2009-06-02 Breaking Radio Silence!

2. June 2009 by David.

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:
LibertyCon is nearly upon us and the lineup has been (mostly) set! This year we are pleased to bring the following audio dramas to our good friends in Chattanooga, TN:

Our Fair City by Robert A. Heinlein
A newspaper reporter takes on corrupt city officials with the help of a retired newsstand operator, a photographer, and…a pet whirlwind named Kitten.
Omnilingual by H. Beam Piper
Mars is being explored and a once-thriving civilization has been discovered. But with the Martians long gone, how can we decipher their now-dead language?
Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Enemies Within! by Ron N. Butler
In this brand new episode of our longest running and most popular series, a disgraced politician from Rory’s first adventure as a Space Marshal comes back to haunt him. Featuring characters first introduced in Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Luna Shall be Dry!

We’re also gearing up for Dragon*Con on September 4-7.
And finally, we are extremely excited to announce our second season at the Academy Theatre.
October 24-25 - The Call of C’thulhu by H. P. Lovecraft, adapted for audio by Ron N. Butler
December 5-6 - An Atlanta Christmas created by Thomas E. Fuller, expanded by the authors of the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company
March 27-28 - The Last Dragon to Avondale by Thomas E. Fuller

More details to be included in future newsletters. As always, expect more great audio drama and musical guests at these public performances!

Handy reference link for the ARTC performance calendar.

The First ARTC art contest!
The deadline is approaching! It’s a tight race! Actually…nobody has entered. With these fabulous prizes I can only hope that people are waiting until the submission deadline to get their work in, but if that’s the case go ahead and send us an email letting us know so we’ll be on the lookout for it. Pass this along to your fast-working artist friends and let’s see what you can do! Here are the details again…

ARTC is well known for its adaptations of H. P. Lovecraft’s classic horror. With adaptations of At the Mountains of Madness, The Dunwich Horror, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and The Rats in the Walls in our CD collection and The Colour Out of Space in our live production catalog we thought we’d return to one of our earliest adaptations, The Call of C’thulhu. Originally adapted by Gerald W. Page and performed at the first Dragon*Con in 1987, the script has, unfortunately, been lost. Ron N. Butler, creator of Rory Rammer and adapter of The Colour Out of Space, among other outstanding new audio dramas, has agreed to do a brand new adaptation for us, which we will present as part of our 25th Anniversary celebration at Dragon*Con 2009.

We’d like for YOU to create the promotional poster and, eventually, CD cover art for this project. Here are the specifics:

• Artwork should be portrait style, 3.75″ x 7.5″ with a “live” area of 3.25″ x 7″.
• Submissions should be in jpg, gif, or png format, emailed to art@artc.org. Questions may be sent here as well.
• Submissions should depict your vision of the short story The Call of C’thulhu by H. P. Lovecraft and must be your original work. We’ll fill in our logo, name, and showtimes afterwards.
• Once a winner has been selected, a final version should be provided as a high-res Photoshop (psd) or TIF file of at least 300dpi.
• One winner will receive the entire H. P. Lovecraft ARTC CD collection as well as a copy of the new Rory Rammer, Space Marshal CD.
• Three runners-up will receive a copy of the new Rory Rammer, Space Marshal CD.
• Artwork will be properly credited, but becomes the property of the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company.
• Submission deadline: June 7, 2009

Studio Productions:
In addition to the new Rory Rammer CD that will be coming out very soon, we’re also pleased to announce that our storytelling release, Tales From the Dark River will be on Audible.com soon! We’re also hard at work on An Atlanta Christmas, Throne of Shadows, and we’re looking into some opportunities that will enable us to get our material out there faster and better than before.

And for you new subscribers, once again here’s the link to the outtakes from the studio sessions for Rory Rammer. These are being made available exclusively to subscribers of Breaking Radio Silence…not even the podcast gets this kind of content. And if you like it, let us know and we’ll be sure to include more like it in the future!

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!

Getting Involved:
Ever wanted to help out ARTC but you weren’t sure how? Email us and let us know! There’s all kinds of things that can be done from anywhere in the world. Or if you have an idea for something you’d like to help out with, let us know that, too! We’re always eager to welcome new people into our fold in whatever way works best for them!

ARTC Podcast:
The ARTC podcast for May featured Ghost Dance by Thomas E. Fuller, performed live at a special engagement for Georgia Pacific. Remember, the studio recording of Ghost Dance is available for sale at our website and at Audible.com! June’s podcast will be a special surprise. For everybody. Because I haven’t picked it yet. Doesn’t everyone love surprises??

Tune in on the second Thursday of each month at 8pm for more free audio drama from ARTC!

Snippets from the Static:

• This reminds me a lot of the ARTC adaptation of Zap Thy Neighbor by James P. Hogan, adapted for audio by Daniel Taylor. How about you?
• ARTC went to CDs several years ago…but are cassettes making a comeback?
• We first reported this on our Twitter feed, but it bears repeating. Scientists are working on stealth sound technology. Shhhh.
• An interesting article about The Saint.
• And lastly, in The Rats in the Walls, Lovecraft makes reference to the Piltdown Man. I guess the story was more fictional than he’d expected.

Haven’t heard Zap Thy Neighbor? Want to? Let us know and we’ll add it 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…and beyond!

• Former ARTC President Geoffrey M. Brown in his new production company, Dancing Monkey Cabaret!
• Long time ARTC members Sarah Taylor and Oreta Taylor appearing with the Northside Festival Singers (YouTube video)
• One of ARTC’s favorite musical guests, Juliana Finch, is touring around the country. See her in Decatur, GA, at Paris on June 21. Full tour calendar here!

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:

Follow ARTC on Twitter!
Become a fan of ARTC on Facebook!
Check out our random updates on LiveJournal!
See pictures of audio drama in our Gallery!
There is Adventure in Sound!

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