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The Best of Cartoon Carnival, Volume 3: Pirates, Ghosts, and Moon Men

New and remastered productions by the voices of Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, Doggie Daddy, and more! This audio is produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, and performed by husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg, plus Daws Butler, Don Messick, Doug Young, Mel Blanc and Paul Frees. The Best of Cartoon Carnival, Volume Three includes “Daws Butler’s Halloween Happening,” “The Cartoon Carnival Pirates of the Caribbean Special,” “Cartoon Carnival Explorers Outer Space,” “Huckleberry Hound Goes to the Moon,” and “Huckleberry Hound and the Ghost Ship.”

Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg (Author), Daws Butler, Don Messick, Doug Young, Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Mel Blanc, Others, Paul Frees (Narrator)

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Uncle Vanya

In this classic of Chekhov’s canon, an overbearing professor pays a visit to his country estate, where Sonya and Vanya, his daughter and former brother-in-law, have slaved to maintain his wealth. But Vanya is enchanted by the professor’s new wife, while Sonya has fallen for the town’s melancholy doctor. Includes a conversation with Rosamund Bartlett, author of “Chekhov: Scenes from a Life.” An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring: Josh Radnor as Astrov Stacy Keach as Vanya Holley Fain as Yelena Anna Mathias as Marina Jennifer Bassey as Mariya JD Cullum as Telegin Martin Jarvis as Professor Serebryakov Devon Sorvari as Sonya Directed by Rosalind Ayres. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

Anton Chekhov, David Mamet, Vlada Chernornirdik (Author), Anna Mathias, Devon Sorvari, Holley Fain, Jd Cullum, Jennifer Bassey, Josh Radnor, Martin Jarvis, Stacy Keach (Narrator)

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Reasons to be pretty

What does it mean to be pretty? Do you really need someone to validate your appearance? Neil LaBute tackles our obsession with physical beauty head-on in a work nominated for multiple Tony and Drama Desk Awards. Our production, directed by the playwright, includes original Broadway cast member Thomas Sadoski, whose acclaimed performance also earned a Tony nomination. Includes a backstage conversation with Neil LaBute and the cast. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production featuring Jenna Fischer, Thomas Sadoski, Gia Crovatin, and Josh Stamberg. Written and directed by Neil LaBute. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

Neil LaBute (Author), Jenna Fischer, Josh Stamberg, Thomas Sadoski (Narrator)

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Reasons to be Happy

In the sequel to "reasons to be pretty," Greg, Steph, Carly, and Kent return a little older, but not necessarily wiser. And don’t worry if you haven’t met them before – there’s more than enough humor and humanity to usher you into the second act of their lives. Includes a backstage conversation with Neil LaBute and the cast. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production featuring Jenna Fischer, Thomas Sadoski, Gia Crovatin, and Josh Stamberg. Written and directed by Neil LaBute. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

Neil LaBute (Author), Jenna Fischer, Josh Stamberg, Thomas Sadoski (Narrator)

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Doctor Geek’s Laboratory, Season 1: The Flying Car and the Privatization of Space

Science fiction meets real-world technology in Doctor Geek’s Laboratory, Season 1 It’s the twenty-first century—have you ever wondered what happened to all those inventions, conveniences, and other concepts the future was supposed to bring? Doctor Geek’s Laboratory, Season 1 explores all the realms of applied geekdom, examining the future that was, the future that is, and the future that has not yet come to pass. Dr. Scott Viguié created Doctor Geek’s Laboratory as an outreach to explore the exciting possibilities of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the hope of bringing people closer to the scientists, inventors, entrepreneurs, tinkerers, and others who are attempting to bring about the world of tomorrow. Together we will help the future along—and give it a little push when needed.

Dr. Scott C. Viguie, Scott C. Viguie, Scott C. Viguié (Author), A Full Cast, Calliope Collacott, Chris Harrington, Debbie Viguie, Debbie Viguié, Dr. Scott C. Viguie, Phillip Harrington, Sacha Dzuba (Narrator)

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Simon Studio Presents: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Season 8

Shakespeare’s lighthearted comedy of mistaken identity, tangled lovers, meddling fairies, and bumbling amateur actors set in a wood on Midsummer Night is vividly retold in this special live radio performance first broadcast on the Bard’s birthday, April 23, 1994, on WBAI-FM in New York City. This enchanting reinterpretation will delight both those who know and love the works of Shakespeare and those who have yet to discover them.

William Shakespeare (Author), A Full Cast, Bobby Rae-Foley, David Lipson, Felix Diaz, Florence Regina, Joe Bevilacqua, Roger Hendricks Simon, Susan Kenney, William Lewis Wexler (Narrator)

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Simon Studio Presents: Oedipus Noir, The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Season 8

Styled after the tough-guy detectives of Raymond Chandler’s novels, this new radio play takes the tragic Greek hero down a couple pegs as he navigates today’s dark and dangerous streets. But this American Oedipus won’t accept his fate! Featuring an original jazz score by renowned bassist Jay Leonhart, Oedipus Noir was first performed before a live audience at the West End Gate in New York City. It was later broadcast in January 1994 on WBAI-FM in New York City.

Ralph Tyler (Author), A Full Cast, Jay Leonhart, Matty O'shea, Matty O’shea, Roger Hendricks Simon (Narrator)

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Kindertransport

As conditions deteriorated in Germany in the 1930s, many Jews tried in vain to escape. But thanks to a British humanitarian effort, about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and neighboring countries were relocated to live with families in the United Kingdom, while their parents stayed behind. This passage to freedom became known as Kindertransport, and is the title of Diane Samuels’ play about families, secrets, and survival. Includes a conversation with Kindertransport survivor Hilda Fogelson. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Jane Kaczmarek as Helga Hugo Armstrong as Ratcatcher/ Misc. Shannon Lee Clair as Eva Angela Paton as Lil Molly Quinn as Faith Susan Sullivan as Evelyn Directed by Jeanie Hackett. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

Diane Samuels (Author), Jane Kaczmarek, Molly C. Quinn, Susan Sullivan (Narrator)

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The Divine Sister

A crumbling convent school is on the verge of insolvency, when a young postulant begins to display strange heavenly powers. And when a dashing film executive arrives to buy the rights to her story, the Reverend Mother refuses to put profits over prayer. Playwright Charles Busch made his name with genre-skewering hits like Psycho Beach Party, Die Mommie Die, and The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, which L.A. Theatre Works recorded in 2007. This time around, we present Busch’s high-voltage spoof of religious melodramas, starring three of the principal players from its original 2010 Off-Broadway run. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Emily Bergl as Agnes Charles Busch as Mother Superior Maxwell Caulfield as Jeremy/Brother Venerius Alison Fraser as Sister Walburga/Mrs. MacDuffie Julie Halston as Sister Acacius Juliet Mills Mrs. Levinson/Timothy Directed by Carl Andress. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

Charles Busch (Author), Charles Busch, Emily Bergl, Maxwell Caulfield (Narrator)

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Comedy-O-Rama Variety Pack

This variety pack includes comedy sketches and audio dramatizations that will keep you entertained throughout. Deconstructing Laurel & Hardy A Comedy-O-Rama tribute Abbott & Costello in the Catskills This is an authentic recreation of a 1930s Borscht Belt variety show recorded before a live audience in the Catskills. In this New Oldtime Radio Hour, Lou Costello (Bob Greenberg) follows Bud Abbott (Joe Bevilacqua) to the Catskills when Abbott is hired as sole Master of Ceremonies of a Borscht Belt variety show. Meanwhile, guest stars George Burns and Cab Calloway miss their train, forcing Abbott to sing and dance in their place! A Waterlogg Double Feature This double feature from husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg includes The Joe Bev Valentine Treat, a charming hour of stories (real and fictional) about love; and The Comedy-O-Rama Hour Valentine Special: Cupid Comes to Camp Waterlogg, a comic one-hour radio play performed by Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. Streets of Staccato, Episode One: “Stench of the City” In the first episode of Victor Gates’ hilariously naughty ’70s cop show with a modern sense of humor, Sergeant Staccato and his men battle it out with stinky pirates as Father Kelly from Belfast tags along. Craziness ensues as events lead to an epic showdown at Mr. B’s Ballroom. Streets of Staccato, Episode Two: “Vice Grip” In the second episode of Victor Gates’ hilariously naughty ’70s cop show, Chief Kilvinski gives Staccato a new assignment: saving a wayward woman from porn magnate Huge Heffer. Staccato decides to fight fire with fire—with naked turnip juggling?

Joe Bevilacqua, Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Lorie Kellogg, Victor Gates, Victor Gates (Author), A Full Cast, A Full Cast, Bob Greenberg, David Sobkowiak, Elie Hirschman, Kenny Savoy, W. Ralph Walters (Narrator)

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Waterlogg Holiday Collection

This collection of stories features holiday tales for both young and old! The Christmas That Almost Never Was It’s Christmas Eve at the North Pole, and Santa has lost his “remembery.” Now only a child who has been good for a full year can save Christmas! Producer Joe Bevilacqua has unearthed this vintage 1940s recording of the charming Yuletide children’s radio play, written by and starring Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear. Daws Butler’s Halloween Happening A new production of the classic radio play by Daws Butler! Pedro’s Christmas Fables for Kids Visit Santa at the North Pole, witness the birth of Jesus, go inside Noah’s Ark, and more with these timeless short stories that will charm and entertain your whole family! Produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua and performed by him and his wife, Lorie Kellogg, these Christmas stories include “The Best Choice,” “A Forced Christmas,” “Bula the Traveler,” “Christmas Presents,” “The Please-O-Meter,” and “The Little Christmas Star.” Other stories include “The Tidy Toys,” “The Match and the Toy Men,” “Problems on the Ark,” “A Colorful Head,” “A Drop of Water,” and “Balloon Acrobatics.” Pedro’s Halloween Fables for Kids Goblins, fairies, witches, and ghosts! These short Halloween themed stories by noted Spanish children’s author Pedro Pablo Sacristan will charm and entertain your whole family! Produced with wonderful sound effects and music by veteran radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua, and performed by husband and wife team Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg, the stories include “The Creature in the Attic,” “A Different Take on Halloween,” “Waking Nightmare,” “The Evil Goblins,” “The Brave Boy and the Multicolored Ghost,” “The Monster in the Wardrobe,” “Forever a Monster,” “Bewitched Tongues,” The Funny-Looking Fairy,” and “The Evil Millisphore.” A Waterlogg Double Feature First in this double feature is “The Joe Bev Valentine Treat.” This is a charming hour of stories (real and fictional) about love. Second is “The Comedy-O-Rama Hour Valentine Special: Cupid Comes to Camp Waterlogg,” a comic one-hour radio play. The Gift of the Magi O. Henry’s classic Christmas short story is charmingly told by Lorie Kellogg and Joe Bevilacqua.

Charles Dawson Butler, Charles Dawson Butler, Joe Bevilacqua, Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Lorie Kellogg, O Henry, O Henry, O. Henry, Pedro Pablo Sacristan, Pedro Pablo Sacristan, Various Authors (Author), A Full Cast, A Full Cast, Charles Dawson Butler, Don Messick, Joe Bevilacqua, Lorie Kellogg, Marian Richmond (Narrator)

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Simon Studio Presents: Dancing in the Dark: The Best of the Comedy-O-Rama Hour, Season 8

Dancing in the Dark is an original drama-comedy dealing with the challenges of retirement, aging, and new romance. This short play, written by Vivian Green, was first performed before a life audience at the West End Gate in New York City and was later rebroadcast in December 1995 on WBAI-FM radio in New York City.

Vivian Green, Vivian Green (Author), George Flowers, George Flowers, Mildred Purdy, Vivian Green, Vivian Green (Narrator)

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