Sherlock Holmes and the Final Problem (podcast 54,55 and 56)

Here's the whole kit and kaboodle.

The Texas Radio Theatre Company in cooperation with the Arlington Museum of Art present:
"Sherlock Holmes and the Final Problem"
Adapted by Julie Barrett
Directed by Richard Frohlich

Featuring the voice talents of:

Robert Clover Brown
Margot Copel
David Grant
Sheela Kadam
Bryan Lockett
Richard Milla
Spencer Prokop,
and Ken Raney

Live sound effects by Ken Raney.  Original Music courtesy of Lucien Désar 
Recorded in front of a studio audience in November 2007

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The Texas Radio Theatre presents an audio adaptation of one of Sherlock Homles' most notorious cases, featuring literature's first super villain - Professor James Moriarty. How great must Holmes' sacrifice be to rid the world of such a complete and diabolical menace?

This podcast is dedicated to the memory of Spencer Prokop.

Listen here: http://texasradio.rnn.beta.libsynpro.com/rss  , visit our page on iTunes , or click link for each part:

Part 1    Part 2   Part 3

Podcast #54 - Final Problem (pt 1)

The Texas Radio Theatre Company in cooperation with the Arlington Museum of Art present:
"Sherlock Holmes and the Final Problem"
Adapted by Julie Barrett

Directed by Richard Frohlich

Featuring the voice talents of:

Robert Clover Brown
Margot Copel
David Grant
Sheela Kadam
Bryan Lockett
Richard Milla
Spencer Prokop,
and Ken Raney

Live sound effects by Ken Raney.  Original Music courtesy of Lucien Désar 
Recorded in front of a studio audience in November 2007

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The Texas Radio Theatre presents an audio adaptation of one of Sherlock Homles' most notorious cases, featuring literature's first super villain - Professor James Moriarty. How great must Holmes' sacrifice be to rid the world of such a complete and diabolical menace? 

This podcast is dedicated to the memory of Spencer Prokop.

Part 1 of 3
Runtime approximately 29:43     29.4MB

© 2007 Richard Frohlich

 Listen here: http://texasradio.rnn.beta.libsynpro.com/rss  or visit our page on iTunes

Upcoming plans.

Recently introduced to a new BAD film:

BIRDEMIC: SHOCK AND TERROR



This is a possible target for a Son of Schlock audio. More info as it develops.

Podcast #53 - Chaos for Hire (Part 3)

Rod Renegade: Chaos for Hire (Part 3)

Written by DB Humphries and Richard Frohlich, Produced by Shannan Frohlich and the TRTC
Recorded in front of a studio audience at the Arlington Museum of Art on July 18th, 2004

In part three - we conclude this ripping adventure - and freedom and justice prevails (perhaps)

This is part 3 of 3
Runtime: approx 25 minutes  35Mb

Featuring the voice talents of Rich Baker, Caitlin Tiffany Glass, Larry Groebe, Drew Hampton and Stephanie Wulfe.   Live sound effects were created by Angie Payne and Ken Raney.


© 2004 Richard Frohlich

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Podcast #52 - Chaos for Hire (Part 2)

Rod Renegade: Chaos for Hire (Part 2)

Written by DB Humphries and Richard Frohlich, Produced by Shannan Frohlich and the TRTC
Recorded in front of a studio audience at the Arlington Museum of Art on July 18th, 2004

In part two - listen for Drew Hampton's juicy performance of Spyder - they psychotic resident of what he calls "Spyder Island"

This is part 2 of 3
Runtime: approx 19 minutes  26Mb

Featuring the voice talents of Rich Baker, Caitlin Tiffany Glass, Larry Groebe, Drew Hampton and Stephanie Wulfe.   Live sound effects were created by Angie Payne and Ken Raney.


© 2004 Richard Frohlich

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Podcast #51 - Rod Renegade: Chaos for Hire (Part 1)

Rod Renegade: Chaos for Hire

Written by DB Humphries and Richard Frohlich, Produced by Shannan Frohlich and the TRTC
Recorded in front of a studio audience at the Arlington Museum of Art on July 18th, 2004

This audio play won the 2004 Mark Time Honorable Mention

Rod Renegade is a special agent for the department of Homeland Security. Severely wounded in Afghanistan, he was fitted with a special computerized brain implant called "SIS" which restores his body to slightly better than normal.  SIS is also a complete artificial intelligence, communications and data bank that he can talk to mentally, but several 'bugs' haven't been worked out.  During one of Rod's test he meets Taipan, an international criminal who's soon to become Rod's greatest nemesis.

This is part 1 of 3
Runtime: approx 22 minutes  30Mb

Featuring the voice talents of Rich Baker, Caitlin Tiffany Glass, Larry Groebe, Drew Hampton and Stephanie Wulfe.   Live sound effects were created by Angie Payne and Ken Raney.


© 2004 Richard Frohlich

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Podcast #50 - VIRUS - Son of Schlock Audio Theatre

This is the first step alien love child (son) of Schlock Audio Theatre.

The film we poke fun at is Kinji Kukasaku’s VIRUS, a dreadfully bleak film due to its being cut to ribbons for an international audience. Virus was made in 1980 and originally starred Masao Kusakari, George Kennedy, Robert Vaughn, Chuck Connors, Olivia Hussey, Edward James Olmos, Ken Ogata, Sonny Chiba and Glenn Ford.

There is nothing like this post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie where human-kind witnesses the three way sucker punch of… 1) a killer pandemic from a genetically engineered super virus 2) Complete nuclear annihilation and 3) A half dozen famous international actors cast and directed by a woefully under budget Japanese-speaking film crew!!!

Join us now for an audio play that brings the human race to it's knees.

Vocally interpreted by: Mitch Carr, Bryan Douglas, Doug Goodrich, Larry Groebe, Rebecca Jordan, Bryan Lockett, Tiffany Lonsdale-Hands, Susan McMath Platt, Reg Platt, Joe Porter, Ken Raney, Dona Safran, Kelly Scott, Ric Spiegel and Jordan Willis

Runtime 63:30 min - 87.2 MB
© 2009 Richard Frohlich

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Look out... it's nearly here...

Virus! - a "Son of Schlock" audio drama that was recorded in November '09 is in the final stages of mixdown. Links will be posted here shortly -- soon after it will be available on iTunes.

According to Wikipedia the original film was released June 26, 1980. Our Schlocky send up to this swiss cheese of a film ought ...to be available well before it's 30th anniversary.

ALSO: We have a couple more raw recordings that need to me mixed down and posted to the podcast, and we hope to perform a couple of new plays for you in the near future.

At the very latest - October / November is looking very promising... (but we hope to offer something to you much sooner.)

Spunky MacLean and the Murder at the Rockford Theatre

Spunky Maclean in: “Murder at the Rockford Theatre”

Written and Directed by Sonny Bynum. Set in the mid-1950’s, it’s an original story of a soft-boiled Greenwich Village detective named Spunky. While on a routine trail of a few unscrupulous characters, he suddenly discovers a bizarre murder.

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THE CAST (in alphabetical order)

Shannon Atkinson - Fleurelle
Rich Baker - Dr. Hyrum Dickens, Officer Edwards, Zack Kelso, J.C. Guthries, Leonard Spivey, Ticket Seller, Annc 3
Kristina Denapolis - Rhonda Carlisle
Matt Ducey - Mr. Roberts, Luther Chesterton, Sailor, Bouncer
Desirée Fultz - Barbara Davies
Elliott Gilbert - Roger Edelsen, Julius Freeman, Red, Usher, Opera Man, Announcer 1
Rachel Golden - Darlene Lovejoy, Freddy, Scream
Peggy Bott-Kirby - Mama Rosette, Mamma Diana, Opera Woman
Jess Price - Officer Clemens, Dr. Preston, 'Sweet Bobby' Tyrell, Sylvester Underhill, Mario, Cabby, Announcer 2
Ken Raney - Sgt. William O'Doyle, Mr. Jackson, Enraged Patron
Holland Sanders - Darren, Jennifer Cromwell
Rodd Wayne - Spunky MacLean

THE CREW

Rich Frohlich - Creative Director and Executive Producer
Joshua Cox - Sound FX Chief and Sound Engineer
Brandon Brown - Musical Performance and Music Engineer
Sonny Bynum - Writer, Director and Conductor

Dragon Song

The Texas Radio Theatre Company in cooperation with the Arlington Museum of Art presents "Dragon Song" recorded in front of a studio audience on June 21st 2002.

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Written by D.B. Humphries and directed by Louann Chapman.

Featuring the voice talents of Connie Crow, Robert (Bob) Erickson, Kathi Funston, Elliott Gilbert, Stephanie Knapp, Christine, Bernadette Muegel, Bill Shelton, Rodd Wayne

Live sound effects by Libby Millron

Guitar and original Music performed by Kyle MacConnell

Dragon Song is a story about Mothers and Mothering. They give so much to birth-love and give much more when they let that love wing away. But many times during the intermediate - they look up to the sky in frustration and wail, "What did I do to deserve this?" Then, they look once more upon the little Dragons that caused the frustration and fall in love all over again.

That's the Magic of Mothers and... Dragon Song.

This play runs approximately 1 hour.

For Halloween - The Brazilian Cat

The Brazilian Cat

Adapted for audio by Jim Cort from a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle.

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One of the many stories Doyle wrote outside his famous Sherlock Holmes works. It's a horror-adventure story that begins with a young man with aristocratic connections, but no money hoping to live with, and possibly fend off some creditors with the help of his wealthy first cousin, a man who has the curious hobby of collecting strange and dangerous exotic pets.

The short story is part of Doyle's "Tales of Terror and Mystery" collection.

Voice talents by David Grant, Kevin Nash, Dale Leena Evans, Larry Groebe and Gary Layton.
Music by Lucien Désar.
Directed and Mixed by Richard Frohlich


Recorded in studio July 2004, in cooperation with the Arlington Museum of Art

H.G. Wells' The Time Machine

The Texas Radio Theatre Company adapts H.G. Wells' classic story, where we travel to the year 100,080 and a world where beauty and terror live side-by-side. Suddenly the time machine, our only exit, is missing. Could the docile and weak inhabitants called Eloi be something other than what they appear, or is there something lurking in the shadows.

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This audio play was recorded at the Arlington Museum of Art on May 30th 2009 in front of a studio audience and includes the voice talents of Larry Groebe, Gary Layton, Tiffany Lonsdale-Hands, Ken Raney, Kelly Scott and Ric Spiegel.

Ken Raney provides the live sound effects and Richard Frohlich directs and engineers.

The play runs approximately 38 minutes.

Coming soon...

Son of Schlock!

Tales of Tomorrow Recreation

The Texas Radio Theatre Company recreates this lost ABC radio Tales of Tomorrow episode called "Syndrome Johnny" by Charles Dye about the world ravaged by pandemic after pandemic.

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This radio play was recorded at the Arlington Museum of Art on May 30th 2009 in front of a studio audience and includes the voice talents of Larry Groebe, Gary Layton, Tiffany Lonsdale-Hands, Ken Raney, Kelly Scott and Ric Spiegel.

Ken Raney provides the live sound effects and Richard Frohlich directs and engineers.

The play runs approximately 30 minutes.

Happy Birthday TRTC...

After reading on Audio Drama Talk that Decoder Ring Theatre just turned four, I looked back to when Texas Radio Theatre first performed.

I knew it was sometime in October 2001... but I had to look back through my hard drive records and I found out that we were officially 8 years old YESTERDAY.

On October 15, 2001 we performed our first play in front of an audience at a Barnes and Nobel in North Richland Hills, Texas in cooperation with the Tarrant Area Guild of Storytellers.


We performed "Domingo Siete" it was an enormous hit, and no recordings exist.

We performed our second show, and OTR recreation of War of the Worlds at a the "Someplace Else Pub" in Arlington Texas on October 31st

The second show had us feeling a bit like the Blues Brothers... because the bar we performed in was filled with folks waiting for us to get done, because we were encroaching on their karaoke time.

So although we had been working on scripts and gathering people for nearly a year prior... we first performed 8 years ago yesterday -

so... Happy Birthday to us!

Teenagers from Outerspace on line!

Schlock Audio and Texas Radio Theatre have teamed up a second time to poke holes in the cheesiest efforts of cinema. Our newest target is the cheaply made, yet admirably ambitious "Teenagers from Outer Space" (1959 - Tom Graeff)

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Hosts Victor and Begore take you on an audio journey through the finer points (and holes) of the (alleged) plot, in half the time it takes you to get through the actual film.

It was adapted by Charles E Pratt Jr. It was directed recorded and edited by Richard Frohlich and featured the voice Talents of Reg Platt as Victor, Grandpa, Captain and Cop 1 / Bryan Douglas as Begore / Bryan Lockette as Derek / Kelly Scott as Betty / Larry Groebe as Thor, Astronomer and Cop 2 / Richard Milla as the Gas Station Attendant, Morel and Joe / Susan McMath Platt as Saul, an anonymous car driver and the Power Guy / Robert Clover Brown as Dr. Mason, Dr Johnson and Supreme Excellence / Ken Raney as the Driver of Thor's Ride and an unnamed detective / Margo Copel as Alice / And Finally Mitch Carr as the Radio Announcer.

Thank you for listening to Schlock Audio Theatre - please visit texasradiotheatre.com for more information about future productions, and links to past shows.

Enjoy the cheesy goodness, and remember to strap those audio goggles on - it never hurts to be too careful.

This Production - © 2008 Charles E Pratt Jr.

Coming Soon!

Here's the plan.

This week, on the podcast:

Oct 10 - Teenagers from Outerspace - full Schlock Audio Theatre episode

then

Oct 17 - Syndrome Johnny - Tales of Tomorrow (lost episode recreation)

followed by

Oct 24 H.G. Wells "The Time Machine"

and to round out October, Arthur Conan Doyles: "The Brazilian Cat" on Halloween Oct 31st.

Son of Schlock

"Son of Schlock Audio Theatre" is soon to be made ALIVE!!!.

Tentative recording date is set for late October/early November.

The first episode will be an audio send-up of Kinji Fukasak's 1980 post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie: VIRUS! With any luck it will be released by Halloween. Stay Tuned

Robot Monster to kick off (dust off) our podcast

Our episode of Robot Monster we cooperated with Schlock Audio Theatre to produce is now on line (check our podcast for details)

If you have not heard this audio send-up to the cheesy 50's B-Movie of the same name, you will not be disappointed.

Coming up in the next few weeks "Teenagers from Outerspace"

Click Here or find our player on the right column of the main blog page.

Better Late than Never

The Texas Radio Theatre Company invites you to a recording of:

"The Time Machine" adapted by Richard Frohich and "Syndrome Johnny" by Charles Dye

Both audio plays are directed by Richard Frohlich

Saturday August 29th at 2pm

The cast includes:

Larry Groebe
Gary Layton
Tiffany Lonsdale-Hands
Ken Raney
and Ric Spiegel

The Time Machine is the classic H.G. Wells story that takes you on a fantastic journey far into the future.

Syndrome Johnny is about the world ravaged by pandemic after pandemic. It's a recreation of a lost radio episode of the 50's Sci-Fi series Tales of Tomorrow.

The audio plays are performed and recorded on stage complete with sound effects and music.

Call 214.670.1643 for information about the performance.

Donations Accepted
One performance only: Saturday August 29th at 2:00pm
Dallas Public Library is located at 1515 Young Street Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: 214.670.1643 Web: http://www.dallaslibrary.org/

For more information about TRTC please go to: http://www.texasradiotheatre.com