Monday Matinee

This week Jack and David's feature 7 Lamb Productions and "Paralyzed". This audio drama follows David, a chronic sufferer of sleep paralysis on his annual camping trip with friends. But something evil from his dreams awaits with Chapter 1: Restless Nights Part 1 and 2!

Federal Stonecipher opens the Matinee up early to start this week's features beginning with Sonic Society #776, No Soap Radio: Our Miss Brooks, and Project Audion Episode 4: Gunsmoke/The Guitar!

Transcribed live from California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennesee, and Texas... Project Audion presents a recreation of the 1937 Columbia Workshop broadcast of "R.U.R: Rossum's Universal Robots." Pete Lutz of Narada Radio Players, director of this radio drama, says this about his choice of show: "I love the historical sense of the story. Here's Carel Kapek, in 1920 or 21, foreseeing AI, prophesying humans' dependence on technology. Of course, robots themselves, thank the gods, haven't been perfected to the same extent. But there are so many wonderful elements in the story: all the men on the island are in love with Helena, and this unrequited love felt by Dr. Gall leads to their downfall. The robots evolve in different ways, though: some become murderous, yet two show more humane tendencies: love, compassion, sacrifice. I first heard the BBC's radio adaptation of this, which was about two hours long. Then I found the script we use here and felt that the main points of the story were covered sufficiently in a half-hour. It's exciting, dramatic, and sentimental. Columbia Workshop had geniuses working for them." Project Audion is a collection of voice actors from across North America who are recreating classic shows from Radio's Golden Age via videoconference.

Our 12th NO SOAP RADIO production created in September, 2025. This is a recreation of YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR "THE SEA LEGS MATTER". This is Part 5 of the five part series. The original broadcast took place on August 3rd, 1956. This show was produced, directed and edited by Paul Kovit. Special thanks to John Bell for his superb Bob Bailey-inspired performance as Johnny Dollar. If you’d like to see a video version of this show checkout our website: https://nosoapradioplayers.com/ While there you can access our other productions as well as info about our group. And if you like our videos feel free to hit the subscribe button on Youtube so you can be alerted as soon as we release another production. CAST: John Bell as Johnny Dollar Zach Dillinger as The Announcer Angela Young as Constance Lanfear Paul Patterson as Douglas Lanfear Tony Semczuk as Captain Ramirez Pete Lutz as Ramone Gonzalez Andy Hartson-Bowyer as Oscar Patrick Vladimir Pascaro.

This week Jack and David's feature rated best podcast from the Audies! It's "The Imperfection". Charlie and Amber suffer from a disorder that causes a constant stream of hallucinations. When they discover that their psychiatrist is missing, they rally together with the other patients to search for him. Along the way, they encounter secret societies, half-human half-spider centaurs, and a hidden borough of New York under the East River. But how can you find the truth when you can’t tell what’s real? This week episodes 1 and 2 with "The Three Trials" and "If Your Psychiatrist Has Gone Missing"

Federal Stonecipher opens up the Matinee in July with Sonic Society #775, No Soap Radio: Johnny Dollar- Sea Legs- Part 5, and Project Audion #3!

As part of Project Audion, voice actors from Canada, Illinois, Kansas, Florida, and Texas perform live together in a recreation of a classic Arch Oboler radio drama from 1945. A Note from the Director... This play is timeless and terrifyingly timely, with its story of Hollywood elites completely out of touch with the suffering of ordinary people. Arch Oboler wrote it in 1941, after he and his wife attended a dinner party at the home of a Hollywood bigwig, along with other bigwigs. The after-dinner conversation was about World War II, which was devastating the world, but the bigwigs only cared about how it was affecting their own bottom-lines. Outraged at their complete indifference to the suffering of millions of people, Oboler went home and wrote "Special to Hollywood". It was produced three times. The first version (on "Everyman's Theatre", in 1941) is the most available one, but it has a fake "Lights Out" wraparound done when it was released on cassette by Metacom, and is usually also misidentified as the 1945 version. It stars Howard Duff. The second version (on "Arch Oboler's Plays, in 1945) is not circulating, but is the best version because of its subtlety and long pauses, and because it stars Elliott Lewis, under the pseudonym of "Hans Max". Elliott was in the AFRS at the time, but was stationed in Hollywood, where he took civilian gigs under pseudonyms, since he didn't have the AFRS' permission to do so. The third version (on "Arch Oboler's Plays", in 1964) is circulating, but is the least of the three versions. It stars William Shatner, and is shorter, faster-paced, and lacking in subtlety. It also has a different ending, suggesting that Oboler had lost hope for humanity. 

Our 12th NO SOAP RADIO production created in September, 2025. This is a recreation of YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR "THE SEA LEGS MATTER". This is Part 4 of the five part series. The original broadcast took place on August 2nd, 1956. This show was produced, directed and edited by Paul Kovit. Besides the usual No Soap players this episode’s cast includes your very own Pete Lutz of Moonlight Audio Theater and Narada Radio Theater. If you’d like to see a video version of this show checkout our website: https://nosoapradioplayers.com/ While there you can access our other productions as well as info about our group. And if you like our videos feel free to hit the subscribe button on Youtube so you can be alerted as soon as we release another production. CAST: John Bell as Johnny Dollar Paul Kovit as Pat McCracken Zach Dillinger as The Announcer Angela Young as Constance Lanfear Annette Bochenek as a Phone Operator Pete Lutz as Ramone Gonzalez Andy Hartson-Bowyer as Oscar Patrick Vladimir Pascaro 

This week Jack and David are look at the award-winning "The Offensive". An award-winning, critically acclaimed mockumentary podcast that follows fictional Premier League club Ashwood City FC. This week episodes 1 and 2 with "Deadline Day" and "The Biter from the Balkans".

Federal Stonecipher opens the Matinee on the week of Canada Day and Independence Day! This patriotic week we have Sonic Society #774, No Soap Radio: Johnny Dollar: Sea Legs Part 4, and Project Audion #2!