For almost 20 years, Richard Fish and John Weber made the LodesTone Catalog the one-stop shop for modern audio theatre on compact disc. The Firesigns, Star Wars, Superman, Garrison Keillor; LodesTone carried many great titles, and promoted the best the medium had to offer. In the spirit of Rich and John’s vision, and as part of the NATF’s mission to promote modern audio theatre, we now offer you the following resource: the LodesTone List.
The List will be continually evolving, adding new titles and new producers on a regular basis, beginning here with Yuri Rasovsky’s Hollywood Theater of the Ear, Tom Lopez’s ZBS Foundation, and The Firesign Theatre. The List will include each title produced by each indie producer or company, whether that title is available on CD or MP3, and best of all a direct link to where the product can be purchased. So, you’re looking for quality set-the-bar-high modern audio theatre but you don’t know where to look? Open your eyes and then open your ears, because here’s the first of “the List:”
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West Plains, Missouri is not on most people’s radar, so if you would like to learn more about it, please browse the links below:
West Plains
West Plains Chamber of Commerce
The Yellow House – a community arts organization.
NATF Offers Audio Drama Teaching Texts and Audio
The Well-Tempered Audio Dramatist
A Guide to the Production of Audio Plays in Twenty-first Century America
Noted audio dramatist Yuri Rasovsky has completed his audio drama textbook, The Well-Tempered Audio Dramatist. The book features chapters on every aspect of audio drama production including Project Management, Microphone Techniques, Casting and Sound Effects. “I decided to put The Well-Tempered Audio Dramatist in a three-ring binder to allow for additions to the textbook as well as let producers add their own resources,” says Rasovsky. “I wanted to make sure, as technology changes and impacts how we work in the studio and over the internet, that anyone who buys the book could simply add additional chapters as I write them.” Supported by a grant from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Well-Tempered Audio Dramatist is a project that Rasovsky has been working on for the last five years. “I wanted this to be a complete primer for the newcomer to the art form, as well as a reference for those long-time producers,” says Rasovsky. “It took time to bring together all the elements necessary for teaching this art to others.” Available exclusively through The National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc., the book costs $35.00. You can view chapters of the book here. Information on purchasing this book here.
Writing and Producing Radio Drama in the Classroom by Don Kisner is a manual for teachers wishing to move their students into the exciting realm of audio theater writing and producing. The book was written with middle/high school language arts classes in mind but has applications appropriate for any teacher aspiring to motivate students to become involved in their subject matter. Language arts teachers (English, drama, creative writing, multi-media) will find audio theater writing/producing an ideal method of integrating every conceivable language related skill into one project. Social studies teachers will discover that audio theater is an exciting way to motivate students to delve into the lives and understand the challenges of historical figures. Foreign language teachers will find writing and producing an inspiring way to involve students in the practical application of the language being studied.
Technical requirements are flexible. The book describes three separate production styles from the simple to the more complicated. Equipment needs are discussed in detail and their use is made clear with easy to read diagrams. Exciting productions, complete with sound effects, can be completed using equipment readily available in schools, and if more challenging techniques are desired, those instructions are in the manual as well. Sample scripts and student worksheets may be duplicated for classroom use.
Also offered:
Radio Theater in the Classroom by Meredith Ludwig
Words at War by Howard Blue
Use the Educational Materials form to order your copy.
Audio Titles
- The Art of Narration
- (featuring comments from Simon Jones, Jeffrey Hedquist, Lindsay Ellison and Richard Fish. Produced by Brian Price.) @ 12.00
- Writing For Radio – Creating Characters
- (featuring comments from Bruce Coville, Tom Lopez, Ralph Pezzullo, and Lindsay Ellison. Produced by Brian Price.) @ 12.00
- A Conversation with Randy Thom
- (from 2003 Workshop) @ 12.00
- Drama Bookshop Live Performance
- featuring Simon Jones in “The Doctor Is In” @ 12.00
- 2001 Audio Theatre Workshop Live Performance @ 12.00
- 2002 Audio Theatre Workshop Live Performance (2 CD set) @ 24.00
- 2003 Audio Theatre Workshop Live Performance (2 CD set) @ 24.00
- 2004 Audio Theatre Workshop Live Performance (2 CD set) @ 24.00
- 2005 Audio Theatre Workshop Live Performance (2 CD set) @ 24.00
- 60 Second Copywriter – Audio CD and Workbook
- Pulse of the Planet
- Extraordinary Sounds From the Natural World @ 16.00
- Dakota Reader: The Best Aliens Are the Ones Only You Can See-
A History of Science Fiction on Radio, 1930-2001
- Dakota Reader: From Ark to Microchip-A History of Audio Art, 10,000 BC-2010
- by Rev. Dwight Frizzell @ 12.00
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Roger Gregg of Ireland’s Crazy Dog Audio Theatre talks to Sue Zizza creator of Radio Works and Executive Director of the National Audio Theatre Festivals, Inc.
For almost 20 years Sue Zizza has been producing national award winning audio drama programming. Her series The Radio Works, now in its 12th year, is heard on almost 70 public radio stations coast-to-coast and internationally. She is a writer, director, producer and sound designer specializing in live (foley) effects for audio and the stage. Sue is a member of the faculty at the New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where she teaches recording and sound design. Additionally, she teaches audio production workshops throughout the country and is the past Executive Director of the National Audio Theatre Festivals. Over the years Sue’s work, has been honored by The Gabriels, The National Federation of Community Broadcasters, The International Radio Festival, and The Communicator Awards.
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An Interview with noted American Audio Dramatist YURI RASOVSKY.
Recorded the 16 July 2002.
Roger Gregg of Ireland’s Crazy Dog Audio Theatre talks to Yuri Rasovsky.
Yuri Rasovsky has worked professionally in theater and broadcasting as actor, writer, director and producer for nearly 30 years. Since he founded the National Radio Theater (1972-1987), he has created hundreds of radio productions heard on commercial and public radio outlets around the world. Rasovsky is the most honored Audio Dramatist working in the United States. Over the past 3 decades he has won two George Foster Peabody awards, five Ohio State awards, The APA Audie Award, four Major Armstrong awards, two Corporation for Public Broadcasting awards, The Independent Publishers Audio Award, The Gabriel Award, The Joseph Jefferson Award, the NFCB Golden Reel, the Mark Time Lifetime Achievement Award and the SFWA Bradbury Award. He is also contributing editor, to AudioFile magazine . For the millennium he created 2000X for NPR, a series of 40 plays with science fiction themes. He is currently the executive producer/director of The Hollywood Theater of the Ear .
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A Discussion with Phil Proctor on All Things Audio Theatre Recorded Saturday 11 January 2003.
Phil Proctor is a member of the legendary, 3 time Grammy nominated American audio comedy troupe THE FIRESIGN THEATRE. He is also a noted actor, voicing countless parts for animations such as the voice of Phil & Lil’s dad, Howard, on Rugrats. He has also created many popular characters in animated Disney and Pixar feature films including the drunken French monkey in Eddy Murphy’s Dr. Dolittle series and Charlie, the whistle-blowing manager, in Monsters, Inc.Presently, as part of THE FIRESIGN THEATRE, Proctor contributes comedy to National Public Radio’s nationally syndicated All Things Considered programme.
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Roger Gregg of Ireland’s Crazy Dog Audio Theatre talks to Tom Lopez of ZBS.Tom Lopez is President of ZBS Foundation. He is a writer/producer who has written about 140 hours of daily radio serials and weekly series, including “The Fourth Tower of Inverness,” “Moon Over Morocco,” “Ruby,” “Stars & Stuff,” “Travels with Jack,” “The Taj Express,” etc. He has received various awards, including the Prix Italia Special Prize for his binaural radio opera, “The Maltese Goddess.”
He’s is also a recording engineer and has gathered sounds in such exotic locales as: the Amazon, Belize, Costa Rica, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Morocco, India, and so on.
He is now editing/mixing a new series, “Dreams of the Blue Morpho,” and writing a second series, “Somewhere Next Door to Reality.”
Recorded Saturday the 20 July 2002.
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