The Rose Rhapsody

Captain Hastings meets a couple at a party who have just rented a flat in London’s most fashionable district for an implausibly cheap price. Poirot is intrigued and sets out to investigate. The third short story from Agatha Christie’s collection Poirot Investigates “The Adventure of the Cheap Flat” features acclaimed DC actor and vocal artist, David Bryan Jackson, with musical renditions of Irving...

Chapter 16 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermin to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights.  Rendered by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane, the episode features signature music by Grammy-recognized trumpeter Markus Rutz and his collaborator on the keys, Adrian Ruiz...

Acclaimed Helen Hayes award-winning actor Rick Foucheux, shares his memoir of growing up with a bigger than life instrument in small town Louisiana.

Chapter 15 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermin to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights.  Rendered by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane, the episode features signature music by Grammy-recognized trumpeter Markus Rutz and his collaborator on the keys, Adrian Ruiz...

After the supposed demise of Sherlock Holmes, his closest friend and confidante, Dr. Watson, receives the shock of a lifetime when he is drawn to investigate the apparently unsolvable locked-room murder of the Honorable Ronald Adair.  Part I of the mystery of “The Adventure of the Empty House” features performances by Helen Hayes award-winning actor and celebrated vocal artist Christopher Lane, al...

After the supposed demise of Sherlock Holmes, his closest friend and confidante, Dr. Watson, receives the shock of a lifetime when he is drawn to investigate the apparently unsolvable locked-room murder of the Honorable Ronald Adair.  Part I of the mystery of “The Adventure of the Empty House” features performances by Helen Hayes award-winning actor and celebrated vocal artist Christopher Lane, al...

Chapter 14 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermin to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights.  Rendered by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane, the episode features signature music by Grammy-recognized trumpeter Markus Rutz and his collaborator on the keys, Adrian Ruiz...

No criminal can outwit Detective Hercule Poirot’s “little gray cells” as he investigates the seemingly mundane death of a country squire.  The second short story from Agatha Christie’s collection Poirot Investigates the mystery of “The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor” features performances by acclaimed DC actor, David Bryan Jackson, with musical renditions of Irving Berlin’s classic “Puttin’ on the Ritz,...

Chapter 13 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermin to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights.  Rendered by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane, the episode features signature music by Grammy-recognized trumpeter Markus Rutz and his collaborator on the keys, Adrian Ruiz...

Poetry by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, said to have been inspired by the “wild bells” of Waltham Abbey in Essex, England, when the bereaved poet threw open his window on New Year’s Eve to hear the peal of bells ringing out the old year and ringing in the new. Featuring the vocal artistry of David Bryan Jackson and Leslie Kobylinski, alongside the holiday classic, “Carol of the Bells” by Ukrainian compos...

From “A Christmas Carol” (1843) by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Past visit Scrooge’s former workplace, “Fezziwigs,” on Christmas Eve. Seeing the bright face of his former self and Fezziwig’s generous nature, Scrooge reflects on the value of generosity. This episode features the story-telling artistry of Christopher Lane, alongside the traditional Christmas carols “S...

If ever a poet understood the character of his nation, he was Robert Burns. The language of his poems and songs wasn’t so much Scots or English - it was the language of the heart.  This episode features Burns’ iconic poetry newly interpreted, performed and arranged by The Rose’s in-house band The Gamut, alongside the vocal artistry of Christopher Lane.

Chapter 12 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermin to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights.  Rendered by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane, the episode features signature music by Grammy-recognized trumpeter Markus Rutz and his collaborator on the keys, Adrian Ruiz...

The musings and observations from long hard days in the saddle featured in the poetry of “Jim Marshall’s New Pianner” by William Devere and “Beware of the Mooses” by Wolf David, performed by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane alongside the cowboy classic “Git Along, Little Dogies” sung by the late great Country Music star, Marty Robbins. 

Chapter 11 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermin to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights.  Rendered by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane, the episode features signature music by Grammy-recognized trumpeter Markus Rutz and his collaborator on the keys, Adrian Ruiz...

pRosePie! - a delicious spoken word symphony featuring the poetry of award-winning journalist, war correspondent and published poet, Tom Squitieri, performed by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane alongside musical inspirations from composer and musician extraordinaire, David Kowal. 

From the “Queen of Crime” and the world’s bestselling novelist, Agatha Christie, comes the first in her collection of short stories displaying the brilliance of the famously eccentric Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot.  No criminal can outwit Poirot’s “little gray cells” as he investigates the mysterious disappearance of a film star’s diamond.  THE ADVENTURE OF “THE WESTERN STAR” features performa...

Chapter 10 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermin to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights.  Rendered by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane, the episode features signature music by Grammy-recognized trumpeter Markus Rutz and his collaborator on the keys, Adrian Ruiz...

The delightful observations of John Henry, fictional Man-about-Town, from the prolific pen of Hugh McHugh aka George V. Hobart, the Canadian-American playwright and humorist. At the time of his death in 1926, Hobart was one of America’s most popular sketch writers, and satirists. This episode features the vocal artistry of Christopher Lane as John Henry alongside signature musical themes created e...

Chapter 9 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermin to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights.  Rendered by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane, the episode features signature music by Grammy-recognized trumpeter Markus Rutz and his collaborator on the keys, Adrian Ruiz....

A flight of fancy and the pursuit of an impossible dream take a lowly fisherman on a magical journey in this charming fairy tale written and performed by Helen Hayes award-winning actor and vocal artist Rick Foucheux.

Chapter 8 of what is now considered Ernest Hemingway’s greatest work, portraying American and British expatriates who travel from Paris to the Festival of San Fermin to watch the running of the bulls and the bullfights.  Rendered by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane, the episode features signature music by Grammy-recognized trumpeter Markus Rutz and his collaborator on the keys, Adrian Ruiz....

The gripping first-hand account of the greatest peacetime seafaring disaster of all-time, as told by James Bisset, Second Officer onboard the Carpathia , as they raced to rescue the Titanic from its tragic fate on April 15, 1912.  Carpathia was written by Rick Foucheux, based on James Bisset’s article as published in ENCYCLOPEDIA TITANICA and features a performance by acclaimed DC actor and vocal...

You-know-who is back and He ain’t happy.  “When Frogs Fall From the Sky” by J. R. Spaulding - a new offering from IN CHARACTER | The Monologue Plays - features acclaimed D.C. actor and co-host of the “Read More Plays Podcast”, Ricardo Frederick Evans.

This episode features the song “Rain,” written and performed by Chris Stezin, alongside the poem “His Turn is Long Overdue” by award-winning journalist, war correspondent and published poet Tom Squitieri, performed by acclaimed vocal artist Christopher Lane.