Posted on December 6, 2015November 5, 2019 by David Benedict

The Twelve Days of An Atlanta Christmas (2015) Day 6

Welcome to the Twelve Days of An Atlanta Christmas (2015 edition)! Leading up to our December 12 and 13 performances at the Academy Theatre in Stockbridge, we’ll be bringing you our own take on this holiday classic!

On the third day of An Atlanta Christmas, my true love gave to me…six colored microphones…
five old CDs!
…four Foley artists…
…three singers singing…
…two Stockbridge shows
And an interview on WABE!

Microphones are, of course, essential to audio drama. Here at ARTC we like to color-code them to make sure the actors know where to go. Because, y’know, actors. If you’ve ever seen us live before the pattern will look very familiar. And if you haven’t, now’s your chance!

An Atlanta Christmas 2009 — The color-coded microphones match the station colors. Please move to the center of the theatre and away from the doors.

Posted on December 5, 2015November 5, 2019 by David Benedict

The Twelve Days of An Atlanta Christmas (2015) Day 5

On the third day of An Atlanta Christmas, my true love gave to me…five old CDs!
…four Foley artists…
…three singers singing…
…two Stockbridge shows
And an interview on WABE!

The CD may not be as popular as it once was, but we’ve still got ’em and, let’s face it, it’s nice to have something tangible to put under the tree. Yes, we can all wrap up an empty box or put gift cards in an envelope, but think back to when you were a kid. Which presents were the most intriguing? The big ones! What could it possibly be??

(Incidentally, just as a matter of trivia, if you stacked every ARTC CD available up and wrapped them as a group, they’d be about 13.5″ tall by 5.25″ wide by 7.5″ deep. Give or take. Just sayin’.)

Also, today’s the last day for our 10% off sale! Check us out on Facebook and Twitter to get the discount code, but hurry! It expires today (12/5)!!

Posted on December 4, 2015November 5, 2019 by David Benedict

The Twelve Days of An Atlanta Christmas (2015) Day 4

On the third day of An Atlanta Christmas, my true love gave to me…four Foley artists…
…three singers singing…
…two Stockbridge shows
And an interview on WABE!

It ain’t audio drama without sound effects, and just like Christmas presents the best sound effects are the ones you make yourself! That’s why ARTC prides itself on creating live Foley sound effects at most of our shows. Come see for yourself what goes into making our unique soundscape at An Atlanta Christmas!

Posted on December 3, 2015November 5, 2019 by David Benedict

The Twelve Days of An Atlanta Christmas (2015) Day 3

On the third day of An Atlanta Christmas, my true love gave to me…three singers singing…
…two Stockbridge shows
And an interview on WABE!

Music is an integral part of the holiday season. It nearly always comes up on everyone’s list of things they think of when they think of this time of year. Whether it’s a favorite old carol, a new classic, or an obnoxious earworm that you’ll never get rid of, the music of the season is inescapable and we’ve been privileged to have a number of extremely talented guests at our live performances over the years.

This year’s performance of An Atlanta Christmas will feature Spectrum, Atlanta’s Trans Community Choir! Several ARTC members are a part of this all-inclusive singing group, and we’re looking forward to hearing what they have to bring to the show! (There’s probably going to be more than 3 of them.)

Posted on December 2, 2015November 5, 2019 by David Benedict

The Twelve Days of An Atlanta Christmas (2015) Day 2

On the second day of An Atlanta Christmas, my true love gave to me…two Stockbridge shows
And an interview on WABE!

That’s right, two shows at the Academy Theatre in Stockbridge! December 12 at 8:00pm and December 13 at 2:30pm. In its 16th year, this Southern tradition just keeps going strong!

And the Stockbridge Community Arts Center is the perfect venue. This intimate space will let you enjoy the sounds of the show and give you a chance to mingle with the actors during the intermission and after the show!

The Legend of the Poinsettia in Stockbridge, 2014!

Posted on December 1, 2015November 5, 2019 by David Benedict

The Twelve Days of An Atlanta Christmas (2015) Day 1

On the first day of An Atlanta Christmas my true love gave to me…an interview on WABE!

Tune in to City Lights this morning just after 11am (12/1) to hear a LIVE interview with ARTC Executive Producer David Benedict, Head Writer Brad Strickland, and City Lights host Lois Reitzes!

Posted on August 3, 2015November 5, 2019 by Chelsea Steverson

Meet the Cast – Dave Schroeder

As ARTC counts down to our live performances at DragonCon 2015, we are encouraged to tell you more about the talented people who help bring our stories to life!

This week, ARTC highlights:

Dave Schroeder

Dave is a long time ARTC artist & board member.

Now : Dave Schroeder is a retired Chief Information Officer and aspiring novelist from Grayson, Georgia, who loves being part of ARTC as a voice actor, playwright and board member. In May, after retiring from the business world, he published Xenotech Rising, a science fiction humor novel about supporting alien technology after Earth’s been invited to join the Galactic Free Trade Association. It’s getting five star reviews on Amazon and Dave is now busy writing the second book in the series, Xenotech Queen’s Gambit.

Currently, Dave lives in suburban Atlanta with his highly supportive wife, talented daughter—also an ARTC member, and three cats, though only one of the family felines pays him any attention when it’s not feeding time.

Then: After working as an I.T. executive in the early days of the web and experiencing the absurdity of the dotcom boom first hand, Dave wrote the books, lyrics and music for Softwear.com, a light-hearted musical about two clueless guys trying to create a fashion web site. Putting Softwear.com on stage off-off-Broadway in New York in 2004 was one of Dave’s most memorable experiences. His favorite thing is the world is to hear people laugh when they read, watch or hear things he’s written.

Find out more about Dave Schroeder here.

Posted on June 25, 2015November 5, 2019 by David Benedict

31 Years of ARTC: The Last Dragon to Avondale 2010

Continuing our look back at ARTC’s 31 years (thusfar!) with photos from our live performances. You can get a look at our whole history of combining adventures in sound with the thrill of live performance in our Chronology!

In this installment we bring you our appearance at the Academy Theatre in October 2010 where we performed The Last Dragon to Avondale along with The House Across the Way, featuring music by Brad Weage and Paul Mercer, and Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Colour of the Shadow of the Outsider Over the Mountains of Madness Out of Space. This performance was a benefit for Georgia Aquarium (it was one of our first benefit performances, in fact!) and also included special musical guest Rooke! Check out all the pictures on our Flickr album.

In 2010 we debuted our Partners in Imagination program, which strives to harness the power of multiple non-profit groups into something stronger by raising awareness amongst our various audiences and maybe even a little money as well.

Megan Tindale and Brian Troxell — Psst…there’s not a lot of money in this…at least not yet.

We had originally wanted to do this benefit for Georgia Aquarium with Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, but it became apparent very quickly that the script wouldn’t be ready in time, so we switched gears to The Last Dragon to Avondale. We felt that its focus on an “endangered species” made it a great fit.

Andrew Chiang and Sonya Arundar — “You keep telling yourself that, ok?”

Plus, we’d been performing at the Academy Theatre in Avondale Estates for a while at this point and to NOT perform this piece there would have been a crime against … well, a crime against something. Dragons, maybe.

The audience for — We got a good turnout, too!

We also had the privilege of working with some amazing musicians on this piece. There was Brad Weage.

Paul Mercer on violin. This was Paul’s first appearance with us!

And our special musical guest, Rooke! Rooke has been around since the late 1980s and play a kind of (in their words) acid folk. We couldn’t quite get the whole band for this show, but we were thrilled to get Steven Sams, David Cater, and Keena Graham!

Steven Sams, Keena Graham, and David Cater — The not-quite-so-serious Rooke!

Rooke actually released an album of the recordings from this performance, so go get some great music!

Posted on June 18, 2015November 5, 2019 by David Benedict

31 Years of ARTC: The Island of Dr. Moreau 2010

In this installment we bring you our appearance at the Academy Theatre in October 2010 where we performed The Island of Dr. Moreau, featuring music by The Ghosts Project, along with Inhuman Rights, Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Set Loose the Dogs of Time, and Bumpers Crossroads: The Stray Dog. This performance was a benefit for the Atlanta Humane Society and also included special musical guest Julie Gribble! Check out all the pictures on our Flickr album.

Ok, first up, we know that using The Island of Dr. Moreau as a benefit for the Atlanta Humane Society sounds like a sick joke.

Fiona K. Leonard and Daniel Taylor. — Really sick.

But the truth was that we thought it was a perfect choice to highlight the plight of animals. While it’s true that nobody is trying to turn animals into humans surgically…

Hal Wiedeman, Rachel Wansker, Clair W. Kiernan, Daniel W. Kiernan — THAT WE KNOW OF…

…animals still face serious challenges every day due to neglect, maltreatment, habitat loss, and various other challenges. We wanted to help, and we felt that one of H. G. Wells’s more shocking stories might assist with that.

Ron N. Butler, Brian Troxell, Hal Wiedeman, J. E. Hurlburt — And goodness knows we can use all the help we can get.

This was also a musically packed performance. In addition to the usual brilliance of Alton Leonard, we were thrilled to be graced with The Ghosts Project!

Daniel Taylor, Clair W. Kiernan, Paul Mercer, Davis Petterson — There they are, lurking in the background. Try not to frighten them.

Not to mention our very special musical guest, Julie Gribble!

This performance also featured our Beast Men Chorus, led by Beastmistress Trudy Leonard.

The Beast Chorus — Try not to let THEM frighten YOU. (click this image for a larger version)

Not to mention one of the more violent Foley performances in ARTC’s history, involving a rubber mallet and a rather unfortunate butternut squash, used to simulate the cracking of the pantherwoman’s skull.

Sonya, Mary Ward, David Benedict — The dastardly deed

butternut squash...squashed — The evidence of the crime

Be sure to come see more crimes against produce as we mangle a grapefruit in our upcoming performances of The Passion of Frankenstein!

Posted on June 11, 2015November 5, 2019 by David Benedict

31 Years of ARTC: Dragon Con 2010 part 2

In this installment we bring you our appearance at Dragon Con 2010 (Sunday night edition) where we presented Time and Time Again by H. Beam Piper, adapted by Ron N. Butler and At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft, adapted by Thomas E. Fuller, and featuring music by The Ghosts Project. Check out all the pictures on our Flickr album.

It’s a short update this week, folks, as I am flying out to Kansas City, MO, later today to attend the HEAR Now Festival. But this was a momentous show because it marked the beginning of our long-standing relationship with The Ghosts Project, who have since gone on to play with us on several other productions, including The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Dunwich Horror, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The Rats in the Walls!

There Is Adventure In Sound

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