The REUNION Audio Drama by Oskar Karash
Please, listen to the following songs when prompted:
https://bit.ly/Hello-Goodbye-BEATLES
https://bit.ly/Back-In-The-USSR-cover-WOOD
https://bit.ly/Her-Majesty-REUNION-BAND - highly recommended as part of the show
https://bit.ly/Getting-Better-MCCARTNEY
https://bit.ly/R-U-Ready-STARR
https://bit.ly/Isolation-John-LENNON
https://bit.ly/Rising-Sun-HARRISON
https://bit.ly/Roll-Over-Beethoven-BEATLES
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In the previous episode, Widlovsky attended a wake for his passed friend, and met Abby, a singer in the "Abby and the Roadkill". When a bandmate addressed her as Your Majesty, it stirred Widlovsky's memory. He told Abby about Her Majesty of his past
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In Episode 2 - THE SHMEATLES, Widlovsky reflects on his youth in the communist country of Zagoria. As protests against the regime erupted, Widlovsky formed the band "The Shmeatles," with his friends expressing their love for The Beatles as a form of rebellion. As political climate worsens, and the group struggles with the oppressive atmosphere. Widlovsky meets Beata, a girl from his past, but their relationship is threatened by a KZB officer, who ties Beata's freedom to the condition of a Beatles reunion. The episode explores emotional power of music amidst political turmoil. Widlovsky’s memories reveal how the music of The Beatles shaped his life and became a source of hope and unity in dark times
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Website: https://www.thereunionproject.com
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This is a work of fiction. Any names or characters, businesses or places, events or incidents, are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental
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All texts, voices, songs, music and singing, were developed and performed without AI. However, AI tools were used in two specific instances: (1) background music was generated using MuseNet Beatlesque samples, and (2) the background pictures were generated using Dall-e, both with meticulous creative Natural Intelligence labor of love using story-based prompts and post-generation manual finalizing
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CREATIVE TEAM AND CAST
Oskar Karash – Author, Writer, Executive Producer, Investor and Owner
Rena Karash – muse, support, inspiration, dedication
Igor Karash and Alexander Melkumov – co–creators of an early story
Nikolai von Keller – co–author of a movie script
Alexander Melkumov – Producer
Elena Tonunts – Creative Director
Ilya Petukhov – Sound Director
ACTORS
Michael Karash – Narrator and Director of Episodic Characters
Oskar Karash – Widlovsky
Nikita Pomerantsev – Droog
Yulia Vergun – Abby, Margaret
Lina Zakharane – Beata
Aleksandr Rezalin–Izraelson – Ladislav
David Mkhitarel – Haritonov
Vadim Kurilov – Gene
Georges Devdariani – Adam
Yelena Antonenko – Zhana
Anna Melkumova – Young Beata, Julia
Inna Karash – Leta, Waitress, Flight Attendant
Ilya Karash – KZB Officer, Neighbor, Guard and Director of the Narrator
Alla Nowowiejski – Carrie, Clara, Gate Attendant
Scott Nowowiejski – Howard, Young Droog, Diner, Police Officer, Gate Attendant
Aleksandr Lisitsin – Young Widlovsky, Kip, Airport Agent
Croft @croft64 – John, Paul, George, Ringo
Paran Thakur – HariHara and Yama
MUSIC and COVER SONGS by The REUNION Band
Oskar Karash – composed and arranged all the Background Music using MuseNet-generated Beatlesque samples
Simone Poliedric @poliedricsimo – Guitars, Drums and other instruments on all Reunion covers except Now and Then
Igor Karash – Piano, Guitars, all instruments on Now and Then cover
Yulia Vergun – vocals on Sgt.Pepper’s cover
Lina Zakharane – vocals on Purple Haze, End of the Line, You Never Give Me Your Money, Now and Then, I Will covers
Oskar Karash – vocals on Her Majesty, Yer Blues, End of the Line, You Never Give Me Your Money, Now and Then covers
Aleksandr Rezalin–Izraelson – vocals on Yer Blues, End of the Line covers
Yelena Antonenko – vocals on End of the Line cover
OTHER SUPPORT
Scott Nowowiejski – Consultant in American English
Anastasia Shapoval – Consultant in English