Moonlight Audio Theatre – Détails, épisodes et analyse

THE CELLAR MS4 EP1: INCIDENT IN THE LIGHTHOUSE

WARNING: RATED NC-17

For adult language, sexual situations, violence. LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED.

Welcome to the fourth miniseries of The Cellar! This is the first of five planned episodes of this long-running series, and in our humble opinion, the plays keep getting better and better. 

Episode 1, Incident in the Lighthouse, is set in early 20th-century France, in a coastal town. Lighthouse-keeper Remy is a shy young man, very pious, whose older brother Remy, a sailor, is 180° different -- fun-loving, irreverent, and impulsive. When they get together, Remy brings along two women of questionable morals. When the brothers learn that their mother is in danger, will Remy deal with the stress in a positive way? TUNE IN AND FIND OUT!

CAST:

CADAVERA QUIVRY (Host): Angela Young

ANNOUNCER: Trevor Rines

FLEUR: Carole Krohn

LISETTE: Aileen Corpos

THE PRIEST: Chuck Wilson

ACHILLE: Mark Kalita

REMY: Ian Federgreen

PADRIG: Les Marsden 

Theme composed & performed by Tom Rory Parsons

Additional music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt

SONIC SUMMERSTOCK PLAYHOUSE 2024:

QUIET, PLEASE: How Are You, Pal?

Originally released in August 2024 on the Mutual Audio Network as part of the annual Summerstock podcast series, we proudly present this remake of an episode of Wyllis Cooper's classic old radio series. The only extant recording seemingly available is very difficult to listen to: full of scratches and badly damaged. I like to say that the record it came from might've been used in the owner's house to level out a table leg or something. 

Anyway, this is the tale of a guy who hooks up with an old friend after a couple decades, and it turns out they have a lot to chat about. In Cooper's inimitable style, it's mostly told in first-person, with some bits of dialog coming in as flashbacks. Still, the actor we hired to imitate Ernest Chappell, the guy who tells the story, isn't too awful. But don't take our word for it. Listen and decide for yourself.

CAST:

ANNOUNCER/COOPER/MAN ON PHONE: Andy Hartson-Bowyer

THE GIRL/HER MOTHER: Jesirae Kesler

CHAPPELL/DANE: Pete Lutz

Music by Ross Bernhardt

In the long lineup of fictional hard-boiled detectives, Philip Marlowe stands out as one of the earliest and best. Raymond Chandler's creation first reached print in the early 1930s, then went on to memorable adaptations in film, television, and of course radio. "The Adventures of Philip Marlowe" had a solid four-year run of well over 100 episodes on CBS. Still, a handful of recordings are lost today. Now Project Audion recreates one of these missing episodes - "The Quiet Number" - directly from the original script, exactly seventy-five years after it was broadcast. "The Quiet Number" wasn't penned by Chandler, but we meet the son of the man who wrote this and most of Marlowe's other radio adventures. Then our transcontinental voice cast performs this gritty story of lost love in a hot Los Angeles summer via a live transcription that sounds just like 1949.

Our versatile voice actors were:

Andy Hartson-Bowyer in Virginia

Richard Durrington in Idaho

Gary Layton in Texas

Lothar Tuppan in California

Kristen James in Nevada

Holly Adams in New York

Kyle Bonn in Oregon

Larry Groebe produced and directed from Texas

The Undead Trail - Where Death Comes Uninvited - Episode 3

Having exonerated the drifter, Abe Farrow, of the arson-murder of a number of children in the town, Jim Wilkes (formerly of the U.S Marshal’s office and now Sheriff of Liberty Gulch) has appointed Abe as his deputy. This is bound to rile up the crooked mayor and his supporters, who Jim is determined to face off with, down at the saloon. CHRONOSPHERE FICTION

Written by Craig Robotham

Cast

Jason D Johnson as Narrator

Pete Lutz as Jim Wilkes

Ilana Labourine as Annie Deemes

Paul Arbisi as Abe Farrow

Rich Greene as Dan Wilson 

Jeff Moon as Wallace Leach, Passersby, Townsfolk

Katelin Curtis as Passersby, Townsfolk

BULL STUD, HE-MAN MYSTERY WRITER - (COMEDY) A hard-boiled thriller writer with a soft-boiled character solves a case of international espionage with the aid of his domineering mother, his psychoanalyst and a dancing horse. ZPPR Productions

The Undead Trail - Where Death Comes Uninvited - Episode 2, A New Deputy in Town

Jim Wilkes, formerly of the U.S Marshal’s office, has taken a job as Sheriff in the town of Liberty Gulch. Barely preventing a lynching, Jim finds himself saddled with a deputy who, likely, owes his position and allegiance to the local mayor rather than the law. CHRONOSPHERE FICTION

Written by Craig Robotham

Cast

Jason D Johnson as Narrator

Pete Lutz as Jim Wilkes

Ilana Labourine as Annie Deemes

Paul Arbisi as Abe Farrow

Rich Greene as Dan Wilson 

Jeff Moon as Wallace Leach, Passersby, Townsfolk

Katelin Curtis as Passersby, Townsfolk

Daniel French at Fishbonius Sound Design: Production, Editing, Foley, Sound Design, Music, Mixing, Mastering 

Craufurdland Castle in Fenwick, Ayrshire, keeps its secrets close. It has been held in the same family for almost two thousand years.  It is the early 1800s.  Janet Craufurd, Lady of the house, writes in her diary, charting the progress of renovations to the estate which has suffered years of neglect.

But Janet’s mind is not easy. She suspects that the house has its own story to tell – a story lost in a secret passage, in hidden rooms, in dusty books and neglected papers. And someone is watching her as she searches for answers; someone she cannot see but whose presence she senses as she works.

There Goes Craufurdland is the final play in An Ayrshire Trilogy, three audio dramas which celebrate Ayrshire and its people. The Trilogy is supported by Creative Scotland.

Author

Jill Korn

Director

Jill Korn

Sound design

Alex Bennett

Original music

David Simpson

Janet Craufurd

Kerry Burley

William Craufurd

Lorenzo Novani

Nurse

Diane Brooks

Isabella Keith

Kirsten Maguire

John Walkinshaw Craufurd

Alex Bennett

William Boyd, Earl of Kilmarnock

Euan Galbraith

Thomas Coutts

Iain McAleese

Other parts

Members of the cast

In 1786, Robert Burns sent a copy of his book, Poems, Chiefly in The Scottish Dialect, to Mrs Frances Wallace Dunlop of Dunlop in Ayrshire. She was so taken with it, and with him, that she became his patron and later, his confidant.

But the voices of these two strong and determined characters still resonate across the years through their letters. Their friendship endured for a decade before their differences drove them apart. The Lady and The Poetfocuses on this platonic relationship, which was like no other in Burns’s short and eventful life.

The Lady and The Poet is the second play in An Ayrshire Trilogy, three audio dramas which celebrate Ayrshire and its people. The Trilogy is supported by Creative Scotland.

Author

Jill Korn, based on an original play by James Miller

Director

Jill Korn

Sound design

John Boyd

Songs by Robert Burns

Rachel Macpherson-Graham

Narrator

Robert Donaldson

Frances Dunlop

Diane Brooks

Robert Burns

Lorenzo Novani

Jean Armour

Rachel Macpherson-Graham

James Armour/Gilbert Burns

John McQuiston

Other parts

Members of the cast

An angelic fantasy tale set on a remote Scottish island. The bees have all left , apparently forever, and spring has not arrived. Everything is out of kilter and only Breagh, it seems, can put it right. High Spirits is about finding friendship and facing fear. “You’re a child of the air. Your job is to cross the barriers that separate the different elements in this world. Your job is telling stories, and bringing back harmony.” High Spirits is part of An Ayrshire Trilogy, three audio dramas which celebrate our rich history and culture. The Trilogy is supported by Creative Scotland.

Author

Jill Korn

Director

Jill Korn

Sound design

John Boyd

Original music

Gregor Keachie

Elsa

Kerri Clarence

Breagh

Angela Ness

Stewart

Matthew O’Hara

Auntie Bee

Diane Brooks

Radio Announcer

Niall Macdonald

Other parts

Members of the cast

Clarsach (harp)

Rachel Hair

Guitar

Ron Jappy

Singer

Kerri Clarence

Singer

Christy Scott

From DREAMS & SCREAMS PRODUCTIONS comes a 5-part audio horror series called The Somnilyte Sessions, produced by Sara Brooke Christian, PhD. Here we present Episodes 5, the season finale. Enjoy!

• Episode 5 The Train is Coming

          In the season finale, Rebekah comes face to face with her greatest fear. Will Rebekah be able to escape the grips of the SomniLyte Institute? 

            Cast: Emily Gray, Chase Bernard, Sydni Meyers, Victoria Myssik, Théo Lambert-Scott, Henry Southwick, Sophia Brazda, Hannah Thibodeaux, Anna Broussard, Samantha Staggs, Abbe Gail Gross, Marq Parks, Zachary Ochinko, Robin Talbot, Brandon Persica