Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium

Recorded live from the Swedish American Museum in Chicago on October 22, 2023, Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium presents PAST LIVES AMUSEMENT PARK, featuring the talents of Joy Thorbjornsen Coates, Mark Kater, MJ Kelly, Kristina Schramm, Stan Winiarski, Trina Kakacek and foley artist Ele Matelan.

Featured writers: THE FARAWAY TREE by Evan Baughfmann, ANNABELLE LEE by Edgar Allan Poe, JOHN MORTONSON’S FUNERAL by Ambrose Bierce, LULLABYE by Ele Matelan, the hand washing courtesy of William Shakespeare, and all other writings from the Collected Creepy Works of Trina Kakacek.

Directing by Trina Kakacek. Sound design by Ele Matelan and Trina Kakacek.

Additional music Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium is produced by Trina Kakacek and Michael John Kelly.

Special thanks to the Swedish American Museum in Chicago.

Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium presents our 10th Anniversary Approximately 20-Minute Variety Hour “Holiday Special,” featuring the talents of Mark Kater, Michael John Kelly, Joy Thorbjornsen-Coates, Stan Winiarski, and special guest Kristina Schramm. In celebration of our 10th Anniversary, we’ve included our first episode of Fridgerton—and maybe we had a bit too much eggnog because we had more than one hiccup. Dare we say “outtake?” No, because we left it in! It’s the holiday after all.

Writing and other lame ideas by Trina Kakacek, Michael John Kelly, and Joy Thorbjornsen-Coates.

Directing and sound design by Trina Kakacek.

Additional music by Michael John Kelly and Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium is produced by Trina Kakacek and MJ Kelly.

Recorded live from the Swedish American Museum in Chicago on October 23, 2022, Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium presents its first live show since before times—LOCKED IN!

Our 2022 horror show opens with an original song, WELCOME TO THE HOUSE OF FEAR by Small Fish Radio Theatre co-producer, voice actor, and singer/songwriter MJ Kelly. Five short plays follow.

SUPPLY CLOSET by Christina Meyer. Milwaukee area playwright Christina Meyer is a family medicine physician who loves aerial arts and hanging upside down.

A MIDNIGHT SNACK by Ken Teutsch. Writer, performer and Arkansas native Ken Teutsch enjoys keeping people guessing as to whether he is a clever musical comedian, or simply a bad musician.

THE MOONCUSSER by Greg Tulonen. Greg Tulonen, who lives in Auburn Maine, writes novels and films, short stories and comic books, web series and stage plays, and an occasional audio horror short.

PEACHY KEEN by Sophia Vitkovitsky. Sophia Vitkovitsky is a popular Toronto hermit who chooses to remain a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, covered in creamy, milk chocolate—which is what can happen when you eat a Hershey bar too close to the radiator.

THE HOARD by Chicago playwright Trina Kakacek, who has been known to talk to dead ancestors, and their toys, almost daily.

Featured artists: Mark Kater, MJ Kelly, Joy Thorbjornsen-Coates, and Stan Winiarski, with special guest Kristina Schramm.

Directing, music and sound design by Trina Kakacek.

Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium is produced by Trina Kakacek and Michael John Kelly.

Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium’s 10th Anniversary Season presents THE COMMERCIAL SHOW, a celebration of our favorite bogus contrived, fictitious, false, phony-baloney, pretend, put-on, sham commercials featured in the past 10 years. We’re still waiting for some clever inventor out there to bring some of these brilliant products to life—so consider this your friendly reminder. And now, a word from our fake sponsors…

Small Fish Radio Theatre’s 10th Anniversary Commercial Show featured the talents of Cat Dean, Michael Herzovi, Mark Kater, MJ Kelly, Sharon Phillips, Joy Thorbjornsen-Coates, and Stan Winiarski. Writing by Trina Kakacek and MJ Kelly. Directing and sound design by Trina Kakacek.

Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium is produced by Trina Kakacek and Michael John Kelly.

TAVERN OF LOST SOULS by MJ Kelly opened Small Fish Radio Theatre’s 2015 live recording of A GATHERING OF SPIRITS at Simon’s Tavern in Chicago. TAVERN OF LOST SOULS is based on the story of the painted mural of The Deer Hunter’s Ball in Simon’s Tavern and the ghosts that are said to haunt the bar.

NIGHT SWIM by Trina Kakacek was first heard during Halloween week in 2014 and released as part of NOT YOUR AVERAGE HORROR SHOW. Featured talent: Cat Dean, MJ Kelly.

Small Fish Radio Theatre’s 2015 live recording of A GATHERING OF SPIRITS at Simon’s Tavern also featured ENTITY by Thomas J. Misuraca. Artists: Michael Herzovi, MJ Kelly, and Joy Thorbjornsen-Coates.

On October 25, 2015, Small Fish Radio Theatre recorded A GATHERING OF SPIRITS live at Simon’s Tavern in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago. Evan Baughfman’s radio play, BRING HIM BACK, was part of that incredible show. Featured Artists: Cat Dean, Michael Herzovi, MJ Kelly, and Joy Thorbjornsen-Coates.

Small Fish Radio Theatre listeners first heard WHEN DEATH KNOCKS by Helen Valenta in 2014 as part of NOT YOUR AVERAGE HORROR SHOW. Featured Talent: Cat Dean, Michael Herzovi, and MJ Kelly.

Small Fish Radio Theatre’s 10th Anniversary Horror Show Retrospective presents CIDADA KILLERS by MJ Kelly, with a little help from his friends. This song debuted in our first horror show, A GRISLY FEAST, recorded LIVE at Victory Gardens Theater and presented as part of Victory Gardens Theater Crip Slam in October 2013. Featured Talent: Cat Dean, Joy Thorbjornsen-Coates, Michael Herzovi, and MJ Kelly.