Don't Close Your Eyes: Live Radio Theatre!

Season 2, Episode 4: Elmer & Verne in: "Bilgewater Downs"

Written and Directed by Ryan Cassavaugh

It's time once again for everyone's favorite old-time dreamers: Elmer and Verne! With a little extra money in their bank account (for the first time), Bigfish convinces Elmer that it's time to invest in the Sport of Kings! Verne is not keen, and decides to partner with Mr. Willerby in remodeling the Ityl-Dew Hotel into The Carnegie-Hall-South Palladium Orpheum
Imperial Globe Theater For Acting and Such -- so they decide to split up on get-rich quick schemes! Before you know it, they'll face the wrath of the Appalachian Mafia, headed up by 'Ma' Brodie and her evil sons! It's hectic hillbilly farce that will make you guffaw!

Recorded live in the sweltering outdoors at Bozeman, Montana's Sweet Pea Festival on August 5, 2012! What you hear is what the audience heard with no overdubs and minimal post-production to try to make it comfortable to your ears! In this second season, we had not yet made the decision to have entirely analog effects, instead integrating analog effects supplemented by some digital sound work!

Featured cast: Keith Suta as Elmer Van Fleet and Arthur Gwinett; Ryan Cassavauh as Verne Peabody; Ryan Lawrence Flynn as Mr. Willerby and Bigfish; Sadie Cassavaugh as Ma Brodie and Ms. Godfrey; and Christian McDaniel Rumer Pyle, the Queen of Sheebee, Johnboy, Cobb and the Announcer!

Sound effects by Marya Cline and Wren Goodman!

Music by Chris Donohue!

Season 5, Episode 4: "Old Glory vs. The World of Tomorrow!"

A Four-Star Hero Comic on the Radio written and directed by Ryan Cassavaugh!

In 1932 Commander American Flag and the Freedom Squadron of America were the greatest superheros in the world -- but by 1964, times had changed. Super-Villains were no more, there was a New Freedom Squadron keeping the city of Megalopolis safe, and television was replacing radio as the dominant for of entertainment. What is left for a retired crime fighter with a bad back and a heart problem? Not much -- until a mysterious millionaire decides to tear down their old Freedom Lair to put in a TV tower! Is some nefarious plan at work, or has the world just forgotten about the golden age of superheroes? Find out in this weeks thrilling story!

Featuring: Pol Llovet as Old Glory, Charlie, and Enchanted Lamp; Leyla Kirschner as Lady Liberty, June Everett, and Kid Speedy; Ryan Lawrence Flynn as The Great Auk, Magic Lantern, and Mayor Applegate; Harry Jahnke as Professor Thinktank, Joe, Mayor Grimpt, Liberty Lad, and Liberty Man; and RIchard Dunbar as the New Commander American Flag, Mr. Mystery, and the Announcer! Live Sound Effects performed by Wren Goodman and Kyle Suta!

Recorded live at Bozeman, Montana's Verge Theater on June 27, 2015! What you hear is what the audience heard with no overdubs and minimal post-production on volume to try to make it comfortable to your ears! All sound effects were analog and executed live by our fantastic performers!

Season 5, Episode 3: "Jimmy Ackerman: Monsterologist!"

A Scary Coming-of-Age Tale written and directed by Keith Suta!

Jimmy Ackerman is like any kid in New York during WWII: His dad is overseas fighting; his mom works at a munitions plant; and he's got to do his dad's job as superintendant of a small tenement filled with... interesting folks. Jimmy escapes into the exciting and spooky adventures of Doctor Aberrant -- wanting to grow up to be a Monsterologist, just like his radio hero! His friend Cordelia (who is definitely NOT his babysitter) tells him that monsters are all made-up. Until those holes appear in the walls... Until people in the building start dying... Until Jimmy must face a monster.

Featuring: Owen Burroughs as Jimmy Ackerman; Leyla Kirschner as Cordelia Loomis; Wren Goodman as Shelly Ackerman and Delfina; Harry Jahnke as Doctor Aberrant, Mrs. Cooger, and Mr. Loomis; Ryan Lawrence Flynn as Delbert, The Operator, Mr. Bachmann, and Detective Murdoch; and Keith Suta as Mr. Announcer! Theremin and Live Sound Effects performed by Kyle Suta and Sarah Suta!

Recorded live at Bozeman, Montana's Verge Theater on June 20, 2015! What you hear is what the audience heard with no overdubs and minimal post-production on volume to try to make it comfortable to your ears! All sound effects were analog and executed live by our fantastic performers!

Season 5, Episode 5: "The Contest of the Cosmos, or How Divinia von Presterton and Lord Tiberius Q. Braithwaite Defeated Invaders from Another Planet!!"

A Steampunk Galimaufrey written and directed by Keith Suta!

1901: Divinia von Presterton and Lord Tiberius Q. Braithwaite are assisting their friend, Nikola Tesla, in his latest experiment -- beaming messages into space! Unfortunately, the recipients found the messages a little TOO inviting. Soon, someone has landed in New Jersey and only Divinia holds the key to saving humankind -- or so says renowned psychic Victoria Woodhull! To save the day, she will need the help of her father (though he's only a brain in a jar), Tesla, Tiberius, and re-zombified Benjamin Franklin to save the Earth from invaders from Mars!

Featuring: Sarah Suta as Divinia von Presterton; Robert Dalton as Lord Tiberius Q. Braithwaite; Ryan Lawrence Flynn as Nikola Tesla and Benjamin Franklin; Sadie Cassavaugh as Victoria Woodhull and Carrie Nation; Christian McDaniel as Henry Ford, Preston von Presterton, and the Martian; and Keith Suta as Thomas Edison and Mr. Announcer! Live Sound Effects performed by Kyle Suta and Sadie Cassavaugh! Music written and performed by Scott Parsons, remixed by Keith Suta!

Recorded live at Bozeman, Montana's Verge Theater on July 11, 2015! What you hear is what the audience heard with no overdubs and minimal post-production on volume to try to make it comfortable to your ears! All sound effects were analog and executed live by our fantastic performers!

Season 6, Episode 6: "The Casebook of Prudence Pearly, Girl Reporter of the Old West: 'Trouble at the Bar-None Ranch!'"

A Comedic Western Adventure of Written and Directed by Ryan Cassavaugh!

Prudence Pearly is a go-getting, no-nonsese reporter with a nose for news -- but she's forced to write human interest fluff pieces instead of substantive political stories! After sneaking a big scoop into the paper, she and her friend, typesetter Barney Melchic, have been exiled to Montana to review that most horrifying of all occurrences: a community Shakespeare production! Along the way she'll run into an old friend, some new enemies, and the mysterious Masked Phantom!

Featuring: Cate Ludin as Prudence Pearly and Button Gwinett; Harry Jahnke as Barney Melchic and Jonathan Harker; Taylor Jensen as Magdalena and Ben Franklin; Kari Doll as Black Bailey and Hippolata Crinklesberg; Leyla Kirschner as The Waco Kid and Alexander Hamilton; Ryan Cassavaugh as the Narrator; and Ryan Lawrence Flynn as Carriage Driver, Dutch Lutheran, Chief O'Bannon, Van Helson, The Masked Phantom, and the Narrator! Live sound effects by Kyle Suta and Liam Mayer! Original music composed and performed by Garrett Robinson!

Recorded live at Bozeman, Montana's Verge Theater on July 15, 2016! What you hear is what the audience heard with no overdubs and minimal post-production on volume to try to make it comfortable to your ears! All sound effects were analog and executed live by our fantastic performers!