Journey #201 - Tales From The Crypt: Island of Death (as presented by Seeing Ear Theater)

A pair of film fanatic buddies crash land on an uncharted island where they're forced to play a variation of "The Most Dangerous Game" against a seductive vixen for the amusement of an eccentric millionaire.

Content Warning: Some sexual situations.

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Cast:

Gina Gershon as Galatea Hapsburg

Luke Perry as Quinn Dillon

Anne Bobby as Doris

Todd Cummings as Jeeves

Ramon de OCampo as Baily

Rafael Ferrer as Lothar

Nick Wyman as the Rich Man

Allissa Hunnicutt as the Series Announcer, and

John Kassir as The Crypt Keeper

Seeing Ear Theater was an internet based drama/re-enactment troupe looking to capture the feel of older sci-fi / fantasy radio plays. The productions originally ran from 1997-2001 on the now defunct SciFi.com website.

Find other Seeing Ear Theater appearances on Journey Into here.

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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Journey #189 - Tales From The Crypt: By the Fright of the Silvery Moon (as presented by Seeing Ear Theater)

 When animals and residents of Las Luzes, New Mexico begin being mutilated by a mysterious beast, the town sheriff is forced to investigate.

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Cast: 

John Ritter as Sheriff Jim Thorton

Robbert Pruitt as Deputy Frank Phile

Peter Waldren as Alec/The Father/The Creature 

Anne Bobby as Sarah/The Mother

Beng Spies as Steven

Kate Simses as Linda

Allissa Hunnicutt as the News Woman/Baby/Series Announcer

Leah Applebaum as Terry

Laurissa James as Paula, and

John Kassir as The Crypt Keeper

Seeing Ear Theater was an internet based drama/re-enactment troupe looking to capture the feel of older sci-fi / fantasy radio plays. The productions originally ran from 1997-2001 on the now defunct SciFi.com website.

Find other Seeing Ear Theater appearances on Journey Into here.

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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Journey #179 - Tales From The Crypt: Fare Tonight, Followed By Increasing Clottiness (as presented by Seeing Ear Theater)

Bhaya, a recent immigrant from India and taxi cab driver, draws the notorious Gravesmoor route for his nightshift.  When he picks up an implacable vampire hunter for a fare, Bhaya finds himself in for a wild ride through a hellish night.

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Cast: 

Keith David as Dr. Egbert Fleagle, 

Aasif Mandvi as Bhaya Baniswati, 

Glenn Zarr as Wiper/Ahmed, 

Andrew Joffe as Sapirstein/the Vampire Union Leader, 

George Zarr as Vito, 

Leah Applebaum as Matilda the Waitress, 

John Kassir as The Crypt Keeper, and 

Alissa Hunnicutt as the series announcer.

Seeing Ear Theater was an internet based drama/re-enactment troupe looking to capture the feel of older sci-fi / fantasy radio plays. The productions originally ran from 1997-2001 on the now defunct SciFi.com website.

Find other Seeing Ear Theater appearances on Journey Into here.

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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Journey #168 - Tales From The Crypt: Tight Grip (as presented by Seeing Ear Theater)

A young girl named Kitty refuses to speak, except to her teddy bear and through her violin.

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Seeing Ear Theater was an internet based drama/re-enactment troupe looking to capture the feel of older sci-fi / fantasy radio plays. The productions originally ran from 1997-2001 on the now defunct SciFi.com website.

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Other Seeing Ear Theater productions on Journey Into,

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Journey #165 - Murder Mysteries by Neil Gaiman (as presented by Seeing Ear Theater)

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. Warning:  Some explicit content.

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Neil Gaiman is a British fantasy author whose work has been honored with many awards internationally, including the Newbery and Carnegie Medals. His books and stories have also been honored with Hugos, Nebulas, the World Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Awards, Locus Awards, British SF Awards, British Fantasy Awards, and numerous others.  Some of his most notable works include The Sandman comic book series, and novels American Gods, Anansi Boys, Coraline, Good Omens, and Graveyard Book.

Seeing Ear Theater was an internet based drama/re-enactment troupe looking to capture the feel of older sci-fi / fantasy radio plays. The productions originally ran from 1997-2001on the now defunct SciFi.com website.

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

Crew:

Produced and Directed by Brian Smith

Sound Design by John Colucci

Related Links:

• Other Seeing Ear Theater productions on Journey Into,

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Journey #117 - The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele (Seeing Ear Theatre)

Spacer Rohr Furland takes a temporary position on The Comet, joining the sparse crew of Jeri, a bioengineered “Superior” human, a cranky AI referred to as "The Brain", and the eccentric (some say crazy) captain, Bo McKinnon, who styles himself to be the 1940’s pulp SF hero, Captain Future.

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Episode art from Christian Jaehnel

Allen Steele was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He received his B.A. in Communications and a M.A. in Journalism. Before turning to SF, he worked for as a staff writer for daily and weekly newspapers, freelanced for business and general-interest magazines, and spent a short tenure as a Washington correspondent, covering politics on Capitol Hill.

Steele, became a full-time science fiction writer in 1988, following publication of his first short story, "Live From The Mars Hotel" (Asimov's, mid-Dec. `88). Since then he has become a prolific author of novels, short stories, and essays, with his work appearing all over the world.

In 2013, he received the Robert A. Heinlein Award, presented by the Robert A. Heinlein Society in recognition of his fiction promoting the exploration of space.

Seeing Ear Theater was an extension of the SCI-Fi Channel, and produced audio dramas 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 and delivered “radio” drama via streaming audio. It managed to capture some of the top living SF writers of today, like Harlan Ellision, J. Michael Straczynski, Connie Willis, Neil Gaiman, and Kim Stanley Robinson. It also produced some classic stories, from the likes of Fredric Brown, Poul Anderson, and William Tenn.

Cast (partial):

Neil Dickson as Rohr Furland

Marina Sirtis as Jeri

Crew:

Adapted by Brian Smith

Related Links:

• English dubbed version of the Captain Future anime
• Information on Captain Future Magazine
• My (embarrassingly novice) narration of "Salvage In Space" by Jack Williamson on Starship Sofa (story starts at 39:44)

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Journey #80 - Emily 501 by Tamara Hladik (Seeing Ear Theatre)

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…

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Seeing Ear Theater was an extension of the SCI-Fi Channel, and produced audio dramas 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 and delivered “radio” drama via streaming audio. It managed to capture some of the top living SF writers of today, like Harlan Ellision, J. Michael Straczynski, Connie Willis, Neil Gaiman, and Kim Stanley Robinson. It also produced some classic stories, from the likes of Fredric Brown, Poul Anderson, and William Tenn.

Cast:

Anne Bobby as Sitaine Nuluhaya

Alissa Hunnicutt as Computer

Rebecca Nice as Poetry Reader

Crew:

Produced and Directed by George Zarr

Musical echoes performed by Bobby, Hunnicutt, and Nice

Sound Design by John Colucci

Related Links:

Rish Outfield reads "The Signalman" by Charles Dickens

"Kaleidoscope" by Ray Bradbury on Journey #38 (at 51m20s)

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Journey #76 - The Martian Crown Jewels by Poul Anderson (Seeing Ear Theater)

There is only one Martian who can help Inspector Gregg solve the mystery of the missing Martian crown jewels: Syaloch, a seven foot bird-like being who has taken on the methods of Sherlock Holmes.

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Poul Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards.

Seeing Ear Theater was an extension of the SCI-Fi Channel, and produced audio dramas 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 and delivered “radio” drama via streaming audio. It managed to capture some of the top living SF writers of today, like Harlan Ellision, J. Michael Straczynski, Connie Willis, Neil Gaiman, and Kim Stanley Robinson. It also produced some classic stories, from the likes of Fredric Brown, Poul Anderson, and William Tenn.

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

Related Links:

2013 Edgar Allan Poe Writing Contest - Submission Guidelines

2013 Parsec Award Finalists

Debut episode of Strewn Along The Path

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Journey #64 - Fire Watch by Connie Willis (presented by Seeing Ear Theatre)

Young Bartholomew is a graduate student in history from a future Oxford who is assigned to travel back in time to join and study the famous Fire Watch Brigade-the volunteer corps whose brave members kept St. Paulâs Cathedral from being burned to the ground by Nazi incendiaries.

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Connie Willis was  born on 31 December 1945 is an American science fiction (SF) writer. She has won eleven Hugo Awards and seven Nebula Awards. Her first published story, "The Secret of Santa Titicaca," appeared in Worlds of Fantasy in 1971. After receiving an NEA grant in 1982, she left her teaching job and became a full-time writer.

Willis has written several pieces involving time travel by history students at a faculty of the future University of Oxford.   It all started with  short story "Fire Watch" (found in the collection of the same name) and the novels Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog, as well as the two-part novel Blackout/All Clear. All of the Oxford Time Travel stories have won the Hugo Award, and all but To Say Nothing of the Dog have won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award.

She lives in Greeley, Colorado with her husband, Courtney.


SEEING EAR THEATRE was an extension of the SCI-Fi Channel, and produced audio dramas 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 and delivered “radio” drama via streaming audio. It managed to capture some of the top living SF writers of today, like Harlan Ellision, J. Michael Straczynski, Connie Willis, Neil Gaiman, and Kim Stanley Robinson. It also produced some classic stories, from the likes of Fredric Brown, Poul Anderson, and William Tenn.

Cast and crew:

Sebastian Roché as Bartholomew
Rika Daniel as Frieda
Ian Reed as Langby
George Holmes as Professor Dunworthy
Nicky as the cat
also Rita Ben-Or, Anthony Ferguson, Nicholas Haylett, Gideon Juvenal, Ron Keith, Giovanni Pucci, John Rainer, Dieter Riesele, Vicki Stuart, and Felix Van Dyke

Produced and Directed by George Zarr
Story adapted for audio by Tony Daniel
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

Realated Links:
SFF Audio
The London Blitz
Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Blackout, and All Clear by Connie Willis
Doctor Who on Netflix
Dr Who S1E9 - The Empty Child
Barrage Ballons

Music used in this production:
"Largo" by Dvorak
Doctor Who Theme

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