It's true! We are going to do the granddaddy of all radio shows; however ours will be the Wells version, not the Welles version :)   Ours is set in Victorian England, as was the book.  We're very excited to start production on .....

THE STAR ANGEL

We're overwhelmed with the news that our production of THE STAR ANGEL has won a PARENTS CHOICE AWARD! 

Time Flies!

BEACON HILL scripts have been keeping me from posting here as much as I would like. 8 scripts at 70 pages each takes a lot of time; also been sketching out the episodes for POWDER RIVER Season 8, plus a lot of recording sessions these past two months. So, that's my excuse! 

We have a few new FATHER BROWNS completed. These will be playing first on our Sirius XM show starting this week - on First Run Fridays. We have re-vamped our FATHER BROWN series with a great new music score by Jeff Gage, and a new look on the cover art.  MJ Elliott continues to write the series, and these new episodes were edited by Theo Mordey and Tony Raymond.

Also, we started work on two new series; THE THINKING MACHINE, based on the short stories by Jacques Futrelle, being dramatized for us by MJ Elliott,  and THE BURGLAR'S CLUB, by Henry A. Hering, being dramatized by Gareth Tilley. Both shows will be broadcast on our Sirius XM show this April and May.

Recording has begun on our production of Flint Dille's and David Marconi's  AGENT 13 AND THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE. Theo Mordey is producing, Jeff Gage is scoring the show, and it has been dramatized by Deniz Cordell.

THE ALL NEW DIBBLE SHOW will be back this summer with all-new episodes.

POWDER RIVER - SEASON 8 will begin recording in April. We will be reducing the episodes for the season from 15 to 12

BEACON HILL will begin recording 8 new hour long episodes starting in May.

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THE STAR ANGEL - AUDIE AWARD NOMINATION

We are very happy to have been nominated for the Audie Award with our production of THE STAR ANGEL
From the Audio Publishers Association Website: The Audies, sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), is the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. Through The Audies award competition, publishers are able to enter titles in various categories for recognition of achievement. Finalists are selected and, from that group of finalists, one winner is awarded. Winners will be recognized at the exciting Audies gala in New York City on May 30, 2013.

Update

We're about to start our 2013 recording season in just a couple of weeks, with the first episode of THE THINKING MACHINE. Cast is in place and ready to go! Also next month we start recording Flint Dille and David Marconi's AGENT 13 AND THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE. Tom Berry is cast in the title role. Production will be completed in March. Theo Mordey will be producing, and Jeff Gage is composing the score.     Also next month we record the first episode of THE BURGLARS CLUB, by Gareth Tilley.

BEACON HILL begins recording 8 more episodes in May, and POWDER RIVER - THE FINAL SEASON begins recording the final 15 episodes in April.

DIBBLE IS BACK with a vengeance! THE ALL NEW DIBBLE SHOW is back in production with three completed episodes, and three more recording in March. The new Dibble episodes will run this summer on Sirius XM.

RELEASE DATE - MAY 15th!

NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT - AGENT 13!

CANTERVILLE GHOST - MAY 1st

J.T. Turner in THE CANTERVILLE GHOST

J.T. Turner stars as Sir Simon DeCanterville in C-R-T's production of THE CANTERVILLE GHOST - by Oscar Wilde. Produced by Bryan Rothrock, from a script by Gareth Tilley, the production also stars Jerry Robbins, Diane Capen, Colin Budzyna, James Turner, Sevan Dulgarian, Gabriel Clark, Cynthia Pape, John Pease, and the late Hugh Metzler, to whom the production is dedicated. It will be released on May 1st, 2013.

NEW SHOW

LINCOLN CLARK

CASTING NEWS: LINCOLN CLARK ("Doc" in Powder River) will star as Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, in our upcoming series, THE THINKING MACHINE. The first episode, "The Problem Of Dressing Room A" will record in February with a script by M.J. Elliott based on the story by Jacques Futrelle.   More casting updates on this series soon!

C-R-T YEAR IN REVIEW

As we wind down our 17th season at C-R-T, we can look back at a productive 12 months. Here is our year in review

2012
JAN. 
16: Recording Session POWDER RIVER SEASON 6: Conversations/ Doc's Peril/The Fond Farewell.
25: Recording Session - pick ups

RELEASES
Toby Tyler- or Ten Weeks With A Circus
Moonfleet
Shiloh

FEB. 
4: Recording Session for DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
21: Recording Session - pick ups
27: Recording Session - Snowman 1 THE STAR ANGEL
28: Recording Session - JEEVES AND WOOSTER:Leave It To Jeeves/FATHER BROWN: The Hammer Of God

RELEASES
The Rivals
Powder River Season 2
Jarrem Lee Ghost Hunter Vol. 1

MAR.
13: Photo shoot for TICONDEROGA cover art.
15: Recording session with Steve DeMonico for THE STAR ANGEL dialog
19: Photo shoot for TICONDEROGA cover art
20: Photo shoot for EMERALD CITY OF OZ
      Recording session with Mark Thurner ('66) for THE STAR ANGEL dialog
      Recording session for VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS - HOUSE OF THE RAVEN
31: Recording session for LOGAN'S RUN - AFTERMATH

RELEASES
Vincent Price Presents - Vol. 3
The Red Badge of Courage
The Alamo
Wrath of the Titans

APR.
5: Recording session with Sam Donato as Old St. Nick dialog / song: Christmas Sparkles, for THE STAR     ANGEL
7: Recording session with Isaac Bean for POWDER RIVER Eps. 12-14.
9: Recording session with Shana Dirik for "Lighthouse" dialog in THE STAR ANGEL
    Recording session with Shana Dirik and Kristen Dattoli for POWDER RIVER
10: Recording session with Joe Caliendo Jr. for LOGAN'S RUN AFTERMATH
16: Recording session for kids in LOGAN'S RUN - AFTERMATH
17: Music recording session with Kerry Donovan THE STAR ANGEL "How Is This Possible" and "Take It Away"
      Recording session with Kerry Donovan  for "Samantha" dialog THE STAR ANGEL
      Recording session with Tom Berry for THE STAR ANGEL dialog.
18: Recording session with Andrew Monroe for THE STAR ANGEL. "Sean's" dialog
19: Music recording session with Shana Dirik:  Just As You Remember/ Rootin' Tootin' Christmas
20: Music recording session with Andrew Monroe THE STAR ANGEL
21: Music recording session with Deniz Cordell for"Christmas Sparkles" THE STAR ANGEL
      Recording session with Deniz Cordell for "Elf" dialog THE STAR ANGEL
26: Music recording session with Tom Berry "How Is This Possible" THE STAR ANGEL
30: Music recording session for chorus THE STAR ANGEL

RELEASES
Shakespeare's Ghost
Powder River Season 3
The Father Brown Mysteries Vol 4

MAY
7: Recording session with Cynthia Pape, dialog for "Mother" THE STAR ANGEL
15: Music recording session with Shana Dirk: Bon Chance/ Take It Away
21: Recording session with John Pease, dialog for "Snowman 1" THE STAR ANGEL
      Music recording session with John Pease: Snowman Spectacular
22: Recording session Episode 1 of BEACON HILL
23: Music recording session with J.T. Turner "Head Snowman" Snowman Spectacular
29: Recording session JEEVES AND WOOSTER: The Aunt And The Sluggard

RELEASES
Tom Corbett - Space Cadet
The Adventures of Old Ironsides

JUN.
1: Music recording session with Mark Thurner
2: Photo shoot for THE STAR ANGEL cover art
3: Recording session JEEVES AND WOOSTER: Extricating Young Gussie
    Recording session: special Ray Bradbury tribute for Sirius XM
    Photo shoot for The Father Brown Mysteries
12: Recording Session for Episode 2 BEACON HILL
14: Music recording session - chorus for THE STAR ANGEL
19: Music recording session - chorus for THE STAR ANGEL
20: Recording session with Isaac Bean for BEACON HILL ep 2
      Photo shoot with Isaac Bean for POWDER RIVER Season 5
26: Recording session POWDER RIVER Season 7 Eps 1-4
27: Music recording session - chorus for THE STAR ANGEL
28: Music recording session for THE STAR ANGEL

RELEASES
Return To Treasure Island
Powder River Season 4
Little Big Horn

JUL.
2: Recording session FATHER BROWN - The Wrong Shape
    Recording session JEEVES AND WOOSTER - Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg
3: Recording session Episode 3 BEACON HILL
9: Recording session THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
10: Music recording session THE STAR ANGEL
16: Recording session POWDER RIVER Season 7 Eps.5,6
17: Recording session Episode 4 BEACON HILL
                                  Episode 5 BEACON HILL
24: Recording session BEACON HILL Ep. 3 pick ups
      Recording session with Ronni Marshak Star Angel dialog THE STAR ANGEL

 RELEASES
Ticonderoga
Jarrem Lee Vol. 2
Allan Quatermain and the Lord of Locusts

AUG.
7: Recording session Episode 7 BEACON HILL.
9: Music recording - Chorus THE STAR ANGEL
10: Music recording with Mark Thurner "Look At Him Go"
      Music recording with Jerry Robbins "Safe In Your memory"
14: Recording session Episode 8 BEACON HILL
14 - CRT Player Hugh Metzler passes away.
20: Recording session for POWDER RIVER Eps 7,8,9
21: Recording session Episode 8 BEACON HILL
22: Music recording session - chorus THE STAR ANGEL
27: Recording session POWDER RIVER Episodes 11,12


RELEASES
Logan's Run - Aftermath
Vincent Price Presents Vol. 3

SEPT.
1: THE STAR ANGEL - sneak preview
19: Photo shoot for BEACON HILL - Becky Klien
20: Photo shoot for BEACON HILL - Colin Budzyna
20: Photo shoot for BEACON HILL - Isaac bean
      Photo shoot for POWDER RIVER - Isaac bean
21: Photo shoot for BEACON HILL - James Tallach
23: Photo shoot for BEACON HILL - Nolan Murphy, Rachel Padell, Natalie Vatcher, Barbara Demsey     West
24: Photo shoot for BEACON HILL - Shana Dirik
24: Recording session for POWDER RIVER Episode 10
26: Photo shoot for BEACON HILL - Cynthia Pape
27: Photo shoot for BEACON HILL - Jerry Robbins

RELEASES
Jarrem Lee Ghost Hunter Vol. 3
The Blockade Runners

OCT.
3: Recording session THE ALL NEW DIBBLE SHOW "Westbrook Wants to Get Fired/Dibble Salute's Jaws/ South Sea Dibble
4: Recording session: FATHER BROWN - Curse Of the Golden Cross
15: Recording session POWDER RIVER Episodes 13,14,15

RELEASES
Vincent Price Vol. 5
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

NOV.
1: Recording session THE BLACK ARROW
4: Premiere of THE STAR ANGEL at the QP Playhouse. Benefit for Dana Farber Childrens Hospital.
14: Recording session: Additional scenes for BEACON HILL Ep. 3

RELEASES
The Star Angel
A Charles Dickens Christmas Collection

 DEC.
18: Recording session for FATHER BROWN - The Mirror of the Magistrate / The Vampire of the Village
27:  Recording session for TOM CORBETT - DANGER IN DEEP SPACE

RELEASES
Powder River Season 5
The Emerald City of Oz 

Looking forward to our 18th year in 2013! Thanks to all our fans for listening!