Private Eye Harriet Holmes is in deep in her investigation of the charismatic Congressman Jack Vindle. Discovering just how Vindle is holding illicit communications outside the public eye, Holmes has to take steps to discover the truth but can she do it in time? And what steps will Vindle take as he learns more about Holmes? Is that Vindle outside her door? Tune in to the thrilling conclusion of Harriet Holmes: Sleep of Angels.
Starring Olivia Wadsworth as Harriet Holmes
and Nick Bourne as Congressman Jack Vindle
with Jandi Hanna, Robert C. Fullerton and J. Timothy Quirk.
Written by J. Timothy Quirk
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SHOW NOTES:
This 3 part Harriet Holmes story was a departure from our usual parody/comedy style and we enjoyed the challenge of presenting a more adult concept. We determined hereafter that when we do more adult themed/serious stories that we will do so under the Nutmeg Junction Underground banner so there is no confusion.
Robert C. Fullerton composed and performed the new Harriet Holmes theme which is very exciting.
We didn’t take any new photos the week we recorded this, I believe a lot of us were not 100% as it relates to health.
In conclusion we will do more serious stories in the future, just under the new Underground banner and we hope you enjoyed the tone of this three episode arc!
Credits
Season 2 Episode 8: Harriet Holmes: Sleep of Angels 3-the Conclusion
was written, created and produced by J. Timothy Quirk (C) 2019
Starring
Olivia Wadsworth as Harriet Holmes
Nick Bourne as Congressman Jack Vindle
with
Jandi Hanna as Muffy Danvers
Robert C. Fullerton as Pierce
Dan Willey as Muscle
J. Timothy Quirk as Otis
Nutmeg Junction Theme composed, performed by Robert C. Fullerton (c) 2018 all rights reserved.
The Harriet Holmes Theme composed, performed by Robert C. Fullerton (c) 2019 all rights reserved.
Private Eye Harriet Holmes continues to investigate the charismatic Congressman Jack Vindle. Her client, wealthy socialite Muffy Danvers, believes Vindle is having communications outside of the public schedule and she wants to know what they are. Holmes attempts to unlock the mystery that includes discovering the motives of her client.
Starring Olivia Wadsworth as Harriet Holmes with Nick Bourne as Congressman Jack VIndle. Also starring Jandi Hanna, Robert C. Fullerton, Dan Willey and J. Timothy Quirk.
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SHOW NOTES
This series features the original music by Robert C. Fullerton who composed and performed the Harriet Holmes theme. Musician Robert C Fullerton also acts as Mr. Pierce in our story.
This story is a departure from the usual parody story we often share, it is a darker story and has elements of the Raymond Chandler/Dashiell Hammet school of detective/noir thrillers. With Nutmeg Junction, we celebrate the world of Old Time Radio (audio theater) and there are a plethora of genres that entertained the listening audience. We’ve focused on the comedic aspects of the medium but we can do stories of all varieties and we decided to flex our dramatic muscles with this three part story.
The story was intended to be shared in four or five segments but when our lead actor Nick Bourne had an opportunity to head to the Big Apple, we decided to put the entire story in three episodes. This is why this particular story is only 20 minutes (and we added “Thoughts before Brunch” as a bonus to the episode, but the final chapter (chapter 3) will be the full 30 minutes.
Nick Bourne as Congressman Jack Vindle and Olivia Wadsworth as Harriet Holmes
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Private Eye Harriet Holmes takes a case to document the comings and goings of a popular Congressman for a mysterious client. Following a car from the Congressman’s home, Holmes and her assistant Otis discover there may be more to the case than meets the eye in this noir style thriller.
Olivia Wadsworth as Harriet Holmes with Hunter Reese as Otis
In this episode we present the first part of a ‘noir” inspired narrative “Harriet Holmes and the Sleep of Angels. This story is a departure from our usual lighthearted fare.
The story was intended to be a three chapter arc but we found that one of the key actors in the story, Nick Bourne who portrays Congressman Jack Vindle, will be pursuing theater in the city that never sleeps (and we’re rooting for him!) so we will share the part two of the story next week.
Starring
Olivia Wadsworth as Harriet Holmes
NIck Bourne as Congressman Jack Vindle
Hunter Reese as Otis
with Jandi Hanna, Dan Willey and J. Timothy Quirk
In the continuation of the Grey Whisper three part story “Anthracite in Blue, we have the second segment “Anthracite in TWO”. It features Jandi Hanna as The Grey Whisper and Rich Cyr as Rusty. Our heroes investigate the case of the theft of fiber art from the fourth most popular fiber art museum in the region.
The story pays homage to the Athol-Orange area as we joined the WVAO station and wanted to give some shout outs!
Also we add Space Sentries III, the studio version. We recorded a live version of this short segment in November but we wanted to add a studio version for posterity with better sound quality for the story.
Credits
Nutmeg Junction was created, written and produced by J. Timothy Quirk
Madeline: Jandi Hanna
Rusty: Rich Cyr
Dalton: Kurt Boucher
Dr. Unhippa: Robert C. Fullerton
Jean Craftwell: Olivia Wadsworth
Announcer: Nick Bourne
Girl: Mariel Quirk
In Space Sentries III:
Commander Alx: Kurt Boucher
We present two stories in this episode.
The first story we see a return of The Grey Whisper and Rusty in the beginning of a three part saga: Anthracite in Blue! Someone has stolen some fiber art from the fourth most popular fiber art museum in northern Massachusetts. Madeline Forthright and Rusty travel to Athol, Massachusetts and investigate!
Then, what would happen if a bunch of Bradys went to space? Find out in the Spacy Squad!
SHOW NOTES
We returned to the Grey Whisper character, our pulp hero. We noted that we had not completed a story “The Vampire Sloth” and that what was written was also the first part of a story and for a moment considered if it would be funny to only write the beginnings of the Grey Whisper Stories but decided we’ll definitely pay off each one, no matter how long it takes.
Further, what I had prepared was the concept of having at least two stories recorded for each episode and then have at least one of those stories have a cliff hanger and bring back the audience the following week.
So I had the Grey Whisper story prepared as a three partner. We’ve already recorded the first two (see next episode for part two!) and we’ll record the final chapter of this three part story tomorrow.
This episode marks the return of Conrad Sienkiewicz as our announcer and Caroline Sienkiewicz (who formerly portrayed Darly in our Daring Darling Darly episode!)
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Additionally, original cast member Kurt Boucher wrote a story of The Brady Bunch in space called the Spacy Squad. With some tweaking in the edits, we recorded the Spacy Squad on the same night and it worked out exceptionally well.
CREDITS
Episode was written, created and produced by J .Timothy Quirk and recorded at WAPJ Torrington Community Radio
What happens when an aristocratic layabout nephew becomes engaged to a werewolf “from the best of families”? Find out in part two in our conclusion of our loving parody of PG Wodehouse’s work in Giles and Brewster and the Zombie Apocalypse part two!
“Lord and Lady Chennington” Robert C. Fullerton and Olivia WadsworthJ. Timothy Quirk and Kurt Boucher
CREDITS
Nutmeg Junction, Season 2 episode 2
Giles and Brewster and the Monster Apocalypse (part 2) was written, created and produced by J. Timothy Quirk
The program was recorded at WAPJ, Torrington Community Radio
The program starred:
David Macharelli as Woodrow Brewster
Josh Newey as Giles
Lana Peck as Gloria Chennington
Shannon Sniffin as Gwenivere Chuttle
Jandi Hanna as Aunt Agnes
Kurt Boucher as Toppers
Robert C Fullerton as Lord Chennington
Olivia Wadsworth as Lady Chennington
And J Timothy Quirk as Butterby and Gussie Knitfottle
We begin Season 2 of our audio theater golden-age-of-radio style program by paying homage to the work of the great humorist PG Wodehouse in our loving parody that posits the question, how would the aristocratic world of a gadfly nephew and his gentleman’s gentleman handle an apocalyptic world filled with vampires, werewolves, zombies and more. The answer is found in our two part episode entitled “Giles and Brewster and the Monster Apocalypse” This is PART ONE
CREDITS
Giles and Brewster and the Monster Apocalypse was written, created and produced by J. Timothy Quirk
The program was recorded at WAPJ, Torrington Community Radio
The program starred:
David Macharelli as Woodrow Brewster
Josh Newey as Giles
Lana Peck as Gloria Chennington
Shannon Sniffin as Gwenivere Chuttle
Jandi Hanna as Aunt Agnes
Kurt Boucher as Toppers
Olivia Wadsworth as Lady Chennington
Robert C. Fullerton as Lord Chennington
And J Timothy Quirk as Butterby and Gussie Knitfottle
Additional music and sound courtesy of youtube royalty free music
Please tune in next time for the conclusion, part two of Giles and Brewster and the Monster Apocalypse
Season 2 we will continue to bring you more unique adventures including more of The Grey Whisper, Space Sentries, Tex Bijou and all of your favorite characters.
Until next time, we hope you enjoyed the ride and may all of your journeys bring you back to a happy home.
In our New Years Eve special, the Lipstick Project (CT) team of extraordinary actors perform an Inspector Trompe-Loeil mystery! At the jazz supper club “Nothing But Treble”, the Inspector and Mademoiselle Quossont plan to ring in the New Year with a when the evening’s plans hit a sour note: MURDER!
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From left to right Jenny Maso, Lauren Gulliver Travers, Marilyn Olsen, Rachel Schulte, Jandi Hanna, Hilary Webster
SHOW NOTES:
The Lipstick Project is an amazing group whose mission is to create and promote artistic opportunities for the women plus community. The artistic director Rachel Schulte founded the group in 2014 and since then they have performed in critically acclaimed and often sold out shows throughout New England, most notably the first officially licensed all-women production of “Cabaret”.
As luck would have it, Marilyn Olsen, who holds the post as Director of Charitable giving and the Licensing for The Lipstick Project, has been a previous guest on a prior Nutmeg Junction episode and we discussed the possibility of working on a collaborative effort where the Lipstick Project group could perform our New Years Eve episode. Once the characters (Trompe-Loeil and Quosonnt) were agreed upon as the subjects for the episode, “Three Hours to Midnight” was written and Rachel and Marilyn approved the script and set about casting the show. It should be said our cast wanted to join them and Jandi Hanna was afforded the opportunity to work with them.
The cast came prepared and rehearsal was fun and went fast.
Marilyn Olsen took on the role of the indomitable Inspector Trompe-Loeil and Rachel Schulte portrayed Mademoiselle Quosonnt. The characters are really fun to write.
Marilyn Olsen as Inspector Trompe-Loeil
Quosonnt being one of the most quick-witted characters I’ve penned. Now in the prior Trompe-Loeil story, Quosonnt had a purposely faux-German mixed in with mid-west American accent as part of an ongoing game of “guess the accent” she has with Trompe-Loeil for she is the world’s greatest actor and this keeps Trompe-Loeil’s skills sharp.. In this story, Schulte plays her with a straight British accent which works two-fold, first it gives the “Masterpiece Theater/BBC” quality to the character and secondly it
Rachel Schulte as Mademoiselle Quosonnt
Jenny Maso has a history with WAPJ as she had her own show so this episode hopefully marks a triumphant return to the airwaves. Maso took on two roles, as Madelyn Torchwynn and Cassandra Wyce and both characters have a lot going on in the dialogue.
Jenny Maso
Lauren Gulliver Travers also took on two roles, as JB and as “waitstaff one”. The purpose of Wait staff one in the very opening is just to indicate that a new person switched tables, which a clever listener will infer later on, this is an important clue even though one might hear it as just a piece of ambiance on first listen. The character of “JB” is almost “disreputable” but clearly has a point of view and Travers makes the most out of the dichotomy between the on-stage, off stage persona of the character.
Hilary Webster portrayed two roles as well, that of Jesse Sinclair and that of Detective Brandt, a particular feat as the two parties interact with one another and Sinclair has a heavy emotional content to it.
Jandi Hanna is one of our Nutmeg Junction Original cast members who was fortunate enough to join the Lipstick Project on this episode for the role of Adelaide Treble, the owner of the establishment. What’s interesting is that Hanna was the first actor to portray Inspector Trompe-loeil in an earlier episode and then in the live show. Hanna thought of it like the character of James Bond or Dr. Who where each actor can bring their own interpretation to the role!
The episode is a smashing success and we at Nutmeg Junction look forward to more episodes featuring the Lipstick Project! For more information about the Lipstick Project, find them on Facebook at @lipstickprojectct
CREDITS
THREE HOURS TO MIDNIGHT
Was Episode 35 of Nutmeg Junction and was written by J. Timothy Quirk
The episode was recorded at WAPJ Torrington Community Radio.
CAST:
Marilyn Olsen portrayed Inspector Trompe-Loeil
Rachel Schulte portrayed Mademoiselle Quosonnt and Stella Atwood
Jenny Maso portrayed Madelyn Torchwynn and Cassandra Wyce
Lauren Gulliver Travers portrayed JB and Waitstaff One
Hilary Webster portrayed Jessie Sinclair and Detective Brandt
Jandi Hanna portrayed Adelaide Treble
Music and sound effects courtesy of Youtube royalty free music with some incidental music by Robert C. Fullerton (c)2018
Inspector Trompe-Loeil and her able assistant Mademoiselle Quosonnt receive an telegram invitation to a dinner party at a strange house above the cliffs of the Wasteland Hills over Smugglers Bay where five furtive strangers who have received the same invitation are gathered. A note is discovered that threatens the guests “one by one”. ill anyone get out alive?
Then a short poem by Sunshine the Cat as voiced by Lana Peck
SHOW NOTES
This episode was a send up of Agatha Christie’s work, most notably a certain French speaking detective matched with an “And Then There Were None” set up.
The concept was initially conceived for our actors who would be available for a live show which will occur this Sunday 12/2/2018. Just as we recorded “Thoughts Before Brunch” with three members of the cast, this piece would feature other members of the cast. This live event at the SpeakEasy on Dec. 2nd would then be the precursor to a full live show in February and then a gala event in April, our first anniversary as a radio show/audio theater company.
I also wanted to write these characters and “try them out” because I planned to write a script for Connecticut’s The Lipstick Project (CT) for their company to record our New Years Eve episode, that would be our first joint venture with another theater company. I wanted Trompe-loeil and Quosonnt to be the featured characters for that New Years Eve story.
So after writing this script, I did write a Trompe-Loeil full episode mystery entitled “Three Hours to Midnight” that is a New Years Eve mystery that takes place at a jazz supper club called “Nothing But Treble” and that will be recorded in mid December and will air as the last show of the year for us.
I was feeling under the weather and so I did not take numerous photos in the recording studio but Kurt Boucher took some extraordinary photos with the green screen and I could not imagine a more fun promo-title card for the characters.
I’m going to hold most of those photos back so that we can use them when we return to those characters again with OUR cast.
Additionally Lana Peck, who has been cast in an upcoming Warner Stage Company production of “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’ was able to record the narration and then a separate poem I had written, or transcribed really, based on my cat Sunshine’s unhappiness upon finding food late to the bowl and then, horrors of all horrors, the food was a new brand.
CREDITS
This has been episode 30 of Nutmeg Junction which was created, written and produced by J. Timothy Quirk copyright 2018 and rehearsed and recorded at WAPJ studio in Torrington, CT.
And Then There Was One, an Inspector Trompe-Loeil Mystery
was narrated by Lana Peck
and starred
Jandi Hanna as Inspector Trompe-Loeil
Olivia Wadsworth as Mademoiselle Quosonnt
With
Kurt Boucher as Carlyle
Nick Bourne as Pennimere
Rich Cyr as Chexington
David Robinson as Gadfly
Jack Sheedy as Couplet
A Poem by Sunshine the Cat
Was transcribed on behalf of the feline by J. Timothy Quirk and performed by Lana Peck.
Nutmeg Junction theme was created and performed by Robert C Fullerton c 2018
Additional music and sound courtesy of Youtube royalty free music and we thank them for that.
If you have comments or suggestions you are welcome to share them with the creators or with the station airing the program.
Nutmeg Junction can be found online at www/nutmegjunction.com
And is found on facebook, twitter and instagram.
We hope you enjoyed Nutmeg Junction and may all your journeys bring you back to a happy home.
Nutmeg Junction News Anchors Deborah Goodman and Dan Willey begin to host an election special report when breaking news of a different sort changes the coverage.
Then the mystery solvers with their elephant friend Packy-Dermy-Poo try to solve the mystery of the Capitol Ghost!
Episode 29 of Nutmeg Junction features an all star cast Darcy Abbott, Kurt Boucher, Nick Bourne, Rich Cyr, Robert C. Fullerton, Deborah Goodman, Jandi Hanna, Lana Peck, Jeff Savage, Sharon Waagner, Olivia Wadsworth, Dan Willey with Packy Dermy Poo as himself.
SHOW NOTES
With an election coming up as the time of the writing of the episode there was consideration to write something loosely related to that event but the news in recent weeks has been utterly horrifying and depressing. The idea of doing a show about good news came from Lana Peck. She shared a story of a woman who waves and smiles to commuters every morning.
Then after posting about the idea online, we heard from photographer Sheila Ivain who shared the story about a person sharing a grocery cart with a stranger. Stories of random acts of kindness were plentiful,
We were lucky to have Dan Willey and Deborah Goodman come in to anchor the news report. Deborah will be directing Dan in an upcoming one-act play for the Phoenix Stage Company so we got them at the right time!
For inspiration I shared with them the Monty Python election coverage segment from a youtube to show the sense of “urgency” they needed to convey.
This was a show that had a lot of roles and was one of the largest cast for any single episode and even so we had some actors take on dual roles.
Jandi Hanna portrayed the economics analyst and ad libbed some mathematical components to her analysis which gave it a nice realistic feel. She also portrayed Ms. Gleamer, a CEO who was lobbying a state senator in the Packa-Dermy-Poo story.
Robert C. Fullerton took on the dual role of Robert Sinnick, the analyst who is always interrupted and Senator Stimpleton in the Packa-Dermy-Poo segment (which I’ll discuss later.
Nick Bourne took on two roles as well, as the reporter Mike Rafone and as the politician’s assistant Chad Wormly.
Jeff Savage ALSO does a dual role, as Phil R. Material in the news segment and then returns for a tour de force performance as Red Herring in the Packa-Dermy-Poo segment. I could write Red Herring all day long.
Sharon Waagner returns to Junction as the eye witness. Sharon voiced the doctor on Space Sentries where she has a one word catchphrase “Ooops” ! Here she has more to work with and it’s lots of fun-but dont worry, the doctor will return in Space Sentries when we return to that storyline!
Darcy Abbott is the host of “The Hot Spot with Darcy” on WAPJ Mondays 4-7pm. I had the pleasure of interviewing Darcy regarding the Still River Music Festival and as a colleague she has recommended so many musicians and performers for me to interview on the companion Nutmeg Chatter interview show. We record Nutmeg Junction at WAPJ but the timing varies depending on the availability of the cast and the availability of the studio> We record many episodes Monday night after 7pm. I asked Darcy if she would be interested in voicing a character and I’m so happy she agreed!
Now Packa-Dermy-Poo (friends may call him packy-dermy-poo or PDP) Mystery Squad was a feature that came about during one of our most popular episodes (episode 20: Looking Forward To It) and we wanted to bring them back. It’s a parody of another cartoon mystery solving squad with an animal but the problem is that most of those stories (the classic ones we’d want to parody) are essentially the same story just at a different location. But the idea of a Senator refusing to steal votes in a bag because they have other legal ways of stealing votes was appealing and so this story worked out well.
Jeff Savage was “Redmond Herring” in the first PDP story and we absolutely needed him to return to reprise the role.
Robert C. Fullerton was all-in on Senator Stimpleton and the team of Stimpleton with Nick Bourne’s Chad Wormly works really well. Lana Peck wrote a great line about Hanging Chad (How’s it Hanging, Chad?” delivered with relish by Rich Cyr’s Beau.
All in all it’s a fun episode and I’m sure the news team and PDP will return!
CREDITS
Nutmeg Junction: Episode 29-the Good News Special Report
Was directed by J. Timothy Quirk and recorded at WAPJ Torrington Community Radio
It starred
DAN WILLEY AS NEWS ANCHOR AND SECURITY GUARD
DEBORAH GOODMAN AS NEWS ANCHOR
with
NICK BOURNE AS STREET REPORTER MIKE RAFONE AND CHAD WORMLY
ROBERT FULLERTON AS ROBERT SINNICK AND SENATOR STIMPLETON
SHARON WAAGONER AS THE WITNESS
: JANDI HANNA AS PENELOPE ROLLS AND MS. GLEAMER
OLIVIA WADSWORTH AS PROFESSOR CALDWELL:
DARCY ABBOTT AS JANET ABDERDEEN:
JEFF SAVAGE AS PHILIP R. MATERIAL AND REDMOND HERRING
THE PACKA-DERMY POO MYSTERY SQUAD WAS PERFORMED BY
Nutmeg Junction 