The mp3ater Project

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Audio Theater and Oldtime Radio-comedy, drama, mystery, and thrillers The mp3ater Project is an experiment in audio theater, including remakes of oldtime radio shows and new adaptations written especially for the podcasting medium. Genres include comedy, drama, mystery, and thriller. The project began in the spring of 2005 at Duke University, where the students of Professor Daniel H. Foster's theater course, "Radio: The Theater of the Mind," produced several audio theater pieces. These pieces comprise the first efforts of an ongoing experiment in digital theater. Tune in this summer as every other Wednesday we will be releasing a new podcast.

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  Orpheus Against the Sirens
  Tue, 4 Apr 2006 12:17:32 EDT
  The mp3ater Project: Orpheus Against the Sirens-A tone poem by Daniel H. Foster based on a myth about Orpheus and his musical battle with the Sirens to save the lives of Jason and the Argonauts. See lyrics in ID3 tag for myth.
  
  
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  Words and Music (Orchestral Version)
  Thu, 1 Dec 2005 10:17:32 EDT
  Radio play by Samuel Beckett, here performed as a one-person show by Foster; he also wrote the musical score; two characters entitled Words and Music (or Joe and Bob as they are sometimes called) work together and against each other in order to produce songs, musical interludes, and lyric poetry; they are led by a third character, Croak, who exists somewhere in between sound and sense.
  
  
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  Words and Music
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:17:32 EDT
  Radio play by Samuel Beckett, here performed as a one-person show by Foster; he also wrote the musical score; two characters entitled Words and Music (or Joe and Bob as they are sometimes called) work together and against each other in order to produce songs, musical interludes, and lyric poetry; they are led by a third character, Croak, who exists somewhere in between sound and sense.
  
  
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  Relish
  Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:17:32 EDT
  A one-person show with Foster performing all parts; he also wrote the musical score; a bride disappears and the mystery is solved by Smithers, a traveling salesman for Num-Num Relish, and Lyndley, an Upper East Side aristocrat.
  
  
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  The Most Dangerous Game
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 12:17:32 EDT
  This re-broadcast is performed here as a one-person show by Tiffany Chen, who also uses some of her own musical works for the soundtrack.
  
  
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  Bedtime Stories for Adults
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 12:17:32 EDT
  Three well-known fairy tales are humorously transformed and updated for the 21st century. "The Three Co-Dependent Goats Gruff" re-tells the tale of a bridge, three goats, and the troll who would eat them. Listen to the revolt of the "porcinistas" in "The Three Little Pigs." And hear the pro-feminist/pro-wolf version of "Little Red Riding Hood." Each story stars and was produced by Maggie Chambers, Matt Hooks, and Alberto Mendoza.
  
  
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  Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The James Forbes Matter
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:17:32 EDT
  This is a reconstruction of the 1950s radio noir series, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. Tune in as Johnny Dollar, "the fabulous freelance insurance investigator with the action-packed expense account," solves the mystery of how a millionaire plummeted to his death. This episode was written by Blake Edwards, who would later go on to direct the Pink Panther movies. It stars and was produced by Suzanne Nussbaum, John Vickery, and Andrew Wallace.
  
  
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  Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Clever Chemist Matter
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 12:17:32 EDT
  This is a reconstruction of the 1950s radio noir series, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. This modern take on the radio noir series includes updated soundtrack and sound effects; Johnny investigates the suspicious death of a famous chemist before it happens. This episode stars and was produced by John Howell, Rachel Lebron, and Jacob McCafferty