BIG STAGE AUDIO THEATRE: Laura
Adapted, produced and directed by Pete Lutz, from the screenplay by Jay Dratler, et al., this full-length presentation brings the story to life in your imagination.
With the voice talents of:
Carole Krohn as LAURA
Les Marsden as WALDO LYDECKER
Tom Konkle as MARK McPHERSON
Rachel Pulliam as ANNE TREADWELL
Dana Gonsalves as SHELBY CARPENTER and
Geri Elliff as BESSIE; with
Additional voices by Pete Lutz and
Darren Rockhold as the ANNOUNCER
Music composed and performed by Dr. Ross Bernhardt.
NBC BEST PLAYS: The Petrified Forest, originally aired 9-20-1953; remade for Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 2023 by the Narada Radio Company
In the midst of the Great Depression, Alan Squier, a failed writer, now a disillusioned, penniless drifter, wanders into a somewhat frowzy roadside diner in the remote town of Black Mesa, Arizona, at the edge of the Petrified Forest. Here he meets owner Jason Maple, his daughter Gabrielle, and Gramp, Jason's father, who regales anyone who will listen with stories of his adventures in the Old West with such characters as Billy the Kid. Eventually the diner is overrun by gangsters, headed up by Duke Mantee, who has escaped prison and is being chased down by the law.
The Petrified Forest was a 1935 stage play by Robert E. Sherwood, made into a 1936 film that starred the principal actors of the stage play, Leslie Howard (Squier) and Humphrey Bogart (Mantee).
CAST:
Darren Rockhold as ANNOUNCER
Les Marsden as GRAMP MAPLE
Gino C. Vianelli as BOZE HERTZLINGER
Bobby Vela as the TELEGRAPH LINEMAN
Paul Arbisi as JASON MAPLE
Carole Krohn as GABBY MAPLE
Ebony Rose as PAULA
Chuck Wilson as MR. CHISHOLM
Stephanie Stearns Dulli as MRS. CHISHOLM
Carl Thomas as JOSEPH
David Ian as JACKIE and the RADIO VOICE
Dana Gonsalves as DUKE MANTEE
Duane Noch as RUBY
Tre' Minor as SLIM
Frank Guglielmelli as the LEGION COMMANDER
Pete Lutz as ALAN SQUIER
Music was sourced from the public domain.
Recorded over Zoom in July 2023, with actors from Texas, California, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Illinois. Originally released 8/13/23 on the Mutual Audio Network as a feature of the 2023 Sonic Summerstock Playhouse festival.
We present Bone in the Blue, by Fiona Thraille, set in the world of 19th-century English paleontology, and based on actual events. With the voices of Julia Eve, Garethandkath Severn, Alisha Strand-Mueller and Pete Lutz. Originally released in 2018, Fiona's play was an entry in that year's ADPP Scriptwriting Competition.
SONIC SUMMERSTOCK PLAYHOUSE '23:
Lux Radio Theatre's production of Kaufman & Hart's You Can't Take it With You, remade by the Narada Radio Company.
Tom Konkle as YOUR ANNOUNCER
Les Marsden as GRANDPA
Laura Mirsky as PENNY
Noah Diamond as TONY
Amanda Sisk as ALICE
Joe Martinez as CECIL B. DEMILLE
Victoria Fancki as ESSIE
Dana Gonsalves as ED
Debby Ramirez as RITA
Larry Groebe as PAUL
Scott McKinley AS MR. DEPINNA
Tre Minor as DONALD
Pete Lutz as KOLENKHOV
Alex Lagase as MR. KIRBY
Stephanie Stearns Dulli as MRS. KIRBY
John Bell as HENDERSON of the IRS
Ian Federgreen as the head J-MAN and
Geri Elliff as GRAND DUCHESS OLGA KATRINKA
Additional voices performed by Stephanie Stearns Dulli, John Bell, and Pete Lutz
Xylophone by Andi Lopez
Produced & directed by Pete Lutz; mixed & mastered in Corpus Christi, TX by 63audio
Recorded over Zoom in July 2023, with actors from Texas, California, New Jersey, New York, and Alabama. Originally released 8/6/23 on the Mutual Audio Network as a feature of the 2023 Sonic Summerstock Playhouse festival.
SONIC SUMMERSTOCK PLAYHOUSE '23:
BBC Radio 1966 production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, remade by the Narada Radio Company.
ANNOUNCER: Julia Eve
GEORGE was played by Dana Gonsalves
LENNIE by Les Marsden
with Pete Lutz as CANDY
Chuck Wilson as THE BOSS
Austin Hanna as CURLEY
Victoria Fancki as CURLEY'S WIFE
Norman Cline as SLIM
Paul Arbisi as CARLSON
Doug Fain as WHIT and
Carl Thomas as CROOKS
Produced & directed by Pete Lutz; mixed & mastered in Corpus Christi, TX by 63audio
Recorded over Zoom in June 2023, with actors from England, Texas, California, Kentucky and Illinois. Originally released 7/30/23 on the Mutual Audio Network as a feature of the 2023 Sonic Summerstock Playhouse festival.
S2 E6 - The Girl With the Silver Eyes - Part Two
In this thrilling conclusion to the latest two-part adventure, our nameless sleuth finally meets the "girl" in question -- only to find out that she's left a trail of dead men behind her, and she wouldn't mind a bit if the Tec was just one more corpse to step over.
Starring The Narada Radio Company.
Adapted by Pete Lutz from the story by Dashiell Hammett.
CAST:
ANNOUNCER: Darren Rockhold
Pete Lutz as THE TEC
Geri Elliff as the HOTEL SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR
Mark Kalita as DICK FOLEY and TIN-STAR JOPLIN
Rhiannon McAfee as JEANNE DELANO
Jason D. Johnson as R. F. AXFORD
Jeff Moon as TAG KILCOURSE
John Bell as PORKY GROUT
Frank Gugliemelli as THE VOICE IN THE CROWD and the BANK TELLER
Ian Federgreen as ROACH
Dana Gonsalves as BURKE PANGBURN and
Joe Stofko as THE OLD MAN
Theme and incidental music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt, other music sourced from the Public Domain
Mixing and sounds by Fishbonius Sound Design
This production was supervised by Pete Lutz
S2 E5 - The Girl With the Silver Eyes - Part One
Our nameless sleuth is called in by a lovesick young poet to find his runaway fiancee -- but soon finds that his client is in too deep. Is it love, or...something else?
Starring The Narada Radio Company.
Adapted by Pete Lutz from the story by Dashiell Hammett.
CAST:
ANNOUNCER: Darren Rockhold
Pete Lutz as THE TEC
Dana Gonsalves as BURKE PANGBURN
Rhiannon McAfee as JEANNE DELANO
Jason D. Johnson as R. F. AXFORD
Geri Elliff as MRS. CLUTE
Daniel French as MR. CLEMENT
Angela Young as the TRANSFER COMPANY CLERK and the DETECTIVE AGENCY CLERK
Frank Guglielmelli as the ELEVATOR BOY and the BANK TELLER
Ian Federgreen as MR. FALL
John Bell as PORKY GROUT and
Joe Stofko as THE OLD MAN
Theme and incidental music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt
Mixing and sounds by Fishbonius Sound Design
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, a new production of Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre, is set to launch on Tuesday, May 30th, 2023, to all the online retail sites, including Amazon, Audible, Apple Store, Ratuken Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Downpour, and Walmart.
Listen here to a scene from this production and please support this excellent production company by making your purchase of their dramatization of Lewis Carroll's timeless classic.
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - By Lewis Carroll
Adapted for audio by Diane Vanden Hoven – Directed by George Zarr
Post Production: David Farquhar
Release Date: May 30, 2023, Everywhere Audiobooks Are Sold.
Cast In Order of Appearance:
GEORGIA LEE SCHULTZ - Alice
NOELLE DUPUIS – White Queen
PETE LUTZ – White King
SKYE GOULBOURNE – Tiger Lily
TRISHA ROSE – Rose
ASHLEY BANKER – Red Queen
GEORGE ZARR – Conductor
ROB TYMEC – Paper Man
HEIDI STEWART – Beetle
ELLIN WALLIN – Owl
BILL CRAVEN – Tweedle Dum
KEITH BURNETT – Tweddle Dee
JOHN JARVIS – Humpty Dumpty
JEFF DUPUIS – Messenger
MICHAEL CROUCH – White Knight
S2E4: The House in Turk Street
While on the search for a missing boy, the Tec inadvertently runs afoul of some crooks, who think he's after them. Full of crosses and double-crosses! Starring The Narada Radio Company.
Adapted by Pete Lutz from the story by Dashiell Hammett.
CAST:
ANNOUNCER: Darren Rockhold
THE TEC: Pete Lutz
MRS. QUARRE: Geri Elliff
MR. QUARRE: Paul Arbisi
HOOK: Mark Kalita
ELVIRA: Rhiannon McAfee
TAI: Jeff Moon
THE OLD MAN: Joe Stofko
OTHER VOICES: Daniel French
Theme and incidental music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt
Mixing and sounds by Fishbonius Sound Design
Project Audion recreates an extraordinarily rare and early lost episode of the classic audio drama Suspense. When CBS premiered the the show in June 1942, it wasn't immediately evident that it would become one of the all-time great radio dramas, running for 20 years and nearly 1000 stories. Indeed, in this (just Suspense's fifth-ever episode, from July 15, 1942), while all the typical ingredients are in place (in this instance, a murder aboard a moving train) the show hadn't quite yet settled into the style that would soon define classics like 1943's "Sorry, Wrong Number." Heard for the first time in 80 years, our recreation of this lost Suspense episode -- "The Witness on the Westbound Train" -- is taken from the single known surviving script. It features the same transcontinental cast of vocal actors who appeared in Project Audion's very first episode, along with additional talented voices who have appeared in Project Audion shows during the past three years.
The Cast:
MARK: Pete Lutz, TX
JOE: Doug Fain, KY
DORIS: Patte Rosebank, Canada
CONDUCTOR: Denny Thompson, CO
LAWRENCE / RANDOLPH: John Mauldin, TN
BILL / BAGGAGEMAN: Dick Huitema, FL
ANNOUNCER / WAITER: Robert Stevenson, IN
DIRECTION / PRODUCTION / SOUND: Larry Groebe, TX
THE MAN WITH NO FACE, originally released in April 2020 on the Mutual Audio Network, is an adaptation by Pete Lutz of a short story by G. M. Benson, originally published in the 1920s. This tale of psychic phenomenon has been brought into the present day, and has suffered not a bit, we believe, by its slight modernization. NARADA RADIO COMPANY
CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
THE DOCTOR: Julia Eve
MRS SMITH: Angel Leigh McCoy
MR SMITH: Pete Lutz
MUSIC COMPOSED BY Dr. Ross Bernhardt
PROJECT AUDION #41: Life With Luigi - "Luigi's Toothache"
This month Project Audion recreates a classic radio comedy based on a timeless premise. As a nation of immigrants, the clash of old and new cultures in America has offered authors an unending supply of humorous situations. "Life with Luigi" mined this comedic vein from 1948 to 1953. Each week, small-town Italian Luigi Basco struggled to navigate the complexities of his new American life, supported by his friends from Italy, Germany, Eastern Europe, and Scandinavia. It's full of charming stereotypes with broadly entertaining accents, it's-a great, innocent fun. In this episode, Luigi's aching tooth leads him into the unfamiliar world of medical specialists...
Luigi: Jacob Palka, IL
Pasquale: Pete Lutz, TX
Schultz: Larry Groebe, TX
Announcer / Horowitz / Man: Ken Jeffries, CA
Olson / Doctor: Paul Arbisi, IL
Miss Spaulding / Rosa: Donna Patton, TN
Directed by Mr. Palka and produced by Mr. Groebe
"Burn" was adapted for audio and directed by Pete Lutz, from a story in Eerie Tales #1, a one-shot comic book publication from 1959. First released in April 2020 on Mutual. (SUSPENSE)
Our cast consisted of the following players:
Rich Frolich as CHICK HEALY
Pete Lutz as MAC O'MALLEY and JOJO
THE MUTUAL STAGE: Charade
Hearkening back to such classic series as Lux Radio Theatre and Mercury Theatre On the Air, The Mutual Stage presents all-new adaptations of films and stage plays, sourced from the public domain. In our inaugural effort, director/producer Pete Lutz has assembled an Oscar-worthy cast to bring you his adaptation of the hit 1963 film, CHARADE. Get set for comedy, adventure, and romance, as we tell the story of a recent widow whose husband stole a quarter of a million dollars -- and now his partners want that money back! NARADA RADIO COMPANY
CAST:
Darren Rockhold as THE ANNOUNCER
Jack Ward as THE HOST
Greg McAfee as GRANDPIERRE, BARTHOLOMEW, MARINE
Karim C. Kronfli as PETER JOSHUA
Rhiannon McAfee as REGGIE
Gwendolyn Lim as JEAN-LOUIS
Lisa Michaud as SYLVIE
Dana Gonsalves as GIDEON and BRITISH DELEGATE
Pete Lutz as TEX, GENDARME, EMBASSY TELEPHONE OPERATOR, MONSIEUR FELIX
Ian Federgreen as "BARTHOLOMEW"
Chuck Wilson as SCOBIE
Tanja Milojevic as ITALIAN DELEGATE
Carole Krohn as FRENCH DELEGATE
Geri Elliff as FUNERAL ATTENDANT, WAITER, VENDOR, CRUIKSHANK'S SECRETARY
MUSIC BY Dr. Ross Bernhardt
Adapted, produced & directed by PETE LUTZ
PROJECT AUDION #38 -- The Jack Benny Program, "Mutiny on the Bounty"
Think you've heard almost every Jack Benny radio show? Try one that was just written! Project Audion presents a recreation newly penned by Robert L. Mills, former staff writer for Bob Hope. Project Audion has gathered the classic Benny gang, guest stars Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen, and a virtual studio audience for a half hour of laughter, including a send-up of "Mutiny on the Bounty." Our transcontinental cast of voice actors even recorded this show live via Zoom on a Sunday night at 7.
Featuring the talents of...
JACK BENNY: Scott R. McKinley, NJ
CHARLIE MCCARTHY / EFFIE KLINKER / MR. KITZEL: Duane Noch, NJ
EDGAR BERGEN: Larry Groebe, TX
MARY LIVINGSTONE: Denise Cline, KY
PHIL HARRIS: Norman Cline, KY
DENNIS DAY / FRANK NELSON: Bob Beaumont, CA
STAGE HAND / SHELDON LEONARD / MEL BLANC: Pete Lutz, TX
DON WILSON: Ken Jeffries, CA
...and produced and directed by Larry Groebe
S2E3: One Hour
The Tec is called in when a print shop owner is run down in the street by a stolen car. He goes looking for the perps, and when he finds them, the secret they're keeping may cost our hero his life! Adapted by Pete Lutz from the story by Dashiell Hammett.
CAST:
ANNOUNCER: Darren Rockhold
THE TEC: Pete Lutz
RICHMOND: Noah Diamond
CROSTHWAITE: Paul Arbisi
COFFEE: Jeff Moon
SOULES: Mark Kalita
THE OLD MAN: Joe Stofko
OTHER VOICES: John Bell
Theme and incidental music by Dr. Ross Bernhardt
Mixing and sound design by Fishbonius Sound Design
We proudly present the Narada Radio Company and their solitary holiday offering -- but it's a lulu, kiddies!
Based on the hit stage play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and adapted for radio several times in the 1940s (and from two of which productions ours is derived), The Man Who Came to Dinner is a rollicking comedy that tells the story of a tyrannical celebrity who gets injured around Christmastime in a small town in Ohio; and of his eventual comeuppance by his friends and loved ones. Filled with colorful characters and comical situations, this is a Holiday Treat that can't be beat.
Adapted from the 1949 Hotpoint Holiday Hour and 1950 Lux Radio Theatre broadcasts, directed and produced by Pete Lutz. For entertainment purposes only, no infringement is intended. Our Narada Radio Company players were...
Darren Rockhold as Your Announcer
Les Marsden as Sheridan Whiteside
Victoria Fancki as Maggie
Rhiannon McAfee as Lorraine Sheldon
Geri Elliff as Mrs. Stanley
Duane Noch as Mr. Stanley
Rachel Pulliam as Miss Preen
Stephanie Stearns Dulli as Sarah
Bob Beaumont as Dr. Bradley
Jessica Mathews as Harriet Stanley
Dana Gonsalves as Bert Jefferson
Tom Konkle as Beverly Carlton and
Pete Lutz as Banjo, Radio Voice, Michaelson, Expressmen, and Westcott
Music was by Dr. Ross Bernhardt
THE CELLAR Miniseries 2, Episode 2: The Game, by John Bell & Becky Beach
In this specially curated collection for Halloween 2022, we will be presenting a wide selection of new, old-time radio (and other) horror programs. For our ninth, we are proud to present .
In this new production, "The Game" by John Bell and Becky Beach, the Third Place winner in The Cellar's scriptwriting contest in 2019, made especially for World Audio Drama Day 2022, a laid-back guy and his prudish date go to the home of a fun-loving couple for game night. Some experiments with a Ouija Board lead to the unexpected arrival of an uninvited guest, who insists on taking over the evening...and a few other things!
CAST:
CADAVERA QUIVRY: Angela Young
ANNOUNCER: Robin Robbins
BOB: Dana Gonsalves
ALTON: Pete Lutz
SHARON: Angela Young
ELLEN: Rachel Pulliam
THE STRANGER: John Bell
Directed by Pete Lutz
Produced by John Bell
Theme music composed and performed by Tom Rory Parsons
THE CELLAR Miniseries 2, Episode 1: Terror on Edge Island, by Adrian Cory
In this new production, "Terror on Edge Island" by Adrian Cory, the First Place winner in The Cellar's scriptwriting contest in 2019, made especially for World Audio Drama Day 2022, a small band of climate scientists travel to an island off the coast of Norway to study the effect of climate change on its fjords and permafrost, with a secondary study of the prehistoric, primitive life that once thrived there. What else they find is something you'll soon find out for yourself!
CAST:
CADAVERA QUIVRY: Angela Young
ANNOUNCER: Robin Robbins
PROFESSOR LINFORD NOBLE: Jordan Scavone
DR GUNTER SCHMIDT: Thomas Rippert
DR GARY STILES: Les Marsden
DR ANNE HOLLOWAY: Angela Young
CANUTE: Orlando Segarra
Produced & Directed by Pete Lutz
Theme music composed and performed by Tom Rory Parsons
S2E2: Zigzags of Treachery, part 2
In the conclusion of our Season 2 premiere, the life of an innocent woman hangs in the balance, and only a letter can save her – if the Tec can find it in time! Adapted from the Continental Op story of the same name by Dashiell Hammett, originally published in the March 1, 1924 issue of "Black Mask" magazine. Starring The NARADA RADIO COMPANY
Adapted and directed by Pete Lutz
Post-production by Fishbonius Sound Design
Theme and certain musical passages by Dr. Ross Bernhardt
Darren Rockhold as YOUR ANNOUNCER
Pete Lutz as THE TEC
Noah Diamond as ATTORNEY VANCE RICHMOND
Jason D. Johnson as O'GAR
Frank Guglielmelli as MR. STACEY
Jeff Moon as DR. ESTEP
Geri Elliff as EDNA ESTEP
Mark Kalita as DICK FOLEY
Jordan Bruster as BOB TEAL
Paul Arbisi as LEDWICH and HAMMETT'S VOICE
Rachel Pulliam as THE MAID and
Joe Stofko as THE OLD MAN
In their final appearance for the 2022 Sonic Summerstock Playhouse, the Narada Radio Company proudly presents a remake of Lux Radio Theatre's LES MISERABLES, from the 1952 film starring Michael Rennie, Robert Newton and Debra Paget.
ANNOUNCER: Darren Rockhold
JEAN VALJEAN – Les Marsden
JAVERT – Pete Lutz
COSETTE – Rhiannon McAfee
ROBERT – Greg McAfee
JUDGE/PROSECUTOR/GUSTAVE – Larry Groebe
RIMBAUD/GENFLOU – Paul Arbisi
BISHOP – Karim Kronfli
MME. MAGLOIRE – Pam Pailes
CORPORAL/COCHESPAILLE – Dave Robison
SILVERSMITH – Jack Ward
MENTOU - Ross Bernhardt
FANTINE – Carole Krohn
MATHIEU/REVOLUTIONARY – Lothar Tuppan
BREVET/DUPUY – John Bell
MARIUS/BYSTANDER – Dana Gonsalves
Director/Producer: Pete Lutz
Music by Ross Bernhardt
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS - Originally released 10/2/20
Project Audion's live-transcribed cross-continental Zoom-based production for October [2020] is an episode from Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre On the Air from 1938. No, not the "War of the Worlds" which everyone knows, but "Around the World in 80 Days" which aired the week before. Welles, John Houseman, and Howard Koch condensed Jules Verne's 1872 novel into a fast-paced 60 minutes, and fewer than 20 characters (which we handle by doubling each actor's part.) Phileas Fogg's journey started October 2, 1872 at about 9 PM: Project Audion's recreation premieres exactly 148 years later!
In our sterling cast:
Paul Arbisi / Illinois
John Bell / Alabama
Norman Cline / Kentucky
Aileen Corpos / Texas
Dana Gonsalves / Texas
Larry Groebe / Texas
Pete Lutz / Texas
Les Marsden / California
Pete Lutz directed, and Larry Groebe produced
The Saint - "the Robin Hood of modern crime" and star of scores of books, TV shows, movies, and also a well-remembered radio series - is Project Audion's latest radio recreation. Vincent Price was urbanely brilliant as Simon Templar on the radio, but he only came to the show in 1947. The first series aired in 1945 with Edgar Barrier, and no recordings exist.
Project Audion's vintage script of the episode "The Million Dollar Day" was only the 4th-ever episode. This Saint has sidekicks! We were also lucky to speak with Saint expert Ian Dickerson in England for a pre-show interview, and doubly lucky to locate a still-working SONOVOX (and experienced operator Ken Justiss) to recreate the once-famous sound effect of the "Bromo-Seltzer Train."
Our transcontinental transcription recording session was challenged by electrical storms and some camera glitches, but we pulled it off!
Our cast includes:
THE SAINT: Les Marsden, CA
HOPPY/JANITOR: Pete Lutz, TX
PATRICIA: Rhiannon McAfee, CA
MONTEIRO: Dana Gonsalves, TX
KUZELA: Frank Guglielmelli, PA
FERNACK/ANNOUNCER: John Bell, AL
Mr. Lutz directed this episode, and Larry Groebe produced, managed sound, and growled.
(Orig. rel. 8/14/22) The United Artists of Mutual present: Danse Macabre, a segment from a 1938 broadcast of The Royal Desserts Hour. Written by Arch (Lights Out) Oboler, this short piece describes how composer Camille Saint-Saëns might have been inspired to write the piece that made him famous.
With the voices of John Bell as Old Jacques and The Stranger; and Pete Lutz as Rudy Vallee and Saint-Saëns. Mr. Bell and Mr. Lutz also play the voices of the ghosts in the graveyard.
(Orig. rel. 8/14/22) The United Artists of Mutual present: More Bob & Ray! Recorded especially for Sonic Summerstock Playhouse 2022, it features Jeff Billard in the roles of Bob Elliott, and Pete Lutz as the many voices of Ray Goulding, in a half-hour of zany sketches. Enjoy!
1. Show open/Public Service Message
2. Fern Ock Veek, Sickly Whale Oil Processor
3. Einbinder Flypaper commercial
4. Happy Birthday, Ken Vose!
5. Anxiety!
6. Monongahela Metal Foundry commercial
7. Search for Togetherness
8. Mr. Science
9. Closing