone wears a mask according to his status — or strahk — in society.
Communication is accomplished through singing accompanied by a plethora
of instruments, each of which signifies a different emotional mood or is
used to talk to a different social caste. The problem is, the assassin
Angmark is a master of Sirenese customs and — like everyone else on Sirene
— his face is hidden behind a mask. Our doddering ambassador-detective's
only hope: to learn to use his own mask — the lowly Moon Moth — before
Angmark relieves him of a head to put it on.
Based on the short story by Jack Vance
Original audioplay written by George Zarr
Featuring:
David Garrison as Edwer Thissell and Provisionist Greenward
Tuck Milligan as Haxo Angmark and Messenger Slave
Ian Reed as Esteban Rolver and Bright Sky Bird
Mort Banks as Cornelly Welibus and Maskmaker
Mark Victor Smith as Mathew Kershaul
Leah Applebaum as Computoid, Maiden, Female Slave, and Rex
George Zarr as Steward and Paul
Andrew Joffe as Forest Goblin, Benko, and Sand Tiger
Paul Amodeo as Hostler and Toby
Producer/Director
George Zarr
Sound Designers
John Colucci and David Shinn
Music Direction and Sirenese Musical Performance
Douglas Anderson
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/moth/
The Lucky Strike
By Kim Stanley Robinson; adapted by Fiona Avery
Duration: 73:20 minutes
(Was dropping the atomic bomb on the civilian population of Hiroshima
the right thing to do back in 1945? Was there a middle path between the
A-bomb and invasion? In this gripping alternate history, the Enola Gay
isn't the plane that drops the bomb. Instead it's the Lucky Strike, as
Timothy Hutton plays the pilot of the plane, a man with a burning question
on his conscience.
Featuring:
Timothy Hutton as Frank January
Jonathan Davis as Cpt. McDonald
Richard Ferrone as Dr. Forest
Michael Hannon as Cpt. Shepard
Hank Jacobs as Cpt. Jim Fitch
Peter Francis James as Father Getty
Tuck Milligan as Colonel Scholes
Scott J. Rayow as Colonel Dray
Abigail Rose Revasch as Audrey
Ross Stoner as Lieut. Matthews
Mather Zickel as Haddock
Produced and Directed by Brian Smith
Sound Design by John Colucci
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/lucky/
A Good Knight's Work
By Robert Bloch; adapted by George Zarr
Duration: 43:66 minutes
A Connecticut mobster serving King Arthur's court? Tony Danza helps
a time-traveling Arthurian knight fulfill his quest, but gets himself in
a great deal of trouble with the modern day police as a result in this
comic gem from the pen of Robert Bloch, author of Psycho and many other
horror and fantasy classics.
Based on the short story by Robert Bloch
Original audioplay written by George Zarr
Featuring:
Tony Danza as Butch
Simon Jones as Pallagyn
Sam Coppola as Thin Tommy Malloon
Todd Cummings as Bertram and Sergeant
Andrew Joffe as Roscoe and Door Guard
J.R. Horne as the Wealthy Man
Glenn Zarr as Jefferson
Producer/Director
George Zarr
Sound Designer
John Colucci
"Old McDonald, You Can Keep Your Farm"
Words and Music by George Zarr
Guitar
John Colucci
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/knight/
The Jaguar Hunter
By Lucius Shepard; adapted by Tony Daniel
Duration: 64:48 minutes
Esteban Caax's dead father tried to warn him: black jaguars have other
forms and magical purposes with which we must not interfere. Never hunt
them! In this lush and seductive drama from award-winning writer Lucius
Shepard, Lou Diamond Phillips (star of film and Broadway) plays Esteban
Caax, a poor Honduran hunter coerced into tracking the forbidden 'Black
Jaguar of Barrio Carolina.' Esteban stalks the cat using the method of
his ancestors — only to have the jaguar mysteriously transform into a seductive
Mayan woman (played by Tony-winner Chita Rivera). The hunter and hunted
are soon intertwined in a seductive dance which forces them to tread a
dangerous path between everyday reality and a world of ancient Mayan mystery
that, in the end, might easily lead to Esteban's death.
Produced and Directed by Brian Smith
Starring:
Lou Diamond Phillips as Esteban Caax
Chita Rivera as Miranda
Al Espinosa as Juan
Ramon de Ocampo as Eduardo/Raimundo
Denise Casano as Customer/Widow
Rafael Ferrer as Onofrio/Grandfather
John LaGioia as Father
Sara Ramirez as Encarnacion
Original Music Composed and Conducted by
Ohad Talmor
Sound Design by John Colucci
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/jaguar/
Fire Watch
By Connie Willis; adapted by Tony Daniel
Duration: 58:08 minutes
London, 1940 — a time afire with horror and terror. The Nazi Blitz,
the height of the Battle of Britain-it was a time charged with all the
destiny, doom, paranoia and love that war time is capable of producing
In this dramatic adaptation of Connie Willis's Hugo-winning tale, young
Bartholomew is a graduate student in history from a future Oxford who is
assigned to join and study the famous Fire Watch Brigade-the volunteer
corps whose brave members kept St. Paul's Cathedral from being burned to
the ground by Nazi incendiaries.
Original audioplay written by Tony Daniel
Based on the short story by Connie Willis
Starring:
Sebastian Roché as Bartholomew
Rika Daniel as Frieda
Ian Reed as Langby
George Holmes as Dunworthy
Also featuring:
Rita Ben-Or
Anthony Ferguson
Nicholas Haylett
Gideon Juvenal
Ron Keith
Giovanni Pucci
John Rainer
Dieter Riesele
Vicki Stuart
Felix Van Dyke
Nicky as the Cat
Producer/Director
George Zarr
Sound Designer
John Colucci
Vocalists:
Paul Amadeo
Cheri Leone
Guitars:
John Colucci
Robert Legault
Original lyrics by Tony Daniel
Original music by George Zarr
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/fire/
Façade
By Amanda Hopkins
Duration: 32:16 minutes
To be young, and rich, and dead — what could be better? Madison Avenue
advertising executives snort the ashes of their dead boss as a means of
both getting high and developing ideas for their devastatingly effective
campaigns. But who is using whom? The more these young Turks get high on
Melania, the stronger she grows and the more she demands. How can you win
in a battle to the death when your adversary has already been there and
back?
Produced & Directed by Tony Daniel
and Laurissa M. James
Sound Designer: John Colucc
Featuring:
Anne Bobby as Melania
Craig McNulty as Levin
Jon Adams as Delton
Lisa Nicoll as Amy
Marchand Odette as Hailey
Martin Carey as David
Original Music written and performed by
Matty Karas and Cheri Leone
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/facade/
Sleepy Hollow: The Legend
By George Zarr; inspired by The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington
Irving.
Duration: 19:36 minutes
"Sleepy Hollow: The Legend" is a lighthearted musical retelling of
the classic Washington Irving short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Set in early 19th-century Tarrytown, New York, the script centers on Ichabod
Crane, an itinerant schoolmaster whose spindly outward appearance bears
a striking resemblance to his last name. Stern in the classroom, his extra-curricular
appetite for food, as well as the scrumptiously rich Katrina Van Tassel,
lead him into a horrifying confrontation with -- and death-defying ride
from -- the haunted Headless Horseman. On a chilly October evening in 1997,
Seeing Ear Theatre presented its first edition of live Halloween audio
drama, performed before an audience from the stage of the Museum of Television
and Radio in Manhattan. It was broadcast as it happened on coast-to-coast
radio and international webcast.
Audio play written and directed by George Zarr
Inspired by Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Featuring (in order of appearance):
P. J. Sosko as Hendrick
Paul Amadeo as Hans and Messenger
Paul Singleton as Ichabod Crane
David Grunner as Kid 1
Laura Sheridan as Kid 2
Timmy Rifesnider as Kid 3
Rebecca Nice as Mrs. O'Brien and Neighbor
Alissa Hunnicutt as Katrina Van Tassel and James
Andrew Joffe as Baltus Van Tassel
Jef Betz as Brom Bones
Cheryl Blake as Neighbor
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Produced by Brian Smith and George Zarr
Audio Engineering: Tom Curly
Sound Designer: John Colucci
Foley Sound Effects: Sue Zizza
and Butch D'Ambrosio
Horses performed by Barbara Halas
Musical score composed and arranged by George Zarr
Music performed by Rick Knutsen
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/sleepy/
A Dry, Quiet War
By Tony Daniel
Duration: 61:29 minutes
A weary warrior from the Big War at the End of Time returns home to
his rightful place in the past. His only desires--rest for his battle-torn
mind, and the chance to rekindle the love that he thought he’d lost forever.
But "glims"—violent killers that our warrior helped to create—are not far
behind. These outlaws from the far future are determined to wreak a twisted
revenge on the universe that has rejected them, and upon one weary warrior
in particular.
Audio play by Tony Daniel
Adapted from his original story
Produced and Directed by George Zarr
Sound Design by John Colucci
Featuring:
Wilbur Fitzgerald as Henry Bone
Sheila Head as Bex Thredmartin
Tuck Milligan as Marek
Fran Rizzo as 2X2L
Mort Banks as Peter Thredmartin
Andrew Joffe as Father Wu
Jane Gennaro as Garnoth the Halandana
Ed Lane as Rall Mfutu and Adjutant
Karen Braga as Proximity
"There Was a Lass From Veller's Reef"
Lyrics by Tony Daniel
Music by George Zarr
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/dry/
Diary of a Mad Deity
By James Morrow
Duration: 45:22 minutes
What if God were one of us? What if, in fact, God was some hack writer
from Queens going by the name of Gunther Black? And say God was having
a little problem with multiple personalities and schizophrenia. Say God
was losing his frigging mind!
With manic abandon and stylish elan, Stanley Tucci, star of such films
as Big Night and the up-coming Joe Gould's Secret, brings you...God. But
this is God with a bit of problem. God with His consciousness split into
thousands of personas, into dozens of nations.
Produced and Directed by Brian Smith
Starring:
Stanley Tucci as Gunther Black
Tim Jerome as Dr. Prendergorst
Also featuring:
Jackie Angelscu
Joey Diconcetto
Derek Dooley
Joseph Grasso
Michele Santopietro
Larc Spies
Associate Producer: Laurissa James
Original Music Composed and Performed by
Jeff Van Nostrand
Sound Design by John Colucci
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/diary/
Child's Play
By William Tenn; adapted by Andrew Joffe
Duration: 35:47 minutes
Things couldn't possibly get worse for Sam Weber, the world's biggest
loser. He's behind on his rent. His girl is falling for another man. And,
oh yeah, the worst thing of all. Sam is a lawyer. It seems Sam's luck has
finally changed when the time lines get crossed and he accidentally receives
a mysterious package delivered from the future. Sam sets about improving
his life - by creating life itself. Even for such a loser as Sam, it's
child's play when you have a "Bild-A-Man Kit" from 2523 A.D. Oh, Sam is
a loser, all right. But now he's a loser with a powerful chemistry set
from over 500 years in the future!
Produced and Directed by George Zarr
Sound Design by John Colucci
Featuring:
Jim Brachitta as Sam Weber
Bruce Altman as Lew Knight
Mort Banks as Census Keeper and Courier
Joan Copeland as Mrs. Lipanti
Jerry Mayer as Bild-A-Man Instructor and Judge
Cyd Quilling as Tina Hill
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/play/
In the Shade of the Slowboat Man
By Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch; Starring Annabella
Sciorra
Duration: 34:11 minutes
A dark and touching tale starring Annabella Sciorra, written by the
multiple award-winning team of Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
She cannot allow herself to love him. Yet she loves him so. She is a vampire.
She knows better than to fall in love. But he is her "slowboat man," and
he has transported her to reaches beyond both the living and the undead.
She cannot allow herself to love him. Yet she loves him so. Can even the
heart of a vampire be broken?
Original audioplay written by
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Based on the short story by
Dean Wesley Smith
Produced and Directed by
Brian Smith
Starring:
Annabella Sciorra as the Vampire
Richard Edward Long as John Morgan
Also featuring:
Christopher Burns
Alissa Hunnicutt
Andrew Joffe
John Kolvenbach
Christine Lavren
Associate Producer:
Laurissa James
Sound Design by
John Colucci
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/slowboat/
Greedy Choke Puppy
By Nalo Hopkinson
Duration: 36:38 minutes
"The baby bedroom. Hear the young breath heating up in he lungs, blowing
out, wasting away. He ain't know how to use it," says the soucouyant, the
life-stealer. "I going take it." Some in Trinidad say the soucouyant is
an old woman--a crone who takes the form of a fireball at night and steals
the breath of children to add more years to her unnatural life. But these
are all foolish folk tales left over from a simpler time, right? So says
young Jacky, who is writing her dissertation on such fairy tales at the
local university. And just because Jacky's grandmother believes in such
things, that doesn't make them real, does it?
Written by
Nalo Hopkinson
Produced and Directed by
Brian Smith
Starring (in alphabetical order):
Brenda Denmark as Soucouyant & Narrator
Venida A. Evans as Granny
Jasha Godschilde as Terry
Jacqueline Gregg as Carmen
Melanie Nicholls-King as Jackie
Original Music Composed and Performed by
Jeff Van Nostrand
Sound Design by
John Colucci
Foley SFX created by
Sue Zizza and Alex Oliszewski
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/puppy/
The Nostalgianauts
By S.N. Dyer; adapted by George Zarr
Duration: 28:32 minutes
What would you do if you had the ability to travel twenty-five years
into the past? Visit relatives or friends from a quarter of a century ago?
Maybe try and alert your younger self to what the future holds? Now look
at it from the other end. What would your younger self think about being
visited by an older version of yourself? A high school senior, very bright
and a self-styled outcast, has been cringing at the thought of meeting
up with herself as a time-traveling, middle aged, sell-out adult. A chronicle
of her struggle with parents, teachers, and Neanderthal classmates, "The
Nostalgianauts" is a funny and poignant coming of age story about a girl
who doesn't - and does - want to fit in. And her brush with meddling nostalgianauts
from the future.
Original audioplay written by George Zarr
Based on the short story by S.N. Dyer
Produced and Directed by George Zarr
Starring:
Kate Simses as The Girl
Beng Spies as Gar
Also featuring:
Larc Spies as Jock 1 and Class President
Derek Dooley as Jock 2 and Jean-Luc
Jane Gennaro as Mom and Mrs. Trout
Leah Applebaum as Net-Girl and Phone Voice
Sound Design by
John Colucci
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/nostalgianauts/
KNOCK
By Fredric Brown
Duration: 21:52 minutes
"The last man on earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the
door..."
The horror of, of course, doesn't lie in the story but in the ellipses
-- the implication of *what* knocked at the door?
This tale "Knock" opens with those two sentences, then spins a narrative
that details a handful of surviving humans imprisoned in a zoo-like environment.
They are under study by Zan, an alien race preparing to colonize the Earth.
Based on the story by Fredric Brown
NARRATOR Ira Burton
WALTER Rene Auberjonois
WOMAN Lorna Raver
GEORGE himself
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR Yuri Rasovsky
RECORDIST Warren Dewey
MIXER Jamie Cerniglia
produced by The Hollywood Theater of the Ear for NPR's weekly BEYOND
2000 series, which begins broadcast in April.
Funded in part by The National Endowment for the Arts.
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/knock2000/
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
By Andrew Joffe
Duration: 28:45 minutes
An eccentric black comedy inspired by the H.G. Wells short story. In
order to spark a revival of faith in God on Earth, two angels choose the
most down-trodden human loser they can find and grant him the power to
work miracles. Bad idea. At first, the angels have to convince him of his
power. Then they have to stop him from using it, all before their semi-altruistic
spark unwittingly ignites the ultimate big bang.
Written by
Andrew Joffe
suggested by a script by
David Gold and the story by H.G. Wells
Produced and Directed by George Zarr
Featuring:
Marc Fine as Ozzie
Rich Jones as Mike
Todd Cummings as George Spellman
Jane Gennaro as Evelyn
Tony Hoty
As Pete, Cabbie, and a Light Sleeper
Sound Design by John Colucci
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/miracles/
Derelict
By Matt Costello and F.Paul Wilson
Playing time: VARIABLE
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/derelict/
Written by Matt Costello (creator of the best-selling "7th Guest" and
"11th Hour" CD-ROM games) and F. Paul Wilson (author of the popular "Adversary"
anthology), "Derelict" is an interactive experience in which you'll play
the commander of a crew that's about to make first contact with an alien
race; you'll have to make all the decisions as your crew wind their way
through what "seems" like a lifeless alien craft adrift in interstellar
space... An exploration team has entered the floating hulk of a ship...
abandoned, lifeless. Or so they think. But as soon as they enter the open
hatch, its locks close behind them. Now they're racing the clock to figure
out what's going on and how to get out alive. And they look to you for
help. Because you're on the outside, you're their captain... They'll all
die inside this deserted ship if you don't act fast. Three people entered
this strange craft, this derelict. How many will get out? That's up to
you...
Written by: Matt Costello & F. Paul Wilson
Directed by:
Phillip B. Smith
Starring:
James Urbaniak
as Lt. Carlos Ramirez
Steve Rattazzi
as Sgt. Wynn Newell
Tricia Sullivan
as Cpl. Robyn Hunter
Illustrations by:
Dsquared, Inc.
Recorded at
SueMedia Studios
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/derelict/
Breakaway, Backdown
By James Patrick Kelly
Duration: 35:54 minutes
It's the future, and living in space is no laughing matter. It's hard
work, and hazardous to your health, cutting life expectancy by 40 to 50
years. What kind of person would give up 40 to 50 years for the adventure
of breaking away from Earth? Not Cleo. She tried desperately to break away,
to start a new life in space, but failed. She backed down.
Written by
James Patrick Kelly
Produced and Directed by
Brian Smith
Starring:
Jacqueline Cuscuna
as Cleo
Tara Sands
as Jane
Lynette Sheldon
as Elena
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/breakaway/
Emily 501
By Tamara Hladik
Duration: 40:46 minutes
Sitaine Nuluhaya is an exo-archeologist and a linguist, sent on a mission
in the Cygnus system to explore the ruins of an extinct culture. As a scholar
of languages, she is delighted to discover an unknown, alien language,
but this ancient tongue might not be as dead as she thinks...
Written by
Tamara Hladik
Produced and Directed by
George Zarr
Starring:
Anne Bobby as Sitaine Nuluhaya
Also Featuring:
Alissa Hunnicutt as Computer
Rebecca Nice as Poetry Reader
Musical Echoes Performed By:
Bobby, Hunnicutt, and Nice
Sound Design by John Colucci
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/emily/
Marilyn or the Monster
Starring John Heard. Written by Jack Dann & Brian Smith, based
on a story by Jack Dann.
Duration: 45:27 minutes
"WOULD YOU LET MARILYN MONROE COME TO YOU NAKED AS AN ANGEL TO BRING
YOU HER GIFTS? AND WOULD SHE BRING GIFTS OF SOLACE...OR TERROR?" Authors
Jack Dann and Brian Smith have created a dazzling and disturbing tale about
sex, hypnosis, and the monsters that prowl in the deep darkness of memory.
Jack is haunted. He can't sleep at night, terrified of an unseen monster;
in fact, he hasn't had a decent night's sleep in over 30 years... since
before he was in Vietnam. His psychiatrist believes he suffers from Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder. But for Jack, the real problem lies much deeper--
and holds a far greater truth than he could possibly imagine... "Marilyn
or the Monster" stars film actor, John Heard. John Heard has appeared in
numerous films and TV shows, including Home Alone, 187, Awakenings, and
The Sopranos.
Written by
Jack Dann and Brian Smith
Based on the short story,
"Marilyn" by Jack Dann
Produced and Directed by
Brian Smith
Starring:
John Heard as Jack
Thom Christopher as the Psychiatrist
Michele Santopietro as Marilyn
Christopher Burns as Soldier #1
Jim Carroll as Soldier #2
Tucker Smith as the Sergeant
Sound Design by John Colucci
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/marilyn/
Sorry, Wrong Number
By Lucille Fletcher
Duration: 26:15 minutes - Recorded live
Lucille Fletcher's "Sorry, Wrong Number" originally appeared as an
installment of the dramatic series Suspense and was named the greatest
show of all time by Orson Welles. In Fletcher's tense and claustraphobic
tale, the bedridden Mrs. Stevenson mistakenly plugs into a telelphone conversation
between two men plotting an innocent woman's murder. The play unfolds from
Mrs. Stevenson's trapped persective, on the bed, alone--the telephone line
her only connection to the outside world. Terror! Bone-tingling Suspense!
Paranoid telephone conversations! Another annual Seeing Ear Theatre evening
of live radio drama performed before a studio audience! On October 30,
Seeing Ear Theatre proudly presented two live audio presentations: "Sorry,
Wrong Number," and the world premiere of an all-new original sequel, "Jumping
Niagara Falls."
Claire Bloom as Mrs. Leona Stevenson
Anne Bobby as Chief Operator & Hospital Clerk
Todd Cummings as Sergeant Duffy & Western Union
Rebecca Nice as Operator
Dick Rodstein as George
George Zarr as First Man & Information
Directed by Brian Smith
Produced by Brian Smith
Associate Producer, George Zarr
Live Foley SFX, Sue Zizza and David Shinn
Pre-mixed SFX and Tape Ops, John Colucci
Sound Engineers, Jane Pipik and Miles Smith.
Original Music composed and performed by
Ohad Talmor.
Program announcer, George Zarr
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/sorry_live/
Jumping Niagara Falls
By Brian Smith and George Zarr
Duration: 39:34 minutes - Recorded live
"Jumping Niagara Falls" follows the fatal path of murderous husband
Elbert Stevenson and his new (and much younger) girlfriend, Phoebe, as
they embark on their first vacation together, to Niagara Falls. Also along
for the trip: the implacable, revenge-bent spirit of Mrs. Stevenson. Seeing
Ear Theatre proudly presents the world premiere of "Jumping Niagara Falls,"
an all-new sequel to Lucille Fletcher's classic, "Sorry, Wrong Number."
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/niagara/
Feel the Zaz
By James Patrick Kelly
Duration: 65:10 minutes
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/zaz/
Play croquet with Muhammad Ali, bake cookies with Gertrude Stein, or
take John Wayne's philosophy course. That's the allure of Starscape, the
interactive VR celebrity Web site, where you can visit with your favorite
stars of the 20th century. Live the glamour. Become the legend. Unfortunately
for Dylan McDonough, artistic director of the site, the year is 2037, which
means that most of the people on the net could care less about old, dead
celebrities. Starscape is reeling. Their zaz is way down. Until the arrival
of Vanity Mode, superstar wannabe. Vanity is an odd egg, a Down Syndrome
patient with a Computer Aided Thinking implant, and a voice and attitude
like liquid sex This is her story.
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/zaz/
Neil Gaiman's Murder Mysteries
By Neil Gaiman
Duration: 75:34 minutes
Before the fall of Lucifer, heaven knew sin. An angel is mysteriously
murdered by one of its brethren and the Angel of Vengeance must find the
killer. In this mystery noir set in heaven's City of Angels before the
fall, the first crime has been committed. It is an awful one. While the
angelic hosts labor to create the world and its workings, one of their
number is mysteriously slain by one of their own. Raguel, Angel of Vengeance,
is mandated by Lucifer to discover both motive and murderer in this holy
dominion that had so recently known no sin.
Written by
Neil Gaiman
Produced and Directed by
Brian Smith
Starring:
Brian Dennehy as Raguel
Anne Bobby as Tink's Friend
Christopher Burns as Saraquael
Thom Christopher as Lucifer
Ed Dennehy as Zephkiel
Michael Emerson as Narrator
Traci Godfrey as Tinkerbell Richmond
Evan Pappas as Phanuel
Sound Design by John Colucci
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/murder/
The Propagation of Light in a Vacuum
By James Patrick Kelly
Duration: 46:56 minutes
Seeing Ear Theatre takes you to an strange and illogical place, where
our laws of nature have been repealed. In this "unreality," near is very
far away, time ticks at random -- from yesterday to tomorrow to today --
and imagination is the key to survival.Where did everyone go? When our
hero awakes after his starship breaks reality's speed limit, his fellow
crew members have mysteriously vanished. All alone on a ship he barely
understands, he stares into the depths of madness but manages to look away
-- with the help of his imaginary wife. Together they are haunted by the
secret of the runaway starship.
Written by
James Patrick Kelly
Produced & Directed by
Brian Smith
Sound Design by
John Colucci
Starring
Paul Giamatti as The Spaceman
Alissa Hunnicutt as The Imaginary Wife
Christine Lavren as Varina & Computer Voice
George Zarr as Old Man
Jef Betz as Young Man
Dedicated to Blair Hundertmark
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/propagation/
Meet the Neighbor
By George Zarr
Duration: 12:38
Fasten your ears, you are about to enter a dialogue-free zone. Seeing
Ear Theatre once more takes you to a dimension where, in lieu of words,
a world of sound effects, grunts, and breathing paint a remarkably vivid
narrative. In this auditory environment, you will join an astronaut on
his solitary mission to an uninhabited planet. Or is it? What he encounters,
and learns, transcends all conventional wisdom. And aside from brief snatches
of Earth transmission, no one speaks -- leaving you free to connect the
aural dots with your own imagination.
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/neighbor/
Orson The Alien! The Untold Story Behind The War of the Worlds
By Terry Bisson, Brian Smith & George Zarr; Starring Walter Koenig.
Duration: 57:40 minutes
On October 30th, 1938 Orson Welles shocked the world with his faux
"news" broadcast of an Alien invasion from mars; thousands of people believed
the reports and streamed into the streets, panicked and screaming for their
lives. Now, 60 years later, Seeing Ear Theatre asks the question, "What
if two real aliens were listening to Welles' historic broadcast? And what
if they, too, believed the reports to be authentic and felt obliged to
travel to Earth to help save us from the dreaded Martians? What then, Orson?
Seeing Ear Theatre pays homage to the wicked imagination of Welles and
company with an alternate history of the series of events that transpired
that magical night so long ago. Seeing Ear Theatre asks, what if intelligences
greater than our own were indeed listening that night, from beyond our
Milky Way... and what if they too believed the broadcasts to be authentic,
what if they were good and honest aliens, what if they felt obliged to
travel to Earth to help save us from the dreaded Martians... what then,
Orson?
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/orson/
The Wheel
By Jeff Kraus and Sue Zizza; Starring Roxann Dawson and Andrew Robinson.
Duration: 51:10 minutes
In this post-apocalyptic fable, Owen and Topsie cross the near-endless
Desert of Glass, staying one step ahead of the radio-active glowwinds,
in search of their origins, their childhood home--and a tape machine that
will let them hear the one artifact their late father left behind, a voice
recording of who they are and how they came to be...
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/wheel/
Daughter Earth
By James Morrow
Duration: 36:26 minutes
Speaking before a Senate subcommittee, Pennsylvania farmer Ben Garber
recounts the strange year in which he and his wife brought into the world
a very unusual child. Little "Zenobia" (as she comes to be called) is a
bouncing baby biosphere, loved by her parents, despised by her older brother
and covetted by men of power and authority. But what does Zenobia want,
and what does her presence mean for the future of mankind? Science and
nature clash in this touchingly humorous fable of family, responsibility
and all our hopes for a better tomorrow.
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/daughter/
Other Worlds
By Charles Potter
Duration: 29:19 minutes
The OTHER WORLDS of Cyrano de Bergerac. The astonishing account by
the swashbuckling hero Cyrano de Bergerac, playwright, inventor and the
greatest of all the King's musketeers in 17th century France. This 30 minute
audio adventure takes our hero to the Moon -- via the French-Canadian frontier
-- for encounters with a threatened race of extraterrestrials and a couple
of Earthborn saints. Then it's on to the Sun for more surprise encounters
before our wanderer touches down on terra firma again... but we won't tell
you where. You have to be there, or be square!
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/other/
Time's Arrow, Time's Spiral
By George Zarr
Duration: 30:00 minutes
A furious confrontation between two brothers mutates into a non-stop
duel of vengeance. As their orbit of homicidal retribution widens, it bursts
from the dawn of time and spills into history, embroiling ancient Roman
soldiers, sea-journeying Puritans, lawmen of the Old West, and two American
Presidents. Who wins and who loses as the fraternal cycle of birth, retaliation,
and death erupts into the remote future?
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/time/
Alice In Wonderland
By Lewis Carroll; adapted by Charles Potter
Duration: 54:51 minutes - Special Animated Presentation
In the summer of 1862, on a lazy, sunny afternoon Charles Dodgson (a.k.a.
Lewis Carroll) took young Alice and her two sisters, Edith and Lorina,
on a row-boating trip to a local picnic spot. Alice and her sisters pleaded
for Mr. Dodgson to tell them a story; and Dodgson didn't disapoint. Later,
he wrote down "Alice's Adventeres under Ground," which he published in
1865, as "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Seeing Ear Theatre's Original
and faithful production features film star Lili Taylor (I Shot Andy Warhol,
The Imposters) as Alice and Simon Jones (The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the
Galaxy) as the White Rabbit. In an effort to bring a new look to the timeless
classic, artist Elaina Ganim has incorporated John Tenniel's original "Alice"
illustrations into an exciting new series of mixed-media set designs, while
Rachel Gibbs has set them in motion using RealPlayer's G2 technology.
Written by:
Lewis Carroll
Adapted by:
Charles Potter
Directed by:
Charles Potter and Brian Smith
Starring:
Lili Taylor
as Alice
Rebecca Nice
as The Queen of Hearts
Alissa Hunnicutt
as The Duchess & Doormouse
Dick Rodstein
as Mad Hatter
Chris Phillips
as March Hare
George Zarr
as Gryphon & Knave
Merwin Goldsmith
as Cheshire Cat
Tim Jerome
as French Mouse & Mock-Turtle
Bill Raymond
as Caterpillar & The King
Simon Jones
as Charles Dodgson & White Rabbit
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/alice/
The Flat Edge of the Earth
By Brian Smith and Terry Bisson
Duration: 69:02 minutes
In this haunting tale of magical realism, two strangers, a blind woman
(Nana Visitor) and a steely businessman (Alexander Siddig) meet on an ill-fated
airplane ride, en route to the sunny beaches of the Caribbean. And though
they get off to a bitter and bickering start, with nothing in common, they
soon find that there is something more, something strange but familiar
between them, unspoken. And when the plane crashes on an uncharted island
they find themselves the sole survivors--and like Dante in "Inferno" they
realize that they too have come to the middle of their lives, lost and
alone, "trapped in a dark and mysterious wood, with the straight way lost."
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/flat/
The Country Doctor
By Franz Kafka
Duration: 13:25 minutes
Mark Hamill stars in an illustrated dream-narrative about a country
doctor called out on a dark and blizzard-filled night... called out, and
into the unknown... called out, and swept up into the spiraling fury and
forward rush of--what? Though the doctor begins with the troubled thought,
"I was distraught: an urgent journey awaited me," he is still confident
of certain simple truths, of reality, and his abilities--they are not in
question. But soon... without a horse, he is unable to be the doctor that
he is, unable to do what he does... He is hopeless; and that's when the
nightmare begins... The doctor has little choice, things happen to him...
everything begins to crumble...
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/kafka/
The First (and Last) Musical on Mars
By George Zarr
Duration: 85:11 minutes
The First Internet Musical Features 14 Original Songs, 15 Singers,
7 Musicians And The One And Only Mary Jo Pehl from Mystery Science Theater
3000! The fully orchestrated production features strings, drums, horns
and piano performing all styles of music from rock, pop, and blues to contemporary
musical theater. Mary Jo Pehl performs in a cameo role, singing a stirring
country western ballad which is sure to become a classic. The musical was
written, composed and directed by George Zarr.
Poo-koo and Loo-koo are twin orphaned princesses of Jupiter, in the
care of their Uncle Rah-Tah-Poo until they are old enough to assume the
throne. In honor of their coronation, spoiled Poo-koo demands a "musical,"
only no one knows what one is. Seeking an expert, the Solar System General
Council kidnaps James, a janitor from Ohio, who must win over an intergalactic
audience...or see Earth vaporized.
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/musical/
George and the Red Giant
By Eric Brown
Duration: 59:44 minutes
On Babylon 5, Londo (Peter Jurasik) and G'Kar (Andreas Katsulas) have
forged an uncomfortable alliance in order to maintain a tenuous galactic
peace. In "George and the Red Giant," Katsulas and Jurasik are once again
forced into an unlikely partnership, this time as two New Yorkers from
the 1990s who are trying to escape an alien world millions of years in
the future. Further adding to their troubles, the two men have somehow
been transformed into flying lemurs.
Written by: Eric Brown
With Additional Dialogue by:
Sean Redlitz and Brian Smith
Based on the short story,
"George and the Comet" by:
Stephen Baxter
Directed by: Brian Smith
Starring:
John Colucci as the Baseball Announcer
Peter Jurasik as Phil Beard
Andreas Katsulas as George Newbould
Rebecca Nice as Carrie Beard
George Zarr as the Builder and Medic
Sound Design by:
John Colucci
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/red/
The Bigger One
By Gregory Benford
Duration: 8:14 minutes
The Big One--an 8.1 Richter scale earthquake-- has struck Southern
California. The Pacific Ocean has broken through new openings in the San
Andreas Fault. A tidal wave has buried low-lying Mexicali and is continuing
to rush inland... as Pamela Merkle, a news reporter, and Doug Aron, her
driver, push 100MPH, dodging traffic in an attempt to stay on top of the
"story" AND outrun the massive wall of water behind them...
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/bigger/
Too Late - An Experiment in Sound Theatre
By Brian Smith, George Zarr, and Rick Bradley
Duration: 9:38 minutes
Sounds paint pictures, often times better than words or photographs;
they evoke something different in each of us... This week, we present an
experiment in sound, a narrative composed solely of sound effects, grunts,
groans, sighs, yawns, and screams... We invite you to write in with your
own thoughts, your own version of the events that you hear... Let your
imagination loose, let it go... and write!
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/sfx/
Three Audio Comedies - "The Toxic Donut", "Next" & "They're Made
Out of Meat"
By Terry Bisson; Starring Peter Coyote
duration: 30:37
A Hugo-winning SF dramatist takes you to the far side of the Universe,
where humankind is but an unlikely rumor ("They're Made out of Meat")...
to rehearsals for the ultimate environmental awards show ("The Toxic Donut"
featuring film star Peter Coyote)... and to the City Hall of the near future
where racism takes on a romantic new twist ("Next")...
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/meat/
The Signal-Man
By George Zarr, based on a story by Charles Dickens
Duration: 29:25 minutes
It is 1860. A female reporter is drawn into the haunted, frenzied hallucinations
of a railroad signal-man. Are the terrors he experiences a form of insanity
-- or a frightening shade of reality? Are his blood-curdling nightmares
simply coincidence -- or omens of horror to come?
Written and Directed by:
George Zarr
Based on a short story by Charles Dickens
Starring:
Leah Applebaum
as the Reporter
Guy West
as the Signal-Man
Also featuring:
Paul Amadeo
as Eddie, a railroad worker
Joe Curt
as Tom, an engineer
Rebecca Nice
as Millie
Original Score by:
George Zarr
Audio Engineering by:
John Colucci
Audio Mixing/Sound Design by
Sue Zizza
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/signal/
A Clean Escape
By John Kessel
Duration: 29:22 minutes
In the privacy of her office, a psychiatrist torments a man suffering
from a faulty memory. Or does she? When treatment becomes a struggle for
power, who can separate reality from illusion, lies from truth, sanity
from insanity, guilt from innocence? And what is at stake in the world
outside the room? Spend a session with Robert Lynch and Dr. D. S. Evans
in John Kessel's mind-bending dance of reality, fantasy, and psychological
horror, A CLEAN ESCAPE.
Written by:
John Kessel
Directed by:
Brian Smith
Starring:
Paul Amodeo as Robert Lynch
Rebecca Nice as Dr. D.S. Evans
Sound Design by: Rick Bradley
Foley Sound Effects by:
Sue Zizza and David Shinn
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/clean/
Herd Mentality
By Kurt Roth
Duration: 54:32 minutes
The cast of the hit Sci-Fi Channel TV series, Mystery Science Theater
3000, stars in this original audio comedy by newcomer Kurt Roth. Roth's
short stories have appeared internationally in magazines and anthologies
such as Odyssey and The Chronicles of the Round Table. In "Herd Mentality,"
he and the MSTies take an absurd comic turn into the old west--back to
Roswell, New Mexico, circa 1872, for a look at the "first" Roswell Incident.
The year is 1872, or thereabouts. Gunslinger Luke Logan (Kevin Murphy,
aka Tom Servo) is called to Roswell, New Mexico to deal with an unlikely
breed of cattle rustlers. Unlikely, because they're not stealing cows--they're
guttin' them, right there in the fields, leavin' them for the flies...
Is the no-good, side-windin' Tom Garret (Michael Nelson, aka Mike Nelson)
to blame, or is some darker force at work?
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/herd/
The Death of Captain Future
By Allen Steele and Brian Smith; Starring Marina Sirtis
duration: 56.12
Marina Sirtis (Counselor Troi on Star Trek) and Neil Dickson (Prof.
Ian Matheson on She-Wolf of London) star in this original production of
Allen Steele's Hugo-Award winning novella of the same name. Allen Steele
has written numerous short stories including the recent "...Where Angels
Fear to Tread," nominated for a Nebula Award this year. In this comic and
bitter piece, he takes us for a tragic trip aboard the Comet, commanded
by Bo McKinnon, an obese slob who's convinced that he's the 1940's pulp
SF hero, Captain Future! Unsuspecting, Rohr Furland boards the Comet on
his way to a new job on Ceres, but gets caught up in a wild tale with the
exotic alien first officer, Jeri Lee-Bose, and the nut of a captain, Bo
McKinnon... when the three are diverted from their path by a crazed distress
signal coming from a far-off asteroid.
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/captain/
Think Like a Dinosaur
By James Patrick Kelly
In the latter half of the 21st century, the Earth has made first contact
with a lizard-like species of intelligent extraterrestrials. They have
given mankind the means to unlock the secret of interstellar travel and
join a galactic society of peace and harmony. But this gift comes at a
price - a price Michael Burr, a translator, and Kamala Shastri, his subject,
are forced to pay as their life-or-death decision may determine humanity's
ultimate future in the cosmos.
duration: 48:53
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/dinosaur/
Wanted In Surgery
By Harlan Ellison
duration: 22:37 - performed live
"Wanted in Surgery" is set at the end of the next century, when human
surgeons are no longer needed, replaced by computer-driven physician mechanicals.
Harlan Ellison plays Dr. Stuart Bergman, one of the last human surgeons,
whos quickly becoming obsolete... "Wanted in Surgery" was performed in
front of a live audience at The Museum of TV and Radio in New York City
on Halloween night, 1997.
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/wanted/
The Oblivion Syndrome
By Benjamin Wachs
duration: 27:25
Robert is, or was, a long-range government cartographer, used to long
periods of isolation... but this is different. His ship is dead in space,
with no hope of rescue, the food supply's diminishing, life support's failing,
etc., etc.; the odd thing is, Robert doesn't really care. He's slipped
beyond the edge of the sane world... leaving Victoria, the shipboard computer,
alone in the fight to bring him back.
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/fight/
The Monkey's Paw
By W.W. Jacobs
duration: 24:26
Ever heard the irritating "Be careful what you wish for--?" Of course
you have, but have you ever truly grasped its meaning or felt its bone-chilling
power? You will, after spending a little time with the White family in
W.W. Jacob's "The Monkey's Paw."
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/monkeyspaw/
The Tell-Tale Heart
Adapted from the story by Edgar Allan Poe
Duration: 15:48
Come into the dark and listen to the freakish thoughts and deeds of
a madman (though he'll tell you he's not mad) as you scan the bizarre surface
dialogue between him and his helpless victim, an old man--"with an evil
eye!"
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/poe/
Into The Sun
By Brian Smith; Starring Mark Hammil
Duration: 20:06
Mark Hamill stars in the story of a doctor, Julian Freed, on board
a research starship in deep space... One strange morning, after a night
of fitful sleep, Dr Freed wakes to find the ship deserted, the crew gone;
in shock, Freed searches the cabins, corridors and offices, but finds nothing...
not a trace... He makes his way to the bridge, there's no one there...
but he discovers that the ship is on automatic pilot, and is heading straight
into a nearby sun
http://www.scifi.com/set/playhouse/its/
