Purgatory, Missouri

Welcome to Purgatory, Missouri.

What is sleep? What is the Afterlife? Do they collide? Theresa and Blanca hope to find an exit from whatever this macabre, mysterious place is.

Saint Therese of Lisieux once said "Time is but a shadow, a dream..."

The songs included in this episode are:

"We Are The Falling Rain" and "We'll Meet Again" from American Gothic

"The Last Cab Out Of Vegas" from Stories and Songs. (courtesy of Rock Talk Music)

All songs from the "Dark Americana" series by Stuart Pearson and Hunter Lowry.

Purgatory, Missouri is brought to you by Stage for a New Age Productions, a SAG actor signatory.

Produced by Maureen Davis and Allyson Sereboff in cooperation with We Make Movies and Rock'n'Roll Radio Theater

Directed by Richard Malmos

This episode features (in order of appearance):

Annette Homewoood as Hospital Operator

Nathan Smythe as Arthur Vacca, pinbot

Julia Albert as Nurse Kayla Munson

Alina Foley as Theresa

Hunter Lowry as the Phone Booth

Crissy Guerrero as Blanca

Gina Elaine as Nurse 2

Gary Lamb as Bumper Car

Samuel Matury as Kissing Booth

Mindy Sterling as Five

Background Carnie and Pinbot voices by Tonoccus McLain and cast.

Purgatory, Missouri was written by Stuart Pearson and Hunter Lowry

Script editing and supervision by Maureen Davis.

Recorded at Studiopolis in Studio City, Ca. and engineered by Bryan Showalter

All mixing, foley and post-production by Stuart Pearson

For more info, visit here.

Dave Foley has a podcast with Tom Wheeler called "Really?!." where they discuss UFOs and the paranormal: https://www.youtube.com/@ReallywithTomandDave

Crissy Guerrero has a podcast with Claudia Dolph where they discuss... well,... everything: https://www.youtube.com/@studiocandc

Our brilliant director Richard Malmos wrote and narrates the prologues for each episode. Here he lifts the veil slightly to give you the briefest view of Episode 4: Perimeter.

What if Purgatory has its own Purgatory?

Episode 4 premieres April 29th, 2025. Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts.

For more information, please visit our website:

https://www.stuartpearsonmusic.com/purgatory-missouri

Our brilliant director Richard Malmos wrote and narrates the prologues for each episode. Here he lifts the veil slightly to give you the briefest view of Episode 5: Carnies.

What is a "first-world problem" in the Afterlife? What if you're on the outside looking in?

Episode 5 premieres May 13th, 2025. Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts.

For more information, please visit our website:

https://www.stuartpearsonmusic.com/purgatory-missouri

Hunter Lowry interviews Nathan Smythe, who played several roles in "Purgatory, Missouri" including various carnies, pinbots and The Void. Nathan is a man of a trillion voices. When he stepped up to the mic during the audition, I said “Go over the top on this.” That was the scene at the end of Episode 4 when Thirty Eight encounters his first Pinbot. When his cold read was finished, Richard, Maureen, Allyson and I looked at each other like a hurricane just blew back our hair. Recording the scene in the studio with Dave Foley, he delivered again. Hunter was wiping back tears. Along with his alter ego of "DJ Nate" spinning records around town, he has voiced numerous commercials, video games and anime. You have heard him in White Castle commercials, Japanese anime TV shows, gamers know him from his work on the English version of “Fighting Spirit”, “Victorious Boxers: Revolution”, and many, many more.

For more information on "Purgatory, Missouri", please visit our website:

https://www.stuartpearsonmusic.com/purgatory-missouri

Welcome to Purgatory, Missouri.

What is sleep? What is the Afterlife? Do they collide? Highstriker recounts her first encounter with Five as Roger and Blanca visit a Perimeter hole and meet a Void.

The songs included in this episode are:

"We Are The Falling Rain" and "Ticking Away" from American Gothic

"I'm Taking You Down" an outtake from American Gothic

All songs from the "Dark Americana" series by Stuart Pearson and Hunter Lowry.

Purgatory, Missouri is brought to you by Stage for a New Age Productions, a SAG actor signatory.

Produced by Maureen Davis and Allyson Sereboff in cooperation with We Make Movies and Rock'n'Roll Radio Theater

Directed by Richard Malmos

This episode features (in order of appearance):

Dave Foley as Roger

Crissy Guerrero as Blanca

Alina Foley as Highstriker

Tonoccus McClain as Tunnel Of Love

Mindy Sterling as Five

Hunter Lowry as the Phone Booth

Nathan Smythe as Void

Gary Lamb as Bumper Car

Samuel Matury as Kissing Booth

Richard Malmos as One

As well as Carnie and Pinbot voices by Julia Albert, Gina Elaine and the cast.

Purgatory, Missouri was written by Stuart Pearson and Hunter Lowry

Script editing and supervision by Maureen Davis.

Recorded at Studiopolis in Studio City, Ca. and engineered by Bryan Showalter

All mixing, foley and post-production by Stuart Pearson

For more info, visit www.stuartpearsonmusic.com

Dave Foley has a podcast with Tom Wheeler called "Really?!." where they discuss UFOs and the paranormal: https://www.youtube.com/@ReallywithTomandDave

Crissy Guerrero has a podcast with Claudia Dolph where they discuss... well,... everything: https://www.youtube.com/@studiocandc