Interactive Audio Theatre this Saturday (9/30)

Family Day at the Arlington Museum of Art

Captain Thunder & Flatfoot

(the only super hero with a pet duck)

September 30th at 1pm

An interactive experience. This time YOU will help produce one of our audio plays. YOU voice the character - YOU produce the sound effects - and we will be there to do the technical stuff and offer any help and coaching. Anyone (aged 7 and up) is invited to participate.

We take the stage at 1pm

Arlington Museum of Art

201 West Main Street

Arlington, Texas 76010

Another performance - Oct 2nd

HECATE HILL: the audio play
by Bill Fountain

Monday October 2nd at 7:30pm
Arlington Museum of Art
201 West Main Street
Arlington, Texas 76010

We're recording the voice-over for Hecate Hill. This will be a bit more like readers theatre than what we normally do. We're hoping to use this recording to finish an audio play based on a frightening one act play from author Bill Fountain.

We'll begin recording at 7:30pm on Monday October 2nd at the Arlington Museum of Art. More information will be on our website shortly.

Texas Radio Theater Company proudly presents a world premiere production written by local playwright Bill Fountain and directed by local director Bob White!

THE STORY: A group of cycling friends meet up for a reunion (and Bigfoot hunt) in a remote cabin in Southern Oklahoma. At the same time, not too far away, a group of hunters do the impossible and kill one of the creatures. Suddenly, not only does the world find out that the creatures really do exist, but they don't take kindly to one of their own being killed. An electromagnetic pulse shuts down the power all over the planet as our world is invaded by armies of angry creatures.

Meanwhile, out in the dark woods, a few friends fight to survive the night. Welcome back to the bottom of the food chain.

But is any of it really happening? Will the friends survive to find out the truth about Hecate Hill?

FACT OR FICTION? A recent rash of Bigfoot sightings and reports on the news all taking place in Oklahoma and Texas and within 50 miles of where Fountain set his fictional play? Life imitates art?

THE LOWDOWN: “HECATE HILL” promises to be an interesting afternoon of original radio theater. A One Act play, suitable for general audiences, about what happens when the things that go bump in the night decide to step out of the darkness. An incredible cast of actors from all over North Texas assembling for this radio drama experience!

Sound Design at Theatre Three

In between all the other stuff I'm doing - I hope you're able to see 'Vieux Carre' at Theatre Three.

It's an excellent show - and permit me (as a sound designer) to say that it's one of the more interesting sound designs I've done lately - it's more than just police sirens and musical scene transitions - it's like an audio-gumbo of underscored emotion, subtlety... and a few 'push you back into your seat' cues to keep it all 'Nawlins'.

At least that's what I was hoping for. Check it out:
Theatre Three
Box Office: 214.871.3300

VIEUX CARRE

by Tennessee Williams

Technology

I'm getting kind of fed up with technology.

Apparently enough people who signed up to get email updates from Texas Radio Theatre - decided to claim we were spamming them rather than ask to be removed from the list.

So we're going to have to stop sending out email updates until we can sort out what we ought to do. Probably we'll go to Constant Contact... but still, I'm not sure how to weed out the folks who don't want to get our updates for shows, auditions, podcasts and other junk.

Man... to think that someone confused a group that's dedicated to expanding your mind with some sleezy weasel asking you if you wanted to expand something else.

So, in the meantime: Check here... our webpage ... and our myspace account for updates!!!!

The Whisper: September 15, 16 and 23rd

The Texas Radio Theatre Company, in cooperation with the Arlington Museum of Art invite you to a recording of:

THE WHISPER:
Some Things are Better Left Undead
an audioplay by Richard Frohlich performed and recorded on stage

======== FRIDAY EVENING - PREVIEW ========
September 15th, 2006 at 7:30pm

Arlington Museum of Art
201 W. Main Street Arlington, TX 76010
817-275-4600
www.arlingtonmuseum.org

Suggested ticket price at the door is $5.00

======== TWO SATURDAY EVENINGS in Dallas ========

September 16th & September 23rd at 8:15pm
Dallas Hub Theatre
2809 Canton Street. / Dallas, TX 75226
Box Office: 214.749.7010
http://www.dallashubtheater.org/

Tickets: $15 to $20

We plan to broadcast this recording in October on KNTU.

The Whisper is an action-mystery audio play with a full cast and sound effects. This episode is written and directed by Richard Frohlich and features the voice talents of: David DeFalco, Jerri Hall, Richard Milla, Kelly Scott, and Bob White.
Our shows are typically suited for all ages. The play and accompanying shorts will run under 90 minutes including one intermission (depending on the venue).

The Story:
The Whisper is Kendra King, a history professor at Ivy University. She uses a mysterious ability to leave the physical boundaries of her own body to transform herself into an unseen and powerful threat against injustice, darkness and evil.
Her identity as the Whisper is known only to Conrad Gallagher – a family friend who, since accidentally learning her secret, constantly tries to assist her as her "side-kick".

In this episode she meets the spirit of Herbert Cartwright who, in an attempt to avoid legal punishment, is undergoing a procedure designed to fake and confirm his own death. The Whisper would normally attempt to expose him, however due to their unusual meeting, he may have discovered her true identity in an adventure designed to stimulate your imagination.

Our adaptations and original audio plays are presented in much the same way as in radio's golden age. Actors with scripts read into microphones while a sound effects artist uses everything from soup cans to nut shells to create the "sound image" for each scene. We take this experience out of the radio, CD or ipod and bring it to you on stage.

For more information, please log onto www.texasradiotheatre.com , or email info@texasradiotheatre.com

Texas Radio Theatre Company
P.O. Box 203063
Arlington, TX 76006-3063

*NEW* Radiotheatre Season in NYC

Caught this on John Garcia's COLUMN...

Geez, I guess this audio theatre trend is continuing...
we're doing a similar thing at the Hub later this month -
so if you can't get up to NYC -
come see US in Deep Ellum...
more info to follow!!!

RADIOTHEATRE is a live theatrical Off Off Broadway company producing five shows a season in Manhattan.


Currently casting THE HAUNTING OF 85 EAST 4th STREET opens November 30. AEA Showcase contract pending. Union and non-Union. We are NOT a radio show. We produce a unique form of theatre using extensive soundtrack, music and live actors. Seeking: Deep voiced, mature "radio" actor, a great story teller, particularly of terrifying tales.

Someone who can command an audience with his voice and natural ability to weave a tall tale and scare them at the same time. Not just looking for voiceover artists. Please do not send if this doesn't apply to you. Please submit headshot and resume to Radiotheatre, 190 Waverly Place, New York, NY 10014.

Check out past productions at www.radiotheatrenyc.com.

Flummoxed

Well, maybe I'm not THAT flummoxed.

Only about one thing.

I tried to upload a new audio play to myspace and it's PENDING and still pending after much of a day or so. I know it says to wait, but the last few things I uploaded only took 5 minutes to get on line. I already deleted it once and uploaded it again - but I get the same thing.

At least our new podcast worked ok at http://texasradio.libsyn.com/
Go there if you want to hear the final part of our first Cliff Proton adventure.

Also, I was a little annoyed that I couldn't put all the audio theater links in my top friends list - so, at the risk of it getting way too crazy I created a new list just for them in the profile area. (see below)

Also we're ready to start choosing the cast of the Whisper this weekend, and we start rehearsals after LaborDay. Two new shows were added in Dallas too. If all goes well, the plan is to put this episode of the Whisper on the air for Halloween.

So much for news and updates - if you see a new Jack Hardcastle on our myspace player - you'll know it worked.

The audio theatre list on myspace looks something like this - but aligned better (it should be fully functional here too)

AUDIO	THEATRE	GROUPS	etc
Schlock	Hassberry	Sam
Second Shift	Audio Cinema
Icebox
Sonic Society	Decoder Ring	MechMuse Audio
Crocanapple
Dragnet	Suspense
Mercury Theater	Mr Adventure	The Shadow
Dr Floyd	Small World	Monster Genocide
Variant Frequencies	Jack	DREGold.net
JC Hutchins

Dates added for the WHISPER

Possible new dates for the Whisper at the Dallas Hub Theater


2809 Canton St. Dallas, TX 75226 (Deep Ellum)

Saturday September 16th and Saturday September 23rd

More info as we confirm all the details.

Audition Script on line

Dear friend of Texas Radio Theatre,

This quick note is to let you know that the audition sides (MS WORD) are on line for our September audio play (The Whisper: Some Things are Better Left Undead):

http://www.texasradiotheatre.com/CGAssets/assets/223.doc

We are casting for:

KENDRA KING/WHISPER (F) 30-40’s: A history professor at Ivy University with a unique ability to fight corruption and right wrongs.

CONRAD GALLAGHER (M) 20’s: Nerdy wanna be Super Hero sidekick, knows Kendra’s secret and helps her whether she likes it or not.

HERBERT CARTWRIGHT (M) 50’s A captain of industry caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Rather than go to prison for the rest of his life, he’s using his wealth and power to build a new life in Ivy Town.

DEAN SHEPREY: (M) 60’s Slightly absent minded Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences.

JUDITH: (F) 40-50’s Dean Sheprey’s assistant and School of Arts and Sciences secretary.

Dr HOLLAND: (M) 40’s A scientist who does unethical and controversial procedures for enormous profit.

Auditions are on August 26th, the performance is September 15th in Arlington.

Other dates (if any) will be published by the audition date.

Log on to: http://www.texasradiotheatre.com/html/Auditions.htm for more information.

Promo animation... I might lose the sounds tomorrow

Forward into the past - CLIFF I podcast

Well, since our weekly radio show is on hold - I'll dust off parts of some of the older broadcasts and start posting them on line (if you ever want to hear a better CD-quality version of these show - we have most of our titles available)

Log onto our podcast to hear part one of:

CLIFF PROTON and the CREATURE from QUADRANT FIVE!

WATCH MORE RADIO!

Streaming Audio on Myspace

Lately I've noticed several other modern audio dramatists on myspace, and I thought - why not us?

Well... why not? Especially since we're not broadcasting weekly shows at the moment.

(We might have some holiday broadcast specials coming up... more on that later)



Right now I'm talking about myspace.

We've currently got the first episode of both the latest Cliff Proton and the latest Colonel Nickels on line here:

http://www.myspace.com/texasradiotheatrecompany

Or just click that big old image in the middle.

More stuff will be uploaded to our libsyn podcasting site as well, so keep your ipods open.

KNTU broadcasts on hold.

I'm sad to say that at this time (first week of August 2006) our weekly broadcasts on KNTU are on hold.

The station is looking to expand it's jazz programming for Sunday - and there's no room in the current schedule for our program. In the next few months, we're hoping that we might have the opportunity to broadcast on a holiday or special event.

If you desire, you can direct any comments to KNTU's general email at: kntu@unt.edu

More news as it comes in.

Auditions August 26th

The Texas Radio Theatre Company
in cooperation with the Arlington Museum of Art
present

THE WHISPER:
SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNDEAD (an audio play)

Written and Directed by Richard Frohlich

IN PERSON AUDITIONS:
SATURDAY August 26th starting at 10:00am
Arlington Museum of Art
201 West Main Street, Arlington Texas

An appointment is necessary.
Contact us via email (PREFERRED) with the subject line "Whisper Audition"

REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:
Times and Dates subject to change

Tuesday September 5th - Rehearsal 7:30pm - AMA (the Arlington Museum of Art)
Thursday September 7th - Rehearsal 7:30pm - AMA
Tuesday September 12th - Rehearsal 7:30pm - AMA
Thursday September 14th - Run-through / Dress Rehearsal 7:30pm - AMA

We have so few rehearsals, that we must require the attendance of ALL of them -
unless special arrangements or considerations are discussed and agreed upon ahead of time.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY September 15th - call 6:00pm - AMA (the Arlington Museum of Art)

(additional performances to be announced)

Cast and crew are voluntary. A recording of the performance will be provided. Audition sides will be available soon on our audition webpage (see below). Please bring acting resume. Headshots are optional. For more information please visit our audition page: http://www.texasradiotheatre.com/html/Auditions.htm

Casting for at least 3 men and 2 women playing multiple roles. We are also looking for people interested in sound effects and other areas of production.
The Whisper/Kendra King - (30s) history professor at Ivy University with a unique ability to fight corruption and right wrongs.
Conrad Gallagher - (20s)nerdy wanna-be Super Hero sidekick, knows Kendra’s secret and helps her whether she likes it or not.
Mr. Herbert Cartwright (50s)- a man who attempts to escape the evil he’s done by faking his death.
Other cast to be posted. Some characters to be doubled with main characters

Weekly broadcasts on KNTU are temporarily on hold. In the meantime we will try to beef up our podcasts.

SYNOPSIS
An action-mystery audio play with a full cast and sound effects. Kedra King, a history professor at Ivy University, uses a remarkable ability to leave her physical body becoming The Whisper: an unseen and powerful threat to criminals and lawbreakers. In this episode she meets the spirit of Herbert Cartwright as he’s undergoing a procedure that would fake and confirm his own death. Normally, the Whisper would attempt to expose him, however due to their unusual meeting, he may now know her true identity. An adventure designed to stimulate your imagination.

As you may know, radio theatre is unique. Although you will not be required to memorize a script, your talents must go far beyond the simple task of a dramatic reading. You will be expected to develop your character so that you have a clear image of how he or she fits into the story we are telling.

If you’re selected, you will be charged with the task of helping us paint an imaginary picture. Using words music and sounds, we must provide an environment into which the listener can enter through the power of imagination. Critical to our success is the use of sound effects. Unlike other forms of theatre, ours demands that actors understand and study the timing needed to blend in with the supporting sound effects.

Next two recordings.

We plan to record in front of a studio audience in September (The Whisper) and November (Sherlock Holmes).

At this time, we know there will be a performance at the Dallas Public Library the afternoon of November 11th. Other performance dates and information on the two plays will be published as soon as possible.

Auditions will be held late in August for the Whisper and late October for Sherlock Holmes.

Please check this blog and our auditions page for the latest information

TRTC’s Next Performance and Recording

Next Performance

TRTC’s Next Performance and Recording:

Colonel Nickels and the SeaMonkeys of Atlantis

by Richard Frohlich

FRIDAY July 28th

7:30pm

Location: Arlington Museum of Art, 201 W Main Street

Next Auditions: July 8th - Colonel Nickels

Colonel Nickels and the Sea Monkeys of Atlantis

by Richard Frohlich

IN PERSON AUDITIONS

SATURDAY July 8th starting at 10:00am

Location:

Arlington Museum of Art

201 West Main Street, Arlington Texas

An appointment is necessary.

Visit our AUDITION webpage for more information.

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Colonel Nickels -

This is a comedy audio play with a full cast and sound effects. Copies of the program will be available for all cast - programs are broadcast locally on KNTU, - a public/college/educational radio station in Denton, TX

Colonel Nickels is the greatest British explorer of the 19th and 20th Centuries, at least in his mind. With his trusted friend Henderson and his reluctant valet Butler, he sets out to discover everything that hasn’t yet been discovered.

This adventure takes us to the depths of Atlantis, where the Colonel is confronted with everything from threatening lance launching Sea Monkeys, to walking mummies and lots and lots of quicksand. A gripping adventure designed to stimulate your imagination.

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PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY July 28th at 7:30pm

Arlington Musem of Art
201 West Main Street
Arlington Texas 76010

Other performances to be announced.

A broadcast of this recording is planned on KNTU in August

Computer HELL

The lack of posts have been directly due to computer problems.

Like bricks of nitroglycerin arranged in a dominos-line fashion... or a group of mountain climbers all tied together at the waist, as Otto, the heaviest mountain climber in the world slips and falls. At that instant the others are waving at one another. One moment: a smile on their faces, the next: their hands wildly grasping at nothing more solid than mountain air as each are yanked one by one, off the edge aided by the impressive effect gravity has on Otto.

One after another my computer systems each suffered a completly unrelated but equally devistating blow.

The worst?

I was at Theatre Three two days ago, and my notebook computer - which has become filled with at least 4 unique and sizable projects suddenly had a stroke.

The 4 unique and sizable projects were stored on the notebook and only on the notebook, because I hadn't quite finished stablizing the other two systems and back up drives.

I would have started to spool off the work this week after "ALL ABOUT BETTE" opens... but that was not to be. Thankfully "ALL ABOUT BETTE" has all their sounds, and the show will be amazing. SEE IT!

Worst of all - I completely lost all recordings and effect resources to "LUNAR OUTPOST OMEGA".

Gone.

Whoever was there when we performed it, was a witness to a singular and unique event.
Sad. But I move on... I must.

Someday I might have the cash to extract the data from my little hard drive, but for now I have to say good by to it... Goodbye data.

And the moral of the story.

Back up your data early and often. Do it tonight if you haven't in a while.

LITTLE SURE SHOT: THE MATCH podcast

Amazing - we've posted another podcast in 10 days.

Note: You do not need an ipod to hear this online content - just go to our podcasting page http://texasradio.libsyn.com/

This is the first (in chronological order) of three plays that we collaborated on with D.B. Humphries (Columbia Audio Theatre and Schlock Audio Theatre) about the life and spirit of Annie Oakley.

It's called "The Match" and it's based on how Annie Oakley met and bested her future husband, Frank Butler at a Thanksgiving shooting match in Ohio.

This play was recorded April and May 2004 in front of a studio audience in Arlington and Fort Worth Texas. It was produced by Shannan Frohlich and the Texas Radio Theatre Company. Directed and Engineered by Richard Frohlich.

Featured in the cast: Taffy Geisel as Annie Oakley, Michael Sean Matthews as Frank Butler. Also in the cast: Carley Carpenter, Joey Geisel, John Kelly, Eric Knapp, Curt Mega and Elise Perea.

Live sound effects were performed by Jennifer Parson and Ken Raney
Length: 16:46 min, Size: 7.9mb

Other modern audio drama podcasts are here: http://channel3.radiomemories.libsyn.com/

Jack Hardcastle meets his own "Da Vinci Code" (Podcast)

We've finally posted another podcast... That's three of them in total!!!
(At this rate we'll have our whole catalog on line by September 2020...)

Anyhow, you will find our newest podcast on the Radio Memories Network here: http://channel3.radiomemories.libsyn.com/

Jack Hardcastle and the case of the Sacred Cold Cream

It featured the voice talents of: Alexandra Boyd Rodgers, Marlene Dooley, Jesse Griffith, Clark Hackney, Katherine Johnson, Bob White and Ken Raney. Live sound effects were performed by Angie Payne and Jennifer Parson. It runs just under 30 minutes.

Jack Hardcastle is a hard-boiled, gritty cosmetics salesman who owns a shop that's open 24 hours. He savagely provides health and beauty aids to a city that pretends it doesn't care.

In this episode, recorded February 2005, Jack finds himself in the middle of a twisty turny murdery mystery surrounding a sacred cold cream and the supernatural powers it might have. The cream is rumored to have been Marie Antoinette's, and is kept in a "grail"... and Jack is framed for a murder... then he's rescued from the police by a woman... and they both have to find out if the cold cream really has an age reversing formula... sound familiar?

Sure it does...

So check out our courageous attempt at a "lifeless adaptation that reveals the flaws of its source"... it's all in good fun.

Enjoy.

Rich
http://www.texasradiotheatre.com
http://texasradio.libsyn.com