Dragon Con 2026 – Sunday show

An audio drama triple-threat for our traditional Sunday show at our largest venue. Starting with Paranoirmal Encounters: Hazel’s Holiday by Paige Steadman, we explore the life of an ordinary housecat who just happens to keep her human safe from monsters and spirits and otherdimensional entities. Next up, a steampunk retelling of the classic Hans Christian Anderson story of the Little Matchgirl in Candle Magic by Kelley S. Ceccato. And we finish up with a Dragon Con favorite, Ron N. Butler’s Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: The Angel of Destruction.

Come see audio drama at its finest and remember that There is Adventure in Sound!

Dragon Con 2026 – Friday show

ARTC celebrates the 40th anniversary of Dragon Con by bringing you classic cosmic horror from the master of the genre, H. P. Lovecraft. The Call of C’thulhu was the first story ARTC presented at the first Dragon Con. Sadly the adaptation by Gerald W. Page has been lost to history, but Ron N. Butler’s take on the story will leave you with chills! Featuring music by Paul Mercer and Davis Petterson!

Dragon Con 2025

Four exciting shows at Atlanta’s biggest and best convention!

Friday, August 29 7:00pm Hyatt Regency VI-VII

Jeremiah Willstone: The Plague of Gears – Ep01 Hour of the Wolf Written by Anthony Francis, adapted for audio by Tony Sarrecchia.
Two fisted steampunk adventure! Victoria cadet Jeremiah Willstone battles clockwork monsters and time-bending ghosts in a whirlwind of romance, danger, and daring heroics!

Maid of the Mirror Written for audio by Ellie Cook
Deep below the mountains of Ireland, a faerie warrior guards a magic mirror and its occupant, the Knight of Scars

Friday, August 29 8:30pm Hyatt Regency VI-VII

Comic book improv!
Join us for another fun and surprising evening of Comic Book Improv! Members from ARTC will perform a night of Improv where you will never know what to expect. But the laughs will surely ensue!

Saturday, August 30 8:30pm Hyatt International North

The Golden Age Action Hour: The Works of Simon & Kirby
Description: Join ARTC as they present another thrilling episode of their hit featuring Joe Simon & Jack Kirby’s The Vagabond Prince, The Black Owl, & Blue Bolt as they battle their biggest foes to date! Featuring live and recorded effects and a cavalcade of voice acting talent that must be heard to believe!

Sunday, August 31 7:00pm Hyatt Regency VI-VII

Jeremiah Willstone: The Plague of Gears – Ep02 The Time of Ghosts Written by Anthony Francis, adapted for audio by Tony Sarrecchia.
Two fisted steampunk adventure! Victoria cadet Jeremiah Willstone battles clockwork monsters and time-bending ghosts in a whirlwind of romance, danger, and daring heroics!

Nothing-at-All Written for audio by Kelley S. Ceccato
When a healer with no name, a patient with no hope, and a Wizard with no heart cross paths,are magic, love and redemption bound to follow?

Dragon Con 2024

ARTC returns to Dragon Con for our 40th anniversary! Performances this year include:

Friday, 7:00pm – Regency VI-VII Ballroom
- Beyond the Wall of Sleep by H. P. Lovecraft, adapted by Ron N. Butler
- Dragon’s Lament by Paige Steadman
Friday, 8:30pm – Regency VI-VII Ballroom
- Comic Book Improv!
Sunday, 7:00pm – Regency VI-VII Ballroom
- The Horseman of the Hollow by Kelley S. Ceccato

Posted on March 31, 2020 by David Benedict

COVID-19, Mercury, and Live Performances

Hello, everybody! A very quick update on what’s going on with ARTC these days:

COVID-19 – The cast and crew of ARTC is taking every precaution to preserve the health and safety of ourselves and our fans these days. Accordingly, in addition to the cancellation of our March show at the Strand Theatre in Marietta we have also cancelled our appearance at 221B Con (shortly before the convention cancelled itself outright). The status of future shows (April at the Strand, LibertyCon, Dragon Con, etc) will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis based on the situation as it stands at the time.
Ordering – We highly encourage everyone to order our downloadable products. Any orders for CDs to be sent through the mail will be handled individually, but in most cases we’re either going to ask you to accept a very delayed delivery date or we will just refund you the purchase price and ask you to buy the digital version instead.
Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope – Mercury will continue production, although as we announced previously, we’ll be recording remotely for the foreseeable future. This gives us the opportunity to have additional guests on the show from virtually anywhere in the world, so if you have a story of survival and want to be a character on the show, now’s a good time for you to write that and get in on this historic podcast!
Mercury: Year One and Year Two – For those of you who don’t want to subscribe via Patreon for any reason, you can now purchase Year One and Year Two of Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope via this very website for $15 each! Over 30 hours of content in each 365-day package!

We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. We’re working on additional projects that have been in post-production for a while and exploring ways to keep our production cycle moving while not putting anyone at risk of spreading SARS-COV-2. Thank you all for your continued support! There is Adventure in Sound!

Posted on August 18, 2019November 5, 2019 by David Benedict

Dragon Con 2019 New Releases

The Dunwich Horror LIVE graphic, depicting a house disguising a tentacled underground horror. Artwork by C. M. Dotson — 2012 Live Performance

Rory Rammer, Volume 02 graphic depicting Rory Rammer, holding a ray gun, with a rocket ship in the background — Rory Rammer, Volume 02

Rory Rammer, Volume 03 graphic depicting Rory Rammer, holding a ray gun, with a rocket ship in the background — Rory Rammer, Volume 03

We’ll have three exciting new releases for attendees at Dragon Con this year, and for those of you who are reading this website right now! First, our 2012 live production of “The Dunwich Horror” by H. P. Lovecraft, adapted by Thomas E. Fuller, featuring music by The Ghosts Project with Alton Leonard. Next, not just the long-awaited Volume 2, but also Volume 3 of our fan-favorite series Rory Rammer, Space Marshal, created and written by Ron N. Butler!

We’ve got a couple of other titles in the works that should be ready in time for the convention, but we hate to make promises we can’t keep, so watch this space for news of those when they’re ready!

Posted on August 1, 2016November 5, 2019 by David Benedict

Everyone’s a Member!

Membership Has Its Privileges

Here at ARTC we make joining up and participating as easy as we can! You contact us, we send you directions, you show up…BAM! You’re a participant.

But it’s also possible to be an actual member of ARTC. To do that you have to start out as a participant and then pay some modest dues (that’s not a metaphor, it’s actual cash).

And there are benefits! You have to be a dues-paid member (among other things) to be eligible to be on our Board of Directors. You have to be a dues-paid member to vote in the yearly elections. And if you’re a dues-paid member, you get a discount on ARTC products!

But what if you’re not in the Atlanta area? What if you’re just too busy or too far away to take that first step by being a participant? What if you still want that sweet, sweet discount?

Dragon Con 2016

Then we have good news for you, especially if you’re attending Dragon Con 2016. Because at Dragon Con, if you’re wearing your ARTC colors, then you’re a member!

Here’s the deal: You show up at the ARTC sales table (which has been located in the Hyatt, down by the art show for the last few years and we expect to be there again this year, but it’s Dragon Con, so you never know) wearing any sort of ARTC logowear and BAM! You get that sweet, sweet discount. How much is the discount? Why, that’s 20% off any ARTC-branded items on the table.

Does that include CDs? You bet it does.

How about digital content? Absolutely.

Other merch? Yuuuuuup.

Where Do I Get Logowear?

You can get some of it here, but there’s a much wider selection on our brand new Threadless shop, Woodrow’s Mercantile and embroidered stuff at Queensboro.

We’ve got funny sayings like “If It’s My Job, It Must Be Tedious“. We’ve got a selection of our cover artwork like The Call of C’thulhu and Blues for Johnny Raven. We’ve even got an old favorite, Rory Rammer, Space Marshal! And we’ve got the tried and true ARTC logo in full color!

Threadless has a wide selection of styles available, too. So far we’ve kept it simple, but if you don’t see what you want, drop us a line and let us know! Adding styles is easy, we just didn’t want to have so many that you got a brain cramp!

Over at Queensboro you can get really cool polos, button up shirts, and hats, all with the ARTC logo tastefully embroidered on them!

And don’t forget our other great logowear like lapel pins and iron-on patches!

Promotion limited to ARTC-branded merchandise at the ARTC sales table at Dragon Con 2016. Discount is 20% rounded to the nearest dollar. ARTC logo must be visible on top of whatever else you’re wearing at the time you approach the table to be eligible.

Posted on September 20, 2015November 5, 2019 by David Benedict

The Passion of Frankenstein part 5 of 5

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We apologize for the lateness of the podcast this month. Dragon Con ate our brain.

Well, this is it. The final chapter in this 5-part saga of The Passion of Frankenstein. It’s been quite a summer with an unprecedented three performances of this gothic masterpiece.

We hope you’ve enjoyed getting to hear this piece from the different casts. We looked for some of the older performances, but they appear to have been misplaced. If we find them, maybe we’ll run them later.

Ron N. Butler and David Benedict in — “No, please! No more Frankenstein!”

In the previous installments of this piece, the music was done by Brad Weage. In this final installment we were pleased to have live music from The Ghosts Project.

Davis Petterson, Gabriel Monticello, and Paul Mercer

We also presented the Thomas E. Fuller Lifetime Achievement Award to William Alan Ritch and David Benedict!

William Alan Ritch accepts the Thomas E. Fuller Lifetime Achievement Award

David Benedict accepts the Thomas E. Fuller Lifetime Achievement Award

See you next month with something less monstrous!

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

31 Years of ARTC: Dragon Con 2010 part 2

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 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!

Fiona K. Leonard — It’s completely mind-blowing

The Ghosts Project, Paul Mercer and Davis Petterson

Brian Troxell — “Don’t forget, you can own this recording of this historic performance.”

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

31 Years of ARTC: Dragon Con 2010 part 1

In this installment we bring you our appearance at Dragon Con 2010 (Friday night edition) where we presented The Proper Thing To Do by William Alan Ritch and The House Across the Way by Kelley S. Ceccato. Check out all the pictures on our Flickr album.

Dragon Con. Its name is legendary in the southeast region, and ARTC has been at every single one. It’s a ton of work, but also a ton of fun. We get our biggest audiences at this convention…which isn’t surprising, since it’s the biggest convention we do. We often roll out brand new plays at Dragon Con.

Andrew Chiang — Sometimes we fly them in, too.

We also love to challenge ourselves. As if performing in a hotel ballroom with high ceilings and minimal setup time isn’t challenging enough, we really like to bring our A-game to these fans, and sometimes that means bringing in guest musicians.

Alton Leonard on keyboards and Paul Mercer on violin. — We bring in the regular musicians, too, because they’re awesome.

In 2010 we brought Kelley S. Ceccato’s The House Across the Way, which has a violin as an integral part of the plot. So we called up Paul Mercer and asked if he was available.

Here’s a few more pictures to round it out, but be sure to see the whole album on Flickr!

There Is Adventure In Sound

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