2018 HEAR Now Festival Featured Programming:
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Platinum Listening
The HEAR Now Festival is happy to present a variety of audio performances from around the U.S. and the world.
This page showcases productions the Festival's panel of judges felt represented among the best works submitted this year.
These productions were listened to in quality listening environments throughout the Festival.
Featured are a wide variety of stories and story-telling styles.
Be sure to click on the link for each program so you can learn more about our featured artists.
These programs will be available until November 1, 2018 for you to enjoy.
And be sure to watch for the 2019 HEAR Now Festival Submission Information.
You might be selected to be showcased in one of our listening theaters or in next year's HEAR Now Podcast Palooza!
Happy Listening - The 2018 HEAR Now Festival.
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Special thanks to our Festival judges:
Karen Brady, Jackie Casteel, Scott Cinnamon, Peter Greg, Renee Pringle, and Jerry Stearns
Karen Brady, Jackie Casteel, Scott Cinnamon, Peter Greg, Renee Pringle, and Jerry Stearns
TO HEAR MORE FROM THE ARTISTS FEATURED ON THIS PAGE CLICK THE LINKS PROVIDED FOR EACH PROGRAM
Thursday, June 7th - MIDNIGHT LISTENING
A special late night treat for Festival Pass Holders
Nairobi Jack Rackham has a boatload of debt and not enough business coming in to pay it off.
Can the Martin Expedition help him and Dusty Jim Slayback out of their jam?
Or is the threat of the Zandari too much for the intrepid explorer?
Can the Martin Expedition help him and Dusty Jim Slayback out of their jam?
Or is the threat of the Zandari too much for the intrepid explorer?
2018 Mark Time Awards Finalist
The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company was founded in 1984 by radio personality William L. Brown and actor/director Patrick Stansbury. They incorporated ARTC as a non-profit educational corporation, dedicated to the production and distribution of quality audio drama.
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Atlanta Radio Theatre Company
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FRIDAY, June 8, 2018
Playing at the Cinemark Palace at the Plaza
9:15am - 4:45pm
Programs are grouped into listening blocks:
9:15am - 10:15am; 10:30am-12:00noon; 12:15pm - 1:45pm; 2:00pm - 3:30pm; and 3:45pm-4:45pm
Programs Include:
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9:15am - 10:15am
Traveling with Gina's Ghost Many years after the event, a fatal car crash comes back to haunt the sole survivor. Bill Chessman and Suzan Lorraine will present this work. Cast: • Jeff Lowe as Herbie Wickerman • Lisa Marie Taylor as Gina Albertson • Glenda Zahradka as Felicia Wickerman • Burl Lampert as Artie Wickerman • Jo Lusk as Irene Albertson • Bill Chessman as Ron Albertson • John Kopping as Sergeant Clancy Phelps • Wayne Johnson as Merle Wickerman Loralee Windsor and Bill Chessman performed live SFX Suzan Lorraine was the recording/mixing engineer and operator of pre-recorded SFX.
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Salmon's Run
Meet Salmon Warzynski, your typical American twenty-something, back in the States after that standard, middle-class, post-graduation trek through Europe. He never meant to hurt anybody. He only wanted to throw away his cigarette butt. He didn't want to litter. He had no idea what was in that trash can, and he certainly didn't think it would explode, destroying Manhattan's Fulton Street Train Terminal in the process. But it did. Now, with the NYPD, the CIA, the FBI, the mainstream media, and a band of homegrown terrorists all scrambling to catch him, Salmon must run--run for his life... Nick Messitte will present this work.
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10:30am - 12:00pm
Deck the Halls 2: Even Hallsier Deck the Halls 2: Even Hallsier is a 4-part sequel to Deck the Halls (with Matrimony!) Last year, Emma met Trip and fell head-over-heels in love. This year, Trip’s plan to propose blows up in his face when his father announces a plan to steal the girls’ wedding business to keep his own hotel chain afloat. Paula Deming, co-founder of Sassquach Radio, producer of Deck the Halls, and star of Deck The Halls, will present this original work. Paula Deming is known for her work on Ground Floor (2013), Zeus School (2016) and Buried Treasure (2012). 
Paula Deming
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The Misadventure of the Disobliging Cadaver
Internationally renowned sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, and his trusty cohort in crime-solving, Dr. Watson, discover that sometimes murder can be downright funny! Ralph Scott and Kendra Murray of The Petaluma Radio Players present this Holmes adventure.
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Things To Do With A Wall
A satirical and lyrical collage of resisting … THAT wall. Scrawl your name on it, mock it, weep at it--from Borges and Kafka to Humpty Dumpty and our original repartee, Cricket's Bone Caravan psychoanalyzes, vandalizes, and tears down the walls that divide us. Composed originally for live performance at the Fourth Street Festival in Bloomington, this studio recording was created specially for the Hear Now Festival. Cynthia Wolfe of Loose Lit Media (WFIU-FM) shares this work. 
Cynthia Wolfe
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CLICK HERE TO HEAR THE FIRST
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12:15pm - 1:45pm
Celebrating Phil Proctor Join the HEAR Now Festival as at this special tribute session to voice actor Phil Proctor. From beginning his career at a very early age to helping co-found the thrice Grammy nominated Firesign Theatre, Phil's work has ranged from film and TV to hundreds of voice overs, including a 14 year run as Howard Deville on animated Rugrats series. At 12:30 central time, The PLANET PROCTOR podcast, featuring Episode 1 of Where’s My Fortune Cookie?, will be uploaded live as part this tribute to Phil and his work. Festival attendees at the session will meet Phil and hear the first Fortune Cookie episode going live. Online listeners will be able to ‘chat’ with him as the program is uploaded or listen anytime thereafter. 
Phil Proctor as Rug Rat's Howard Deville
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2:00pm - 3:50pm
The Dracula Radioplay Experience "Bram Stoker's Dracula, performed as radio play, complete with voice actors, sfx, and music, and released in podcast format. Follow along with the story, as it progresses through time." Now, where we differ from traditional readings and reinactments of the book, is that in the original novel the voices, personalities, and experiences of the characters are not always in correct calendar order. They are revealed as they perceive the events. This way the listener is able to experience the the journal entries of that date in 'realtime'. Join Cryptic Canticles creative members Bonnie Bogovich, Liz Rishel, and fellow cast member Nathaniel Chambers for a sampling of this series.
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Time Trip!
An original Sci-fi serial following the adventures of Private Trip Timeskipper as he trips through time. An unfortunate accident in Dr. Meira Bitterman's lab hurls Trip into the quantum plane. Now he must find his way back home with the help of Friends and Family, or remain lost in the void of time forever. Join Orlando Segarra and Gabe Templin as they share Private Trip Timeskipper's tale.
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2018 Mark Time Awards Grand Master and Winner
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Brad Lansky And The Result War
The Rogue Planet missed Earth by a few thousand kilometers and quickly receded into the blackness of space. The Sleepers, the smartest form of biological life ever encountered, showed no interest in Earth and shunned all communication, even with GAIA. The massive object deflected Earth inward, toward the Sun. Earth’s new orbit is elliptical - a colossal shock for every creature. For those who cling to life, the new normal means long dismal winters, punctuated by short summers of searing heat. Worst of all, the new orbit is chaotic, because it gets too close to Venus. All of humanity is anxiously looking at GAIA to restore certainty, and with it, hope. Join Dieter Zimmermann as he shares the newest installment in the Brad Lansky series. 
Dieter Zimmermann and cast
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The Legend of Belladonna - Natural Born Outlaws
She is known by many names; Deadly Nightshade, The Devil’s Daughter, Belladonna. Taken in as a girl by the legendary outlaws known as the Wolf Pack, Annabelle Stark becomes a woman to be reckoned with and a legend in her own right. When her husband Joshua is gunned down in cold blood by former friends, Belle and the Wolf Pack hit the trail in search of their own brand of justice. Along the way, they enlist the help of some unlikely allies; U.S. Marshal Ben Davidson and Deputy Marshal Zeke Warren. But much to their dismay, the trail of revenge takes them closer and closer to the criminal mastermind, Vasquez. According to legend, Belladonna cannot be killed. Will the legend prove false? Scott McCormick from GraphicAudio will present this production. 
Scott McCormick
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A Tale Of A Pie adapted from The Uncommercial Traveler by Charles Dickens
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4:00pm - 5:00pm
The Tale of a Pie, from The Uncommercial Traveler The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. According to Dikens, a pie is not always just a pie. Although a solo voice read by JJ Reap the variety of characters created would make you think this was a multi-cast production. Join narrator JJ Reap for this entertaining reading. |
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Bad Egg
Elena is an adventurer who has hired a guide, Sneedly, to take her to Ulna, a village in the middle of nowhere. Sneedly proves to be a terrible guide, often relying on a box of magic eggs that never hatches the animal spirit that he wants. Both of them have things to hide from each other - particularly Elena, who refuses to explain the reason for her visit to the village, which makes Sneedly very curious.... Bad Egg was written by Peter Gruenbaum, also known for ‘The Sting of the Dark Tower’ (https://coiledstories.com/dt/) Host Catherine Rinella of Midnight Audio Theatre (from WCBE 90.5 FM out of Columbus, OH) shares this original tale. 
Catherine Rinella
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Take it or Weave it
War is afoot in the realm and sisters Hildegard and Prunella are merely trying to support their family as rag and bone collectors--amid fierce competition with an unscrupulous rag-and-bone conglomerate. That all changes when a stranger gives them an item that soon even the highest powers are trying to recover. The king’s wizard wants it. A band of smelly ruffians want it. And the sisters need it to change the fortunes of their struggling family... Join writer and producer Ted Wenskus of Disturbing Frequencies (out of Rochester, NY) as he presents this tale of magic, mischief, and mayhem. 
Ted Wenskus
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