Breaking Radio Silence - ARTC News! 2009-03-03

Breaking Radio Silence - The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company Newsletter

Greetings everyone and welcome to the ARTC newsletter, published on or around the first Tuesday of each month!  The purpose of a newsletter is to bring news, so let’s begin with news about…

Live Performances:
The kickoff event for our year-long 25th Anniversary celebration is nearly upon us and I am pleased to be able to bring you the complete lineup of scripts you’ll be hearing in this performance.

King Kong (an audio introduction) by Gerald W. Page
Bumpers Crossroads: Bargains written by Terry Sanders, series created by Daniel Taylor
Poetry reading by ARTC founder William L. Brown
Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment: Baby Boom by Jonathan Strickland
Unresolved Mysteries, Solved While U Wait: Phrenotherapy by Ron N. Butler
Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Asteroid of Love by Ron N. Butler
An Arkham Home Companion by Brad Strickland
and culiminating in one of our most ambitious audio performances, a story that can ONLY be told in audio, Blues for Johnny Raven by Thomas E. Fuller

All this and more with musical guests Alton Leonard and Juliana Finch!

Our Facebook event page currently has just under 750 invitees listed on it. Not everyone can come, obviously, but every person you invite to the show is another potential convert to the cause of New Old-Time Radio. Invite your friends!

Here’s all the details:

ARTC 25th Anniversary Spectacular
March 7, 8:00 pm - March 8, 2:30 pm
Academy Theatre
119 Center St.
Avondale Estates, GA 30002
Tickets: $10
Box office: 404-474-8332

Handy reference link for the ARTC performance calendar.

Getting Involved:
Not on Facebook? Or, have another blog you’d rather plug us on? We’ve made it easy for you!
First, we’ve created a handy web-friendly poster for you!

The thumbnail goes to the midsize version (direct link here) and if you click on the midsize version you can get to the full size, suitable for printing! All this courtesy of the ARTC Gallery, so feel free to hotlink unless you’re especially high-traffic, and then we’ll ask you to rehost, but use your judgment.

Second, if you’re short on copy, feel free to use any of the material in this newsletter or from this posting on LiveJournal!

Studio Productions:
The sound effects library we mentioned in the previous newsletter is already helping streamline the production process. Look for new product soon!

In the meantime, don’t forget our already extensive catalog!

Think CDs are old hat? ARTC is available by download at Audible.com, iTunes, and Amazon!

ARTC Podcast:
The ARTC podcast for February featured two episodes of our long-running series Bumpers Crossroads! The Developer and The Traffic Light. Next up in March, we’ll bring you another installment from Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment: Baby Boom - HEY! That looks familiar! Yes, it’ll be the performance from the 25th Anniversary show I mentioned above, so come on out and be a part of podcasting magic! Tune in on the second Thursday of each month at 8pm for more free audio drama from ARTC!

Snippets from the Static:
Anyone who has ever heard our classic piece Most Pierced Man will get a shiver out of this story.
Similarly, this reminds us of our adapatation of Robert A. Heinlein’s All You Zombies…
And, lastly, we present this archive from the podcast to go with this story. Life imitating art? Just one more step, we think.

Haven’t heard Most Pierced Man or All You Zombies… ? Want to? Let us know and we’ll add them to the list of upcoming podcasts!
Off-dial Programming:
ARTC has had dozens, if not hundreds, of members in its run since 1984, and they don’t just do radio drama. Look for these ARTC members in performances around the Atlanta area!

Former ARTC President Geoffrey M. Brown in his new production company, Dancing Monkey Cabaret!

Got something for Snippets from the Static or Off-dial Programming? Broadcast it this way!
As always:
Remember that more information about us and audio drama in general can be found at www.artc.org.  Please feel encouraged to forward this newsletter to any and all who may have an interest in New Old-Time Radio, audio drama, or just using your imagination.  You can contact us through the website or by emailing info@artc.org. Archives of these newsletters as well as other information may be found at blog.artc.org.

Handy social networking links:
Become a fan of ARTC on Facebook!
Check out our random updates on LiveJournal!
Help us gather pictures of audio drama on our Gallery!
There is Adventure in Sound!

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