Back in 2003, for our features page, I wrote the following about Seeing Ear Theatre:

In the United States, radio drama is virtually dead. But just after the internet blossomed, “radio” drama briefly revived itself. Between 1997 and 2001 dozens of Science Fiction and Fantasy stories were produced by a dedicated and talented crew of multimedia artists, writers, actors and musicians using the RealPlayer technology to delivery “radio” drama via streaming audio. And what a revival it was! Starting small and building bigger and better productions until its demise, the SEEING EAR THEATRE was arguably much better than the SCI-FI channel that spawned it. It managed to capture some of the top living SF writers of today, like Harlan Ellision, J. Michael Straczynski, and Kim Stanley Robinson. It also produced some classic stories, from the likes of Fredric Brown, Poul Anderson, and William Tenn.

Much of Seeing Ear Theatre‘s output was, until 2007, available at the abandoned SET section of the Sci-Fi Channel’s website. But, since then there has been nothing but fading memories of an amazing dot.com experiment, audio grandeur, flushed away into a shadowy realm of digital flotsam.

Until now.

Below you will find a fairly complete listing of most of the original material produced by Seeing Ear Theatre. There are certainly holes in this collection, but the majority of the goodness that was originally available in RealAudio is now available in MP3 format, thanks to the fans who loved it.

I have also provided the details to the few commercial releases of Seeing Ear Theatre dramatizations.

Enjoy!

Seeing Ear Theatre – Kindred

Based on the novel by Octavia E. Butler; Adapted by Tony Daniel Performed by a full cast

4 or 5 MP3 Files – Approx. [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 2001

Provider: OctaviaButler.net / Archive.org

Based on Octavia E. Butler’s 1979 novel.

Cast:

Alfre Woodard as Dana Franklin

Lynn Whitfield as Sarah

Mykel Bath as Young Boy

P.J. Brown as Patroller #1 and male radio announcer

Leo Burmester as Kevin Franklin

Jacqueline Cuscuna as Harriet

Caroline Clay performing Slave Narratives and female radio announcer

Kevin Daniels as Nigel

Elenni Davis-Knight as Slave Girl, Hagar and Young Alice

Mot Filipowski as Patroller #3

Christopher Gardner as Young Nigel

Michelle Hurd as Alice

Marc John Jeffries as Sammy

Ezra Knight as Isaac and Jacob

Thomas Lyons as Rufus Weylin

Saundra McClain as Hannah

Craig McNulty as Blane and Coach Driver

Corliss Preston as Margaret Weylin and the Doctor

Lou Sumrall as Patroller #2 and Wagon Driver

Margot White as Rufus at Six Years Old

Nick Wyman as Tom Weylin

with Ruby Dee performing Slave Narratives

Crew:

Directed by Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna

Produced by Brian Smith and Laurissa James

Original Score Composed by Ohad Talmor

Foley Sound Effects by Sue Zizza and David Shinn

Sound Design by John Colucci

Voice Editing by John Colucci and David Shinn

Casting by Laura Richin and Judy Bowman

Executive Producer, Brian Smith

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3| Part 3 |MP3| Part 4 |MP3|

Alternative source: Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3| Part 3A |MP3| Part 3B |MP3| Part 4 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theatre – History Of The Devil

Based on a play by Clive Barker; Performed by a full cast

5 MP3 Files – Approx. 3 Hours 8 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: May 1999

A deprived and lovelorn Satan is sick and tired of living in Hell. He bemoans the loss of his angel-wings, his freedom of flight, his elegance and grace. And he misses God. So he calls a trial to seek re-admittance into Heaven. As the trial moves through space and time we revisit scenes of humanity’s failures — or are they the work of the Devil, his own wicked crimes? If Satan wins his day in court, he’ll be reunited with his Father in Heaven. And if he loses? He’ll spend eternity here with us — on Earth. Based on a play from 1980.

Cast:

Dylan Baker

Katherine Borowitz

Simon Jones

Chip Zien

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3| Part 3 |MP3| Part 4 |MP3| Part 5 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theatre – Snow Glass Apples

By Neil Gaiman; Performed by a full cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. 46 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre / Harper Audio

Published: 2002

ISBN: 0060012560

|READ OUR REVIEW|

Once upon a time there lived a young princess with skin as white as snow, with hair as black as coal, with lips redder than blood. Most people think they know what happens to this young unfortunate girl. Most people are wrong. Tony-award winning actress Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago, Sweet Charity, and TV’s Cheers) stars as a wise Queen who wants nothing more than to reign over her kingdom peacefully but is forced to match wits with an inhuman child who has an unnatural taste for blood.

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci

Co-Producer, Laurissa James

Art design by Kevin Doherty

Web design by Michael Blancaflor

Cast:

Bebe Neuwirth as the Queen

Martin Carey as the Huntsman

Mark Evans as the Prince

Merwin Goldsmith as the Lord of the Fair

J.R. Horne as the Archbishop & Friar

Alissa Hunnicutt as the Maidservant

Randy Maggiore as a Soldier

Kate Simses as the Princess

Nick Wyman as the King

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

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Seeing Ear Theatre – An Elevator And A Pole

By Tony Daniel; Performed by a full cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. 57 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published:

The amazing ensemble of Kyra Sedgwick, Oliver Platt, Peter Gallagher, and Stanley Tucci star in a supremely demented cross between Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, and the Marx Brothers! A strangely compelling “pole” rises up somewhere in the desert. After contemplating the pole (and their own navels) for a moment, our heroes — or are they anti-heroes? — risk being thrown off the Earth if they do not begin climbing. …Meanwhile, another group has been trapped in an elevator for days, assured that soon “the lubricant will penetrate the mechanism” and they can finally get out. Each discovers that any idea of conscious control of one’s own personal destiny is an illusion – and a deadly illusion at that. This may be the wildest, weirdest, and most thought-provoking Seeing Ear Theatre production ever!

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Associate Producer, Laurissa James

Original Score Composed and Performed by Ohad Talmor

Foley SFX by Sue Zizza and David Shinn

Sound Design by John Colucci

Cast:

Anne Bobby as Jolene

Peter Gallagher as Del

JR Horne as Ins

Ezra Knight as the Voice

Evan Pappas as Shell

Oliver Platt as Hank

Kyra Sedgwick as Melany

Stanley Tucci as Po

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theatre – The Martian Crown Jewels

Based on the story by Poul Anderson; Adapted by Andrew Joffe ; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 35 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998?

The Martian Crown Jewels have been stolen! The theft threatens to destroydiplomatic relations between Mars and Earth. Inspector Gregg, of the Earth policeforce stationed on Mars is stumped! Who can solve the baffling mystery and avert a galacticcatastrophe of cataclysmic proportions? None other than Mars’ greatest privateinvestigator, Syaloch, a seven-foot stork who lives in the “Street of Those who Prepare Nourishmentin Ovens.” He is a brilliant thinker who (despite being a 7 foot tall bird) is the very image of another”great detective” from Earth’s past. Can Syaloch, after all his reading of Earth’s Sherlock Holmes, crack the case in this delightful playfair mystery? Elementary!

Crew:

Produced and Directed by George Zarr

Sound Design by John Colucci and David Shinn

Cast:

Bronson Pinchot as Syaloch

Felix Van Dyk as Inspector Gregg and Officer Ybarra

Nicholas Haylett as Yagamata

Marc Fine as Steinman

Martin Carey as Hollyday

Mark Evans as Ramanowitz

Seeing Ear Theatre – The Time Machine

Based on the novel by H.G. Wells; Adapted by Charles Potter; Performed by a full cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. 62 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published:

A scientist invents a wondrous time machine made of ivory, crystal, brass – and a handheld computer — in our updated drama based on the H.G. Wells masterpiece. Our intrepid inventor uses the device to travel 90,000 years into the future, where he discovers the childlike Eloi, who live in ignorant bliss on the surface while the hideous, subterranean Morlocks dwell below.

Crew:

Produced and directed by Charles Potter

Sound Effects by Arthur Miller

Edit by Molly Thompson

Mix by David Rapkin

Recorded at Back Pocket Studios, New York

Cast:

Joe Morton as the Time Traveler

Timothy Jerome as Herb Wells

Alissa Hunnicutt as Weena

Margaret Albright

Matthew Arkin

John Brady

Jeff David

Ramon de Ocampo

Peter Newman

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theatre – Black Canoes

Adapted from the story by Tony Daniel; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Sci-Fi.com / SeeingEarTheatre

Published: September 1, 2000

“the story of two people who venture into the countryside and end up in a series of bizarre adventures involving a primitive village and things that are not what they seem.”

Crew:

Produced and Directed by George Zarr

Sound Design by John Colucci

Voice Editing by David Shinn

Foley Effects by Sue Zizza and David Shinn

Original Music Composed and Performed by Elliot Sharp

Special thanks to Randy Blume and Donna Kat of Hands On Clay

Cast:

Claudia Black as Carol Verdane

Anthony Simcoe as Edward

Peter Waldren as Nestor, Hega, and Bashi

Fran Rizzo as Deti

Dan Anthony as Jodu

Alissa Hunnicutt, Rebecca Nice, Fran Rizzo,

Aeryn Sun, and Ka D’Argo as the Jungian Mississipians

Seeing Ear Theatre – Titanic Dreams

Based on stories by Robert Olen Butler; Adapted by Sarah Montague; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3|- Approx. 44 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Sci-Fi.com / SeeingEarTheatre

Published: January 2000?

In the still night air on April 14, 1912, an iceberg pierces the hull of the Titanic. A young American woman and an aging English bachelor connect briefly on the deck of the doomed vessel. She is unwillingly placed in a lifeboat, and he returns to the smoking lounge to await the inevitable. Decades later, they connect again; he has dissolved into the water that claimed his life, while she has passed through time onboard the lifeboat. Gigi Edgley and Clancy Brown star as the ill-fated couple who embrace life from the depths of death. Based on Robert Olen Butler’s short stories “Titanic Victim Speaks Through Waterbed” and “Titanic Survivors Found in Bermuda Triangle.”

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Laurissa M. James

Cast:

Gigi Edgley as The Woman

Clancy Brown as The Man

Debi Mae West as Roberta

Tuck Milligan as The Husband

Jane Gennaro as The Wife

Seeing Ear Theatre – The Moon Moth

Based on the short story by Jack Vance; adapted by George Zarr

Performed by a Full Cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. 73 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theater

Published: 2000?

On the planet Sirene everyone wears a mask according to his status — or strahk — in society. Communication is accomplished through singing accompanied by a plethora of instruments, each of which signifies a different emotional mood or is used to talk to a different social caste. The problem is, the assassin Angmark is a master of Sirenese customs and — like everyone else on Sirene — his face is hidden behind a mask. Our doddering ambassador-detective’s only hope: to learn to use his own mask — the lowly Moon Moth — before Angmark relieves him of a head to put it on.

|READ OUR REVIEW|

Crew:

Produced and directed by George Zarr

Sound Design by John Colucci and David Shinn

Music Direction and Sirenese Musical Performance by Douglas Anderson

Cast:

David Garrison as Edwer Thissell and Provisionist Greenward

Tuck Milligan as Haxo Angmark and Messenger Slave

Ian Reed as Esteban Rolver and Bright Sky Bird

Mort Banks as Cornelly Welibus and Maskmaker

Mark Victor Smith as Mathew Kershaul

Leah Applebaum as Computoid, Maiden, Female Slave, and Rex

George Zarr as Steward and Paul

Andrew Joffe as Forest Goblin, Benko, and Sand Tiger

Paul Amodeo as Hostler and Toby

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theater- The Lucky Strike

Based on the novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson; Adapted by Fiona Avery; Performed by a full cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. 73 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theater

Published:

Was dropping the atomic bomb on the civilian population of Hiroshima the right thing to do back in 1945? Was there a middle path between the A-bomb and invasion? In this gripping alternate history, the Enola Gay isn’t the plane that drops the bomb. Instead it’s the Lucky Strike, as Timothy Hutton plays the pilot of the plane, a man with a burning question on his conscience.

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci

Cast:

Timothy Hutton as Frank January

Jonathan Davis as Cpt. McDonald

Richard Ferrone as Dr. Forest

Michael Hannon as Cpt. Shepard

Hank Jacobs as Cpt. Jim Fitch

Peter Francis James as Father Getty

Tuck Milligan as Colonel Scholes

Scott J. Rayow as Colonel Dray

Abigail Rose Revasch as Audrey

Ross Stoner as Lieut. Matthews

Mather Zickel as Haddock

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theater – A Good Knights Work

Based on the short story by Robert Bloch; Adapted by George Zarr; Performed by a full cast

2 Broadcasts – Approx. 44 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theater

Published:

A Connecticut yankee serving King Arthur’s court? Tony Danza helps a time-traveling Arthurian knight fulfill his quest, but gets himself in a great deal of trouble with the modern day police as a result in this comic gem from the pen of Robert Bloch, author of Psycho and many other horror and fantasy classics.

Crew:

Produced and Directed by George Zarr

Sound Design by John Colucci

“Old McDonald, You Can Keep Your Farm” Words and Music by George Zarr

Guitar by John Colucci

Cast:

Tony Danza as Butch

Simon Jones as Pallagyn

Sam Coppola as Thin Tommy Malloon

Todd Cummings as Bertram and Sergeant

Andrew Joffe as Roscoe and Door Guard

J.R. Horne as the Wealthy Man

Glenn Zarr as Jefferson

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theater – The Jaguar Hunter

2 MP3 Files – Approx. 65 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theater

Published:

In this lush and seductive drama from award-winning writer Lucius Shepard, Lou Diamond Phillips (star of film and Broadway) plays Esteban Caax, a poor Honduran hunter coerced into tracking the forbidden ‘Black Jaguar of Barrio Carolina.’ Esteban stalks the cat using the method of his ancestors — only to have the jaguar mysteriously transform into a seductive Mayan woman (played by Tony-winner Chita Rivera). The hunter and hunted are soon intertwined in a seductive dance which forces them to tread a dangerous path between everyday reality and a world of ancient Mayan mystery that, in the end, might easily lead to Esteban’s death.

Cast:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Original Music Composed and Conducted by Ohad Talmor

Sound Design by John Colucci

Crew:

Lou Diamond Phillips as Esteban Caax

Chita Rivera as Miranda

Al Espinosa as Juan

Ramon de Ocampo as Eduardo/Raimundo

Denise Casano as Customer/Widow

Rafael Ferrer as Onofrio/Grandfather

John LaGioia as Father

Sara Ramirez as Encarnacion

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theater – Firewatch

Based on the story by Connie Willis; Adapted by by Tony Daniel; Performed by a full cast

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theater

Published: 2000

Young Bartholomew (played by the star of Broadway’s “The Green Bird,” Sebastian Roché) is a graduate student in history from a future Oxford who is assigned to join and study the famous Fire Watch Brigade-the volunteer corps whose brave members kept St. Paul’s Cathedral from being burned to the ground by Nazi incendiaries. In the course of his stay Bartholomew falls in love—and falls under suspicion of being a Nazi spy. He discovers that history is not only very much alive-it may well be set on killing one ill-prepared graduate student in particular.

Crew:

Produced and Directed by George Zarr

Sound Design by John Colucci

Vocalists, Paul Amadeo and Cheri Leone

Guitars, John Colucci and Robert Legault

Original lyrics by Tony Daniel

Original music by George Zarr

Cast:

Sebastian Roché as Bartholomew

Rika Daniel as Frieda

Ian Reed as Langby

George Holmes as Dunworthy

Rita Ben-Or

Anthony Ferguson

Nicholas Haylett

Gideon Juvenal

Ron Keith

Giovanni Pucci

John Rainer

Dieter Riesele

Vicki Stuart

Felix Van Dyke

Nicky as the Cat

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theater – Facade

By Amanda Hopkins; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 32 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theater

Published:

To be young, and rich, and dead-what could be better? Madison Avenue advertising executives snort the ashes of their dead boss as a means of both getting high and developing ideas for their devastatingly effective campaigns. But who is using whom? How can you win in a battle to the death when your adversary has already been there and back?

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Tony Daniel and Laurissa M. James

Sound Design by John Colucci

Original Music written and performed by Matty Karas and Cheri Leone

Cast:

Anne Bobby as Melania

Craig McNulty as Levin

Jon Adams as Delton

Lisa Nicoll as Amy

Marchand Odette as Hailey

Martin Carey as David

Seeing Ear Theater – Sleepy Hollow: The Legend

Based on a short story by Washington Irving; Adapted by George Zarr; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 20 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theater

Published: 1997

A musical retelling of the classic Washington Irving story… Set in early 19th century Tarrytown, New York, the story centers on Ichabod Crane, and itinerant schoolmaster whose spindly outward appearance bears a striking resemblance to his last name… On a chilly October evening in 1997, Seeing Ear Theatre presented its first edition of live Halloween audio drama, performed before an audience from the stage of the Museum of Television and Radio in Manhattan. It was broadcast as it happened on coast-to-coast radio and international webcast. Adapted from the story The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow.

Crew:

Directed by George Zarr

Cast:

P. J. Sosko as Hendrick

Paul Amadeo as Hans and Messenger

Paul Singleton as Ichabod Crane

David Grunner as Kid 1

Laura Sheridan as Kid 2

Timmy Rifesnider as Kid 3

Rebecca Nice as Mrs. O’Brien and Neighbor

Alissa Hunnicutt as Katrina Van Tassel and James

Andrew Joffe as Baltus Van Tassel

Jef Betz as Brom Bones

Cheryl Blake as Neighbor

Seeing Ear Theater – A Dry Quiet War

By Tony Daniel; Performed by a full cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 2000

A weary warrior from the Big War at the End of Time returns home to his rightful place in the past. His only desires–rest for his battle-torn mind, and the chance to rekindle the love that he thought he’d lost forever. But “glims”—violent killers that our warrior helped to create—are not far behind. These outlaws from the far future are determined to wreak a twisted revenge on the universe that has rejected them, and upon one weary warrior in particular.

Crew:

Produced and Directed by George Zarr

Sound Design by John Colucci

“There Was a Lass From Veller’s Reef” – Lyrics by Tony Daniel, Music by George Zarr

Cast:

Wilbur Fitzgerald as Henry Bone

Sheila Head as Bex Thredmartin

Tuck Milligan as Marek

Fran Rizzo as 2X2L

Mort Banks as Peter Thredmartin

Andrew Joffe as Father Wu

Jane Gennaro as Garnoth the Halandana

Ed Lane as Rall Mfutu and Adjutant

Karen Braga as Proximity

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theater – Diary Of A Mad Diety

2 MP3 Files – Approx. 45 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published:

What if God were one of us? What if, in fact, God was some hack writer from Queens going by the name of Gunther Black? And say God was having a little problem with multiple personalities and schizophrenia. Say God was losing his frigging mind! With manic abandon and stylish elan, Stanley Tucci, star of such films as Big Night and the up-coming Joe Gould’s Secret, brings you…God. But this is God with a bit of problem. God with His consciousness split into thousands of personas, into dozens of nations.

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Associate Producer, Laurissa James

Original Music Composed and Performed by Jeff Van Nostrand

Sound Design by John Colucci

Cast:

Stanley Tucci as Gunther Black

Tim Jerome as Dr. Prendergorst

Jackie Angelscu

Joey Diconcetto

Derek Dooley

Joseph Grasso

Michele Santopietro

Larc Spies

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theater – Child’s Play

Based on the short story by William Tenn; Adapted by Andrew Joffe; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 36 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Things couldn’t possibly get worse for Sam Weber, the world’s biggest loser. He’s behind on his rent. His girl is falling for another man. And, oh yeah, the worst thing of all. Sam is a lawyer. It seems Sam’s luck has finally changed when the time lines get crossed and he accidentally receives a mysterious package delivered from the future. Sam sets about improving his life–by creating life itself. Even for such a loser as Sam, it’s child’s play when you have a “Bild-A-Man Kit” from 2523 A.D. Oh, Sam is a loser, all right. But now he’s a loser with a powerful chemistry set from over 500 years in the future!

Crew:

Produced and Directed by George Zarr

Sound Design by John Colucci

Cast:

Jim Brachitta as Sam Weber

Bruce Altman as Lew Knight

Mort Banks as Census Keeper and Courier

Joan Copeland as Mrs. Lipanti

Jerry Mayer as Bild-A-Man Instructor and Judge

Cyd Quilling as Tina Hill

Seeing Ear Theater – The Shade Of The Slowboat Man

Based on the short story by Dean Wesley Smith; Adapted by Kristine Kathryn Rusch; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 34 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published:

She cannot allow herself to love him. Yet she loves him so. She is a vampire. She knows better than to fall in love. But he is her “slowboat man,” and he has transported her to reaches beyond both the living and the undead. She cannot allow herself to love him. Yet she loves him so. Can even the heart of a vampire be broken?

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Associate Producer, Laurissa James

Sound Design by John Colucci

Cast:

Annabella Sciorra as the Vampire

Richard Edward Long as John Morgan

Christopher Burns

Alissa Hunnicutt

Andrew Joffe

John Kolvenbach

Christine Lavren

Seeing Ear Theater – Greedy Choke Puppy

Based on the story by Nalo Hopkinson; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 37 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theater

Published: March 10, 1998

Some in Trinidad say the soucouyant is an old woman–a crone who takes the form of a fireball at night and steals the breath of children to add more years to her unnatural life. But these are all foolish folk tales left over from a simpler time, right? So says young Jacky, who is writing her dissertation on such fairy tales at the local university. And just because Jacky’s grandmother believes in such things, that doesn’t make them real, does it?

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Original Music Composed and Performed by Jeff Van Nostrand

Sound Design by John Colucci

Foley SFX created by Sue Zizza and Alex Oliszewski

Cast:

Brenda Denmark as Soucouyant & Narrator

Venida A. Evans as Granny

Jasha Godschilde as Terry

Jacqueline Gregg as Carmen

Melanie Nicholls-King as Jackie

Seeing Ear Theater – The Nostalgianauts

Based on the short story by S.N. Dyer; Adapted by George Zarr; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 29 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 2000

Crew:

Original audioplay written by George Zarr

Based on the short story by S.N. Dyer

Produced and Directed by George Zarr

Starring:

Kate Simses as The Girl

Beng Spies as Gar

Also featuring:

Larc Spies

as Jock 1 and Class President

Derek Dooley

as Jock 2 and Jean-Luc

Jane Gennaro

as Mom and Mrs. Trout

Leah Applebaum

as Net-Girl and Phone Voice

Sound Design by

John Colucci

What would you do if you had the ability to travel twenty-five years into the past? Visit relatives or friends from a quarter of a century ago? Maybe try and alert your younger self to what the future holds? Now look at it from the other end. What would your younger self think about being visited by an older version of yourself?

Crew:

Produced and Directed by George Zarr

Sound Design by John Colucci

Cast:

Kate Simses as The Girl

Beng Spies as Gar

Larc Spies as Jock 1 and Class President

Derek Dooley as Jock 2 and Jean-Luc

Jane Gennaro as Mom and Mrs. Trout

Leah Applebaum as Net-Girl and Phone Voice

Seeing Ear Theater – Knock

Based on the short story by Fredric Brown; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 22 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre / Beyond 2000

Published: 2000?

“The last man on earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door…” The horror of, of course, doesn’t lie in the story but in the ellipses — the implication of *what* knocked at the door? The tale “Knock” opens with those two sentences, then spins a narrative that details a handful of surviving humans imprisoned in a zoo-like environment. They are under study by Zan, an alien race preparing to colonize the Earth.

Cast:

Narrator, Ira Burton

Rene Auberjonois as Walter

Lorna Raver as Woman

George as himself

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Yuri Rasovsky

Recordist, Warren Dewey

Mixer, Jamie Cerniglia

Seeing Ear Theater – The Man Who Could Work Miracles

Based on the short story by H.G. Wells; Suggested by a script by David Gold; Adapted by Andrew Joffe; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 29 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published:

An eccentric black comedy inspired by the H.G. Wells short story. To spark a revival of faith on earth, two angels grant a down-trodden human the power to work miracles. Bad idea. Their semi-altruistic spark unwittingly ignites the ultimate big bang.

Crew:

Produced and Directed by George Zarr

Sound Design by John Colucci

Cast:

Marc Fine as Ozzie

Rich Jones as Mike

Todd Cummings as George Spellman

Jane Gennaro as Evelyn

Tony Hoty as Pete, Cabbie, and a Light Sleeper

Seeing Ear Theatre – The Propagation of Light in a Vacuum

By James Patrick Kelly – Performed by a full cast

2 MP3 Files – 47 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theater

Published:

Seeing Ear Theatre takes you to an strange and illogical place, where our laws of nature have been repealed. In this “unreality,” near is very far away, time ticks at random — from yesterday to tomorrow to today — and imagination is the key to survival. Where did everyone go? When our hero awakes after his starship breaks reality’s speed limit, his fellow crew members have mysteriously vanished. All alone on a ship he barely understands, he stares into the depths of madness but manages to look away — with the help of his imaginary wife. Together they are haunted by the secret of the runaway starship. Dedicated to Blair Hundertmark

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci

Cast:

Paul Giamatti as The Spaceman

Alissa Hunnicutt as The Imaginary Wife

Christine Lavren as Varina & Computer Voice

George Zarr as Old Man

Jef Betz as Young Man

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theatre – Breakaway, Backdown

By James Patrick Kelly; Performed by a Full Cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 36 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theater

It’s the future, and living in space is no laughing matter. It’s hard work, and hazardous to your health, cutting life expectancy by 40 to 50 years. What kind of person would give up 40 to 50 years for the adventure of breaking away from Earth? Not Cleo. She tried desperately to break away, to start a new life in space, but failed. She backed down.

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Foley SFX created by Sue Zizza and David Shinn

Sound Design by John Colucci

Cast:

Jacqueline Cuscuna as Cleo

Tara Sands as Jane

Lynette Sheldon as Elena

Christopher Burns as Pocket Jesus

Alissa Hunnicutt as Lucy

George Zarr as Computer

Seeing Ear Theatre – Emily 501

By Tamara Hladik; Performed by a full cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. 41 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Publisher:

Sitaine Nuluhaya is an exo-archeologist and a linguist, sent on a mission in the Cygnus system to explore the ruins of an extinct culture. As a scholar of languages, she is delighted to discover an unknown, alien language, but this ancient tongue might not be as dead as she thinks…

Crew:

Produced and Directed by George Zarr

Musical echoes performed by Bobby, Hunnicutt, and Nice

Sound Design by John Colucci

Cast:

Anne Bobby as Sitaine Nuluhaya

Alissa Hunnicutt as Computer

Rebecca Nice as Poetry Reader

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theatre – Marilyn Or The Monster

Based on a short story by Jack Dann; Adapted by Jack Dann and Brian Smith; Performed by a full cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. 45 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published:

Jack is haunted. He can’t sleep at night, terrified of an unseen monster; in fact, he hasn’t had a decent night’s sleep in over 30 years… since before he was in Vietnam. His psychiatrist believes he suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. But for Jack, the real problem lies much deeper– and holds a far greater truth than he could possibly imagine… Based on the short story “Marilyn” by Jack Dann.

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci

Cast:

John Heard as Jack

Thom Christopher as the Psychiatrist

Michele Santopietro as Marilyn

Christopher Burns as Soldier #1

Jim Carroll as Soldier #2

Tucker Smith as the Sergeant

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theatre – Sorry, Wrong Number

By Lucille Fletcher; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 25 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1999

Lucille Fletcher’s “Sorry, Wrong Number” originally appeared as an installment of the dramatic series Suspense and was named the greatest show of all time by Orson Welles. In Fletcher’s tense and claustraphobic tale, the bedridden Mrs. Stevenson mistakenly plugs into a telelphone conversation between two men plotting an innocent woman’s murder. The play unfolds from Mrs. Stevenson’s trapped persective, on the bed, alone–the telephone line her only connection to the outside world.

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Associate Producer, George Zarr

Live Foley SFX, Sue Zizza and David Shinn

Pre-mixed SFX and Tape Ops, John Colucci

Sound Engineers, Jane Pipik and Miles Smith

Original Music composed and performed by Ohad Talmor

Program announcer, George Zarr

Cast:

Claire Bloom as Mrs. Leona Stevenson

Anne Bobby as Chief Operator & Hospital Clerk

Todd Cummings as Sergeant Duffy & Western Union

Rebecca Nice as Operator

Dick Rodstein as George

George Zarr as First Man & Information

Seeing Ear Theatre – Jumping Niagara Falls

By Brian Smith and George Zarr; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 40 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998

Seeing Ear Theatre proudly presents the world premiere of “Jumping Niagara Falls,” an all-new sequel to Lucille Fletcher’s classic, “Sorry, Wrong Number.” “Jumping Niagara Falls” follows the fatal path of murderous husband Elbert Stevenson and his new (and much younger) girlfriend, Phoebe, as they embark on their first vacation together, to Niagara Falls. Also along for the trip: the implacable, revenge-bent spirit of Mrs. Stevenson. Recorded LIVE at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York City.

Written by Brian Smith and George Zarr

Cast:

Claire Bloom

Tim Jerome

Anne Bobby

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Associate Producer, George Zarr

Live Foley SFX, Sue Zizza and David Shinn

Pre-mixed SFX and Tape Ops, John Colucci

Sound Engineers, Jane Pipik and Miles Smith

Original Music composed and performed by Ohad Talmor

Program announcer, George Zarr













Seeing Ear Theatre – Feel The Zaz

By James Patrick Kelly – Performed by a Full Cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. 65 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theater

Published: ????

Play croquet with Muhammad Ali, bake cookies with Gertrude Stein, or take John Wayne’s philosophy course. That’s the allure of Starscape, the interactive VR celebrity Web site, where you can visit with your favorite stars of the 20th century. Live the glamour. Become the legend. Unfortunately for Dylan McDonough, artistic director of the site, the year is 2037, which means that most of the people on the net could care less about old, dead celebrities. Starscape is reeling. Their zaz is way down. Until the arrival of Vanity Mode, superstar wannabe. Vanity is an odd egg, a Down Syndrome patient with a Computer Aided Thinking implant, and a voice and attitude like liquid sex. This is her story.

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|





Seeing Ear Theatre – Murder Mysteries

Based on the story by Neil Gaiman; Performed by a full cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Sci-Fi.com / SeeingEarTheatre

Published: 2000?

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In this mystery noir set in heaven’s City of Angels before the fall, the first crime has been committed. It is an awful one. While the angelic hosts labor to create the world and its workings, one of their number is mysteriously slain by one of their own. Raguel, Angel of Vengeance, is mandated by Lucifer to discover both motive and murderer in this holy dominion that had so recently known no sin.

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci

Cast:

Brian Dennehy as Raguel

Anne Bobby as Tink’s Friend

Christopher Burns as Saraquael

Thom Christopher as Lucifer

Ed Dennehy as Zephkiel

Michael Emerson as Narrator

Traci Godfrey as Tinkerbell Richmond

Evan Pappas as Phanuel

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theatre – Meet The Neighbor

By George Zarr; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 13 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: ????

Fasten your ears, you are about to enter a dialogue-free zone. Seeing Ear Theatre once more takes you to a dimension where, in lieu of words, a world of sound effects, grunts, and breathing paint a remarkably vivid narrative. In this auditory environment, you will join an astronaut on his solitary mission to an uninhabited planet. Or is it? What he encounters, and learns, transcends all conventional wisdom. And aside from brief snatches of Earth transmission, no one speaks — leaving you free to connect the aural dots with your own imagination.













Seeing Ear Theatre – Orson The Alien! The Untold Story Behind The War Of The Worlds

Loosely adapted from the novel by H.G. Wells and a play by Orson Welles; Adapted by Terry Bisson, Brian Smith and George Zarr; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 1 Hour 3 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998?

starring Walter Koenig On October 30th, 1938 Orson Welles shocked the world with his faux “news” broadcast of an Alien invasion from mars; thousands of people believed the reports and streamed into the streets, panicked and screaming for their lives. Now, 60 years later, Seeing Ear Theatre asks the question, “What if two real aliens were listening to Welles’ historic broadcast? And what if they, too, believed the reports to be authentic and felt obliged to travel to Earth to help save us from the dreaded Martians? What then, Orson? Walter Koenig (Star Trek’s Chekov, Babylon 5’s Bester) stars as one such alien, a Commander on a seemingly routine peace-keeping tour of deep space, routine that is until his young Cadet (Paul Singleton) surfs the space dial and finds “news” of Grovers Mill, New Jersey, and heat rays and charred bodies. S.E.T. regulars Jef Betz, Rebecca Nice, and George Zarr star as Bud, Rosie, and Lester, three out of luck Brooklynites with nothing much to lose, including their hapless lives. And Dick Rodstein makes his Seeing Ear Theatre debut as the boy wonder himself, Orson Welles.

Cast:

Dick Rodstein as Orson

Walter Koenig as Commander

Paul Singleton as Cadet

Jef Betz as Bud

George Zarr as Lester

Rebecca Nice as Rosie

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Associate Producer – George Zarr

Live Foley SFX – Sue Zizza and David Shinn

Pre-mixed SFX and Tape Ops – John Colucci

Sound Engineers – Jane Pipik and Miles Smith

Original Music composed and performed by

John Colucci and George Zarr

Program announcer – George Zarr

Seeing Ear Theatre – The Wheel

By Jeff Kraus and Sue Zizza; Performed by a full cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. 51 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: May 17, 1998

In this post-apocalyptic fable, Owen and Topsie cross the near-endless Desert of Glass, staying one step ahead of the radio-active glowwinds, in search of their origins, their childhood home–and a tape machine that will let them hear the one artifact their late father left behind, a voice recording of who they are and how they came to be…

Cast:

Roxann Dawson

Andrew Robinson

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|









Seeing Ear Theatre – Daughter Earth

Based on the story by James Morrow; Performed by a full cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. 36 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998

Speaking before a Senate subcommittee, Pennsylvania farmer Ben Garber recounts the strange year in which he and his wife brought into the world a very unusual child. Little “Zenobia” (as she comes to be called) is a bouncing baby biosphere, loved by her parents, despised by her older brother and covetted by men of power and authority. But what does Zenobia want, and what does her presence mean for the future of mankind? Science and nature clash in this touchingly humorous fable of family, responsibility and all our hopes for a better tomorrow. James Morrow has been called “America’s best satirist” by science fiction critic James Gunn. Here he has adapted his own award-winning short story exclusively for Seeing Ear Theatre. Fans of Morrow can hear an excerpt of his novel Blameless in Abaddon in our Readings area. Daughter Earth can be found in his short story collection Bible Stories For Adults.

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theatre – Other Worlds

By Charles Potter; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 29 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998?

The astonishing account by the swashbuckling hero Cyrano de Bergerac, playwright, inventor and the greatest of all the King’s musketeers in 17th century France. This 30 minute audio adventure takes our hero to the Moon — via the French-Canadian frontier — for encounters with a threatened race of extraterrestrials and a couple of Earthborn saints. Then it’s on to the Sun for more surprise encounters before our wanderer touches down on terra firma again… but we won’t tell you where. You have to be there, or be square!













Seeing Ear Theatre – Time’s Arrow Time’s Spiral

By George Zarr; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 30 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: Written December 1998

A furious confrontation between two brothers mutates into a non-stop duel of vengeance. As their orbit of homicidal retribution widens, it bursts from the dawn of time and spills into history, embroiling ancient Roman soldiers, sea-journeying Puritans, lawmen of the Old West, and two American Presidents. Who wins and who loses as the fraternal cycle of birth, retaliation, and death erupts into the remote future? Originally titled Til Next Time

*The hymn “being righteous in all need savior mighty in thee heed” (first line is a reference to “Brian Smith.”)

Cast: Paul Amodeo, Jef Betz, Leah Applebaum, Mort Banks, Andrew Joffe, and Rebecca Nice

Sound Design by John Colucci

Directed by George Zarr; Produced by George Zarr and Brian Smith

















Seeing Ear Theatre – Alice In Wonderland

Based on the story by Lewis Carroll; Adapted by Charles Potter; Performed by a full cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. 55 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998?

Seeing Ear Theatre’s Original and faithful production features film star Lili Taylor (I Shot Andy Warhol, The Imposters) as Alice and Simon Jones (The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) as the White Rabbit. In an effort to bring a new look to the timeless classic, artist Elaina Ganim has incorporated John Tenniel’s original “Alice” illustrations into an exciting new series of mixed-media set designs, while Rachel Gibbs has setthem in motion using RealPlayer’s G2 technology.

Crew:

Directed by Charles Potter and Brian Smith

Sound Design by David Rapkin

Foley Sound Effects by Arthur Miller

Set Design by Elaina Ganim

G2 Presentation by Rachel Gibbs

Starring:

Lili Taylor as Alice

Rebecca Nice as The Queen of Hearts

Alissa Hunnicutt as The Duchess & Doormouse

Dick Rodstein as Mad Hatter

Chris Phillips as March Hare

George Zarr as Gryphon & Knave

Merwin Goldsmith as Cheshire Cat

Tim Jerome as French Mouse & Mock-Turtle

Bill Raymond as Caterpillar & The King

Simon Jones as Charles Dodgson & White Rabbit

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theatre – The Flat Edge Of The Earth

By Brian Smith and Terry Bisson; Performed by a full cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. 70 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: ????

In this haunting tale of magical realism, two strangers, a blind woman (Nana Visitor) and a steely businessman (Alexander Siddig) meet on an ill-fated airplane ride, en route to the sunny beaches of the Caribbean. And though they get off to a bitter and bickering start, with nothing in common, they soon find that there is something more, something strange but familiar between them, unspoken. And when the plane crashes on an uncharted island they find themselves the sole survivors–and like Dante in “Inferno” they realize that they too have come to the middle of their lives, lost and alone, “trapped in a dark and mysterious wood, with the straight way lost.”

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|









Seeing Ear Theatre – The Country Doctor

Based on a short story by Franz Kafka; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 13 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1997

Mark Hamill stars in an illustrated dream-narrative about a country doctor called out on a dark and blizzard-filled night… called out, and into the unknown… called out, and swept up into the spiraling fury and forward rush of–what?

Cast:

Mark Hamill

















Seeing Ear Theatre – The First And Last Musical On Mars

By George Zarr; Performed by a full cast

3 MP3 files – Approx. 85 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998?

The First Internet Musical Features 14 Original Songs, 15 Singers, 7 Musicians And The One And Only Mary Jo Pehl from Mystery Science Theater 3000! The fully orchestrated production features strings, drums, horns and piano performing all styles of music from rock, pop, and blues to contemporary musical theater. Mary Jo Pehl performs in a cameo role, singing a stirring country western ballad which is sure to become a classic. The musical was written, composed and directed by George Zarr.

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3| Part 3 |MP3|













Seeing Ear Theatre – George And The Red Giant

Adapted from a story by Stephen Baxter; Adapted by Eric Brown; Performed by a full cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998?

On Babylon 5, Londo (Peter Jurasik) and G’Kar (Andreas Katsulas) have forged an uncomfortable alliance in order to maintain a tenuous galactic peace. In “George and the Red Giant,” Katsulas and Jurasik are once again forced into an unlikely partnership, this time as two New Yorkers from the1990s who are trying to escape an alien world millions of years in the future. Further adding to their troubles, the two men have somehow been transformed into flying lemurs.

Based on the short story George and the Comet by Stephen Baxter.

Crew:

Additional Dialogue by Sean Redlitz and Brian Smith

Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci

Starring:

John Colucci as the Baseball Announcer

Peter Jurasik as Phil Beard

Andreas Katsulas as George Newbould

Rebecca Nice as Carrie Beard

George Zarr as the Builder and Medic

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theatre – The Bigger One

By Gregory Benford; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 8 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998?

The Big One–an 8.1 Richter scale earthquake–has struck Southern California. The Pacific Ocean has broken through new openings in the San Andreas Fault. A tidal wave has buried low-lying Mexicali and is continuing to rush inland… as Pamela Merkle, a news reporter, and Doug Aron, her driver, push 100MPH, dodging traffic in an attempt to stay on top of the ”story” AND outrun the massive wall of water behind them…

Starring:

Jef Betz as Doug Aron

John D’Arcangelo as the First Man

Andrew Joffe as the Announcer

Rebecca Nice as the Woman

Raquel Starace as Pamela Merkle

George Zarr as Herb Walker

Crew:

Sound Design by John Colucci

Seeing Ear Theatre – Too Late An Experiment In Sound

By Brian Smith, George Zarr, and Rick Bradley; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 10 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998?

Sounds paint pictures, often times better than words or photographs; they evoke something different in each of us… This week, we present an experiment in sound, a narrative composed solely of sound effects, grunts, groans, sighs, yawns, and screams… We invite you to write in with your own thoughts, your own version of the events that you hear… Let your imagination loose, let it go… and write!

















Seeing Ear Theatre – The Signal Man

Based on the short story by Charles Dickens; Adapted by George Zarr; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 29 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998?

It is 1860. A female reporter is drawn into the haunted,frenzied hallucinations of a railroad signal-man. Are theterrors he experiences a form of insanity — or a frighteningshade of reality? Are his blood-curdling nightmaressimply coincidence — or omens of horror to come?

Starring:

Leah Applebaum as the Reporter

Guy West as the Signal-Man

Paul Amadeo as Eddie, a railroad worker

Joe Curt as Tom, an engineer

Rebecca Nice as Millie

Crew:

Directed by George Zarr

Original Score by George Zarr

Audio Engineering by John Colucci

Audio Mixing/Sound Design by Sue Zizza

Seeing Ear Theatre – A Clean Escape

Based on the short story by John Kessel; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 29 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998

In the privacy of her office, a psychiatrist torments a man suffering from a faulty memory. Or does she? When treatment becomes a struggle for power, who can separate reality from illusion, lies from truth, sanity from insanity, guilt from innocence? And what is at stake in the world outside the room? Spend a session with Robert Lynch and Dr. D. S. Evans in John Kessel’s mind-bending dance of reality, fantasy, and psychological horror, A CLEAN ESCAPE. John Kessel’s latest novel, CORRUPTING DR. NICE, has been praised by writer Kim Stanley Robinson as “the best time travel novel ever written.” Kessel’s recent collection THE PURE PRODUCT contains the story version of “A Clean Escape,” plus the novelette “The Miracle of Ivar Avenue,” a finalist for this year’s Nebula Award.

Crew:

Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by Rick Bradley

Foley Sound Effects by Sue Zizza and David Shinn

Starring:

Paul Amodeo as Robert Lynch

Rebecca Nice as Dr. D.S. Evans

Seeing Ear Theatre – Herd Mentality

By Kurt Roth; Performed by a full cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998

The cast of the hit Sci-Fi Channel TV series, Mystery Science Theater 3000, stars in this original audio comedy by newcomer Kurt Roth. Roth’s short stories have appeared internationally in magazines and anthologies such as Odyssey and The Chronicles of the Round Table. In “Herd Mentality,” he and the MSTies take an absurd comic turn into the old west–back to Roswell, New Mexico, circa 1872, for a look at the “first” Roswell Incident.

Starring:

Kevin Murphy as Luke Logan

Mike Nelson as Tom Garrett, Feldar the Alien, and Hank Harker

Paul Chaplin as Pat Garrett and Vokon the Alien

Mary Jo Pehl as Ma Garrett, Zargon the Alien, and Bessi the Cow

Barbara Halas as Sam Ballinger, Moon the Horse, and Dying Cows

Jef Betz as Cal Harker and Dalton

Crew:

Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci

Foley Sound Effects by: Sue Zizza and David Shinn

Original Music composed by George Zarr

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|

Seeing Ear Theatre – The Death Of Captain Future

Based on the short story by by Allen Steele; Adapted by Brian Smith; Performed by a full cast

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre / Dove Audio

Published: November 1998

ISBN: 0787118133

Marina Sirtis (Counselor Troi on Star Trek) and Neil Dickson (Prof. Ian Matheson on She-Wolf Of London) star in this original production of Allen Steele’s Hugo-Award winning novella of the same name. Allen Steele has written numerous short stories including the recent “…Where Angels Fear to Tread,” nominated for a Nebula Award this year. In this comic and bitter piece, he takes us for a tragic trip aboard the Comet, commanded by BoMcKinnon, an obese slob who’s convinced that he’s the 1940’s pulp SF hero, Captain Future!

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|









Seeing Ear Theatre – Think Like a Dinosaur

By James Patrick Kelly; Performed by a Full Cast

2 MP3 Files – Approx. 49 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theater

Published: ????

Michael O’Hare (Commander Sinclair on Babylon 5) stars in this original dramatization of the Hugo Award winning novelette of the same name, by author James Patrick Kelly. Many of Kelly’s short stories, including this one, have appeared in The Year’s Best Science Fiction. This haunting tale of deep space travel and fractured identities is Kelly’s and Michael O’Hare’s first venture into the medium of audio dramas…

Part 1 |MP3| Part 2 |MP3|













Seeing Ear Theatre – Wanted In Surgery

Based on the novella by Harlan Ellison; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 23 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998?

“Wanted in Surgery” is based on the novella of the same name by Harlan Ellison; it was originally produced for South African radio in the 1950’s but Harlan Ellison and Brian Smith have revised and updated the story for a 90’s audience. Harlan Ellison also performs the lead role in this disturbing, futuristic tale…

















Seeing Ear Theatre – The Oblivion Syndrome

1 |MP3| – Approx. 27 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Robert is, or was, a long-range government cartographer, used to long periods of isolation… but this is different. His ship is dead in space, with no hope of rescue, the food supply’s diminishing, life support’s failing, etc., etc.; the odd thing is, Robert doesn’t really care. He’s slipped beyond the edge of the sane world… leaving Victoria, the shipboard computer, alone in the fight to bring him back.

Cast:

Paul Singleton

















Seeing Ear Theatre – The Monkey’s Paw

Based on the story by W.W. Jacobs; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 24 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998?

Ever heard the irritating “Be careful what you wish for–?” Of course you have, but have you ever truly grasped its meaning or felt its bone-chilling power? You will, after spending a little time with the White family in W.W. Jacob’s “The Monkey’s Paw.”





















Seeing Ear Theatre – The Tell-Tale Heart

Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe; Adapted by Brian Smith; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 16 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1997

Come into the dark and listen to the freakish thoughts and deeds of a madman (though he’ll tell you he’s not mad) as you scan the bizarre surface dialogue between him and his helpless victim, an old man–“with an evil eye!”

Cast:

James Urbaniak

















Tripping Astral

By Brian Smith?; Performed by a full cast

7 Zipped MP3 Files – Approx. 1 Hour 37 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1997

Provider: Archive.org

“An illustrated audio adventure, about Jack Torn, a research scientist on the moon, a possible–or probable?–alien invasion, and a stunning new invention that might just save the world, or end it… So kick back, but bring a bit of your mind, welcome to the theater of the imagination…

PLEASE NOTE: Tripping Astral was originally an illustrated audio production (with “synchronized, streaming pictures and animations”) they are not available at this time.

Episode 1 “Pilot” |MP3|

Episode 2 “Oh Holy Night” |MP3|

Episode 3 “Cavescapes” |MP3|

Episode 4 “Hello Again” |MP3|

Episode 5 “Wanting Wings” |MP3|

Episode 6 “The Fall” |MP3|

Episode 7 “Brooklyn Bridges” |MP3|







Seeing Ear Theatre – Into The Sun

By Brian Smith; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 20 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1997

Mark Hamill stars in this audio thriller about Julian Freed, a medical doctor on board a spaceship en route to the nearby, but still quite distant star, Wolf 389. Freed wakes from suspended sleep to find the crew gone, and the ship heading into a sun…One strange morning, after a night of fitful sleep, Dr Freed wakes to find the ship deserted, the crew gone; in shock, Freed searches the cabins, corridors and offices, but finds nothing… not a trace… He makes his way to the bridge, there’s no one there… but he discovers that the ship is on automatic pilot, and is heading straight into a nearby sun!

Crew:

Written & Produced by Phillip B. Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci

Illustration by Jeff Rigby

Cast:

Mark Hamill as Dr Julian Freed

Alissa Hunnicutt as the singing alarm clock and Marie

Leo Marks as Frank

James Urbaniak as the announcer and Tim





Seeing Ear Theatre – THREE ODD COMEDIES: They’re Made Out Of Meat, The Toxic Donut and Next

By Terry Bisson; Performed by a full cast

RealAudio – Approx. 6 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998?

A Hugo-winning SF dramatist takes you to the far side of the Universe, where humankind is but an unlikely rumor (“They’re Made out of Meat“)… to rehearsals for the ultimate environmental awards show (“The Toxic Donut” featuring film star Peter Coyote)… and to the City Hall of the near future where racism takes on a romantic new twist (“Next“)…

Starring:

Raquel Starace as Pompous Alien

George Zarr as Bewildered Alien

The Toxic Donut

Next

A young black couple in a Dystopian future aren’t allowed to marry because of an ozone emergency. Only interracial couples that produce interracial babies that could survive the scorching effects of today’s unprotected sun are permitted wedlock. Both are expected to do their patriotic duty.

Derelict

By Matt Costello and F.Paul Wilson; Performed by a full cast

RealAudio – Playing time variable [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998?

A mining crew found it floating on the outer reaches of the asteroid belt. When they saw what it was, they called the marines. Now an exploration team has entered the floating hulk of a ship… abandoned, lifeless. Or so they think. But as soon as they enter the open hatch, its locks close behind them. Now they’re racing the clock to figure out what’s going on and how to get out alive. And they look to you for help. Because you’re on the outside, you’re their captain… They’ll all die inside this deserted ship if you don’t act fast. Three people entered this strange craft, this derelict. How many will get out? That’s up to you… Experimental, a “choose your own adventure” style audio drama.

Directed by:

Phillip B. Smith

Starring:

James Urbaniak as Lt. Carlos Ramirez

Steve Rattazzi as Sgt. Wynn Newell

Tricia Sullivan as Cpl. Robyn Hunter

Seeing Ear Theatre – Come Hammering

By Brian Smith; Performed by a full cast

RealAudio – Approx. 23 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1997

A bone-chilling ghost story about a reclusive author, John Mcrae, living in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains who’s tortured by the demons and ghosts of his childhood, demons and ghosts that hold a terrible secret, come back to haunt him on Halloween night… John Mcrae wants to be left alone, wants some peace and quiet in order to complete the latest installment in his formulaic series of “Nikki Stone” detective stories, but the local kids are out, intent on trick or treating, and the dog’s barking, and the wind’s whistling–when the past becomes present, and John Mcrae struggles to hold on to his mind… Performed in front of a live audience at The Museum of TV and Radio in New York City on Halloween night, 1997.

Crew:

Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci, Sue Zizza and Butch D’Ambrosio

Sound Engineering by Tom Curley

Starring:

Jef Betz as John Mcrae

Laura Sheridan as Nikki Mcrae

Barbara Halas as Miss Stein

Cheryl Blake

David Grunner

Rebecca Nice

Timmy Reifsnyder

Paul Singleton

Tales From The Crypt: Carrion Death

By James Patrick Kelly; Performed by a Full Cast

RealAudio – 41 Minutes 16 Seconds [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theater

Published: 2000

Former high school English teacher and current convict for armed robbery “Professor” Wall has a clear goal — never to return to the confines of the institutions (scholarly and otherwise) that have made his life a hell of banality and mediocrity. But sometimes a simple walk to a distinct destination isn’t so uncomplicated after all — especially when the path leads through mirages, deadly illusions, and a merciless desert wasteland of greed and desperation.

This series was intended to run 13 episodes. Only eight were completed. |TORRENT|

And so something new begins… In the Spring of 1998 I recieved a phone call from Kathryn Drennan, author and wife of J. Michael Straczynski; she told me that Joe had heard Seeing Ear Theatre, and was a big fan of the art of radio drama, and if there were anything he could do to help support our cause, to let him know. Wow. Not only had I been a fan of Babylon 5, I credited Joe’s writing with helping to lay the groundwork for Seeing Ear Theatre‘s inception. You see, long before I ever worked at SCI FI Channel, I read Joe’s expert book on scriptwriting, aptly titled The Complete Book Of Scriptwriting; in it is a 50 page chapter on writing radio drama. That chapter was an integral part of my own development as a radio writer, directer and producer. Without it, who knows where I’d be…? On my next trip to Los Angeles I visited the Babylon 5 studio; Kathryn gave me a tour of the sets, and then I sat in Joe’s office and we talked radio drama. I had come to ask Joe if he’d be interested in writing something for Seeing Ear Theatre. He was, but we couldn’t quite hit upon the nature of it at first. We thought of doing a Babylon 5 spin-off series, but finally decided upon something completely new, designed specifically for the ear. Joe had written for the 1980s revival of The Twilight Zone and had long wanted to launch a new anthology radio drama series in a similar spirit to Rod Serling’s TV classic. Joe would write all 13 half-hour episodes, with total creative freedom to go wherever he dreamed, and I would produce and direct them. Joe would also serve as the co-executive producer along with myself, helping to cast, schedule, etc. So here it is, J. Michael Straczynski’s CIty Of Dreams. A world of stories about madmen, dreamers, and fanatics, designed for the imagination, the theatre of the mind. Let us know what you think! —Brian Smith, July 2000

Episode 1: The Damned Are Playing At Godzilla’s Tonight

By J. Michael Straczynski; Performed by a full cast

A racist club owner is haunted by an all-black band he would rather see dead than hear live.

“For our first story, I wanted something with teeth, something that took one of the more common supernatural tropes and used it in a way that dealt with contemporary themes. It has kind of a Lovecraftian feel, starting at the end, then finding out how we got here, and why. Where else can you get all that *and* a commentary on the state of the music industry?” -JMS

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Original Music Composed and Performed by Jeff Nostrand

Sound Design by John Colucci

Executive Producers Brian Smith and J. Michael Straczynski

Cast:

Steve Buscemi as Mr. Beresford Mackey

Christopher Burns as Jimmy

Kevin Daniels as Derek B.

Beth Glover as Women

J.R. Horne as Franklin Chase

Ezra Knight as Quint

Kevin Conway as the Narrator Original Music Composed and Performed by Jeff Nostrand

By J. Michael Straczynski; Performed by a full cast

Also Featuring:

Christopher Burns as Jimmy

Kevin Daniels as Derek B.

Beth Glover as Women

J.R. Horne as Franklin Chase

Ezra Knight as Quint

Kevin Conway as the Narrator Original Music Composed and Performed by Jeff Nostrand

Sound Design by John Colucci

Executive Producers Brian Smith and J. Michael Straczynski

Episode 02: Rolling Thunder

By J. Michael Straczynski; Performed by a full cast

A father offers to give up anything to regain his lost child…and a certain Someone takes him up on it.

“We all make mistakes. Big ones, small ones, mistakes that change our lives forever. There’s our life before IT, and after IT, whatever your IT happens to be. This is the story of an IT: the loss of a child’s life, and what one person will endure in an attempt to correct that mistake. I wanted to ask one simple question: what is one person’s life really worth?” -JMS

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci

Executive Producers Brian Smith and J. Michael Straczynski

Cast:

Andre Braugher as Martin Anders

Ashley Albert as Secretary

Ami Brabson as Jennifer Anders

Jacqueline Cuscuna as the Bank Clerk

Peter Francis James as Carlyle

Ramon de Ocampo as Gang Leader and Guy

Kevin Conway as the Stranger

Episode 3: The Friends of Jackie Clay

By J. Michael Straczynski; Performed by a full cast

Jackie Clay is the caretaker of a small cemetery in the City of Dreams who speaks to the dead and, when a crisis occurs, learns that he has friends he never knew he had.

“Having done two strong, serious, intense stories, I kinda wanted to write something a bit lighter, more redemptive, with a touch of humor. A guy who works at a cemetery and talks to the residents brings in response a logical question: do they talk back, and if so, what do they say? It’s a story about friends, polite behavior, and the anger of the dead.”-JMS

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci

Executive Producers Brian Smith and J. Michael Straczynski

Cast:

Merwin Goldsmith as Jackie Clay

Jayce Bartock as Casey Geller

Mather Zickel as Randy

Chris Burns as Candle

Ross Stoner as Ajay

Ean Sheehy as Zack

Anne Bobby as Elizabeth Castay

Todd Cummings as Policeman and Hamilton Castay

Dick Rodstein as Civil War Soldier

Episode 4: The Tolling Of The Hour

By J. Michael Straczynski; Performed by a full cast

The clock shows no mercy. Neither does the board of directors or the CEO, who demands more than life can give, and finds himself on the business end of the clock he worships.

“We have become a society answerable to the tick of the clock, the Board of Directors, the CEO…with your average corporate employee daily crushed under the wheels of downsizing, working harder for less money so the stockholders get a ten percent per share boost. I felt there needed to be a cautionary tale about the inevitable result of grinding down people’s souls, because sooner or later, the universe downsizes those who downsize unto others.”-JMS

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci

Executive Producers Brian Smith and J. Michael Straczynski

Associate Producer, Laurissa James

Assistant Director, Tony Daniel

Voice Editing by David Shinn

Cast:

Campbell Scott as Gregory Ferguson

Anne Bobby as Liz Alworthy

Christopher Burns as Intercom and Staffer #2

Todd Cummings as John the Bartender

Jane Gennaro as Secretary

Merwin Goldsmith as Chester Alworthy

Dick Rodstein as the Doctor

Mather Zickel as Staffer #1

Kevin Conway as the Narrator

Episode 5: Night Calls

By J. Michael Straczynski; Performed by a full cast

Something unusual is waiting for you in the intersection of a conversation between god and a man asked to build a *second* ark…what it will carry, and where it all goes, is not what you may be expecting.



“I told Brian that I wanted to divide CITY into three parts: 1-4 being fairly straightforward stories, and 5-8 being more experimental stories that play with the form of radio drama. Get everybody lulled into a false sense of security, and then start pulling the rug out. This is the first of the experimental episodes. Be sure to listen carefully, because not everything here is what it seems.”-JMS

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci

Executive Producers Brian Smith and J. Michael Straczynski

Voice Editing by David Shinn

Associate Producer Laurissa James

Assistant Director Tony Daniel

Cast:

Tim Curry as Ben Joseph and God

Alissa Hunnicutt as Real Audio Voice

Dan Seckel as Mark

Ean Sheehy as John

Kevin Townley as Richie

Kevin Conway as the Narrator

Episode 6: MCSD 00121J

By J. Michael Straczynski; Performed by a full cast

From: Manasee County

Sheriff’s Department

Manasee County, New Jersey

The original audiotape of which this (enclosed) tape is a copy was found near the site of the Clarefield community residence 23 August 2000 by Sgt. Emile Jackson and the original copy was forwarded to the MCSD forensics lab for analysis. A second copy has been forwarded to the FBI Crime Lab in Roanoake VA for more detailed audio study.

In light of the recent tragic events of Clarefield, we appreciate any assistance your office and listeners can provide in establishing any of the identities of the persons recorded on this tape. Needless to say any information emerging from this investigation will be held in the strictest confidence. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions.

Sincerely,

Captain J. J. Durham

Manasee County Sheriff’s Department

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci

Executive Producers Brian Smith and J. Michael Straczynskii

Cast:

Henry Leyva as Mark

Ashley Albert as Waitress and Child

Guy Blumberg as Doc

Jim Carroll as Jacobson

Thom Christopher as Jeremiah

Alissa Hunnicutt as Child

Andrew Joffe as Frank

John Kolvenbach as Geoff

Tara Sands as Betsy and Child

Episode 07: Samuel Beckett, Your Ride Is Here

By J. Michael Straczynski; Performed by a full cast

Surrealism. Existentialism. Minimalism. Stream of Consciousness. Spaceships. What, you expected something ordinary in the City Of Dreams?

“When you experiment in audio, you can do only so many things with tricks. At some point you have to dive into the form of the narrative itself. So I wanted to try something that played with stream of consciousness, surrealism, minimalism and existentialism, but without losing some SF touchstones. Hence, this week’s episode. One long and very weird conversation. And no tricks.”-JMS

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci

Executive Producers Brian Smith and J. Michael Straczynskii

Associate Producer Laurissa James

Assistant Director Tony Daniel

Cast:

John Turturro as Benjamin

Bill Irwin as Carlyle

Episode 08: The Alpha And Omega Of David Wells

By J. Michael Straczynski; Performed by a full cast

A man in search of the Truth undergoes a past-life regression that takes him further than anyone has ever gone before.

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Associate Producer Laurissa James

Assistant Director Tony Daniel

“People with no tact, noting my sometimes intemperate nature, have tended to tell me, ‘Y’know, you REALLY should have a past-life regression sometime to see where all this anger is coming from.’ Which finally (after smiting them, that is) got me to thinking about what I would do in a story with this device…if there was a way to go FORWARD just as well as BACKWARD through various incarnations. When I figured that one out, The Alpha and Omega of David Wells kind of wrote itself.” -JMS

Cast:

Peter Gallagher as David Wells

Peter Francis James

Alice Barden

Jacqueline Cuscuna

Martin Carey

Tony Daniel

Laurissa James

Commercial Releases:







Seeing Ear Theatre: Volume 1

By various; Performed by a full cast with introductions by Harlan Ellison

2 Cassettes – Approx. 3 Hours [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Dove Audio

Published: November 1998

ISBN: 0787118133

Stories Included:

THREE ODD COMEDIES by Terry Bisson

“They’re Made Out of Meat”

“The Toxic Donut”

“Next”

Into The Sun by Brian Smith

Think Like a Dinosaur by James Patrick Kelly

The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele

A Clean Escape by John Kessel

The Bigger One by Gregory Benford

Seeing Ear Theatre: Volume 2

By various; Performed by a full cast with introductions by Harlan Ellison

2 Cassettes – Approx. 3 Hours [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Dove Audio

Published: 1999

ISBN: 1787118754

Stories Included:

George And The Red Giant by Stephen Baxter and Eric Brown

The Oblivion Syndrome by Benjamin Wachs

Wanted In Surgery by Harlan Ellison and Brian Smith

The Flat Edge Of The Earth by Brian Smith and Terry Bisson

Too Late: An Experiment In Sound Theater by Brian Smith

Seeing Ear Theater: Volume 3

By various; Performed by a full cast

2 Cassettes – Approx. 3 Hours [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Dove Audio

Published: 1999

ISBN: 0787118788

Stories Included:

Orson The Alien! The Untold Story Behind The War Of the Worlds by Terry Bisson, Brian Smith and George Zarr

Daughter Earth by James Morrow

The First (And Last) Musical On Mars by George Zarr

Seeing Ear Theatre: Clive Barker’s “The History of the Devil”

Based on a play by Clive Barker; Performed by a full cast

2 Cassettes – Approx. 3 Hours 8 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre / Dove Audio

Published: May 1999

ISBN: 0787118869, 0787118133

In Clive Barker’s The History Of The Devil, a deprived and lovelorn Satan is sick and tired of living in Hell. He bemoans the loss of his angel-wings, his freedom of flight, his elegance and grace. And he misses God. So he calls a trial, his appeal, to seek re-admittance into Heaven. As the trial moves through space and time, we revisit scenes of humanity’s great failures — or are they the work of the Devil, his own wicked crimes? If Satan wins his day in court, he’ll be reunited with his Father in Heaven. And if he loses? He’ll end eternity here with us — on Earth.

Two Plays For Voices

By Neil Gaiman; Performed by a full cast

2 CDs – Approx. 1.5 Hours [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Harper Audio

Published: 2002

ISBN: 0060012560 (cd),

Includes Snow Glass Apples and Murder Mysteries.

|READ OUR REVIEW|

2000X Tales Of The Next Millennia

Produced by Yuri Rasovsky and Stefan Rudnicki

FULL CAST PRODUCTIONS with introductions by Harlan Ellison

6 Cassettes – Approx. 7 Hours [UNABRIDGED DRAMATIZATIONS]

Publisher: Fantastic Audio

Published: 2002

ISBN: 1574535307

Includes:

Knock based on the story by Fredric Brown

|READ OUR REVIEW|

Seeing Ear Theatre – Tales From The Crypt

Performed by Tim Curry, Gina Gershon, Luke Perry, Oliver Platt, John Ritter, Campbell Scott and others

4 CDs – Approx. 3 Hours [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Highbridge Audio

Published: 2002

ISBN: 1565116747

|READ OUR REVIEW|

This Trick’ll Kill You

By George Zarr;

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published:

Tales from the Crypt “This Trick’ll Kill You” was written by George Zarr,

adapted from the story in the EC Comic book “Tales from the Crypt”

originally published by William M. Gaines.

“This Trick’ll Kill You” featured Rebecca Nice as Inez Markini, Todd

Cummings as Herb Markini, Simon Jones as Jeffrey Mudgely, Andrew Joffe as

Otto Der Clown, and Francesca Rizzo as Wahdi. Also heard were Alissa

Hunnicutt as series announcer, and John Kassir and the Crypt Keeper.

“This Trick’ll Kill You” was directed by George Zarr. Produced by George

Zarr and Brian Smith. Associate Producer, Laurissa James. Overall sound

design and live effects by John Colucci. Live Foley by Sue Zizza and David

Shinn. Sound Engineers Jane Pipik and Miles B. Smith. Original music

composed and conducted by George Zarr, with Ed Iglewski on bass, Rick

Knutson on keyboards and Billy Masters on guitar. Additional Crypt Keeper

material by Jack Wohl. “Tales from the Crypt” series theme composed by Danny

Elfman with lyrics by Jack Wohl; theme arranged and performed by Ohad

Talmor. Series story editor, Tony Daniel. Executive producers Jack Wohl,

Brian Smith, Richard Donner, David Giler, Walter Hill, Joel Silver and

Robert Zemeckis.

Author Readings:

Pat Cadigan Reads From Tea From An Empty Cup

1 |MP3| – Approx. 14 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1999

Provider: Archive.org





William Gibson Reads From All Tomorrow’s Parties

1 |MP3| – Approx. 13 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1999

Provider: Archive.org





Maureen F. McHugh reads from China Mountain Zhang

1 |MP3| – Approx. 19 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998

Provider: Archive.org





Connie Willis reads from Bellwether

1 |MP3| – Approx. 20 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998

Provider: Archive.org





Kit Reed reads from The Bride Of Bigfoot

1 |MP3| – Approx. 18 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998

Provider: Archive.org





James Morrow reads from Blameless In Abaddon

1 |MP3| – Approx. 26 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998

Provider: Archive.org





Greg Bear reads from Dinosaur Summer

1 |MP3| – Approx. 16 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998

Provider: Archive.org





Walter Koenig reads from Warped Factors

1 |MP3| – Approx. 23 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998

Provider: Archive.org





Skidoo and Bat Boy

By Patrick O’Leary; Read by Patrick O’Leary

1 |MP3| – Approx. 39 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998

Provider: Archive.org

Recorded at ReaderCon 10.

Paul Levinson reads an extract from The Silk Code

1 |MP3| – Approx. 15 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1999

Provider: Archive.org





Nalo Hopkinson reads an extract from Brown Girl In The Ring

1 |MP3| – Approx. 27 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1999

Provider: Archive.org





Richard Belzer reads an excerpt from UFOs, JFK, And Elvis

1 |MP3| – Approx. 18 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1999

Provider: Archive.org





Kristine Kathryn Rusch reads from The Fey: Sacrifice

1 |MP3| – Approx. 24 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1999

Provider: Archive.org





Neil Gaiman reads Chapter 3 of Stardust

1 |MP3| – Approx. 22 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1999

Provider: Archive.org





Get A Grip

By Paul Park; Read by Paul Park

1 |MP3| – Approx. 26 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998

Provider: Archive.org





K.W. Jeter reads the first chapter of Noir

1 |MP3| – Approx. 22 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1999

Provider: Archive.org





Bruce Sterling reads from Distraction

By Bruce Sterling; Read by Bruce Sterling

1 |MP3| – Approx. 31 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998

Provider: Archive.org





Fruitcake Theory

By James Patrick Kelly; Read by James Patrick Kelly

1 |MP3| – Approx. 34 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998

Provider: Archive.org





Samuel R. Delany reads from The Einstein Intersection

By Samuel R. Delany; Read by Samuel R. Delany

1 |MP3| – Approx. 24 Minutes [EXCERPT]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1999

Provider: Archive.org





Unto The Daughters and Margin Of Error

By Nancy Kress; Read by Nancy Kress

1 |MP3| – Approx. 30 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1999

Provider: Archive.org

Recorded at the 1998 Baltimore WorldCon.





The Goblin King and The Dead Boy At Your Window

By Bruce Holland Rogers; Read by Bruce Holland Rogers

1 |MP3| – Approx. 11 Minutes [UNABRIDGED]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1999

Provider: Archive.org





Other:





Treks Not Taken

By Steven R. Boyett; Performed by a full cast

1 |MP3| – Approx. 12 Minutes [AUDIO DRAMA]

Publisher: Seeing Ear Theatre

Published: 1998

Provider: Archive.org

A parody cross between Star Trek: The Next Generation and Moby Dick.

[via Calfkiller Old Time Radio, OctaviaButler.net and Archive.org and Roy!]

Posted by Jesse Willis