Audio Theatre Pages

FiresignTheatre.com
The official website owned by the four or five crazee guys themselves! Features a complete discography with reviews and descriptions, a chat room, calandar, games,

Doc Technical
has a delightful website featuring the Firesign Theatre Canonical IrReference section, with lots of pics, info and links. Richard Arnold thinks this site is nearly "definitive," and that's high praise.

Planet Proctor Archives
Phil Proctor's humor column is a standout in Funny Times and also published electronically -- voila! Wonderful insanity, collected, seminated and disseminated by Phil rather more than weekly, conveniently collated and avidly archived by Richard Arnold.

Niles Ritter's Classic Firesign Site
The longest-established, permanent, floating, most complete Firesign Theatre website, with volumes of FAQs and other information about the group and a very complete discography.

NormanCorwin.com
Everything you ever wanted to know about Norman Corwin, the Grand Master of American Radio Drama. It has a complete listing of classic and recent recordings, writings, and films, as well as a history and links to more sites related to Corwin.

National Audio Theater Festivals (NATF) is an organization that includes a group of experienced Audio Theatre, Radiodrama and Radio Theatre producers and participants. NATF is about promoting, supporting, producing and educating in the field of audio theatre. It holds an annual weeklong workshop centered on teaching and performing audio theater.

AudioTheater.com
A clearinghouse for information regarding contemporary audio theater, for producers and fans alike. Includes a calandar, reviews, and information about signing up for the radiodrama listserv, a discussion group on contemporary audio theater.

The Mark Time Award
is given each year for the Best Science Fiction Audio production on the planet. Here's the homepage with entry info, winner info, and more.

the Binaural Source
Binaural stereo requires listening on headphones, but offers an amazing audio experience. Here's a great resource for audiophile recordings, specializing in binaural sound, from John Sunier , producer & host of NPR's "Audiophile Audition." There's a section of binaural audio drama (Tom Lopez's superb ZBS work) and sound effects.

Seem Real Theatre
Cat Simril is one of Canada's hottest new audio producers. Check out this website created by Doc Technical, webmaster of Firesigntheatre.com, dedicated to Cat's newest production, Neal Amid.

Mind's Ear Audio Productions
Another Bloomington group, creators of French Quarter. Take a look at their very comprehensive website about the production and its cast.

Soundings--Jeff Green's Website
The award-winning Canadian audio producer has his own site up and running. His series of 11 science-fiction stories has delighted listeners on several continents.

Crazy Dog Audio Theatre
A professional audio theatre company, producers of the wonderful "Bill Lizard" series. Their infomation-filled website is packed with practical resources for audio theatre, including interviews with leading audio producers like Dirk Maggs, Paul Deely, Norman Corwin and Yuri Rasovsky, plus photo Essays on creating sound effects for live and studio shows, and a whole bunch more.

The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company
has been going and growing for several years, working independently and with Peachstate Radio. Their live productions are ambitious and tremendously successful.

The Radio Repertory Company Of America
is located in New Jersey, forging ahead with new productions, original stories, major stars, great productions, and superb musical scoring.

ZBS Foundation
Ruby, Jack Flanders, Mojo, Little Frieda, Rodant Kapoor and all the rest are loose on the Web! The whole wonderful ZBS world is online. Tom Lopez, ZBS's founder, has been producing fabulous novels for radio for over two decades now, and here's his website.

Yuri Rasovsky
Home page to the irascible genius, Yuri Rasovsky, the mind behind the Hollywood Theatre of the Ear. Includes essays and columns written by Yuri about audio theatre.

Great Northern Audio Theatre
Jerry Stearns and Brian Price of Great Northern Audio Theatre have written and produced Tumbleweed Roundup, Permafrost, MN, and a bunch of other stuff incuding the many live performances celebrating the annual Mark Time Audio Science Fiction Awards. These veteran staff of both the Midwest Radio Theatre Worksop and the National Audio Theater Festival are dedicated to the fun, and the art, of audio theater.

The Sci-Fi Channel Audio Homepage
This is a fabulous site maintained by Brian Smith, with enormous resources for science fiction fans, including some wonderful audio theatre available right on the site in the Seeing Ear Theatre.

Ray McNiece
A site dedicated to the poet Ray McNeice, creator of Mouth Music.

Little Evil Things
A company specializing in audio horror stories with musical accompaniment.

The Reduced Shakespeare Company
The Bard was never this funny! Find out the truth behind Hamlet... and Reed's hair!

Fried-Out Features Productions
According to their own desciription:
" This group of de-rangers come from the moon, when it is full and shining on the areas just west of Los Angeles. Formed in the early 1970s, masterminds Terry Miles and Steve Carlson created original stage sketches, audio theater, movies, radio and television commercials and "happenings," including the infamous "Wheee!" Festival at the legendary Rancho del Comidia in Malibu, California. The concept of "Buddy Shell, Metaphysical Private Investigator" was invented/stolen "on the spot" at Thousand Oaks Public Radio station KCLU, when the station's general manager asked Steve Carlson what he wanted to do on their "public" radio station. The rest is shrouded in the mystery of history. And may Nick Danger have mercy on Steve's wretched soul. "

Monterey SoundWorks
A unique telling of tales in all new adaptations of everyone's favorite literary works performed in all new Radio Theatre style.

Bob and Ray
The website dedicated to this classic radio comedy duo, Bob Elliot and Ray Goulding.

Mouth Bandit Source
Check the fallout update on the Neighborhood Watch Network and take a trip to the post-apocalyptic as-seen-on-TV town of Groovy Bush, Illinois.

The Starbright Foundation
Founded by General Norman Schwartzkopf and Steven Speilberg, this children's charity organization created The Emperor's New Clothes as a wonderful fundraiser.

The Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air
The Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air (CRT) was born in 1995 out of a combined love of classic radio theater and an extraordinary intrigue with the history of our country. specialize in recreating the events which they chronicle, striving to make each listener feel that they truly "were there." Be it Paul Revere, the Alamo, Pilgrims or Pirates, Ghost stories, to Gettysburg they always seek to capture the true essence of what happened. CRT productions are perfect for lovers of audio theatre, history buffs, and students of all ages.

Dick Orkin's Radio Ranch
This is the home of Chickenman! (Among other things) The Wonderful White-Winged Warrior has been a radio favorite for decades, and if you haven't met him yet, here's your chance. Dick Orkin's wonderfully entertaining website is a dandy showcase for his many talents.

Scenario Productions
Creators of Brick Mallery, Private Eye.

Sound Mind Theatre
An Atlanta troupe, creators of The Curse of Dracula.

The Independent Eye
This seasoned theatre troupe created two excellent productions for out catalogue: Tapdancer and Family Snapshots.

Listen and Live
Publishers of Audiobooks including The World's Shortest Short Stories.

Cephalopod Productions
Producers of the award-winning audio theatre series "The Apotheosis Saga": Firesign-inspired brainy audio with depth and teeth.

Soundelux Audio Publishing
Formerly The Mind's Eye, Soundelux is the American distributor for many best-selling BBC Programs such as The Lord of the Rings, and Sherlock Holmes along with some terrific American Audio Theatre and Audiobooks.

Dr. Science
Yes, it's Doctor Science Himself! AKA Dan Coffey. As a member of the zany Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre, Dr. Science's screwball logic has spawned books, radio broadcasts, and laughter from coast to coast.

Imagination Theatre
is a one-hour weekly mystery and science-fiction radio playhouse, recorded as a live theatre performance. Major stars, great shows, recordings available....

Comedy-O-Rama
Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg have been producing funny and whimsical radio for kids and everybody for some time now in New York, and they've put up a lovely website with pics, scripts, info , links, lots more, and especially, info about one of the all-time great voice actors, Daws Butler.

Ziggurat Productions
A company coming out of California producing science fiction and horror audio theatre including Slan by A. E. Van Vogt and an adaptation of Fritz Lang's famed film, Metropolis.

Plays On Tape
is an audio publisher who puts offbeat, contemporary stage plays into audio theatre format. Currently featuring "Thanatos," a fascinating drama that's definitely NOT for broadcast!

Scenario Productions
Creators of Brick Mallery, Private Eye.

Kinetic City Super Crew
Come visit the VIRTUAL Kinetic City Super Crew! Follow the Crew as they battle a deadly computer virus called Deep Delete that's attacking their virtual world! Not only will you enjoy new Flash-animated episodes, but you can also help the Crew save their planet! Learn the "missing science" that has been eaten by Deep Delete, and then prove your knowledge and skill by playing the Shockwave game: "Mission To Vearth."

L A Theatre Works
L.A. Theatre Works produces star-powered audio readings of stage plays, as well as original works.

Audio Playwrigts
Audio Playwrights, the makers of Too Dead To Swing, a fun murder mystery set in the Swing era.

Shoestring Radio Theatre
is San Francisco's premiere radio company, producing 24 new half-hours per year, everything from original works by contemporary artists (in all genres) to adaptations of traditional favorites. Their program is nationally-syndicated to over 100 radio stations in 34 states and also is simulcast on the Internet in RealAudio.

Broadcasting Links
A huge compendium of links to and about all phases of broadcasting.

Radio Theater on the Web
Thanks to Jerry Stearns in Minneapolis for this well-kept page of highly useful links.

Nerd World Radio Shows
Links to all kinds of radio, with emphasis on spoken-word programs. We're in there, but so is something called the "Ground Floor" show featuring "...the best in Christian Rock, Alternative, Thrash, Industrial, Metal, and Rap." It's a LOT of links.

Audiotheatre.com
The ultimate online audio theatre resource!

Delos Radio International
has a webpage in English but offers science-fiction radio drama in Italian.

Swedish Radio Theatre in Finland
If you want to figure this one out you've got to go there. At least the page is in English!

International Radio Drama
An in-depth academic paper on this subject by Tim Crook.

Moscow's Ostankino Radio Theatre
Producer Dimitriy Nicolaev has organized this page, with some information about radio in Russia.

International Festival of Radio Play and Documentary Radio Drama
held annually in Croatia.

Alice in Cyberland
A Japanese radio drama offered for sale. The page is mostly in Japanese as well.

Old-Time Radio
Lou Genco's great website has vast resources on OTR -- lots of info, tremendous linkage, FAQs, search capabilities -- a great place to find out about the Golden Age of Radio.

Fibber McGee and Molly
A website dedicated to Richard's personal favorite OTR comedy. This was a classic show, with humor and performances that remain fresh and delightful. Fibber himself was the Guest of Honor at the very first Midwest Radio Theatre Workshop.

Radio Days
a beautiful site from Jim Widner, full of info, pics, logs, links and downloadable OTR audio clips and shows.

SPERDVAC On-Line
The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Radio Drama, Variety, And Comedy really needs that acronym! This is a remarkable organization which organizes events, publishes a newsletter online, and maintains a very large lending library of OTR programs. Lots of information about shows, and some great pictures!

Radio Classics
This site has been putting out webcasts of OTR programs. They're looking for a new sponsor (as of 12/97) and programming is on temporary hold. But check back, they've put out some fine shows!

Broadcast Pioneers Library of American Broadcasting
at the University of Maryland is a tremendous resource for radio and TV history. Searchable, and beautifully designed. Lots of info including biographies, periodicals, etc., downloadable audio/video, and links.

Radio Archive of the University of Memphis
This is Dr. Marvin Bensman's website for the U. of M.'s Department of Communication. They have a large collection of OTR, and copies are available -- it's all on the page!

The World's Most Official Unofficial Stan Freberg Page
A very comprehensive page all about one of the great radio satirists.

The Vintage Radio Place
Created by Jerry Haendiges, founder of SPERDVAC.

Audio Editions
Here's a major Books-On-Cassette catalog with a dandy website. They're a long-established, well-run company with a BIG selection. (We noticed that the number of audio theatre products they carry increased by nearly 22% between Summer and Fall 1997.)

The Association of American Publishers
The principal trade association of the book publishing industry.

The Audio Publishers Association
representing small and large publishers as well as other members of the audio publishing community.

Audiobooks Home Page
A fine commercial site featuring many thousands of titles, almost all single-voice reads, but including some produced items.

Audible
A new technology to let you download sound and carry it around with you. Keep an eye on this one.

The BBC Online
Yes, here it is -- Auntie Beeb's website! Audio Theatre is alive and well at the British Broadcasting Corporation; go to BBC Radio and check the schedules. Lots of info about all kinds of things.

WFHB Community Radio, Bloomington Indiana
Our home town station! New in 1993, and already a phenomenon. OK, so we're a little self-indulgent. It's a thriving, growing, exciting experience with some 200 volunteers now -- the first Community Radio Station in Indiana.

WWOZ Community Radio, New Orleans
This is the Home of New Orleans Jazz, the very fount for all the world. WWOZ is Community Radio for The Big Easy, but owned by the Jazz Heritage Society. They sponsor the Jazz and Heritage Festival every spring. WWOZ's studios are located in Armstrong Park, the actual physical spot where jazz was born.

Federal Communications Commission
Yup, the Feds 're online, all right!

The MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet
A handy reference guide (and mother of all link sites with some four thousand now!) for radio and audio on the web.

Galaxy
Lots and lots of radio links.

RadioSpace
Radio's home on the Internet.

A Chronology of AM Radio Broadcasting
A very detailed historical chronology of the History of AM Radio from 1898 to 1960.