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There’s a legend of a wall, somewhere in LA, where people go to find those lost to them.

“The Wall,” part of A Garden of Terrible Blooms podcast of radio plays set in Los Angeles. Produced by A Story Followed You Here.

Written and directed by Sharon Yablon.

With Leon Martell, Beth Ruscio, and David Acosta.

Music composed by Mason Summit.

Recording Engineer & Mixing by Wayne Peet @ Newzone Studio. Sound Design by Wayne Peet and Sharon Yablon.

This play was first performed in The Yard Plays in 2022. Please visit the podcast website at www.terribleblooms.net for more information and artist bios.

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Westlake, the Weeping Palm Apartments. A telephone is mysteriously still in use in a long abandoned apartment building.

With Lisa Denke

Written and directed by Sharon Yablon

This play was first performed in a hallway in a now defunct hotel in Hollywood.

Recording Engineer & Mixing by Wayne Peet @ Newzone Studio. Sound Design by Wayne Peet and Sharon Yablon.

The Caller is part of A Garden of Terrible Blooms podcast of radio plays set in Los Angeles, produced by A Story Followed You Here. All Rights Reserved.  

A photograph goes with each play, all were taken around Los Angeles by friends of the podcast. Please visit our website to learn more at www.terribleblooms.net.

Thank you so much for listening. If you enjoy the plays please consider subscribing and leaving a review. Stay tuned for our next play after the holidays.

Lincoln Heights. An abandoned police station becomes a stage for two cold cases connected to The Black Dahlia murder. 

With Conor Murphy and Marti Skoler

Music by Cody Nicholls and Jose Salazar. Excerpts from “Memories,” “Do Not Disturb” and “Tomorrow’s Going To Be A Good Day” by Jose Salazar.

Recording Engineer, Mixing and Music Editing by Wayne Peet @ Newzone Studio. Sound Design by Wayne Peet and Sharon Yablon.

Hemorrhage and Shock is part of A Garden of Terrible Blooms podcast of radio plays set in Los Angeles, produced by A Story Followed You Here. All Rights Reserved.

A photograph goes with each play, all were taken around Los Angeles by friends of the podcast. Please visit our website to learn more at www.terribleblooms.net.

This play was first performed in January 2024 with LA True Crime in an evening of plays about The Black Dahlia murder.

Thank you so much for listening. Stay tuned for our Halloween play in October, and if you enjoy the plays please consider subscribing and leaving a review.

A Box Of Stars / Miracle Mile. An elderly widow makes a discovery in her basement on Christmas Eve.

Written and directed by Sharon Yablon

With Daniel Sullivan and Annabella Price

 “Out of the Darkness” Music and lyrics by Janeen Rae Heller, copywrite 2023. Vocals, guitar, and saw performed by Janeen Rae Heller.

Recorder and Slide Whistle composition by Daniel Oxenberg. Performed by Daniel Oxenberg.

Additional music composed or arranged and performed by Wayne Peet. Recording Engineer, Mixing and Sound Design by Wayne Peet @ Newzone Studio.

A Box Of Stars is part of A Garden of Terrible Blooms podcast of radio plays all set in Los Angeles, produced by A Story Followed You Here. All Rights Reserved.

Photograph to go with the play on the website by Sharon Yablon. Please visit our website to learn more about the podcast and the artists featured in these radio plays, and to view the art by painter Cassie Taggart. A photograph goes with each play, all were taken around Los Angeles by various photographer friends of the podcast. www.terribleblooms.net

This play was first performed in The Tales of the City Festival at The Lost Studio in 2014.

Thank you so much for listening. If you enjoy the plays please consider subscribing and leaving a review.

8569 Holloway Drive. West Hollywood. The tragic end of a 1950s Hollywood heartthrob. Inspired by the murder of actor Sal Mineo in 1976 at the age of 37.

With David Acosta, Suzanne Fletcher, and Matthew Tyler Vorce.

Original Music composed by Robert Oriol. “Pressed To Death” vocals by Mason Summitt, lyrics by Sharon Yablon. “A Fool in Love” vocals by Gail and Bill Lennon, lyrics by Robert Oriol.

Recording Engineer and Mixing by Thomas Queyja. Sound Design by Thomas Queyja & Sharon Yablon.

Written and directed by Sharon Yablon

8569 Holloway Drive is part of A Garden of Terrible Blooms podcast of radio theater, produced by A Story Followed You Here.

Photograph to go with the play on the website by Noah Krause.

Please visit our website to learn more about the podcast and the artists featured in these radio plays, and to view the art by painter Cassie Taggart. A photograph goes with each play, all were taken around Los Angeles by various photographer friends of the podcast. www.terribleblooms.net

This play was first performed in The Yard Plays, an afternoon of one acts in 2021. All Rights Reserved.

Thank you so much for listening. Please come back in Winter for our Christmas play, A Box of Stars. If you enjoy the podcast please consider subscribing and leaving a review.

A POOL, SOMEWHERE IN LA. A girl gets a surprise visit from her uncle who has been away. Starring Richard Azurdia and Akela Munsey. Written & Directed by Sharon Yablon. Original Music composed by Alto Saxophonist Art Pepper, and additional Original Music composed by Wayne Peet. A complete list of Art Pepper’s music credits in this play can be found in his bio on the podcast’s website www.terribleblooms.net. Recording Engineer, Mixing & Sound Design by Wayne Peet @ Newzone Studio. Podcast produced by A Story Followed You Here. This play was performed at Library Girl in 2018, and in a one act theater festival produced by The Echo. All Rights Reserved.

OLD HOLLYWOOD PART 3, SAN MARINO An aging Ziegfeld Follies showgirl reminisces about her life and loves. Inspired by the ill-fated love affair of Toni Mannix and George Reeves, the first actor to portray Superman. Starring Charmaine Cruz. Written & Directed by Sharon Yablon. Original music by Marc Antonio Pritchett. Recording engineer, Mixing, and Sound Design by Marc Antonio Pritchett. Kodokushi / Lonely Death vocalist Miho (Mia) Ando. Japanese Translation by Hisato Masuyama. Lyrics to Kodokushi by Sharon Yablon:

The garden calls to me

The water flowing

Hands of the dead reach up from the sand

I am coming, I am coming

This play was performed at LA True Crime at 3 Clubs Bar in 2022.

Photograph to accompany play on website by Josh Kolodny. Produced by A Story Followed You Here.

Please visit our website to learn more about the performers and writer, and to view the original art by painter Cassie Taggart, and the photographs that go with each play, taken around Los Angeles by various photographers. www.terribleblooms.net

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OLD HOLLYWOOD PART 2, BEACHWOOD CANYON The last dark night of an Old Hollywood actor’s life. Inspired by the murder of silent film star Ramon Navarro. With David Rubin as Tommy, Isaac J. Cruz as Ramon Navarro, and Shaughn Bucholz as Cookie. Music composed, performed, and recorded by John Groover McDuffie, with John Palmer, drums. Tango by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller; this accompaniment arrangement by John Groover McDuffie. Recording Engineer was Wayne Peet @ Newzone Studio. Sound Design & Mixing by Gage Hurley. Written & Directed by Sharon Yablon. Podcast image by Cassie Taggart. All Rights Reserved.

MALIBU A young man hopes to impress the new girl in town. With Destry Cloud and Marti Skoler. Music & Siren Song composed by James Mitchell Steele, with vocals by Heidi Darchuk and lyrics by Sharon Yablon. Recording Engineer, Sound Design & Mixing by Wayne Peet at Newzone Studios. Photograph by Michael Hacker. Written and directed by Sharon Yablon. www.terribleblooms.net All Rights Reserved.

THE SALTON SEA The last people in a dying town await the arrival of a comet.

With Crystal Diaz, Eugene Butler, and Matthew Tyler Vorce. Music by Andrew Pask. Sound Design and Mixing by Wayne Peet at Newzone Studios. www.terribleblooms.net. All Rights Reserved.

CENTURY CITY A song leads a young woman back to a place from her past. With David Bickford as The Singing Flower Man, Josephine Fite as Charlie, and Mark Fite as Jimmy and The Man. Music and Vocals by David Bickford. Sound Design by Marc Antonio Pritchett. Photograph by Josh Kolodny. All rights reserved.

WOODLAND HILLS A childhood home becomes a stage for a man alone during the pandemic. Written and Directed by Sharon Yablon. With Silas Weir Mitchell. Music and Sound Design by Cody Nicholls. Audio Engineering & Recording by Jose Salazar. All Rights Reserved.

LOS FELIZ A teenage girl home alone meets a strange woman in the middle of the night where killings have occurred nearby. Inspired by the Manson Family Murders. With Juli Crockett and Ellen Neary, Music by Mason Summit and The Prickly Pair, Vocals by Irene Greene, Sound Design by Gage Hurley. Written & Directed by Sharon Yablon www.terribleblooms.net

SANTA MONICA BEACH Two people who live in the same neighborhood but have never spoken find themselves on the beach in winter, haunted by lost loves on Valentine’s Day. Written and Directed by Sharon Yablon. With Hank Bunker and Shawna Casey. Music and Sound Design by Cody Nicholls.  www.terribleblooms.net

RANCHO PARK A young German man far away from home finds himself spending Christmas Eve with an older woman whose husband has left her. Written and directed by Sharon Yablon. With Kiff Scholl and Lisa Denke.  Music by Elliott Goldkind. www.terribleblooms.net

SOMEWHERE IN THE DESERT. A Route 66 era motel sparks disturbing memories in two people whose paths cross. Written and directed by Sharon Yablon. With Michael Shamus Wiles and Jesse Fair. Sound Design by Jesse Fair. Music by David Haerle. www.terribleblooms.net

Cast:

Jesse Fair

Michael Shamus Wiles

Musicians:

Carson Cohen

David Haerle

Ken Belcher

Reade Pryor

Audio/Production:

Jesse Fair

Jose Salazar

Written and directed by Sharon Yablon

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BEVERLY HILLS. A man plagued by insomnia isn't sure he is alone on his estate. Written and directed by Sharon Yablon. With Ryan Cutrona.  Soundscape and sound design by Randy Greif. Original song by Ramanshu Mishra. www.terribleblooms.net

ECHO PARK The finding of a voodoo doll alters the plans of a couple on a walk through the hills.  Inspired by the Hillside Strangler killings in the 70s. Written and directed by Sharon Yablon. With Adrian Alejandro Cruz and Jacqueline Wright. Sound design and Music by Thomas Chan. www.terribleblooms.net

OLVERA STREET A man encounters a mysterious traveler while lost in an abandoned bus station. Written and directed by Sharon Yablon. With Darrett Sanders and Michael Bonnabel. Music by Atom Smith. www.terribleblooms.net

OLD HOLLYWOOD At the end of his career actor Gig Young is invited to speak to a group of fans but is led on a journey through the dark side of his life by a heckler. Inspired by real events. Written and directed by Sharon Yablon. With Gregory Littman, Dig Wayne, and Lisa Denke. Music and Sound Design by Jack Littman. www.terribleblooms.net

HOLLYWOOD Two middle aged singles try to connect in a bar before closing. Written and directed by Sharon Yablon. With Soren Narnia and Kim Debus. Music and soundscape by Thomas Chan, with original song by Thomas Chan adapted by Don Preston and sung by Tina Preston. www.terribleblooms.net

SUBURBIA OUTSKIRTS A true crime fan encounters the wife of a mass murderer hoping to find out more about the killings. Inspired by the McDonald's Mass Murderer in San Diego. Written and directed by Sharon Yablon. With Max Faugno and Jennifer Lee Weaver. Music and Sound Design by Thomas Chan. www.terribleblooms.net

DOWNTOWN A drifter and a lost girl try to uncover their dark pasts in an alley. Inspired by the Grim Sleeper serial killings in the 1980s. Written and directed by Sharon Yablon. With Keith Szarabajka and Gbeke Fawehinmi. Music and Sound Design by Thomas Chan. www.terribleblooms.net

THE SKIES AND GRIFFITH PARK A police helicopter pilot, haunted by the carnage below, veers off course unsure what he will find. Written and directed by Sharon Yablon. With John Nielsen, Anna Khaja, and Gregory Littman. Music and Sound Design by Thomas Chan. www.terribleblooms.net