Monday Matinee

Federal Stonecipher ends the Matinee for June with Sonic Society #722, The Drop, and Northside/Southside Radio Players: "George and Gracie" at the Brick Cafe, Waukegan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live radio theater re-creation of the classic Jack Benny Show parody of the famous western movie "High Noon." The play was performed by an Evanston, Illinois-based group of actors and musicians at Joplin's Java Coffeehouse in Jack Benny's hometown of Waukegan, Illinois in 2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a long, late night and Julie finds herself being woken up from a dreamworld by Karen, her best friend since childhood. Together, on this bright morning they will discuss many things, including their past, present and future and maybe they’ll find out why Julie left the front door unlocked. It seems strange though, why would she forget ‘The Lock’? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

This week Jack and David bring a run from a thriller anthology series The Long Hallway. Behind each door lurks a tale designed to send a chill down your spine. These bite-sized, flash-fiction stories are written by members of the Skylark Media team. Be sure to do your part to help the crowd funded show from Faustian Nonsense- Super Suits! Go to http://seedandspark.com/fund/super-suits before March...

It's the beginning of a full summer week and the Matinee is the coolest place! Join Federal Stonecipher with Sonic Society #721, The Lock, and High Noon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live radio theater re-creation of Marx Bros. comedy radio show "Ravelli, the Jailbird," from Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel 1932-33 series. Half-hour radio play with musical numbers sung and played by the cast. Performed by the Northside/Southside Players at Family Piano Company in downtown Waukegan, IL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘Digging Deep’ tells the story of a community and a friendship that struggled to survive during the 1984-85 UK ‘Miner’s Strike’. In present day; two people who used to be friends come together for the first time in 25 years and remember the decisions that they once had to make and the consequences that were bound to follow… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jack and David bring the premiere episode of The Godshead Incidental, Lorem Ipsum. Em has a run-in with the “God” of “Memory.” Plus, how to deal with vision board theft. Be sure to do your part to help the crowd funded show from Faustian Nonsense- Super Suits! Go to http://seedandspark.com/fund/super-suits before March 10th! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal Stonecipher opens the Matinee with Sonic Society #720, Digging Deep, and Northside/Southside Radio Players: Marx Brothers Radio Comedy Show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live community theatre production of an adapted radio play, "Empire Builders - Glacier Park." Prerecorded introduction followed by live audio recorded onstage at Chicago's Den Theatre on 8/20/2022, lightly edited for broadcast. Two musical numbers: "Old Montana" (cowboy ballad) and "Mike's Place" (hot Western Swing). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Lucy’ is dark fictional tale of one man’s obsessional love for someone far younger than himself; for if she is ‘Little Red Riding Hood‘, then he must clearly be the ‘Big Bad Wolf‘. This radio play is performed and written by Kevin Cordell and is based upon his own stage play which you can view here. This play got its audio premiere on Sheffield Live 93.2fm at 11pm on May 8th. Learn more about...

This week Jack and David bring the first two episodes of Brimstone Valley Mall. The year is 1999. Lurking somewhere between Hot Topic and the food court, five misfit demons from Hell kill time inciting sin in a suburban shopping mall. When the lead singer of their band goes mysteriously missing, the demons only have two weeks to find him before they play the biggest gig of the millenium - or face...

Federal Stonecipher opens the Matinee today with Sonic Society #719, "For Lucy" and Northside/Southside Radio Playerss: Empire Builders Glacier Park! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Radio drama program featuring the Northside/Southside Players of Chicago. The script for The Summons was adapted by Carol Seymour from a 1914 Old West short story by Canadian author George Pattullo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poison is on the stereo, the guitar is plugged into the console and the biscuit-tin is all but empty. This is “Biscuits for Tea“, the story of two young flatmates who have recently left university and now find themselves considering what life might have in store next. Faced with broken relationships, dead end jobs, empty bank accounts and too much spare time to fill; they quickly work out that the...

This week we complete Roar Creative Productions feature with "The Grove"! Written and directed by Meg Toogood and episodes 4-6. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to June at the Matinee! This week Federal Stonecipher brings us Sonic Society #718, Biscuits for Tea, and Northside/Southside Radio Players: The Summons! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

British comedy is an inspiration!  Everything from films produced by the Ealing Company, Spike Milligan and The Goon Show, Monty Python, Keeping Up Appearances, you name it!  I love the laughs, and decided to try writing a British comedy script.  I hope you forgive the accents and enjoy it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Martians Never Die” is the next in our series of updated radio sci-fi pieces from the forties and fifties. Re-recorded with new actors, modern sound effects and atmospheric music. During these productions we try to stick to the original script as closely as possible; in-turn seeking to create modern, yet strangely old fashioned pieces of radio drama… What is the ideal bodyguard? The most ferociou...

This week we check out a Roar Creative Productions feature with "The Grove"! When she's asked to present at the company's flagship conference graduate developer Mira Fisher must face her biggest fear - public speaking. But life at the world's coolest, biggest, wealthiest tech company is not as it seems. In the atrium of ornamental trees ancient, mythical forces are waking that will change Mira's d...

Federal Stonecipher opens the last week of May at the Matinee with Sonic Society #717, Martians Never Die, and Northside/Southside Radio Players: Put the Kettle On! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Original radio comedy performance with music featuring Flywheel, a wisecracking crooked lawyer, and his bumbling assistant Emanuel Ravelli. The play is based on the 1930s radio series "Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel." Three original songs by David Drazin are included: "Wilbert, the Butler," "Just Give Me Food," and "Radio is Great ee-Oh." Written and directed by David Drazin. Other cast members a...

Jenny is standing in her bedroom, cleaning a pair of walking boots. She is in her under-slip. There is a mirror, a small table, a rail of clothing and a double bed. A long nighty is on top of the bed and underneath it, sits a small cardboard box. She patiently waits for her husband to return, while outside the rain continues to fall, as it has done all day… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Feeling in the dumps from the dark days of January? Let Sonic Society brighten your day with some music! This week we have "Ignore City" which is an audio drama rock musical with original songs by The Shake Ups! In a post-apocalyptic future where technology has been outlawed, Deban Rimpa, a scrappy bike messenger, befriends a sentient robot head named Saner 0805. She embarks on an intrepid adventu...

Federal Stonecipher opens the week with Sonic Society #716, Flood, and Northside/Southside Radio Players: Flywheel & Ravelli, Shoemakers at the Matinee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices