Jabberwocky Audio Theater All-in-One Audio Buffet

For our final show of 2019, we do a reading of O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi," performed by Kim Davenport . Rated  AD-G for general audiences Unless this brings back bad memories of having to discuss this story in English class or you have a phobia involving combs, you should be okay. Click here for full show notes.

Washington, DC, September 2011. A city as renowned for pushing papers as for pushing deadlines. Where the machinery of American government fights tooth and nail against the encroachment of twenty-first century technology… clinging desperately to methods, communication styles, and entire industries rendered obsolete in the world beyond the Capital Beltway. Bicycle messenger Swipe is on the final de...

We conclude the very Victorian ghost story from very Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell in a way that will make you want to have a fainting couch nearby. Rated  AD-G for general audiences We're talking fairly standard Victorian ghost spookiness, and some likewise Victorian admonitions against youthful folly. Click here for complete show notes.

Celebrated Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell gives us a perfectly Victorian ghost story. Rated  AD-G for general audiences We're talking fairly standard Victorian ghost spookiness here: Long on family history, with chills lovingly curated. Click here for complete show notes.

Enjoy William R. Coughlan 's award-winning narration of H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Rats in the Walls" amid an immersive soundscape. Rated  AD-PG , so parental guidance is suggested Deals with cannibalism, ancient evils, and includes an antechamber from Hell, so basically, it's Lovecraft. Click here for complete show notes.

Enjoy William R. Coughlan 's award-winning narration of H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Rats in the Walls" amid an immersive soundscape. Rated  AD-PG , so parental guidance is suggested It's Lovecraft, so we've got the existential dread and humans behaving very badly covered. Click here for complete show notes.

We venture into the deep, dark woods that is our spooky anthology series with scary story told in countless versions around countless campfires across America: "Tailypo." Then we switch to a very British ghost story: "The Open Window," by Saki Rated  AD-PG , so parental guidance is suggested Contains the implication that a human is eaten by a monster as well as British manners. Click here for comp...

The celebrated Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Rated  AD-G  for general audiences Contains arbitrary and capricious prejudice, depression, ducks being shot, darkness, cold, but, also, a joyous discover of self. Click here for full show notes.

A version of the classic European fairy tale of a cursed daughter, a valiant prince, and taking "sleeping in" a bit too far. Rated  AD-G  for general audiences Contains ogres, attempts to eat children, and karmic justice. Click here for full show notes.

A version of an Estonian fairy tale taken from The Violet Fairy Book by Andrew Lang and featuring a peasant, his daughter, and the strange and mysterious forest of Tontlawald. Rated  AD-G  for general audiences Contains cruelty and oddity with stepmothers, doppelgangers, consequences, and transmogrification. Click here for full show notes.

We kick off our anthology series with a version of the German folk take "The Street Musicians" by Andrew Lang, "The Owl and the Pussycat" by English artist Edward Lear, and two fables from Greek storyteller Aesop. Rated  AD-G  for general audiences Unless you think robbers don't deserve some animal-related karma or are allergic to runcible spoons, you should be fine. Click here for full show notes...

The JAT crew got a chance to return to Escape Velocity over the 2019 Memorial Day weekend and do a special live production in honor of the 40th anniversary of both Alien and the TV show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (as you'll hear, we reference some of the earlier adventures of Rogers as well). Basically, it's a sendup of every space opera story you know where a crew investigates a derelict spa...

Bjorn and Bill talk about the end of season two of Rogue Tyger , some of the shows coming up for the rest of the year and 2020 as well as pause to ask for your help in keeping all this audio theater going. Rated  AD-G for general audiences We're basically just talking. Click here for complete show notes.

Narrowly escaping enemy agents in the Imperial capital on Acheron, the crew of the Tyger search for a safe haven for themselves and Princess Nalini. Rated  AD-PG , so parental guidance is suggested Contains sci-fi related action, nasty smells, alcohol drinking as Vic fully avails himself of an open bar, and sudden, but inevitable betrayal. Click here for complete show notes.

In space, amid the wrecks of hundreds of past space battles, the Tyger faces an enemy armada. Beneath the Imperial capital on Acheron Prime, the remaining crew try and get Princess Nalini to safety. Rated  AD-PG , so parental guidance is suggested Contains sci-fi related action and peril — and Aidan almost says a naughty word. Click here for complete show notes.

While the Tyger remains in the Hrageddor system, most of the crew — hidden aboard a Coutharian vessel — have landed covertly on Acheron Prime. Will they be able to escort Princess Nalini al-Zamin to safety? Rated  AD-G  for general audiences Contains crowds, festivals, unpleasant smells, and a key discovery about Coutharian anatomy. Click here for complete show notes.

Can the crew of the  Tyger  deliver Princess Nalini al-Zamin safely to Acheron? Rated  AD-G  for general audiences Contains preconceived notions about other species being challenges, brief juvenile humor about mating, and lots and lots of ships. Click here for complete show notes.

Rescuing the Royal Princess Nalini al-Zamin from deadly peril, the Tyger races back to the safety of the core systems. Rated  AD-G  for general audiences Contains both confidence and concerns about the future, expectations of class and caste, plus skimmer refits. Click here for complete show notes.

Will the  Tyger  escape before they are completely surrounded by the ships of the Zenocrate Cartel? Rated  AD-G  for general audiences Contains cunning plans, explosions, a little moustache-twirling, and poetry. Click here for complete show notes.

Trapped in a nebula, the crew of the Tyger search for a way out as enemy ships begin to close in. Rated  AD-G  for general audiences Contains regrets about career choices and jewelry repair on the downlow. Click here for complete show notes.

Trapped in a nebula surrounded by enemy ships, the crew of the Tyger search for a way to escape. Rated  AD-G  for general audiences Contains expert medical angst, cynical political stratagems, and an important lesson about staying well within jump fields if you want to avoid bodily harm. Click here for complete show notes.

Confronted by an old enemy at the edge of a nebula, Captain Macorum must decide to fight or flee. Rated  AD-G  for general audiences Contains space pirates, the sort of skullduggery one might expect space pirates are involved in, and unexpected spaceship maneuvers. Click here for complete show notes.

Rescuing the Royal Princess Nalini al-Zamin from deadly peril, the Tyger races back to the safety of the core systems. Rated  AD-G  for general audiences Contains a lot of history of the Imperium, backstory on the characters, and so, so much patience. Click here for complete show notes.

On a rescue mission on a distant moon, the crew finds they may have come too late. Rated  AD-G  for general audiences Contains adventure-related action, including slicing, dicing, and blaster fire. Click here for complete show notes.

On a rescue mission to a far-off moon, is the crew too late? Rated  AD-G  for general audiences Contains adventure-related peril and thanatological discussions. Click here for complete show notes.