We have three “science fiction stories” on our trolley ride of imagination. First we present Duke Danger: Man out of Time, an exploration of our expectations of the future. Second we present vignettes from Space Wars and we conclude with the introduction of a new ongoing adventure series called Cosmic Ventures.

Duke Danger: Man out of Time stars David Macharelli, Devon Richtmeyer, Jeff Savage, Jandi Hanna and Jerry Crystal in D-music by Robert C. Fullerton.

Vignettes from Space Wars stars Dan Willey and Jerry Crystal.

Cosmic Ventures (ep1) stars Amanda Yount, Jason Kulas and AJ Lin

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Episode 235: Three Sci-Fi Stories was written created and produced by J. Timothy Quirk and recorded at WAPJ Torrington Community Radio

The Duke Danger theme and the Cosmic Ventures theme written, created and performed by Robert C. Fullerton.

Duke Danger starred

David Macharelli as Duke Danger

Devon Richtmeyer as Doctor Blarfwhopple

Jandi Hanna as Future Doctor Blarfwhopple

Jeff Savage as Doctor Phlegmagen

with Jerry Crystal as the announcer

Vignettes from Space Wars starred

Jerry Crystal as Garth Caterer

Dan Willey as Opie Juan and Your Pal Palpa-teen

Cosmic Ventures (Ep1)

Amanda Yount as Kyper

Jason Kulas as Clarke

AJ Lin as Sarvol

A young girl receives an invitation to attend Yapwurds, a magical school where not everything is how it seems. This parody hopes you are “rowling” with laughter as you discover this magical world.
Starring Olivia Wadsworth, Kurt Boucher, Jerry Crystal, Devon Richtmeyer, Jeff Savage, Lana Peck, Tiffy McKay, David Macharelli and Jandi Hanna.

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CREDITS

Episode 2.34 (episode 34 of season 2, which is the 69th of all episodes of Nutmeg Junction to date): Imogen Dodge and the Parrot Tea Part 1 was written, created and produced by J. Timothy Quirk and recorded at WAPJ Torrington Community Radio

Music by Robert C. Fullerton (c) 2019

Imogen Dodge and the Parrot Tea Part 1 Featured:

OLIVIA WADSWORTH

KURT BOUCHER

JERRY CRYSTAL

DEVON RICHTMEYER

JEFF SAVAGE

LANA PECK

TIFFY MCKAY

DAVID MACHARELLI

JANDI HANNA

Nutmeg Junction Episode 233: Professor A: Two Stories

We have two Professor A stories on the trolley ride of imagination.
The first story is The Simulacrum.  A famine has ravaged the land of serpentine beings known as the Anacondians. As Professor A searches for a solution, the situation is complicated by Doctor Robere’s relationship with an Anacondian who has promised him a memorable “constriction ceremony”.

Starring Lana Peck, Kurt Boucher, Tiffy Mckay, with AJ Lin, Jason Kulas, Rich Cyr, Jandi Hanna and Amanda Yount.

Our second Professor A story is The Times Arrow Trap.

Professor A and Doctor Robere use the vortex corridor to reach a quantum field observatory where Doctors Illian and Themy are investigating a fluctuation in space which appears to be a “pocket of time’.

Featuring Lana Peck, Kurt Boucher, Michael Illian, Catarina Quinonez and David Robinson

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Show Notes

Professor A was one of the first regularly recurring Nutmeg Junction characters. Originally appearing in the fifth episode of the entire program, Professor A has returned many times with one-shot stories and grand epic multi-episode adventures.  The most recent Professor A story was a two-parter entitled The Dean of Death. (Episodes 211 and 212).

This episode features two stories which we recorded at two different times and venues. The first we recorded in the studio of WAPJ over the summer. It was so hot inside the studio we often sent actors out if they were not immediately required to say their lines. The Simulacrum marked a fun milestone as it featured many cast members of Tiffy McKay’s “48 hour film project” who were joining us at that time for the first time (Jason Kulas, Amanda Yount, AJ Lin)

The second story was recorded LIVE at Citizens TV in Hamden for the Nerd Talk episode in October. This particular story featured Michael Illian and Catarina Quinonez into the Professor A-verse and was written in such a way that when it is heard a second time, the listener can appreciate the points in time where Illian and Themy (Quinonez) are compared to where/when Professor A and Robere are in the story.  Tiffy Mckay was unavailable for the recording so this story most likely would be placed in a time line before Ms. Gentry joined the Professor and Robere in the vortex corridor. David Robinson jumped in to assist us as the voice of the computer.

CREDITS

Nutmeg Junction episode 2.33 was written created and produced by J. Timothy Quirk.

The Professor A Theme written, created and performed by Lana Peck ©2018 and used with permission.

The Simulacrum

Lana Peck as Professor A

Kurt Boucher as Doctor Robere

Tiffy McKay as Ms. Gentry

Aj Lin as Quadrawindalunalistra

Jandi Hanna as Matrabalaformalistra

Amanda Yount as Adelfinilystrilistra

Jason Kulas as Militrilimylicystra

Rich Cyr as Anacondian

The Time’s Arrow Trap

Lana Peck as Professor A

Kurt Boucher as Doctor Robere

Michael Illian as Doctor Illian

Catarina Quinonez as Doctor Themy

David Robinson as the Computer

We hope you enjoyed your visit to Nutmeg Junction and may all your journeys bring you back to a happy home.

Four stories from Nutmeg Junction, the first three were recorded live during a production of “Nerd Talk” on Citizens TV.  Stories include Dracula and the Dentist, “No Offense”, Tales of Intrigue: Trick or Treason and The Choice
Dracula and the Dentist: Featuring: Michael Illian, Rich Cyr, Catarina Quinonez and Kurt Boucher
No Offense: featuring Rich Cyr, Jason Kulas, Jerry Crystal and Kurt Boucher
Tales of Intrigue: Trick or Treason: featuring Phil Hall, Kurt Boucher, Jerry Crystal, Catarina Quinonez, Lana Peck and Michael Illian
The Choice: featuring J. Timothy Quirk and Laurel Briggs

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Show Notes:

Nutmeg Junction had a wonderful opportunity to visit and perform on Nerd Talk, a cable program hosted by Kurt Boucher, Michael Illian, Catarina Quinonez, Lana Peck and Rich Cyr.  We were given a full hour and I wrote some scripts specifically for the show and there were some scripts that would be perfect for the show that we had just recently performed.

The first sketch Dracula and the Dentist I wrote almost immediately after knowing we would be on Nerd Talk and would feature Rich Cyr, Michael Illian and Catarina Quinonez. What I enjoyed about the concept was that normally a sketch like that would make Dracula the big comedy figure, the unusual element in a regular otherwise mundane situation but it made be laugh to flip the script and have Dracula essentially act as the straight-man in the bit.

Now in the live show we  performed “Toy Feasors” but we had recently performed that on the Tort Law Episode which is only 2 episodes ago so I’ll save sharing the recording of the live performance for a later episode.

So the second story in this episode is actually “No Offense”.  We had just recorded it in studio but there was a wonderful energy in this live rendition of it so I chose to share the recording of the live performance of No Offense here. The script evolved. I knew I wanted Rich Cyr to reprise his role of Edgar Allan Poe  (last year we had a Serendip-History story with Poe meeting Washington Irving-as far as we know they never met in person but they did correspond in writing) and I knew we could do something with The Raven again.   The editor of Grahams Magazine was indeed a man by the name of George Rex Graham and there was an actor in that time period named Stuart Robson. Grahams Magazine did initially employ Poe, and did publish Murders in the Rue Morgue and did hire a replacement for Poe named Rufus Griswold who hated Poe and who did not publish The Raven so all of that is somewhat accurate (of course our take on the subject is completely fictional).

In the live show we did the Robin Hood sketch which was perfect for a large ensemble cast but again, we just aired the studio version of that story recently, in fact it was last episode, so I’ll save that live edition for a later episode.

So our third story was Tales of Intrigue. Phil Hall and Kurt Boucher are Rutledge and Haldemann: they represent the thin grey line separating society from anarchy while wearing pressed grey suits and shined shoes but using the clever disguise of bandannas to infiltrate an unusual world, in this case, the world of Trick or Treaters.

The final story from the live show was a Professor A unique sci-fi story written specifically for that broadcast and I love the story but I’m saving that for next week when we air two Professor A stories, the studio recording of the Simulacrum and the live Nerd Talk recording of “The Time’s Arrow Trap”.

So given the time on the episode I wanted to share a very short story called The Choice featuring myself as a Bogart type character and Laurel Briggs as a Mary Astor type character.

Please enjoy!

CREDITS

Nutmeg Junction Episode 232: Four Stories was written, created and produced by J. Timothy Quirk.  Three stories were recorded at Citizen TV in Hamden, CT. The Choice was produced at WAPJ Torrington Community Radio

Dracula and the Dentist:

Doctor Glauc:  Rich Cyr

Dracula:   Michael Illian

Dorothy Gall:     Catarina Quinonez

Frank N. Stein :    Kurt Boucher

“No Offense”

Edgar Allan Poe:  Rich Cyr

George Red Graham:  Jerry Crystal

Stuart Robson:    Jason Kulas

Albert:    Kurt Boucher

Tales of Intrigue: Trick or Treason

Rutledge:  Phil Hall

Haldemann: Kurt Boucher

Home Owner: Catarina Quinonez

Kids: Lana Peck and Michael Illian

Chief: Jerry Crystal

And The Choice

Bogart: J. Timothy Quirk

Astor: Laurel Briggs

We hope you enjoyed your visit to Nutmeg Junction and may all your journeys bring you back to a happy home

Episode 227: The Sesquipedalian of Nutmeg Junction features Kristin Moresi in the title role with Marilyn Olsen, Olivia Wadsworth, Phil Hall, Kurt Boucher, Jeff Savage, Jack Sheedy, Rebecca Rosewood and John Fabiani.  In the American west where words have the ultimate power, who else can win a reasoned and informed debate at high noon other than…the sesquipedalian? Find out in this episode!
Also featuring a bonus encore presentation of Thank Your Lucky Stars: What’s Kazoo with You? Featuring Jack Sheedy, Robert C. Fullerton with Kurt Boucher, Olivia Wadsworth, David Robinson and Jandi Hanna

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Show notes: This episode has already received considerable positive feedback from listeners who enjoyed the story of a word-slinger of the American West. The script took some time to develop and ultimately I believe the story pays off the premise’s promise. It is ultimately a message of admiration to the teachers, especially the English/Language Arts teachers, who inspired us.

This is Kristin Moresi’s first starring role. Kristin joined us for Pride and Prejudice (as Jane Bennett) and we recorded this episode on the same day.

Marilyn Olsen made a welcome return to Junction as the inspiring teacher Ms. Tutor.

I enjoyed the idea of Kurt Boucher as the Mayor becoming Jeff Savage’s prospector character (NOOOOO!!!!!) and Phil Hall’s Marshall Withers becoming Jack Sheedy’s Withers as a member of Marshall Bull’s gang.
Marshall Bull was portrayed by Olivia Wadsworth who will be acting on stage in the Warner Theater’s “Wait Until Dark”  Sept 21-29 in Torrington, CT.

Rebecca Rosewood became the voice of “Willoughby”, Rebecca starred in last week’s episode “Pride and Incredulous”.

John Fabiani impressed us in last week’s episode with his British accent as Mr. Wickfull. In this episode he joined us as the American west barkeep. Lots of voices from Mr. Fabiani and we’re going to explore more in upcoming episodes!

The music was created by J. Timothy Quirk, a three or four chord number with whistling on reverb and some horse sounds embedded into it.

CREDITS

Episode 227: The Sesquipedalian

Was written, created and produced by J. Timothy Quirk and recorded at WAPJ Torrington Community Radio.

Starring:

Kristin Moresi as The Sesquipedalian

Marilyn Olsen as Ms. Tutor

Olivia Wadsworth as Marshall Bull

Kurt Boucher as Young Mayor

Jeff Savage as Old Prospector

Phil Hall as Young Withers

Jack Sheedy as Old Withers

Rebecca Rosewood as Willoughby

John Fabiani as The Bartender

Music by J. Timothy Quirk (c)2019