Oyster Mill Playhouse Radio Theatre: Recent Episodes
Keith Bowerman
The Oyster Mill Playhouse Radio Theatre is the podcasting arm of the Oyster Mill Playhouse. a volunteer-driven, non-profit community theatre located in Camp Hill, PA, which stages 8 productions annually, including musicals, comedies, mysteries & more. Please visit the Oyster Mill webpage at www.oystermill.com, or call the box office at 717.737.6768 for showtimes and tickets. The Radio Theatre is an anthology podcast bringing you the finest in classic radio plays and original material across the full spectrum of genre from comedy to romance, to suspense and back.
The Oyster Mill Playhouse Radio Theatre is proud to present our 2018 Halloween show, featuring a reading of H.P. Lovecraft's Nyarlathotep by Keith E. Bowerman, and Vincent by Tim Burton as read by Jonathan Morgan.
Music heard on today's program includes "Come Out and Play" by DesperateMeasurez, "Horror Background #14" by Ruesche-Sounds, "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saëns, and "Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky.
We proudly present an adaptation of the classic 1939 novel, JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN by Dalton Trumbo, as originally presented on the March 9, 1940 episode of Arch Oboler's Plays.
Young Joe Bonham, grievously wounded in the trenches of World War I, wakes up to find himself with no arms, no legs, no eyes to see, no mouth to speak, and no ears to hear. We drift with Joe between memory and fantasy, know his struggles to escape the prison that is his body and hear the thoughts of a boy, sent off to war.
This production stars Stephen Hensel as Joe, Bryden McCurdy as Kareen and Mother, with Ben Beck and Keith E Bowerman as assorted voices. This show is produced and directed by Keith E Bowerman, with audio engineering by Lindy Mack.
Please note that this show contains discussion of war, body mutilation, and features intense sound effects. Please exercise discretion.
Written by Philip Larkin, and read by Keith E Bowerman. Music is "Δεύτε λαοί" by the Greek Byzantine Choir.
The Oyster Mill Playhouse Radio Theatre is proud to present the story of one of the greatest films of all time, adapted from an April 26, 1943 performance on Screen Guild Theatre. Starring Jonathan Morgan, Duffy Batzer, Jeff Wasileski, and Robert Davis. Also featuring the stars of the TOO FAT DUDEZ podcast, Zach McCrary and Chad Smith. (https://www.facebook.com/TooFatDudez/)
Produced and directed by Keith E. Bowerman, with sound engineering by Lindy Mack.
"As Time Goes By", written by Herman Hupfeld and performed by Robert Davis and Lindy Mack.
Music Credit: OurMusicBox (Jay Man) Track Name: "Closing Time" Music By: Jay Man @ https://ourmusicbox.com/ Official "OurMusicBox" YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/ourmusicbox License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ
Jazz Piano Bar - Doug Maxwell, Media Right Productions https://youtu.be/hMbf-VPD3ck
Track Title: Romantic Piano. Music by AShamaluevMusic. Music Link: https://youtu.be/LX9qOXjFV1I Song: Soul and Mind Artist: E's Jammy Jams Genre: Jazz & Blues Source: Youtube Audio Library
OLYMPUS Ross Bugden - Music https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQKGLOK2FqmVgVwYferltKQ
To celebrate the mid-point of the MLB baseball season, we present our latest minisode, CASEY AT THE BAT: A BALLAD OF THE REPUBLIC SUNG IN THE YEAR 1888 by By Ernest Lawrence Thayer, and read by Catherine Tyson-Osif.
Music from "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer.
By Emma Lazarus, written in 1883. Read by Sean Adams. "America The Beautiful" music by Samuel A. Ward, minor key arrangement by Yaniv Brener.
Our next production is the dystopian classic, 1984 by George Orwell. The script was written by Milton Wayne for the August 27, 1949 episode of NBC University Theatre.
In a world where the government controls history and regulates thought, what hope is there for free will and love? Set in an alternate future 1984, Winston Smith hopes to find those answers, save the love of his life, and bring down the oppressive regime.
Starring Robert Zaccano, Rebecca Lease, Jonathan Morgan, Keith E. Bowerman, Catherine Tyson-Osif, Duffy Batzer, Mandi Hurley, and Jeff Wasileski as the narrator. Directed and produced by Keith E. Bowerman with recording and audio engineering by Lindy Mack.
By Robert Frost, written in 1916. Read by Patti Uhrich. Music is Lied: Larghetto from Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 8, No.3 by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel.
By Lance Tooks. Originally published in Crypt of Dawn #3, 1996. Read by Keith E Bowerman. Music is "Touch" by Mattia Cupelli. (www.mattiacupelli.com)
Our next minisode is a reading by Jeff Wasileski of "Jabberwocky" from Through The Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll, written in 1871.
The introductory music for this minisode is Sinfonia Veneziana in D Major by Antonio Sallieri. Background is by Orbital Music. (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1KJYBi_282xrWsy4KhtuCg)
Our first minisode is a reading of Langston Hughes' immortal 1935 poem, Let America Be America Again by Keith E. Bowerman.
Taken from an Orson Welles-penned adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel.
Jane Eyre, fresh from an orphan's school and looking for new experiences, takes a job as a governess for the young ward of the master of Thornfield Hall, Edward Rochester. While Jane finds herself falling more and more in love with the mysterious Rochester, a terrible secret from his past threatens to destroy everything...
Starring Megan McClain, Sean Adams, Jeff Wasileski, Shannon Luchiani, and Patti Uhrich. Featuring classical music by Salieri, Beethoven, Mozart, Spohr, Schubert, Liszt, Mendelssohn, and Benjamin Carr. Audio engineering by Lindy Mack. Directed and produced by Keith E. Bowerman.
Based on the immortal Jane Austen novel. Can Elizabeth overcome the error of hasty judgments and find love? Adapted from the May 28, 1947 episode of THEATRE OF ROMANCE.
Starring Marte Engle, Samuel Eisenhuth, Dawn-Michelle Lewis, Frank Walkowiak, Aliza Bardfield, Robert Zaccano, Jonathan Morgan, Shannon Luciani, and Ashley Walkowiak. Produced and directed by Keith E Bowerman, with sound engineering by Lindy Mack.
A high-seas tale of pirate adventure and romance! Starring Patti Uhrich, Jonathan Morgan, Samuel Eisenhuth, Meredith Snook, Paul Hood, Frank Walkowiak, Stephen Hensel, Ashley Walkowiak, and Bob Zaccano.
Adapted from the March 31, 1956 episode of Theatre of Romance, by Anthony Ellis. Sound engineering and editing by Lindy Mack. Produced and directed by Keith E. Bowerman.
To celebrate the Halloween season, our cast will perform readings of two stories from one of the great masters of suspense and horror, Edgar Allan Poe. The Tell-Tale Heart, read by Dawn-Michelle Lewis, and The Raven, read by Keith E. Bowerman. Your narrator is Lindy Mack.
Sound engineering and original music by Lindy Mack. Additional music by Franz Liszt, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Produced and directed by Keith E. Bowerman.
Happy Halloween from the Oyster Mill Playhouse!
A high-powered young attorney, getting ready for an evening of rough fun in a seedy hotel with a young lady, discovers a corpse in his office closet. The office janitor happens by at that exact moment, and a carefully built web of lies, deceit, and death rapidly unravels…
Adapted from the stage production by Paul Hood, originally written for the 2013 Lancaster PA 24-Hour Plays, and directed by the author. This production stars Stephen Hensel, Robert Davis, and Meredith Snook, with narration by Kass McGann. Original music composed by Lindy Mack. Produced by Keith E. Bowerman.
A disk jockey, out for a stunt to amuse his audience, and a ghost hunter spend the evening in a haunted house and record the investigation. What follows is a slow descent into madness and death…
Adapted from the June 23, 1949 episode of SUSPENSE. Starring Robert Davis, Paul Hood, Jonathan Morgan, Robert Zaccano, Megan McClain, Kip Portman, and Marte Engle. Music adapted, arranged, and performed by Lindy Mack. Directed and produced by Keith E. Bowerman