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Project Audion: Classic Audio Dramas for Modern Times

Project Audion: Classic Audio Dramas for Modern Times

Written by: Larry Groebe
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Network Radio of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s - the precursor to today's podcasting - was a golden era for Audio Theatre. Project Audion selects the most interesting examples of these vintage audio plays - often from lost scripts that haven't been heard or performed in decades - and recreates them in real-time using top-notch voice actors from across the country and vintage production techniques. The result: a timeless treat for your ears.2023-2024 Art Drama & Plays Entertainment & Performing Arts
Episodes
  • "Arch Oboler's Plays: Special to Hollywood" remastered recreation of audio drama from 1945
    Jan 10 2026

    Arch Oboler was one of radio's most accomplished writer/producers. Although he may be best known for his creepy horror scripts, he cared deeply about the human condition and regularly tackled weighty topics. "Special To Hollywood" was an indictment of the vacuousness of Hollywood celebrity, told in a sort of proto-"Twilight Zone" form. The story was performed on three occasions, and the 1945 script (from the series "Arch Oboler's Plays") became the core of Project Audion's second-ever show back in 2020. Six years later, we've gone back to our old Zoom files and remixed them because - well, just because it's a yarn that's worth re-hearing with a message that is still relevant today. Our cast:

    Patte Rosebank, Canada
    Tim Burns, Kansas
    Larry Jurrist, Florida
    Trevor Rines, Canada
    Paul Arbisi, Illinois
    Directed by Patte Rosebank, & Produced by Larry Groebe

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    36 mins
  • "A Christmas Carol" classic holiday Audio Drama recreated for a live studio audience
    Dec 24 2025

    Project Audion presents a special Christmas audio drama recorded before a live audience at the Grapevine (TX) Public Library on December 14, 2025 as part of "Christmas On The Air."

    This half hour recreates a "A Christmas Carol" as it was traditionally heard on on the radio networks in the days before television. For nearly two decades spread across across the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, actor Lionel Barrymore definitively portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge for eager American radio listeners. We recreated his 1949 production with a full cast, right down to Tiny Tim, plus music and live sound effects. It's the voices of Christmas past, here as your Christmas present...

    Kim Titus
    Mitch Carr
    Reg Platt
    Susan Platt
    Brian Hoffman
    Gary Layton
    Sheela Bailey
    A. J. Glendenning
    Pierce Morgan
    Chase Morgan
    Produced and directed by Larry Groebe

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    40 mins
  • "The Men From the Ministry" lost 1964 Christmas radio comedy, recreated for a live studio audience
    Dec 24 2025

    Project Audion presents a special Christmas audio comedy, recorded before a live audience at the Grapevine (TX) Public Library on December 14, 2025 as part of "Christmas On The Air."

    This show recreates a special Christmas episode of the beloved British radio sitcom "The Men From the Ministry" which was extremely popular during the 1960s and 1970s (and still re-run on the BBC today). The show satirized governmental bureaucracy, but it only aired a single Christmas episode, in December 1964. That recording was subsequently lost or wiped, so Project Audion, performing from the delightfully funny original script, is bringing back to life something which NO ONE has heard in over 60 years! Listen as two bumbling bureaucrats attempt to spread a little Christmas cheer with their plans to deliver "A Present for Norman."

    A. J. Glendenning
    Gary Layton
    Kim Titus
    Mitch Carr
    Brian Hoffman
    Reg Platt
    Susan Platt
    Sheela Bailey
    Produced and directed by Larry Groebe

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    41 mins
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