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

Next Recording April 21st

The Texas Radio Theatre Company
presents a new audio play in our T minus X Science Fiction series:



LUNAR OUTPOST OMEGA
by Richard Frohlich

Synopsis:

Mike "Razor" Ferro, an ex astronaut was drummed out of NASA because he heard voices he couldn’t explain. Years later a crew of an outpost on the moon claimed they heard voices, just before they lost contact. Around the same time, a Chinese lunar mission disappears.
The US suspects China is not telling all they know about either event. China is accusing the US of the same. In the meantime, NASA’s asking Mike about those voices he heard years ago, and now he’s hearing them again - but this time one sounds like a of member of the lost lunar outpost - his son.

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FRIDAY April 21st - 7:30pm
Covenant United Methodist Church
3608 Matlock Road
Arlington, TX 76015

http://www.cov-umc.org/

$5 suggested donation


SATURDAY May 6th - 2pm
DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY
J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Fine Arts Dept - 4th Floor
1515 Young St., Dallas, TX 75201

Free admission

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These recordings will air on KNTU sometime after May 2006

Arlington Reads: Selected readings from October Sky (Rocket Boys)

THURSDAY MARCH 30th

LUNCHTIME



The Texas Radio Theatre Company is excited to help support the Arlington Reads Program during a lunchtime event at J. Gilligan’s (400 E Abram St) on March 30th at 11:30am

Mitch Carr, Larry Groebe and Shannon Atkinson are scheduled to read 3 different parts of Homer Hickam’s October Sky (Rocket Boys)

Homer Hickam is is a Vietnam veteran, a scuba instructor, a retired rocket scientist, and an amateur paleontologist. More than anything else, he loves to write. He lives in the Virgin Islands and Huntsville, Alabama.

Arlington Reads , the fourth-annual community-wide read, will take place in March and April 2006. This program is a collaborative project of the Arlington Public Library, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington Independent School District, and Reading & Radio Resource. This year, junior high school students through adults will read October Sky (originally published as Rocket Boys) and elementary school students will read Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh.

New Stickers are In!!!

Get 'em while they're hot!



The easiest way to get some is to send a Self Addressed Stamped
Envelope with $1 in it to:

Texas Radio Theatre Sticker
P.O. Box 203063
Arlington, Texas 76006-3062

TRTC Auditions March 4th

TRTC’s Next Auditions are for: Lost Ladies of Radio



Texas Radio Theater ventures back to radio’s Golden Age to recreate vintage episodes from three classic radio shows, each one led by an intriguing female character:
"Our Gal Sunday", "Easy Aces" and "Candy Matson, YUkon-2-8029"

Auditions will be held on Saturday March 4th. Contact us via email (PREFERRED) lgroebe@genericradio.com
or phone Larry at (214) 363-5651 if you wish to audition.


Visit our audition page for downloadable sides, show times and audition information. http://www.texasradiotheatre.com/html/Auditions.htm


IN PERSON AUDITIONS:

SATURDAY March 4th starting at 10:00am

Arlington Museum of Art
201 West Main Street,
Arlington Texas

An appointment is necessary.
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.

HOT TEA and RADIO THEATRE

On Friday (2/17) our friends at the British Emporium of Grapevine will be providing HOT TEA for your chilly ears as we record our newest audio play.

Set in the far and distant future, Cliff Proton is a space ranger for the Earth Space Federation. Each episode he, his robot and Doctor Heterodyne save the galaxy from some kind of nasty villain. So far, he’s tackled The Creature from Quadrant Five, the curiously familiar space Vikings from Dimension Q and alternate versions of himself and his friends in (where else) an alternate universe.

Go to texasradiotheatre.com for all the info!

NOTE: Some have pointed out that pouring tea in your ears to warm them up is not recommended (even when using the finest grade of Oolong). Please ingest tea orally by using a mug, tea cup or 'beaker' as one might say in Britain. Also, while we're on the subject of tea drinking, never put a cup of water WITH a teabag in your microwave. You boil the water first, and then put the teabag in for 2 to 3 minutes. You may think this takes twice as long to make a cup of tea, but trust me, it's worth it. That is all, we hope to see you this weekend.

February Recording at AMA

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



Cliff Proton and the Pan Dimensional Commissary
by Richard Frohlich

Set in the far and distant future (where everyone lives, eats and flies out of tubes), Cliff Proton is a space ranger for the Earth Space Federation. Each episode he, his robot and Doctor Heterodyne save the galaxy from some kind of nasty villain. So far, he’s tackled The Creature from Quadrant Five, the curiously familiar space Vikings from Dimension Q and alternate versions of himself and his friends in (where else) an alternate universe.

This time our heroes go up against a multi planetary organization that’s standardizing food service all across the galaxy... (the horror).

This play features the voice talents of: Jonathan Cooper, AJ Glendenning, David Grant, Larry Groebe, Jerri Hall and Pamela Heeth. Live sound effects by Bob White, Ken Raney and members of the cast.

FRIDAY EVENING

February 17th, 2006 at 7:30pm

SATURDAY MATINEE (*this is the last minute change)

February 18th, 2006 at 2:00pm

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

Both shows are "pay what you can"
Suggested ticket price at the door is $5.00

We plan to broadcast this recording in March. Click Here to see our complete performance schedule.

Our shows are for all ages. This play will run under 80 minutes including one intermission. The performances will be recorded for a later broadcast on KNTU, Denton other affiliated stations.


Our adaptations and original audio plays are presented in much the same way as in radio's golden age. Actors with scripts read intomicrophones while a sound effects artist uses everything from soup cans to nut shells to create the "sound image" for each scene.Instead of only performing to unseen listeners over a radio, we bring the experience to a studio audience.
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
www.texasradiotheatre.com

Sherlock Holmes episodes out of order -

There was a little snafu with this week's show on KNTU-FM. As you've probably guessed, we do not engineer the shows live - but send our programs up to the station ahead of time.

I tuned in thinking I would hear episode 2 of The Ambercrombie Forgery... but I heard episode 3 instead. These things happen.

They will air episdode 2 this coming weekend (1/29) , and then follow it by a repeat of episode 3 (2/5). That just means that Decoder Ring Theatre gets bonus air-time.

So if you tuned in and wondered where episode 2 went... it's this week. Not quite as critical as missing an episode of LOST... but still not what we planned to do.

January Broadcasts on KNTU-FM

Our programming schedule got shifted a bit, since KNTU had a special schedule on New Years Day.

The following is the updated schedule for January:

Jan 8 NTU-37
TRTC: Trailer Trash Christmas Carol

Jan 15 NTU-73
TRTC: Sherlock Holmes - The Abercrombie Forgery Part 1
an all-new audioplay by Julie Barrett - BROADCAST PREMIRE
DECODER RING THEATRE - Red Panda - The Riddle of the Sphinx

Jan 22 NTU-74
TRTC: Sherlock Holmes - The Abercrombie Forgery Part 2
an all-new audioplay by Julie Barrett - BROADCAST PREMIRE
Great Northern Audio Theater : Dialoge with Martian Trombone

Jan 29 NTU-75
TRTC: Sherlock Holmes - The Abercrombie Forgery Part 3
an all-new audioplay by Julie Barrett - BROADCAST PREMIRE
DECODER RING THEATRE - Red Panda - Night Patrol

Feb 5 NTU-76
TRTC: Plan 9b from the Deadly Planet of Death
(newest recording Oct '05)