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Grey Whisper: Anthracite in Two & Space Sentries III

 

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.

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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

Ensign Puffle: Rich Cyr

Announcer: J. Timothy Quirk

Giles and Brewster and the Monster Apocalypse Part Two

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!

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“Lord and Lady Chennington” Robert C. Fullerton and Olivia Wadsworth
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J. Timothy Quirk and Kurt Boucher

 

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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

And the inimitable Rich Cyr as Snode

Nutmeg Junction theme song created and performed by Robert C. Fullerton ©2018

Remus Lupin song created and performed by Lana Peck (c) 2018 and used with permission.

Additional music and sound courtesy of youtube royalty free music

 

Season 2: Episode 1 Giles and Brewster and the Monster Apocalypse

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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

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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

Nutmeg Junction theme song created and performed by Robert C. Fullerton ©2018

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.

Episode 35: Three Hours to Midnight

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!

Click here to listen to the show!

 

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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”.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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

 

 

First Live Event: 12/2/2018

Dreams become goals when you write them down, chart the course and take the first steps.  On the very first night of recording at WAPJ in January of this year, the team took a few moments around the large table and the vision for the show was outlined with both short term and long term goals. Among the goals for Nutmeg Junction was to perform a live show by the end of the year. We had initially considered doing a large theatrical experience within one of the venerated theaters in the area but as our program evolved we decided to focus our energy exclusively on the burgeoning show and consider a live event for some time in 2019.

 

If one is persistent and focused, the goals do not drop away, they are worked towards with enthusiasm and we found opportunities to do live events in February, April in June of 2019. More on those events later but the key aspect of this idea was that the goal was not eliminated, merely edited so that we could achieve success in that area in the right way.

Let me take you now to early September.  I was sitting at the studio on 40 Water Street preparing for one show or another when I shared a few moments with John Ramsey, General Manager of the station and CT Broadcasting Hall of Fame Member. John wanted to talk to me about recording on behalf of the station an event that was to occur across the street at the Noelke Gallery, an event called SpeakEasy.  Founded and hosted by writer Patricia Martin, this event features Spoken Word “open mic” opportunities for creative expression and is held the first Sunday of every month.  John thought SpeakEasy would make a wonderful radio program if we could record and preserve the poetry shared at the SpeakEasy so long as the participants were willing and it did not impinge upon their creative spirit or foster a self-censorship structure for the speakers.

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As luck would have it, not only was I aware of the event but just prior to that conversation Patricia Martin. who was guest voice actor on OUR show (see Episode 14: Battle of Elsenorift), invited Nutmeg Junction to be the featured guests for the December 2nd SpeakEasy last show of the year.  In most cases the spoken words shared are poetry but not always and Nutmeg Junction after all is spoken word, it is audio theater. Further, some of the performers at SpeakEasy like Jack Sheedy (episode 11: Harriet Holmes and the Search for the Lost Episode Part One) and David Robinson (Professor series as “Bear” in Episodes 17, 22, 23 and 24 plus non-Bear roles in episodes like HP Lovecraft in Episode 28) performed on Nutmeg Junction so this opportunity was an opportunity we eagerly accepted.

The October and November SpeakEasys I attended  and recorded were engaging and lively and we have the recordings now safely archived and ready for editing. SpeakEasy is to take time off in January and February so we expect to use that time to present the SpeakEasy radio show and get the word out about the 2019 SpeakEasy events.

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For our participation in the show I asked team members of the original cast who could make it to the event and some cast members couldn’t attend mainly because they’re involved in other shows or events! But Rich, Kurt, Jandi, Olivia and newcomer Nick  along with Jack and David would be there and so I set about writing a script for Rich, Kurt and Jandi called “Thoughts Before Breakfast”. Then I wrote the script for Lana and Olivia with Nick, Jack and David called “Inspector Trompe-Loeil” but Lana was cast in a Warner Stage production which has rehearsal that night so  Jandi took over the Inspector role.  In the last week I wrote a Space Sentries script that may be the funniest script I’ve written to date. That may bump “Thoughts” depending on time.

Which brings us to today. For December 2nd, we will perform some material live in front of an audience. This was the actual goal in January and when this occurs we will have achieved and exceeded our 2018 goals for the show!

We are excited about this opportunity and brings us to a new level for the show. We will learn from this event and bring those lessons to our first full production which will occur February 16th, 2018 at Trinity Episcopal Church where we intend to have the equivalent of 3 episodes recorded.
Then to celebrate our first full year, in April we will hold a gala anniversary event at the Childrens Theater on Main in Falls Village, Connecticut.

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Finally, although probably not finally, in late June we intend to perform at the Strand Theater in Seymour, Connecticut.

These live events will give all of our actors the opportunity to shine and to receive feedback from a live audience.

As a token to those in attendance, I have created “Junction Cards” which will sort of take the place of a “ticket” and will be collectible and there will be a different card for each live event.

We hope you enjoy Nutmeg Junction: LIVE and if you’re in the area, I hope you are able to attend one of the live performances including, perhaps, the one tonight! Yes, dreams become goals when you write them down, chart the course and take the first steps. They form an even more enjoyable reality when they are shared with like-minded travelers who take the journey together.

Here’s a write up of the show:

https://www.registercitizen.com/entertainment/article/Nutmeg-Junction-to-perform-Sunday-at-13428787.php

 

 

 

 

 

Episode 30: And Then There Was “One”

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

 

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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.

 

 

 

Episode 29: The Good News Report

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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

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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

KRISTINE: OLIVIA WADSWORTH

VAL: LANA PECK

BEAU: RICH CYR

SIMON: KURT BOUCHER

PACKA-DERMY-POO AS HIMSELF

Nutmeg Junction theme and Packa-Dermy-Poo theme was written and performed by Robert C. Fullerton ©2018 and used with permission

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

Episode 28: Nightmare Junction III

 

Episode 28 features an HP Lovecraft inspired story written by Lana Peck, the Corpse Conductor written and performed by Josh Newey and The Snarflepoofs return!

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The Corpse Conductor introduces us to the stories and provides a wonderful bookend to the episode. For the third and final installment of Nightmare Junction (The October Halloween episodes) Josh brings it home for us and deserved a week off to rest the vocal chords!

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The Call of the Trolley is the first full  story segment written by a cast member and it’s wonderful. Created by Lana Peck, it was pitched at the time we were discussing ideas for the Nightmare Junction stories.  David Robinson was cast to portray the character (a stand-in for Lovecraft) and Lana’s script gives two nods to two prior Nutmeg Junction stories.

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We then conclude with Snarflepoofs-Snarfleween, the mandatory holiday special. Snarflepoofs are “America’s Most Recent Toy Branded Children’s Entertainment Product” and the idea makes fun of the types of shows that only serve to sell toys by having stories and situations that actually discuss concepts of substance.  So Snarfleween allows us to talk about climate change and the environment by talking about an Apple bobbing competition all while the characters maintain their philosophical inclinations. We introduce Nick Bourne into the Junction team. Nick and Lana had worked together under the direction of Keith Paul for a staged reading show at the Warner! (note: I had the opportunity to work for Keith in a staged reading many years ago with, among many others, Lana and Kurt Boucher!)  Nick will return next week with two roles as he acts in both story segments we present!

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Once again, Jandi Hanna is the narrator for the Snarfle-poofs and has a few fun commercials for “Flattread Tires” and “Greedymine Bottled Water”.  Melissa Gabehart returns as “Sneetchey” (Nietzsche) and Jeff Savage is Plato!  The first joke in this story pays homage to a famous Jack Benny line (we just did it in our own way). Kurt is Renny (Rene Descartes), Olivia is Wollstonecraft and Lana is Simone. We decided not to keep the “Princess” joke going as it had been done already and it would be cumbersome to continue it.  The actors like these roles so much, we might have to do a Thanksgiving special, a “not as loved as Halloween or Christmas but still mandatory viewing holiday special”.  And Rich Cyr becomes a Snarflepoof-which one? Listen to find out!

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Was directed by J. Timothy Quirk and recorded at WAPJ Torrington Community Radio

The Corpse Conductor was written by and starred Josh Newey

Call of the Trolley was written by Lana Peck

It starred

David Robinson

With Kurt Boucher and J. Timothy Quirk

Snarfle-ween

Was written by J. Timothy Quirk

It starred

Jandi Hanna as the Narrator

Lana Peck as Simone

Nick Bourne as Calvin

Rich Cyr as Walden

Kurt Boucher as Renny

Olivia Wadsworth as Wollstonecraft

Melissa Gabehart as Sneechey

Jeff Savage as Plato

The Snarflepoofs theme was written and performed by Lana Peck and Mik Walker © 1998

Nutmeg Junction theme was written and performed by Robert C. Fullerton ©2018 and used with permission

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

Episode 27: Nightmare Junction II: The Sad Case of Dr. Horace Wells

 

In the second Halloween special for Nutmeg Junction (Nightmare Junction) the corpse conductor introduces us to the strange case of Dr. Horace Wells, which is based on a true story of a Dentist in Connecticut and may have been the inspiration for the story “Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde”.

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The second tale is a fun story of a poetry reading gone wrong! This one we plan to do LIVE for an audience very soon!

And as a bonus, there’s a wonderful original song by Lana Peck called “Sweet Severed Head” which works perfectly for the Halloween special!

The tale of Dr. Horace Wells was offered first by Conrad Sienkiewicz and followed up by Lana Peck, both of whom shared insight into the piece.

The role of Dr. Wells was portrayed by award winning Atlanta actor Danny Cook, our first “remote actor” for the show (as we record in Connecticut).

 

Thoughts before Breakfast was specifically created for a live event which will occur in the near future!

Nutmeg Junction: Nightmare Junction Special #2

Was written by J. Timothy Quirk

The sad case of Dr. Wells was Based on the ideas suggestion by Conrad Sienkiewicz and Lana Peck

With input on the Corpse Conductor by Josh Newey

It starred

Danny Cook as Dr. Wells

Josh Newey as the Corpse Conductor and Professor Colton

Olivia Wadsworth as Elizabeth

Kurt Boucher as Riggs

Rich Cyr as Samuel Cooley

Jandi Hanna as Morton

Melissa Gabehart as the patient

 

The song sweet severed head written and performed by lana peck © 2013 lana peck music used with permission all other rights reserved to the artist

Thoughts Before Brunch

Written by J. Timoty Quirk

Starring
Rich Cyr as Brad

Kurt Boucher as Brian

Jandi Hanna as Marcia

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

Episode 25: Harriet Holmes-Search for the Lost Episodes III (Trace Duggins:Crime Illustrator)

Intrepid private eye Harriet Holmes meets an iconic detective duo to conclude her search for the Lost Episode of Nutmeg Junction. She locates the story of Trace Duggins: Crime Illustrator in a send-up to the golden age of radio.

SHOW NOTES

There used to be an old time radio program called Casey: Crime Photographer which was nothing more than a detective show with the protagonist who was a photographer for a newspaper.  When creating a parody of that show, Kurt Moffett, who is himself a reporter for a newspaper as well as an integral part of the WAPJ radio station family, was tapped to play the lead.

That being said didn’t want to do a photographer and thought a crime “illustrator” had more appeal especially as the character to wax philosophically about the art choices and bake in to the story line a specific reason why the perpetrator would be caught through art. Since I wasn’t going to use “case-y” and thought Trace would be a great name for an artist.

Occasionally we’ll leave some moments of behind the scenes humor/reactions in the show itself. We do that at the very end of the episode courtesy of Rich Cyr!

The Trace Duggins story line is introduced as part of the Harriet Holmes mythology, or rather trilogy for this is the third and probably final part of the “Search for the Lost Episode” saga. To be sure, we’ll have Harriet Holmes in many more adventures but we’ve done three “lost episodes” shows and as it says in the script, three is a magic number. Olivia Wadsworth is wonderful in the role and her monologues have some of the better one-liners.

I’m excited that the show reintroduces Netta and Nathaniel Chance, our tip of the hat to the Thin Man series, and I absolutely love the way Lana Peck and Kurt Boucher channel the iconic era. These characters were recorded on our very first recording day (ever) of Nutmeg Junction and they deserve some more adventures!

The location of the Harriet Holmes section is in Broughton’s Meadow which was the original name for Florence, Massachusetts area in the Pioneer Valley. Their library is Lilly Library and the iconic and wonderful public park is Look Park. See if you can hear the references to these locations!

Also there are a few shout outs to Leominster Massachusetts! The show is heading to Leominster’s WLPZ on October 20th!

We continue our new way of creating Episode art-with photos taken via Kurt Boucher and myself (not sure who took which photos but it was a collaborative effort on the team). Jandi Hanna located a magnifying glass which we used during the photo shoot and in future episode covers it will probably be seen!

 

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CREDITS
EPISODE 25: HARRIET HOLMES AND THE SEARCH FOR THE LOST EPISODE III WITH TRACE DUGGINS: CRIME ILLUSTRATOR

WAS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY J. TIMOTHY QUIRK (C)2018

STARRING:

OLIVIA WADSWORTH AS HARRIET HOLMES/MS. SUSPECTON/MRS. GRIMLEY

KURT MOFFETT AS TRACE DUGGINS: CRIME ILLUSTRATOR

LANA PECK AS NETTA CHANCE/NARRATOR

KURT BOUCHER AS NATHANIEL CHANCE/MR. GRIMLEY

MELISSA GABEHART AS STRANGER ON A TRAIN/MAUDE PATTERSON

JANDI HANNA AS ROBYN THE REPORTER/LIBRARIAN

JOSH NEWEY AS POLICE OFFICER

RICH CYR AS THE BUTLER CHADWICK