Tales from the Rack: Recent Episodes
The Icebox Radio Theater
“A.L.” was written by Diane Adams and directed by Jeffrey Adams. It stars Diane Adams as AL, and Scotta Turner as Eleanor. Sound Design by Jeffrey Adams. The sound effects engineer was Serena Erwin. This production was recorded before a live audience at The Salty Jester, a performance club in Int’l Falls, Minnesota on May 31, 2024.
“For Posterity” was written by Rachel Malasig. It starred Karen Shickell as Heather and Justin Kapla as Bob. Direction by Jeffrey Adams. The sound effects engineer was Serena Erwin. “For Posterity” was recorded before a live audience at The Salty Jester, a performance club in Int’l Falls, Minnesota on May 31, 2024.
This has been ‘A Tree Falls in the Forest’ recorded before a live audience on September 30, 2023 at the Salty Jester in International Falls, Minnesota. Our cast included Scotta Turner as Cheri, Caleb Silvers as David, Jeffrey Adams as Jim, Dalton Johnson as Bob, and Mitchell Erickson as Pete. Script written and directed by Jeffrey Adams. Sound effects by Diane Adams. Partial funding made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. For more information, visit Icebox Radio.org.
This has been, “When I’m Good and Ready”, a Tale from the Rack starring Hireth Boyer & Jeffrey Adams. Script, direction and sound design by Jeffrey Adams. The music was
Bumbly March by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3463-bumbly-march
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
This program copyright 2021 by the Icebox Radio Theater which is solely responsible for its content. Partial funding made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
A sneak peak into the Icebox Radio Theater's anthology series of science fiction and fantasy.
A little taste of what's coming up from the Icebox Radio Theater. It's 'Danger: North! Escape from Earth!" a seven-part serial in the style of Old Time Radio with adventure! Romance! Danger! and Sasquatches on snowmobiles!
Nell and Dean, two kids on the run from alien invaders (among other things) are holed-up in a cabin alongside a frozen Minnesota lake when suddenly, Danger! Bounty hunting bigfoots zoom in to try and capture our plucky pair. Can they fight them off? Listen to this preview to find out.
Starting December 26th, enjoy one new chapter every day until the story wraps up on New Year's Day. Available on the 'Tales from the Rack' podcast feed and on YouTube.
An OTR recreation of a classic X-Minus One episode, recorded live during our Bundled UP Fest in 2014.
In a tiny village in Northern Minnesota, dogs run free of leash laws. But when their pack leader disappears they have to become detectives to solve the mystery. Originally recorded in 2007 in Int'l Falls, Minnesota. Story copyright 2006 by Mary Casanova. Learn more about her work at https://www.marycasanova.com.
From author Craig Finseth, when the Oracle of Delphi turns up in the woods outside a small, Northern Minnesota town, all kinds of things happen. Originally recorded May 2013 in International Falls, Minnesota.
An elegant tale of a prisoner reaching out in eloquent desperation…WITH A TWIST!! A young Rachel Malasig stars.
From Imagination-X, in a future of artificial intelligence, romance is still the key. Starring Jeffrey Adams and the ‘speakable items’ feature in an old Mac.
From the lighter side of Imagination-X, a story of three Sons of the Soil and a very, very bad day of fishing down by the ole mill stream. From 2003.
Winner of the Gold Mark Time Award in 2004, The CONvergence is the story of how a sci fi convention saved the world. Starring David Ian and Jeffrey Adams
Originally performed live, over the air on KXBR Int’l Falls in 2005, this rendition of the Oscar Wylde classic features Neil Smith, Aela Mackintosh and the entire Adams family.
A group of kids have one last adventure to find pirate gold before one of their number moves away. An all-youth cast for this Goonie-esque adventure.
Two live shorts in the offing this week: ‘Sittdown Dad’ from the Youth Show in 2008 and the Weird Sisturs from our 2007 Halloween Show.
It's a Tales from the Rack double! First, re-visit the world of the Super Happy Sugar Elves where things are get more bitter all the time. Then journey to a Northern bait shop frequented by aliens in Gorblat's Jig.
Dome Dog lies under a massive pile of rubble. His friend Max, long thought dead, is there with him. But is it all in our hero's head? Originally released Feb 2, 2012.
Things get serious for Dome Dog, the hotdog themed super hero when his nemesis, the Packer Backer, threatens to blow up the Minneapolis Metrodome. Originally released Jan 19, 2012
Two classic shorts from The Rack including Special Offer (recorded live in July 2008) and A.I. from 2014.
In this latest edition of the new speculative fiction series from the IBRT, the legend of the shoemaker's elves is revisited in - of all places - a radio drama studio! Jerry Null lies his way into an editing gig to get close to a girl. But just as the boss begins to realize he lacks all the skills necessary to create Theater of the Ear, help arrives from a most unlikely source.
When Minneapolis is threatened with total annihilation, Dome Dog and his nemesis The Packer Backer must team up to prevent the unthinkable!
The hot dog-themed super hero returns when the mysterious Seeker-X returns with a prophesy of total destruction of Minneapolis unless the Packer Backer can be stopped.
From the imagination of David Erwin comes a detective story of UFO’s, distant deserts and missing persons.
A man desperate for redemption gets a second chance to re-play the high school hockey game that ruined his life. Recorded live at Backus Auditorium, Int'l Falls.
A grieving widower retreats to his family cabin only to be teased and tormented by one of the fabled ‘lake people’. Gene Gee and Aela Mackintosh star.
Dome Dog, the football-themed super hero is back in a fight to the death with the 1% super villain, The Hunter.
The IBRT’s very own football-themed super hero returns! With nemesis The Packer Backer under wraps, another evil Minnesota-themed villain appears to threaten the Land of 10,000 Lakes! Starring Harley Droba and Aela Mackintosh.
A rude man crossing the US/Canadian border finds himself crossing many different kinds of borders in many different realms. Recorded before a live audience.
In the spirit of ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’, Northern Gothic tells the tale of a girl sent to live with an uncle she’s never met in his most unusual island mansion.
A divorced man bitterly retreats to his fish house on a frozen lake where a mysterious fish decides to swim up and talk to him.
The origin story of that hot dog fueled super hero, Dome Dog! Starring, and created by Harley Droba with Aela Mackintosh and Jeff Adams.
In a future world, an inspector travels to a distant planet where she grew up as part of an Earth colony only to discover a horror beyond her imagination. Part 2 of 2. Jim Yount and Anna Remus star.
In a future world, an inspector travels to a distant planet where she grew up as part of an Earth colony only to discover a horror beyond her imagination. Part 1 of 2. Jim Yount and Anna Remus star.
A couple travel into the mountains for a romantic getaway, but find that the very elements have come alive in the blizzard, and have their own problem with romance. From the play by Patrick Gabridge.
When a schluby hot dog salesman in Chicago gets off at the wrong stop, he discovers himself in a new world that seems a long way from The Loop. Special guest Cayenne Chris Conroy and Aela Mackintosh star.