NEW RELEASE! SHAKESPEARE'S GHOST

The Bard himself has returned to comment on his life, his works, and how the centuries have treated him. J.T. Turner brings Shakespeare to life, and this audio presentation (based on his stage play) is filled with stories about Shakespeare, his works, productions through the ages, and passages from many of the Bard's best works. Created and Written by J.T. TURNER, this is the first production from our newest producer at CRT, Jim Hamilton. The show is now on Lulu.Com, and will be coming soon to Spoken Network, Amazon, Audible and i-Tunes.
SHAKESPEARE'S GHOST

TICONDEROGA COMPLETED

We started recording on Nov. 10th 2008 and finished taping in February of 2009, and now, on Feb. 28th a year after, the entire TICONDEROGA production has been completed! Bagpipes, fifes and drums, a few thousand muskets and Highlanders, and we're good to go! CRT's first historical program in almost 10 years.All 24 episodes are now at the CRT store on LULU.COM and the CD release will be this summer. If you don't like single episodes, we will soon have a continuous version available.

COLONIAL RADIO TALK seems to be catching on. We have had quite a few downloads to the podcast, and MJ Cogburn has set us up as a RSS feed; you can download the show from various podcast sites, or have it delivered to you each week via your email. All the info is at CRT PODCAST

Monday, so we're recording tonight. Three more episodes of SOLUTIONS, INC. We will wrap the series on the 15th of this month.

More later!
cheers

NEW FATHER BROWN RELEASE

Today we released the second to last episode in our FATHER BROWN series.

THE INSOLUBLE PROBLEM


From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest takes on bandits, traitors and killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it.

EPISODE 15: THE INSOLUBLE PROBLEM - Father Brown's best friend is a master thief, who's been assigned the task of catching another thief. But first the pair must solve a murder that couldn't possibly have happened.

THE FATHER BROWN MYSTERIES

Starring J.T. TURNER as Father Brown. HUGH METZLER as Inspector Craven.

From the FATHER BROWN short stories by G K Chesterton

Dramatized by M J Elliott

Executive Producer MARK VANDER BERG. Directed by JERRY ROBBINS. Produced by M.J. COGBURN

Music by KEVIN McLEOD

QUESTIONS FOR LINCOLN CLARK?

QUESTIONS FOR LINCOLN CLARK?? Lincoln will be my guest on COLONIAL RADIO TALK, our new podcast, recording Mon. Feb. 15th. Lincoln has been with CRT for 20 years, and is perhaps best known as "Doc" in POWDER RIVER. If you have anything you would like to ask Lincoln, please post your questions in the CRT Forum in the catagory of QUESTIONS FOR THE CRT PODCAST. This show will be posted March 5th

NEW COLONIAL RADIO PODCAST

Check out the brand new COLONIAL RADIO PODCAST! This is going to be a "behind the scenes" look at CRT shows past, present and future with the actors of the CRT Players. This week, my guest is J.T. Turner in the first of a two-part interview!

THE COLONIAL RADIO PODCAST

PLUGGING AWAY

Been a busy month here at CRT, including finishing off our 12 hour production of TICONDEROGA. We've recorded the bagpipes and drums and putting the finishing touches on the battle scenes - which are rather extensive! The show began broadcasting Dec.4th on our Sirius/XM Radio Show, and will continue through May.

Also this month we recorded a book, KICHI in JUNGLE JEOPARDY, which is a fun story that I think kids will love. J.T. Turner performed this one, and we managed to record the entire story in one day!

Also on our new Audio Book front, Anastas Varinos continues recording LORENZO AND THE PIRATE, and Sam Donato is hard at work recording Earl Murray's MOUNTAIN SHERIFF.

Also in production is our PROJECT-X; a feature that we will announce the title of when it is completed, and also a new series SOLUTIONS, INC. began recording and will continue through March.

Pictured is J.T. Turner at the session for KICHI!

SPOKANE ANYONE?

Just saw that the Spokane County Library District has a few of our shows in circulation. THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE is one of them. For this, I wanted a "documentary" feel, and we did the entire show with no music underscore. It's an odd production from CRT, and by odd I just mean different. However,now in its 10th year of release, it continues to sell in downloads, and we are looking forward to its first CD release later this year. They also have our 2004 mini-musical production of JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, and POWDER RIVER. However, for PR, you need to search the title, as our former publisher never saw it fit to actually mention our name anywhere in print. The little darlings. ;)

COLONIAL IN SPOKANE

NEW PRODUCTION

M.J. Elliott (Father Brown, Perry Mason) will be writing the script for CRT's upcoming production of Mark Twain's THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER. Hopefully production will begin in the spring for a fall release.

SNOWY DAY IN TOWN

Well, tonight we are supposed to start recording a new series, SOLUTIONS, INC. and this is the view from my writing desk. A nice heavy, wet, icy snow. I'll see how the day pans out and how the roads look before deciding if we are on or off. We recorded KING SOLOMON'S MINES during the winter of 2008, and TICONDEROGA las winter, and never had to cancel for snow. In fact, the last time we canceled for snow was in 2005 for the three Custer episodes in POWDER RIVER! So, I guess I can't complain. We've been lucky as far as the weather.

NEW TITLES ON SPOKEN NETWORK

It's been a while since we released new titles to Spoken Network! Our 2004 production of TOBY TYLER has been on the site for six years, however, it was only available in its broadcast form - 7 half hour episodes. We have re-cut the program to run as a continuous feature. This is one of my favorite shows, and captures the mood of circus life in the 1880's.
CAPTAIN BLOOD, our 2006 production, has also only been available for download in episodes. It is now on Spoken Network as it was released on CD - in a continuous 7 hour program. There is also a new FATHER BROWN episode (the series will be completed in March), as well as a new episode of JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER.

Here are the links

ZORRO AND THE PIRATE RAIDERS

PERRY MASON AND THE CASE OF THE HOWLING DOG

TOBY TYLER or TEN WEEKS WITH A CIRCUS

JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER

CAPTAIN BLOOD

THE BOOK OF NONSENSE

THE FATHER BROWN MYSTERIES

Today we record our final two episodes in the JARREM LEE series, and next week we begin a new series by Mike Murphy, called SOLUTIONS, INC. More on that later.

CRT YEAR END REVIEW FOR 2009

It's been quite a year at CRT; perhaps the biggest change was leaving our publisher of 3 years, Blackstone Audio. :)!! I've only listed the recording dates; but suffice to say that every day our editors were hard at work, and scripts were being written at a furious rate!

In 2009 CRT produced:

12 Episodes of JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER. Written by Gareth Tilley, and produced by M.J. Cogburn, Seth Adam Sher, and Bryan Rothrock. Music by Jeffrey Gage.

24 Episodes of TICONDEROGA - Written by yours truly, and produced by Seth Adam Sher, music by Jeffrey Gage.

ZORRO AND THE PIRATE RAIDERS (Feature production) Written by yours truly with additional dialog by Deniz Cordell. Produced by Seth Adam Sher, Music by Jeffrey Gage.

3 Episodes of FREAKY FAIRY TALES (shorts) Written by Anastas Varinos, Produced by MJ Cogburn, music by Jeffrey Gage.

Our only CD release this year was BARRYMORE, by William Luce. This production will be re-released in 2010 in a larger market.

And So, here is what happened in '09.

JANUARY
12th: Recorded TICONDEROGA, Eps.13,14,15
26th: Recorded TICONDEROGA, Eps. 16,17,18

FEBRUARY
9: Recorded TICONDEROGA, Eps. 19,20
16: Recorded ZORRO Auditions
23: Recorded TICONDEROGA, Eps. 21,22,23,24

MARCH
Released the following CRT Titles to Audible.Com;
The Rivals
Guns of Powder River
Powder River and the Mountain of Gold
A Visit with Aesop
30: Recorded JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER Episode 1.

APRIL
4: Recorded PERRY MASON AND THE CASE OF THE BARKING DOG
7: Recording Session for BOOK OF NONSENSE
11: Recorded ZORRO tests.
13: Recorded ZORRO tests.
20: Recorded JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER Eps. 3&4
25: Recording session 1 for ZORRO AND THE PIRATE RAIDERS
27: BARRYMORE By William Luce premiers on Sirius/XM Radio
30: Recording Session 2 for ZORRO AND THE PIRATE RAIDERS

MAY
1: BARRYMORE CD Release, our final release for Blackstone Audio.
MOONFLEET photo shoot for cover art, Ipswich, MA
2: Recording Session 3 for ZORRO AND THE PIRATE RAIDERS
9: TREASURE ISLAND Photo shoot for CD release
14: Recording Session 2 for THE BOOK OF NONSENSE
15: Recording Session 3 for THE BOOK OF NONSENSE
16: Recording Session 4 for ZORRO AND THE PIRATE RAIDERS
19: Recording JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER, Eps. 5&6
22: Meeting with HOUSE OF COOL about animation project.


JUNE
4: Recording TICONDEROGA re-takes
21: Music Demos begin for THE STAR ANGEL
22: Recording JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER Eps. 7&8
25: Meeting with House of Cool for THE STAR ANGEL

JULY
1: Guest on Sirius/XM show COVER TO COVER
2: Recording Session for STAR ANGEL demos.
3: Colonial wins our 4th Ogle Award for Best Fantasy Production of 2008, Ray Bradbury's THE HALLOWEEN TREE!
6: THE STAR ANGEL script sent to UK.
18: Recording PERRY MASON AND THE CASE OF THE LUCKY LEGS
19: In Hyannis, MA at CAPE COD MELODY TENT

AUGUST
7: Recording session, TICONDEROGA re-takes
10: ZORRO completes production
Recording Session for TICONDEROGA re-takes
18: Recording session 1 for LORENZO AND THE PIRATE
19: Radio Interview for Radio Drama Revival
21: Recording Session 1 for LEGEND OF SLEEP HOLLOW straight read.
24: Recording JARREM LEE - GHOST HUNTER Eps. 9.10

SEPTEMBER
No recording sessions this month. All work focused on writing, and the post production work for JARREM LEE and BUCK ALICE. Also in Sept. started work on PROJECT X. We're calling it Project X until we have the script approved and the recording dates set; at that time we'll announce the production.

11: Our 5th Season on Sirius/XM begins with episode 1 of ZORRO. A new CRT show will play once a week for the next 42 weeks.

OCTOBER
4: Ray Bradbury and CRT agree to a fourth production together! THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES. I am writing the script, which then goes to Mr. Bradbury for approval / changes, etc. Release date will be Christmas, 2010, and Seth Adam Sher will produce.

13: Recording re-takes on TICONDEROGA.
18: Recording session FREAKY FAIRY TALES
24: Recording session for PERRY MASON AND THE CASE OF THE CURIOUS BRIDE
26: Recording session for SOLUTIONS, INC. canceled due to flu :(

NOVEMBER
2: Recording session for JARREM LEE eps. 11,12, canceled due to flu.
5: Recording session for FATHER BROWN 15,16 canceled due to flu
17: FREAKY FAIRY TALES - HOODIE! Released for download.
30: Recording session - TICONDEROGA re-takes.
*Also in November we welcomed back Chris Snyder, after a long illness.

DECEMBER
1: Recording session - TICONDEROGA re-takes
12: Recording session for BUCK ALICE foley tracks.
15: Live interview on Sirius/XM Radio COVER TO COVER show.


The CRT Production Family -

Producers: Seth Adam Sher
M.J. Cogburn
Chris Snyder
Bryan Rothrock

Music: Jeffrey Gage
Kevin McLeod

Writers: Jerry Robbins
M.J. Elliott
Gareth Tilley
Mike Murphy
Anastas Varinos