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February 16-18 Con Possible – Presenting The Man Who Could Work Miracles by H. G. Wells, adapted by Ron N. Butler; Dash Cardigan written by Thomas E. Fuller (Episodes 1 In the Beginning, 8 The Sins of the Flesh, and 9 Escape) Original playbill April 12-14 221B Con – Presenting Lady Sherlock Holmes episode 5: If Convenient by Tony Sarrecchia; Jeeves and Wooster: The Perilous Problem of Peeps by Brad Strickland Original playbill May 26 Academy Theatre – Presenting Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Island of Dr. Marceau by Ron N. Butler; A Letter from Sherlock’s Sister by Dave Schroeder; Pilgrim Souls by Ellie Cook Original playbill
August 31-September 4, Dragon Con – Friday show: Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope – Day 597 – Shake, Rattle, and Roll by David Benedict; Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: One of Our Asteroids is Missing by Ron N. Butler; A Pane of Black Glass by Kelley S. Ceccato. Saturday show: The Golden Age Action Hour, Episode 2, by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, adapted by Paul Landry and Jason Clark with special thanks to Harry Mendryk; Comic Book Improv. Sunday show: Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett, adapted by David Benedict. (original playbill) December 6 – An Atlanta Christmas at Life University. Featuring The Legend of La Befana; The Legend of the Poinsettia; O Tannenbaum; Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: A Visit from St. Rex; Entertaining the Stranger. December 22 – An Atlanta Christmas at Aurora Theatre – An encore presentation of our December 6 show
January 30, Lumiere Lounge at the Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre – Stories at the Strand – Presenting Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment (M.E.T.A.): Interview with Destiny by Jonathan Strickland, The Adventures of the Crimson Hawk: Dark Hero episodes 1 and 2 by Ron N. Butler, Waffles and the Whale by Elisabeth Allen, Unresolved Mysteries Solved While U Wait: Terror on the Prairie by Ron N. Butler, The Dragon’s Lament, Episode 1: Hunger Sauce by Paige Steadman, META: Meeting of the Minds by Jonathan Strickland, Paranoirmail Encounters, Episode 1: Transformation by Paige Steadman February 27, Lumiere Lounge at the Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre – Stories at the Strand – Presenting META: To Absent Friends by Jonathan Strickland, The Adventures of the Crimson Hawk: Dark Hero episodes 3 and 4 by Ron N. Butler, The Dragon’s Lament, Episode 2: Waiting for the Moon by Paige Steadman, Apogee by Elisabeth Allen, Who is This Shakespeare Person, Anyway? by Ron N. Butler, META: A Class Act by Jonathan Strickland, Paranoirmal Encounters, Episode 2: Winter Solstice by Paige Steadman September 6, Dragon Con – Virtual Event – This year we brought three new scripts to the virtual stage – Dragon’s Lament, a comedy, the noir Fallen Angel, and Resurrection Eve, a tale of dystopian cloning. September 25, Necronomicon – Virtual Event – Presenting Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope by David Benedict, Dragon’s Lament: Part 2 “Waiting for the Moon”by Paige Steadman, Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Green Man’s Burden by Ron N. Butler, and Nightingale episode 1 by Billy Barefoot, adapted from a story by Ellie Raine.
February 15-17, Anachrocon – Presenting All You Zombies… by Robert A. Heinlein, adapted by Victor Koman, Time and Time Again by H. Beam Piper, adapted by Ron N. Butler, and Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope: The Future is Fluid by David Benedict March 23, ConNooga – Presenting All You Zombies… by Robert A. Heinlein, adapted by Victor Koman, Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Set Loose the Dogs of Time by Ron N. Butler, and Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope: Games People Play by David Benedict March 23, Gwinnett County Public Library, Collins Hill Branch – Presenting Tropes, Episode 1: Escape by Retta Bodhaine, Arm Fight at the K.O. Corral by Brad Strickland, A Bad Rap by Paige Steadman, The Elephant’s Child by Rudyard Kipling, adapted by Brad Strickland, Waffles and the Whale by Elisabeth Allen, The Fox and the Fry Bread by Daniel Kiernan, Paranoirmal Encounters, Episode 1: Transformation by Paige Steadman, and Brave Ragnar, Episode 1: Setting Forth by Kelley S. Ceccato. Official playbill for the entire Library Series. March 30, Gwinnett County Public Library, Five Forks Branch – See the lineup for the March 23 Collins Hill Branch April 5-7, 221B Con – Presenting Lady Sherlock in The Case of the Woman in Red by Tony Sarrecchia and A Letter from Sherlock’s Sister by Dave Schroeder. Our second performance featured Jeeves and Wooster: The Rummy Affair of the Copper’s Topper by Brad Strickland June 28-30, Libertycon – Presenting Nothing-at-All by Kelley S. Ceccato. Also included in this performance: The Three Galaxateers: Who is Killing the Great Science Fiction Writers of America? by Ron N. Butler and Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope: The Crystal Method by Robert Drake and David Benedict August 29-September 2, Dragon Con – Presenting We Come in Peace by Dave Schroeder, Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Pirates of Planetoid P, by Ron N. Butler, and The Maltese Omelette by Michael Kurland. Our Sunday show presented Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope: Fanbase by David Benedict and The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft, adapted for audio by Thomas E. Fuller October 26-27, Tucker Recreation Center – Presenting The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells, adapted by Thomas E. Fuller. Also included in this lineup will be Haunter Hunters by Thomas Berry, Unresolved Mysteries Solved While U Wait: UFO Abductions by Ron N. Butler, The Crowded Graveyard by Doug Kaye, Angelic Exchange Program by Elisabeth Allen, and the current installment of Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope. Original Playbill November 9, Gwinnett County Public Library – An encore performance of our Halloween show at the Tucker Recreation Center December 14-15 and 21-22, Tucker Recreation Center – Celebrating our 20th consecutive year of this holiday classic, ARTC presented the original concept by Thomas E. Fuller, adapted by Daniel Taylor!
Saturday, March 11 Atlanta SF and Fantasy Expo, North Dekalb Mall – Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Last Boojum by Ron N. Butler; ParaNOIRmal Encounters: Winter Solstice by Paige Steadman; Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment (4 episodes!) by Jonathan Strickland Saturday, April 8, 221B Con – The Crimson Hawk: The Widow’s Web, ParaNOIRmal Encounters: Where’s Sarah?, Multiverse Travel, and At the DMV Saturday, July 1, LibertyCon – At the DMV; The Three Galaxateers: The Sunday Beast; Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Cattle-Pen of the Republic; Nairobi Jack and the Lost Gold of the Atlantimengani: Episode 1 “Hunter’s Rest” and Episode 2 “Visions of Atlantis” combined. Friday, September 1 and Sunday, September 3, Dragon Con – Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Last Boojum; Nairobi Jack and the Lost Gold of the Atlantimengani: Episode 1 “Hunter’s Rest” and Episode 2 “Visions of Atlantis” combined. September 29-October 1 Monsterama – Our debut appearance at Monsterama! Presenting The Brides of Dracula! Friday and Saturday, December 9 and 10 An Atlanta Christmas – The 18th consecutive year for this holiday tradition!
Saturday, March 5 Atlanta SF and Fantasy Expo, North Dekalb Mall – A selection of short subjects including Introduction: King Kong, Unresolved Mysteries: UFO Abductions part 1, The Lovelorn Connection, I Believe This, Unresolved Mysteries: UFO Abductions part 2, Hooked on Phonics, The Adventures of the Armadillo: Armadillos and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!, Unresolved Mysteries: UFO Abductions part 3, The En-Rich-Ifier, Collins Best Coffee Commercial, The Haunter Hunters Saturday, April 2 221B Con – Commonplaces by Naomi Novik, adapted by Sketch MacQuinor, and The Game is Afoot!: Game the Fourth: The Ultimate Ultimatum by Sketch MacQuinor Saturday, April 16 Treklanta – An evening with Rory Rammer, Space Marshal! Featuring Enemy of the People, The Planetoid of Doom, and The Colour of the Shadow Over the Mountains of Madness Out of Space Saturday, July 9 Libertycon – All Hallows’ Moon (original playbill) Thursday through Monday, September 2-5 Dragon Con – The Goblins and the Golden Rose by Kelley S. Ceccato with special guests the Harry Strange Radio Drama; All Hallows’ Moon by Thomas E. Fuller; Comics Track: Kevin and Kell – The Great Bird Conspiracy by Bill Holbrook, adapted by Brad Strickland and The Captain America Adventure Hour, featuring Wonder Woman by William Alan Ritch; Paranormal Track: The Haunter Hunters by Thomas Berry and Unresolved Mysteries, Solved While U Wait: A Very Special Creation by Ron N. Butler; Tolkien Track: Smith of Wootton Major by J. R. R. Tolkien, adapted by Trudy Leonard Saturday and Sunday, October 29-30, Academy Theatre-Hapeville – ARTC’s Inferno – The Terrible Old Man and Beyond the Wall of Sleep by H. P. Lovecraft; ParaNOIRmal Encounters by Paige Steadman; Worst! Halloween! Evar! by Ron N. Butler; Dani’s Inferno by Retta Bodhaine Saturday and Sunday, December 17-18, GOOD Acting Studio – An Atlanta Christmas
Saturday, February 21 Atlanta SF and Fantasy Expo, North Dekalb Mall – The Gilded Age (live action motion comic with Terminus Media); Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Planetoid of Doom; The Adventures of the Crimson Hawk: Kraken (no playbill for this show, but here’s a poster) Saturday and Sunday, March 28-29 Academy Theatre (Hapeville) – Continuance: Stories Not Yet Ended – a benefit for the American Brain Tumor Association. Musical guest: Julie Gribble. (original playbill) Saturday, April 11 221B Con – Sherlock Holmes and the Crime of the Century (our first audio musical!) (original playbill) Saturday, May 9 World Horror Convention – The Passion of Frankenstein (original playbill) (photos from the show) Saturday, June 27 LibertyCon – The Passion of Frankenstein and other short subjects Friday and Sunday, September 4 and September 6 Dragon Con – The Passion of Frankenstein; Blues For Johnny Raven with Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Queen of the Spaceways. (original playbill) Sunday, November 15 CONjuration – Nothing-at-All and Alba Salix, Royal Physician: Episode the First: Well Met (original playbill) Saturday and Sunday, December 12-13 Academy Theatre (Stockbridge) – An Atlanta Christmas
Saturday, February 23 Anachrocon – Dr. Geoffry Stanhope, Investigator of Occult Phenomena: A Vision of Vampires, Nairobi Jack Rackham: The Lost Gold of the Atlantimengani, parts 1 and 2 (original playbill) Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17 Academy Theatre – Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; Dr. Geoffry Stanhope, Investigator of Occult Phenomena: A Vision of Vampires (original playbill) Sunday, April 14 221B Con – Dr. Geoffry Stanhope, Investigator of Occult Phenomena: The Maker of Dreams, Dr. Will Ward, Science Wizard: Sherlock Gnomes, How Watson Learned the Trick, Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Murder by Meteor (original playbill) Saturday, June 29 LibertyCon – Lone Star Planet (original playbill) Friday and Sunday, August 30 and September 1 Dragon*Con – In Need of a Bard by Kelley S. Ceccato; The War of the Worlds: The Untold Story by Ron N. Butler (original playbill) Sunday, October 20 Marcus Jewish Community Center – The War of the Worlds: The Untold Story (original playbill) Saturday and Sunday, December 7-8 Academy Theatre – An Atlanta Christmas (original playbill in full color!)
Saturday and Sunday, March 3-4 Academy Theatre – The Time Machine; Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment: The Time Board, Dr. Will Ward, Science Wizard: The Wells of Time, Wikihistory, The Game is Afoot!: The Tick Tock Dick (original playbill) Sunday, April 15 STEAM Fest Academy Theatre – Candle Magic Saturday, May 5 Free Comic Book Day Criminal Records – Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants, Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment Saturday, May 10 Hearts for Heroes – The Adventures of the Crimson Hawk: Dark Hero, parts 3 and 4 Saturday, June 9 Wedding reception for one of our members! – Mack McKnight, PI: The Tale of the Runaway Groom Saturday, July 21 LibertyCon – Live Free or Die: The Maple Syrup Wars, Dr. Will Ward, Science Wizard: Taxing our Patience, Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Murder of Skip Sagan, USO Christmas Friday and Sunday, August 31 and September 2 Dragon*Con – A Tribute to Ray Bradbury, The Wood-Bound Werewolf; Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Murder of Skip Sagan, The Rats in the Walls (with Matthew Trautwein) (original playbill) Every weekend in October Academy Theatre – Lovecraft’s Nightmares – A different Lovecraftian tale each weekend! Featuring music by The Ghosts Project (original playbill) Weekend 1: The Rats in the Walls; Live Free or Die: The Maple Syrup Wars Weekend 2: The Shadow Over Innsmouth, The Wood-Bound Werewolf Weekend 3: The Dunwich Horror, The Music of Erich Zann, Haunter Hunters Weekend 4: Special Order, An Arkham Home Companion, Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Colour of the Shadow Over the Mountains of Madness Out of Space Saturdays and Sundays, December 8-16 Academy Theatre – An Atlanta Christmas (original playbill)
Saturday, January 23 Chattacon – A Ship Named Francis, Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Angel of Destruction, NOSINET, SWATting the Books (photos from Chattacon 2010) Saturday and Sunday, March 27-28 Academy Theatre – The Last Dragon to Avondale; The House Across the Way. This marked the beginning of our Partners in Imagination program! (original playbill) Saturday, July 10 LibertyCon – Time and Time Again, The Competitor (first live performance!), Bryce and Bigmouth: A Boy and His Griffin (photos from LibertyCon 2010) Friday and Sunday, September 3 and 5 Dragon*Con – Time and Time Again, The Proper Thing To Do; At the Mountains of Madness (with The Ghosts Project), The House Across the Way (original playbill) (photos from the Friday Dragon Con 2010 show) (photos from the Sunday Dragon Con 2010 show) Saturday and Sunday, October 23-24 Academy Theatre – The Island of Dr. Moreau – LIVE (with The Ghosts Project) with Inhuman Rights and Bumpers Crossroads: The Stray Dog (original playbill) Saturdays and Sundays, December 11-19 Academy Theatre – An Atlanta Christmas (original playbill)
Saturday, January 24 Chattacon – The Colour Out of Space; The Gargoyle’s Shadow (original playbill) Saturday and Sunday, March 6-8 Academy Theatre – Our 25th Anniversary performance! With Blues for Johnny Raven, a King Kong introduction, Bumpers Crossroads: Bargains, a poetry reading by ARTC founder William L. Brown of The Mountain Whippoorwill, Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment: Baby Boom, Unresolved Mysteries Solved While U Wait: Phrenotherapy, An Arkham Home Companion, and Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Asteroid of Love. All that with musical guest Juliana Finch! (original playbill) (photos from the 25th Anniversary Performance) Saturday, July 11 LibertyCon – Our Fair City; Omnilingual; Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Enemies Within! (original playbill) (photos from LibertyCon 2009) Friday and Sunday, September 4 and 6 Dragon*Con – The Call of Cthulhu, Night Calls; Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Enemies Within!, Omnilingual (original playbill) Saturday and Sunday, October 24-25 Academy Theatre – The Call of Cthulhu, Night Calls, The Worst Good Woman in the World (original playbill) (photos from The Call of C’thulhu 2009) Saturday and Sunday, December 19-20 Academy Theatre – An Atlanta Christmas (original playbill) (photos from An Atlanta Christmas 2009)
Saturday, April 26 Stage Door Players – The Man Who Traveled in Elephants (original playbill) (photos from The Man Who Traveled in Elephants 2008) Saturday, May 24 TimeGate – Terra Tarkington, Interstellar Nurses’ Corps: Switch on the Bull Run with Wikihistory, Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Set Loose the Dogs of Time, and Haunter Hunters (original playbill) Saturday, July 12 LibertyCon – The Gargoyle’s Shadow with Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Atomic Graveyard, Haunter Hunters, The National Endowment for Space Art, and Wikihistory (original playbill) Friday and Sunday August 29 and August 31 Dragon*Con – The Doom of the Mummy; A Ship Named Francis, Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Atomic Graveyard, Haunter Hunters, The National Endowment for Space Art, and Wikihistory (original playbill) (photos from The Doom of the Mummy 2008) (photos from Not a Typo 2008) Saturday and Sunday, October 25-26 Academy Theatre – The Colour Out of Space and Nothing-At-All (original playbill) (photos from The Colour Out of Space 2008) Saturday and Sunday, December 6-7 Academy Theatre – An Atlanta Christmas (original playbill) (photos from An Atlanta Christmas 2008)
Friday and Saturday, February 24-25 Stage Door Players – The Brides of Dracula with assorted other Valentine-related subjects including Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Asteroid of Love and The Shape of Things to Come (original playbill) Friday and Saturday, April 28-29 Stage Door Players – All You Zombies… with assorted VERY short subjects, including The Crocodile Pit, The En-Rich-Ifier, The Adventures of the Earworm, and Meet Mr. Omniscient (original playbill) (photos from All You Zombies…. 2007) Friday-Sunday, July 6-8 – Robert A. Heinlein Centennial Convention – A celebration of the Dean of American Science Fiction. We presented All You Zombies… and The Menace From Earth along with a few of our other favorites, including Creation is a Circle, and Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Planetoid of Doom (original playbill) Friday, July 20 Barnes and Noble Perimeter – Harry Potter and the Magic of Radio – Our last foray into the realm of Harry Potter as we celebrated the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows with staged readings, trivia contests, costuming, and a midnight reading from the new book! Saturday, July 28 LibertyCon – All You Zombies… and A Ship Named Francis Friday August 31 Dragon*Con – The Challenges of Brave Ragnar and Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Madhouse in the Sky (original playbill) (photos from Dragon Con 2007) Saturday, October 6 Gaylaxicon – Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants, The Shape of Things to Come, A Ship Named Francis (original playbill) (photos from Gaylaxicon 2007) Saturday October 27 Stage Door Players – The Rats in the Walls with A Ship Named Francis and Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Slaves of the Zombie-Tron (original playbill) Saturday and Sunday December 22-23 Stage Door Players – An Atlanta Christmas (original playbill) (photos from An Atlanta Christmas 2007)
Saturday, January 28 DeKalb School of the Arts – Kissed by a Stranger (original playbill) Wednesday, May 03 WRAS, “88Books” Saturday, May 06 Camp Willoway – One of our most fun and rewarding performances for children who are visually impaired! Friday, June 09 Mythic Journeys – A rare performance that featured something we didn’t write. Snow Glass Apples by Neil Gaiman, by special permission. The recording for this performance is locked in our archives and we can’t even podcast it. Also heard, Plato’s Cave by Ron N. Butler (original playbill) Friday, June 16 Sci-Fi Summer 2006 – ARTC will present Here’s the Pitch, featuring new chapters of Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants and Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment, plus an episode of Rory Rammer, Space Marshal and a genre-bending main attraction that defies description. (which turned out to be Time for Station Identification) (original playbill) (photos from Sci Fi Summer 2006) Saturday, July 29 LibertyCon – The Doom of the Mummy (photos from LibertyCon 2006) Friday, September 01 Dragon*Con 20 – Only one show this year. It was The Colour Out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft, adapted by Ron N. Butler (original playbill) Sunday, September 17 Talk Like a Pirate Day – More from the Pirate Hunter series! (photos from National Talk Like a Pirate Day 2006) Saturday, October 07 TimeGate – A Glitch in Time and The Mark of the Beast Saturday, October 28 Hallowe’en at Stage Door – Into the Labyrinth featuring Throne of Shadows (original playbill) Tuesday, October 31 Tut’s Book Emporium – Not a full-on ARTC performance, but a staged reading of Special Order Friday, November 03 The Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants – The stage play version, performed at Sketchworks Tuesday, December 19 Tut’s Book Emporium – An Atlanta Christmas Saturday, December 23 ARTC Christmas at Stage Door Players – An Atlanta Christmas (original playbill)
Friday, May 13 Georgia Gazette – Actual radio appearance! They ran SWATting the Books by Ron N. Butler Sunday, May 29 Memorial Day show at Stone Mountain! – A celebration of heroes, culminating with Unaccustomed to Fear by Terry Quinn (original playbill) Friday, June 10 Sci-Fi Summer 2005, Roswell GA – A double bill that started with Mildly Exciting Tales of Astonishment, and then, after the kids had gone to bed, The Brotherhood of Damn Sassy Mutants (original playbill) Friday, July 15 Harry Potter and the Theater of the Mind – Book release party for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince! at the Barnes and Noble Perimeter location Saturday, July 30 LibertyCon 2005, Chattanooga TN – The Weapons Shop Friday, September 02 Dragon*Con 2005, Atlanta GA – The Weapons Shop, plus a selection of stories by our newer writers that we dubbed Fresh Blood. These included M.E.T.A. and B.D.S.M, plus The Challenges of Brave Ragnar and Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Angel of Destruction (original playbill) (photos from Fresh Blood) (photos from The Weapons Shops) Sunday, September 18 Talk Like a Pirate Day – More piratey shenanigans with the Pirate Hunter books by Brad Strickland and Thomas E. Fuller at the Barnes and Noble Perimeter location (National Talk Like a Pirate Day photos) Sunday, October 30 Hallowe’en at Stone Mountain Park – Another trip Into the Labyrinth with Armada Rising, Penny Dreadful, and M.E.T.A.: Sweet Revenge (original playbill) (Halloween 2005 photos) Monday, October 31 Halloween at Barnes & Noble (photos from our reading of Bunnicula) Saturday, December 10 Christmas at Stone Mountain Park – An Atlanta Christmas at Memorial Hall in Stone Mountain Park (original playbill) (photos from the show) Saturday, December 17 Christmas at Barnes & Noble Friday, December 23 “Georgia Gazette” on GPB – An actual airing of excerpts from An Atlanta Christmas, taken from the live recording at Stone Mountain Park.