This Sunday, November 21st at 9:30 PM CST, “Night Train through Maco” will be aired on Station KFAI, Minneapolis / St. Paul, FM 90.3 and 106.7 as part of the Sound Affects program. Sound Affects is produced by our old friend Jerry Stearns, also the motive force behind the Mark Time and Ogle awards. Listen on the air if you’re in the area, or via the web at http://www.kfai.org.
Many thanks to Jerry and KFAI, and we hope you’ll consider supporting their “Radio Without Boundaries” initiative.
Prometheus recreates Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre of the Air’s historic production of the HG Wells classic, live at the Farpoint Hallowe’en Party on October 23rd, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Baltimore North. We start and end with a brief bit of silliness wherein our youngest member lampoons Orson, but overall it’s a faithful recreation for an enthusiastic audience.
Paul Balze and June Swords are your announcers, John Scheeler is Carl Phillips, Steven H. Wilson is Professor Pierson, and Chris Carothers is the Stranger. Also stars John Van Blarcom, Renee Wilson, Cindy Woods, Cindy Shockey, Ethan Wilson, Christian Wilson, John Weber and Renfield. Sharon Van Blarcom and Lew Aide provided tech support, with Ethan Wilson and Chris Shockey on foley, Cindy Woods producing and Steven H. Wilson directing.
Happy Hallowe’en!
A young couple fleeing an arranged marriage meet up with the ghost of a railroad conductor in the swamps of North Carolina.
Cast:
Sarah – Heather Scheeler
Josiah – Ethan Wilson
Price – Steven H. Wilson
Conductor – Paul Balze
Benson – Chris Carothers
Angry Passenger – John Weber
A note from the author:
Here we return to my North Carolina heritage. The story of the light at Maco Station has been told many times in the last century and a half. I first discovered it in one of my grandmother’s books of ghost stories, An Illustrated Guide to Ghosts and Mysterious Occurences in the Old North State, by Nancy and Bruce Roberts. I love train stories, so it’s always been one of my favorites, and Prometheus’s rendition embroiders on it, adding some history and some melodrama along the way.
Daniel has a disastrous reunion with his father, then receives a warning from the other side.
Daniel’s world is shaken as two people resurface from his past–just as Vicki plans to leave him.