Jabberwocky Audio Theater

Associate Artistic Director William R. Coughlan has a lot to share while wearing his hat as writer/director of Quorum. Go ahead and give it a listen, but in the meantime, our new dedicated podfeed for Quorum is live! (RSS feed is here). Rated AD-G for general audiences Click here for complete show notes.

Bjorn and Bill talk about how 2020 changed up how we make audio fiction here at Jabberwocky Audio Theater, and we do a deep dive into Quorum. Rated AD-G for general audiences We’re basically just talking. Click here for complete show notes.

Take a break from Poe and give a listen to a lesser known work by H.G. Wells: “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid,” first published in the Pall Mall Budget, August 2, 1894. Rated AD-G for general audiences Contains bloodsucking, botany, and an idle British gentleman. Click here for complete show notes.

We continue our versions of Poe short stories, with “The Black Cat,” first published in the Saturday Evening Post, August 19th, 1843. Tal Aviezer appears courtesy of Red Monkey Theater Group. Rated AD-PG, so parental guidance is suggested Contains the torture and killing of an animal as well as a human murder. Click here for complete show notes.

We continue our series with more Edgar Allan Poe and a short story perfect for audio, “The Tell-Tale Heart,” first published in James Russel Lowell’s The Pioneer, January 1843. Tegan Ashton Cohan appears courtesy of Howl at the Moon Audio. Rated AD-PG, so parental guidance is suggested Contains murder, dismemberment, and someone who insists they are not mad a bit too much. Click here for complete show notes.

It's almost summer, and we wanted to let you know about some new episodes airing soon, plus progress on Quorum. Rated AD-G for general audiences Click here for complete show notes.

It’s Spring 2021 and time to update you on what we’re up to in Deepest Springfield. This March, we’re working on Quorum and also expanding the world of Rogue Tyger. For the bio and character portrait of Grannie Kochowa, check out: https://www.jabberaudio.com/2021/03/17/imperium-encyclopedia-in-depth-grainne-kochowa/ Rated AD-G for general audiences Click here for complete show notes.

A new year and a new update for what’s up in Deepest Springfield for January 2021. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @JabberAudio. And check out the bio and character portrait of Dr. Shen Enling at: https://www.jabberaudio.com/2021/01/10/imperium-encyclopedia-in-depth-shen-enling/ Rated AD-G for general audiences Click here for complete show notes.

An update for December 2020. We briefly update what we’ve been up to including new entries in the Encyclopedia of the Imperium on jabberaudio.com. If you want the specific link to Aidan Vosky’s expanded encyclopedia entry, it's at: https://www.jabberaudio.com/2020/12/09/imperium-encyclopedia-in-depth-aidan-vosky/ Rated AD-G for general audiences Click here for complete show notes.

An update for November 2020. We talk about some of the added entries to Rogue Tyger’s Encyclopedia of the Imperium and other goodies you can check out on our website, jabberaudio.com. If you want the specific link to Reg Macorum’s expanded encyclopedia entry, it’s at: https://www.jabberaudio.com/2020/11/16/imperium-encyclopedia-in-depth-reg-macorum/ Rated AD-G for general audiences Click here for complete show notes.

We manage to eke out an entry in 2020 for this series right around Halloween with two classics from Edgar Allan Poe, “The Raven” and “The Masque of the Red Death.” Rated AD-PG, so parental guidance is suggested “The Raven” is essentially typical Poe existential dread which, unless you’ve recently seen Hitchcock’s The Birds should be fine. “The Masque of the Red Death,” however, may be upsetting to people hit hard by the global pandemic due to its depiction of the titular disease. Click here for complete show notes.

An update for October 2020. We have an update on our Fall schedule and what’s in the works for 2021 and beyond. Rated AD-G for general audiences Click here for complete show notes.

The conclusion of Andrew Lang’s rollicking self-aware fairy tale about a prince who is cursed to be too clever. This special pandemic production features recordings from throughout the Jabberwocky Audio troupe. Rated AD-G for general audiences Contains harrumphs, tears, laughter, and fairy-tale style (vs. Lovecraft-style) reanimation, which makes the death of a pet more palatable. Click here for complete show notes.

A continuation of Andrew Lang’s rollicking self-aware fairy tale about a prince who is cursed to be too clever. This special pandemic production features recordings from throughout the Jabberwocky Audio troupe. Rated AD-G for general audiences Contains legal proceedings, people trying to better themselves, and several death threats to several different people. Click here for complete show notes.

A continuation of Andrew Lang’s rollicking self-aware fairy tale about a prince who is cursed to be too clever. This special pandemic production features recordings from throughout the Jabberwocky Audio troupe. Rated AD-G for general audiences Contains monstrous fights resulting in fairy tale-related deaths, charges of treason, and diplomatic complications. Click here for complete show notes.

A continuation of Andrew Lang’s rollicking self-aware fairy tale about a prince who is cursed to be too clever. This special pandemic production features recordings from throughout the Jabberwocky Audio troupe. Rated AD-G for general audiences Contains mean-spirited comments, the power of love (sans Huey Lewis), magic objects, monsters, and an eagle cut down before its time. Click here for complete show notes.

A continuation of Andrew Lang’s rollicking self-aware fairy tale about a prince who is cursed to be too clever. This special pandemic production features recordings from throughout the Jabberwocky Audio troupe. Rated AD-G for general audiences Contains prince-slaying firedrakes, prince-snubbing ladies, rude courtiers, incensed kings, and the prince enjoying an after-dinner cigarette, which he would be too clever to smoke these days, because he’d understand the science. Click here for complete show notes.

Andrew Lang’s rollicking self-aware fairy tale about a prince who is cursed to be too clever. This special pandemic production features recordings from throughout the Jabberwocky Audio troupe. Rated AD-G for general audiences Contains dragons, firedrakes, and mention of how impolitic the Crusades were. Really nothing offensive, except for grownups who take things too seriously. Click here for complete show notes.

The classic German fairy tale “The Elves and the Shoemaker,” plus an appropriately clever Sicilian tale “The Cunning Shoemaker” “The Elves and the Shoemaker”by the Brothers Grimm, from their collection Kinder und Hausmärchen (1812) translated by Edgar Taylor and Marian Edwardes (1823) “The Cunning Shoemaker” A tale from Sicily Included in Andrew Lang’s collection The Pink Fairy Book (1897) Rated AD-G for general audiences Contains nought but whimsy in the first tale (okay, that and some nakedness), but does contain some death in the second one… but it does happen to bad people and is quite in line with fairy tale karma. Click here for full show notes.

The iconic French version of a fairy tale which has variants going back centuries in many parts of the world. Don’t worry: this has all the quality step-family shenanigans you’re seeking. Rated AD-G for general audiences Contains thoughtless stepsisters and a rather cavalier attitude towards transmogrifying rodentia to be used as servants, but other than that, it’s pretty untroubling. Click here for full show notes.