Podcasts about ele matelan

An actor performing as an alternate Scrooge at a regional theatre discovers the true meaning of “A Christmas Carol” through the help of a few spirits and a plucky little dog in this holiday special. We also learn—to no one’s surprise—that Chris Breen can do an impressive Vince Guaraldi impression. With Austin Tichenor as Carl, with Ele Matelan, Travis Bedard, Moises Chiullan, Liz Carman, Chip Sudderth, Shannon Sudderth, and Steve Lutz David J. Loehr.

An actor performing as an alternate Scrooge at a regional theatre discovers the true meaning of “A Christmas Carol” through the help of a few spirits and a plucky little dog in this holiday special. We also learn—to no one’s surprise—that Chris Breen can do an impressive Vince Guaraldi impression. With Austin Tichenor as Carl, with Ele Matelan, Travis Bedard, Moises Chiullan, Liz Carman, Chip Sudderth, Shannon Sudderth, and Steve Lutz David J. Loehr.

Recorded live from the Swedish American Museum in Chicago on October 22, 2023, Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium presents PAST LIVES AMUSEMENT PARK, featuring the talents of Joy Thorbjornsen Coates, Mark Kater, MJ Kelly, Kristina Schramm, Stan Winiarski, Trina Kakacek and foley artist Ele Matelan. Featured writers: THE FARAWAY TREE by Evan Baughfmann, ANNABELLE LEE by Edgar Allan Poe, JOHN MORTONSON'S FUNERAL by Ambrose Bierce, LULLABYE by Ele Matelan, the hand washing courtesy of William Shakespeare, and all other writings from the Collected Creepy Works of Trina Kakacek. Directing by Trina Kakacek. Sound design by Ele Matelan and Trina Kakacek. Additional music Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Small Fish Radio Theatre and Thespinarium is produced by Trina Kakacek and Michael John Kelly. Special thanks to the Swedish American Museum in Chicago.

by Bilal Dardai For your ears only I've always been like this Sing of joy and sing of grace Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon at www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Mark Soloff as Silas, Pat King as Chester, Marsha Harman as Dot, Michael Turrentine as Wes, Krista D'Agostino as Hazel, Sebastian Orr as (85*fh&, Ele Matelan as *76DhT&8. Written by Bilal Dardai, sound design by Eli Hamada McIlveen, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, assistant director Lauren Grace Thompson, theme music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, associate producer Ani Enghdahl, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, produced by haydée r. souffrant, Unwell lead sound designer Eli Hamada McIlveen, Executive Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner, by HartLife NFP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

by Jim McDoniel Facing our fears I would not show you this Things change Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon at www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp This episode features: Kat Hoil as Abbie, Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Ele Matelan as the Waitress, Sebastian Orr as the Proprietor, Eli Barraza as Lina, Mark Soloff as Silas, Matt Young as Tim, Ele Matelan as Lark, Sebastian Orr as Abbot, Mark Soloff as the Reverend Silas Lodge, and Amelia Bethel as Marisol. Written by Jim McDoniel, sound design by Alexander Danner, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, assistant director Lauren Grace Thompson, theme music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, associate producer Ani Enghdahl, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, produced by haydée r. souffrant, Unwell lead sound designer Eli Hamada McIlveen, Executive Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner, by HartLife NFP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time for more listener questions! This week, Jeffrey and Eleanor sit down to talk about writing and structuring the series, the inspirations behind Unwell and lots more- including an appearance from our favorite waitress, Ele Matelan! Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon at www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Horror Fest '22: Project Audion 23: The Whistler, "Man From the Morgue" In this specially curated collection for Halloween 2022, we will be presenting a wide selection of old-time radio (and other) horror programs. For our seventh, we are proud to present a remake of a radio play that was broadcast only once, in 1952: THE WHISTLER, "Man From the Morgue". Appropriate to the Halloween month - but good anytime - Project Audion's latest premiere is an episode of old time radio's long-running (1942-1955) mystery anthology series, "The Whistler". Over 700 episodes were originally broadcast, but we're recreating one that doesn't survive: "Man from the Morgue," which aired January 13, 1952 and was since lost. Our coast-to-coast cast features outstanding performances all transcribed live via Zoom... Jeff Billard in Massachusetts Larry Groebe in Texas Chris Hart in Florida Kristen James, California Ken Jeffries, California John Mauldin, Tennessee Rhiannon McAfee, Calfornia Greg McAfee, Calfornia Brad Oxnam, Tennessee Sound patterns were performed by Ele Matelan in Illinois. The show was directed by Jon Mauldin and produced by Larry Groebe. (Orig. launched 10/8/21)

by Jim McDoniel Who is on the inside? Normal meeting protocol Get what's coming to you Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon at www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Pat King as Chester, Kat Hoil as Abbie, Marsha Harman as Dot, Amelia Bethel as Marisol, Krista D'Agostino as Hazel, Joshua K. Harris as Rudy, Corrbette Pasko as Maureen, Michael Turrentine as Wes, Sebastian H Orr as **$&#*$, Ele Matelan as &&@)@*&, Eleanor Hyde as Eugenia Hewitt, and Tina Daniels, Newt Schottelkotte, Bob Raymonda, Jeffrey Nils Gardner, Kris Kaiyala, Leeman Kessler, Kat Evans, and Sydney Penny as the Mt. Absalom townspeople. Written by Jim McDoniel, sound design by Eli Hamada McIlveen, directed by June Thiele, theme music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, associate producer Ani Enghdahl, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, produced by haydée r. souffrant, Unwell lead sound designer Eli Hamada McIlveen, Executive Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner, by HartLife NFP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

by Jessica Wright Buha I scream You scream We all scream Unimaginable fear Something must be done === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon at www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp This episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Pat King as Chester, Miles Buha as Jamie, Joshua K. Harris as Rudy, Corrbette Pasko as Maureen, Mark Soloff as Silas Lodge, Sebastian H Orr as **$&#*$, Ele Matelan as &&@)@*&, Hilary Williams as Joey, D'Souza's employees and patrons: Tina Daniels, Newt Schottelkotte, Bob Raymonda, Jeffrey Nils Gardner, Kris Kaiyala. Written by Jessica Wright Buha, sound design by Alexander Danner, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, theme music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, associate producer Ani Enghdahl, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, produced by haydée r. souffrant, Unwell lead sound designer Eli Hamada McIlveen, Executive Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner, by HartLife NFP. Extra Credits: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mutual Presents returns with Sunday's second session of MADCON Virtual 2021. We begin this week with Jack Ward looks at "Breaking it Down" with panelists- Lothar Tuppan, Ele Matelan, and John Scott Ballentine. Happy Boxing Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mutual Presents returns with Sunday's second session of MADCON Virtual 2021. We begin this week with Jack Ward looks at "Breaking it Down" with panelists- Lothar Tuppan, Ele Matelan, and John Scott Ballentine. Happy Boxing Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back with the second half of our conversation with Executive producer Eleanor Hyde and our cast, talking about acting and audio art! Here's a link to our policies for safe recording during COVID19 during Season Three. This episode contains spoilers for Unwell through Season Three. You can find a transcript for this episode here. You can find content warnings for this episode here. Featuring: Eleanor Hyde, Ele Matelan, Marsha Harman, Mark Soloff, and Joshua K Harris Produced by Jeffrey Nils Gardner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mutual Presents returns with our third outing on Saturday's MAD-CON virtual 2021 from July. This week it's the session was entitled "Identifying the Field" with Jeffrey Billard hosting for David Ault and included Ele Matelan, Michael Wilhelm, Larry Groebe, and Robert Arnold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mutual Presents returns with our third outing on Saturday's MAD-CON virtual 2021 from July. This week it's the session was entitled "Identifying the Field" with Jeffrey Billard hosting for David Ault and included Ele Matelan, Michael Wilhelm, Larry Groebe, and Robert Arnold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Starship Iris is still on hiatus, but in the meantime, we're dropping the first episode of friend of the show, award-winning Midwestern Gothic audio drama Unwell.You can read a transcript for this episode here: https://www.unwellpodcast.com/s1e1-homecoming-transcriptThis episode features: Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Marsha Harman as Dot, Clint Worthington as Russel Epstien, Bethany Hart as Cynthia Harper, LaQuin Groves as Dale, Mark Soloff as an old man on the edge of town, Michael Turrentine as Wes, Pat King as Chester, Sebastian Orr as [REDACTED], Ele Matelan as [REDACTED]. Voices by Alex Brown, Jeff Van Dreason, Eric Silver, Julia Schifini, Amanda McSweene-Geehan, Michelle Nickolaisen, Jack Pevyhouse, Paul Miscagave and Bridge Greene. Written by Jim McDoniel, sound design by Ryan Schile, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, Unwell lead sound designer Ryan Schile, Executives Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Gardner, by HartLife NFP.Content Advisories. This Episode contains:Jump scaresAggressive DogsAnimals in peril (but not hurt)Creepy noisesUncomfortable social situationsThreatening whispersBroken limbsAutomobile scares

Greetings, fellow Wellesians, Wellsians, OTR-lovers, Mars-lovers (not Bruno), historians, and seekers! In honor of World Audio Drama Day (observed annually, every October 30th) 2018, the following friends and fellow audio drama makers gathered via Skype to create a special panel discussion (in alphabetical order): Ed Champion of "The Gray Area" podcast Joe Griffin and Ele Matelan of Wildclaw Theatre Chicago Pete Lutz of 63audio/Narada Radio Company (Host) Jeff Niles of 4077th Productions Aimee Pavy of "12 Chimes, It's Midnight" podcast We're discussing the historic and fateful "War of the Worlds" radio program from the Mercury Theatre on the Air, first broadcast on CBS on 10/30/38. Then we're playing the 50th anniversary tribute-remake first broadcast on NPR on 10/30/88. Then we come back and talk about that, comparing it to the original. Fun, freewheeling discussion abounds! So what are you waiting for? Start listening, eh? And enjoy!

For our Halloween Special, join Eleanor Hyde, Joshua K. Harris, Ele Matelan, and Jeffrey Nils Gardner as they share their favorite ghost stories- legends of a haunted college campus in Ohio, a South African theatre with a horrific past, and ghost with a Neimen Marcus sponsorship. Content advisories can be found here. A transcript can be found here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello AllSo huzzahs! Here we have the aftershow chat! Yes! The whole cast and crew chilled on zoom to put the world to rights, share more insight into audio drama creation, and life as a voice actor and audio drama writer, foley artist and composer....and more!Hearty thanks to all who supported the fundraiser. If you too would like to contribute to support more new writing events like this one, feel free to contribute to the Quirky Voices KO-FI here, or of course 0 become a Quirky Patreon! If you do, you'll also receive my new podcast INDIE AF A whole MONTH before anyone else. WOOHOO - Yes that new pod is interviews with stellar Indie Audio Drama Creatives in a conception to production season, with clips showcasing awesome good practice and oodles of advice from folks like KC Wayland, Lauren Shippen, Shannon K Perry, Jon Grilz, Oliver Morris, David Beck, Tau Zaman, Tal Minear and Colin J Kelly, Faith McQuinn, AND OH SO MANY MOOORE!Thank you to my current patreons, without whom I almost certainly would have stopped at MADIVA S1. SO HUZZAHS for supporters of all audio drama creatives. Everywhere.Feel free to share this episode of this HUGELY IMPORTANT CHATTARAMA - it gives top tips on Casting, on writing for characters not in your own wheelhouse of experience, and the black perspective on casting practices and how we still need to be ....better. Here's links to all involved in the show - follow them , cheer them on and feel free to contact them and tell them HOW AMAZING THEY ARE IN THIS NEW INDIE AUDIO FICTION! Thank youpLINKS TO DASHINGLY QUIRKY FOLKS 2021Fiona Thraille TwitterFiona Thraille WebsiteEle Matelan TwitterKarim KronfliEvan TessTanja MilojevicAngelique LazarusPaul SpencerNathan BladesKatie SeatonTom Rory Parsons - who has also released the sound track for Locked Out here...Also thanks to the brilliant SCRAPNIK for our FABULOUS ARTWORK! Find more of their works on Twitter...here. We do hope this show has inspired you to just crack on and write, and make and enjoy creating new audio drama!Thank you SO MUCH for listeningHAPPY CREATINGSarah and Fiona xxDASHINGLY QUIRKY LIVE 2021Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/QuirkyVoices)

With summer came all of our most lightly dressed comedy. Even we weren't sure what exactly would make it to air. So, make sure you're there to find out alongside our long suffering ancient relic of Hollywood's Golden Age, Burlington Showtime as he provides all the precious context your heart can handle for the shorts we've been releasing for the past six weeks!Written, Directed and Produced by Ansel Burch, Jared McDaris and Kat Evans. Foley for Chekhov's Date by Ele Matelan. Chekhov's Date by Cassandra Rose. Featuring the vocal talents of Hanna Blazer, Kat Evans, Jared McDaris and Ansel Burch. The SRD theme song was written and performed by Arne Parrott.

Hello people of the world!And so begins a new gentle deluge of Quirky related audio drama content for your delectation and delight!This week we start with the release of DASHINGLY QUIRKY LIVE! A wonderous celebration of new writing - new, uplifting, comedy writing - from our winners of this years comp! This year for the 'LIVE!' aspect, we were delighted to gain a spot on the Edinburgh Festival's Laughing Horse Online stream, and also were live on zoom via a link from their site. We present            Locked out By the BRILLIANT Paul Spencer             A journey exploring one woman's way of dealing with and overcoming grief and loss            This has a ...Hope punk feel to it and has an all star cast consisting of some of the most            talented folks in audio drama today           Tanja Milojevic as            Evan Tess Murray as The Doctor           Angelique Lazarus as The Meditation CD Voice            Karim Kronfli as Billa              INTRODUCING Méabh de Brun as JANET (our walk-on part!)            LIVE FOLEY By Ele Matelan and the cast            Music by the fabulous Tom Rory Parsons           Delivery of an alarm clock by the BRILLIANT Fiona Thraille           Jeremy and Jean take delivery of....a Llama and a Cockerell...and try to fathom the true            recipient of these unusual... unexpected packages, to find something even more           fantastical is afoot.           This has a trad sitcom vibe of funnn, with a loving couple trying to deal with the absurd,            and some  wonderful performances from folks as various animals!            Jeremy - Karim Kronfli           Jean - Sarah Golding           Lllama - Angelique Lazarus           Neighbour - Nathan Blades           INTRODUCING - Bridget Guziewicz  as THE COCKERELL           LIVE FOLEY By Ele Matelan and the cast            Music by the fabulous Katie Seaton                     and           THE WONDERFUL AUDIENCE as a variety of farmyard animals.          ALLLLL of the tech on the day was run by the wonderful Paul Spencer.          Coming soon is the after show chat wherein I thnk lovers of audio drama will find         a lot of inspiring chats, advice, insight and discussion!Thank you for listening, and, if you do enjoy the show and still want to support the artists involved, or to help ensure future productions of DASHINGLY QUIRKY LIVE to celebrate even MORE new writing, feel free to pop some pennies to our KO-FI, or of course would always love some more Quirky Patreons!HAPPPYYYY CREATING ALLWe truly hope this inspired YOU to get writing too!Sarah  Golding and Fiona ThrailleQuirky Voices    /   Dashing OnionsSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/QuirkyVoices)

Executive producer Eleanor Hyde sits down with our cast to talk about acting and audio art! This episode contains spoilers for Unwell through Season Three. You can find a transcript for this episode here. You can find content warnings for this episode here. Featuring: Eleanor Hyde, Ele Matelan, Marsha Harman, Mark Soloff, and Joshua K Harris Produced by Jeffrey Nils Gardner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back with Mutual Presents, I'm Jack Ward for the Mutual Audio Network. It's our continued look back at past summer's event MAD-CON 2021. This week, our Audio Amigo, Jeff Billard leads the fifth panel with the topic of "Teamwork" and includes panellists, Lothar Tuppan, JV Torres. Ele Matelan, and Keith Morrison! You can find all full videos on the Mutual Audio Network Channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back with Mutual Presents, I'm Jack Ward for the Mutual Audio Network. It's our continued look back at past summer's event MAD-CON 2021. This week, our Audio Amigo, Jeff Billard leads the fifth panel with the topic of "Teamwork" and includes panellists, Lothar Tuppan, JV Torres. Ele Matelan, and Keith Morrison! You can find all full videos on the Mutual Audio Network Channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's no doubt in anyone's mind that dating is hard. It does keep getting harder too with… well, you know. Something that has remained almost reassuringly consistent though is the true height of romantic awkwardness, the unannounced date. The date that has not been named. The date that might have just been a nice night out. Will Sonya and Petrov overcome it or will it stay on the shelf until the third act?Written by Cassandra Rose. Directed by Ansel Burch. Foley and Sound Design by Ele Matelan.Kat Evans as Sonya. Jared McDaris as Petrov. Audio Edited by Ansel Burch. The SRD Theme was written and performed by Arne Parrott.

A watched email never updatesConnecting the dotsFilthy meat eaters=== Tell us more about yourself in our Listener Survey!Content Advisories for this episode can be found here.A Transcript for this episode can be found here.Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon at www.patreon.com/hartlifenfpThis episode features: Kathleen Hoil as Abbie, Amelia Bethel as Marisol, Marsha Harman as Dot, Anuja Vaidya as Norah, Matt Young as Tim, Dallis Seeker as Grant, Ele Matelan as [REDACTED], Sebastian Orr as [REDACTED]. Written by Jim McDoniel, sound design by Ryan Schile, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, theme music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, associate producer TH Ponders, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, Unwell lead sound designer Eli Hamada McIlveen, Executive Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner, by HartLife NFP.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

by Bilal DardaiLand linesSometimes you get what you wantWho can you trust?=== Tell us more about yourself in our Listener Survey!Content Advisories for this episode can be found here.A Transcript for this episode can be found here.Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon at www.patreon.com/hartlifenfpThis episode features: Marsha Harman as Dot, Kathleen Hoil as Abbie, Clarisa Cherie Rios as Lily, Joshua K. Harris as Rudy, Pat King as Chester, Michael Turrentine as Wes, Mark Soloff as Silas, Ele Matelan as [REDACTED], Sebastian H. Orr as [REDACTED].Written by Bilal Dardai, sound design by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, theme music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, associate producer TH Ponders, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, Unwell lead sound designer Eli Hamada McIlveen, Executive Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner, by HartLife NFP.Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice.

Today my guest Ele and I will be uncovering how common sounds in entertainment get made through the art of Foley. Ele is a stage Foley Designer and Performer who has designed, choreographed, and performed Foley for over 80 productions in Chicagoland, with companies including Theatre of Western Springs, Lifeline Theatre, Oak Park Festival Theatre, and The Second City Training Center. She is a Foley designer in residence for Locked Into Vacancy Entertainment's monthly live comedy serials, and for WildClaw Theatre's Deathscribe, the annual international live horror radio festival. She contributes to the next generation of Foley Artists with her guest lectures at Northwestern University's School of Sound and at Harvard University's School of Music, and with her consulting for theaters across the globe.Remember: Sound is an essential part of the storytelling experience. Whether you’re in theater or film, it’s easy to get excited about sound when it comes to sounds effects like body hits for a fight sequence or blasts in an explosion. But those are not the only sounds that carry a story forward, so don’t overlook the “everyday sounds” within your project.Research: Review a current script you’re working on. What everyday sounds that would naturally be in the scene are important in order to tell the story? What sounds showcase a character’s emotions? What sounds can be used for foreshadowing? Make sure to take note of any sounds that need to be prioritized during production or post-production.Challenge: As an ongoing challenge, focus on collecting sounds for your project. This can be done through collecting physical objects that create unique noises or simply taking notes of interesting sounds you hear that you would love to incorporate in your next story. http://www.victoriaruke.comTo learn more about Ele and her projects:http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/http://www.lockedintovacancy.com/Follow her on social media: @WorldBShiny

Assistant Director Nick Mataragas interviews Foley artist, Ele Matelan. They discuss the history and name origins of Foley work and it's almost alchemical way of creating sounds, the parallels of horror and comedy, stabbing melons, showmanship, the Chicago theatre scene, and the entertainment shutdown.Apologies to how geeked out Nick gets. Apparently he's enraptured by the idea of creating thunder with sheet metal.https://soundcloud.com/wildclawtheatrehttp://www.lockedintovacancy.com/https://quirkyvoices.weebly.com/https://nomore10outof12s.com/http://www.vintagepercussionsoundeffects.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

Traitors to country created by Neil Verma. "For this piece I made an experimental audiobook with dialogue structured around bespoke field recordings, foley and archival audio. My inspiration was to create a composition that both vocalized and commented on the text, using one voice to “gnaw” on another, just like the central image of the section in which Count Ugolino gnaws on the head of Archbishop Ruggieri. During research, I became interested in vocal fragments that suggest the inability to speak, and these sounds also became part of the work. "I built the background with the following components: contact mic recordings of wire fences near Spittal of Glenshee in Scotland; stereo recordings of winds in the Caledonian forest in Scotland; ice on Lake Michigan ice near Chicago during the “polar vortex” freeze of 2019; a summer soundscape at Death’s Door Bluff in Wisconsin; maggots eating the brain of a dead goat in Ireland near Kilfinane; Canyon recordings at Starved Rock State Park, Illinois; and archival audio of breaks during the congressional Iran-Contra hearings, 1987. "The performers in the piece are Cristina Marras, who read the original Italian text in the first section, Prof. William West of Northwestern University who commented on a translation of the original text by Allen Mandelbaum, Lawrence Grimm, who performed Ugolino’s monologue based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s translation, and Ele Matelan, who performed all the foley work. I made the field recordings myself, and did the mixing and mastering." Part of the Inferno project to imagine and compose the sounds of Dante’s Hell, marking the 700th anniversary of The Divine Comedy. To find out more, visit http://www.citiesandmemory.com/inferno

Unwell will return: February 17, 2021 Find him. === Read a transcript for the trailer here. Content warnings for the trailer here. Featuring: Shariba Rivers, Ele Matelan, Hilary Williams, Abby Doud, Pat King, Anuja Vaidya, Kat Hoil, and Michael Turrentine . With sound design by Jeffrey Nils Gardner. Executive producer Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner.  By HartLife NFP

Content warnings: police violence, racial violence, victims of hate crimes, white supremacy, and police violence. Read by: Shariba Rivers, Pat King, Alexander Danner, Ryan Schile, Bilal Dardai, Duo Yang, Eli McIlveen, Amelia Bethel, Joshua K. Harris, Michael Turrentine, Kathleen Hoil, Marsha Harman, Ele Matelan, Jeffrey Nils Gardner, and Eleanor Hyde. ===================   Today is Wednesday, June 10, 2020. There will not be a new episode of Unwell today.  Following the example and the words of Black Lives Matter Chicago, we call for an end to the state violence against and criminalization of Black communities through police forces, an unjust legal system, and federal, state, and local political organizations.   As the artists of HartLife NFP, we call on our fellow art makers in positions of institutional power and privilege to take concrete actions to make your institutions and artistic work explicitly and actively anti-racist.    We affirm our commitment to do the same here. We will interrogate ourselves when we have fallen short of this goal and recommit to do better every time.   The United States is a country founded on land stolen from indigenous peoples, built with the stolen labor and lives of enslaved Black people. We call especially on White listeners to reckon with this fact, today and every day.     The following list is both incomplete and horrifyingly long. These people were victims of hate crimes, police officers and of an unjust, white supremacist system. We say their names and we remember their lives.  Tamir Rice Samuel Dubose Walter Scott Jordan Davis Tony McDade Dion Johnson Dante Parker Michelle Cusseax Laquan McDonald Richard Perkins Nathaniel Harris Pickett Benni Lee Tignor Miguel Espinal Michael Noel Kevin Mathews Bettie Jones Quintonio Legrier Keith Childress Jr Janet Wilson Randy Nelson Antronie Scott George Mann John Crawford III Ezell Ford Aaron Bailey Ronell Foster Stephon Clark Antwon Rose II Tanisha Anderson Alton Sterling Philando Castile Botham Jean Pamela Turner Akai Gurley Rumain Brisbon Trayvon Martin Jerame Reid Mathew Ajibade Frank Smart Alexia Christian Brendon Glenn Victor Manuel Larosa Jonathan Sanders Freddie Blue Joseph Mann Salvado Ellswood Albert Joseph Davis Darrius Steward Billy Ray Davis Michael Sabbie Brian Keith Day Christian Taylor Troy Robinson Natahsa McKenna Tony Robinson Anthony Hill Mya Hall Phillip White Eric Harris Walter Scott William Chapman II Asshams Pharoah Manley Felix Kumi Keith Harrison McLeod Junior Prosper LaMontez Jones Patterson Brown Dominic Hutchinson Anthony Ashford Alonzo Smith Tyree Crawford India Kager La’Vante Biggs Michael Lee Marshall Jamar Clark Wendell Celestine David Joseph Calin Roquemore Dyzhawn Perkins Christopher Davis Marco Loud Peter Gaines Torrey Robinson Darius Robinson Kevin Hicks Mary Truxillo Demarcus Semer Willie Tillman Terrill Thomas Sylville Smith Michael Brown Eric Garner Sandra Bland Fredie Gray Terrence Crutcher Paul O’Neal Alteria Woods Jordan Edwards Dominique Clayton Christopher Whitfield Christopher McCorvey Eric Reason Michael Lorenzo Dean Breonna Taylor Atatiana Jefferson Ahmaud Arbery Doug Lewis George Floyd Manuel Ellis Maurice Gordon Black Lives Matter.

by Jessica Best Nasty meat eaters The music is wrong An old new friend === Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. A Transcript for this episode can be found here. Support Unwell and HartLife NFP on Patreon at www.patreon.com/hartlifenfp This episode features: Kathleen Hoil as Abbie, Shariba Rivers as Lily, Ele Matelan as [REDACTED], Sebastian H. Orr as [REDACTED], Matt Young as Tim, and Tom Dyke as a Creepy Patron. Written by Jessica Best, sound design by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, Radio music by Komiku and 80 Foots, Unwell lead sound designer Ryan Schile, Executives Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Gardner, by HartLife NFP.

Ele Matelan is a sonic storyteller working in Chicago as a Foley artist for both live theater and films. She has years of experience devising the perfect sound effects to propel a story forward. Listen as Sound Arts and Industries student Jeffrey Nils Gardner guides us through Ele’s view on Foley’s place in audio storytelling, and audio drama communities in Chicago.

Directed by Sammy Jo ZaleWritten by Andrew HuttelMusic by Gail GallagherFoley by Ele Matelan, assisted by Johnathan KollerSound Production & Design by Jesse SchroederFeaturing the LIVE vocal talents of Andrew Huttel, Jennifer Walden, Kate Booth, Kate Vargulich, Laura Bouxsein, Sarah McMillan, Shane Hill, and Tony Pelligrino.

In which the plot thickens and danger emerges. Content advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. Unwell Season Two- coming January 2020. This episode features: Shariba Rivers as Lily, Amelia Bethel as Marisol, Marsha Harman as Dot, Priya Mohanty as Dr. Alicia Laramie, Christopher J. Wilson as Tony, Jillian Leff as Selene, Michael Turrentine as Wes, Pat King as Chester, Mark Soloff as ^6fh6*7%%@, Sebastian Orr as &$^#&$#, Ele Matelan as @&*@^$&. “John the Revelator” is a traditional song, performed by Michael Turrentine, with backing vocals by Betsey Palmer and Jeffrey Nils Gardner Written by Jim McDoniel, sound design by Ryan Schile, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, Unwell lead sound designer Ryan Schile, Executives Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Gardner, by HartLife NFP.

In which the Woods are dangerous and Wes is found. --- Content advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. This episode features: Shariba Rivers as Lily, Marsha Harman as Dot, Kathleen Hoil as Abbie, Joshua K Harris as Rudy, Mark Soloff as &4u3hf39*&, Ele Matelan as Jjfhfe7^%%^, Sebastian H. Orr as &77YDhJD&, and Michael Turrentine as Wes. Written by Bilal Dardai, sound design by Sarah D. Espinoza, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, Unwell lead sound designer Ryan Schile, Executives Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Gardner, by HartLife NFP.

Scooter Mann and Wildclaw Theatre's Ele Matelan talk scriptcrafting for sound! Vocal exercises and a new host!

Scooter Mann and Wildclaw Theatre's Ele Matelan talk scriptcrafting for sound! Vocal exercises and a new host!

Directed by Andrew HuttelWritten by Sarah Frances McMillanMusic by Gail GallagherFoley by Ele Matelan, performed by Johnathan KollerFeaturing the LIVE vocal talents of Courtney Lynn, Nicole Keating-Kelch, Jennifer Walden, Kate Booth, and Ele Matelan

Welcome to Mt. Absalom.  A Transcript of this trailer can be found here.   Content advisories for this trailer can be found here. This trailer was written by Jim McDoniel, with sound design by Hannah Foerschler, and directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner. The trailer features David Rheinstrom, Marsha Harman, Jeffrey Nils Gardner, Nathaniel Ewert-Krocker, Kat Evans, Abby Doud, Krista D'Agostino, Ele Matelan, Pat King. Phoebetor by Mel Ruder. Unwell lead sound design by Ryan Schile. Unwell Executive Producers, Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner.

Loyal Policies- we're here with the first episode of HartLife NFP's new podcast- Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery.  If you want to hear more, go subscribe on your favorite podcasting app, or listen at http://www.unwellpodcast.com. Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. This episode features: Shariba Rivers as Lily, Marsha Harman as Dot, Clint Worthington as Russel, Bethany Hart as Cynthia, LaQuin Groves as Dale, Mark Soloff as an old man on the edge of town, Michael Turrentine as Wes, Pat King as Chester, Sebastian Orr as &$^#&$#(, Ele Matelan as ))@&*@^$&. Voices by Alex Brown, Jeff Van Dreason, Eric Silver, Julia Schifini, Amanda McSweene-Geehan, Michelle Nickolaisen, Jack Pevyhouse, Paul Miscagave and Bridge Greene. Written by Jim McDoniel, sound design by Ryan Schile, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, Unwell lead sound designer Ryan Schile, Executives Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Gardner, by HartLife NFP.

Lily Harper comes “home.” Content Advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. This episode features: Shariba Rivers as Lily, Marsha Harman as Dot, Clint Worthington as Russel, Bethany Hart as Cynthia, LaQuin Groves as Dale, Mark Soloff as an old man on the edge of town, Michael Turrentine as Wes, Pat King as Chester, Sebastian Orr as &$^#&$#(, Ele Matelan as ))@&*@^$&. Voices by Alex Brown, Jeff Van Dreason, Eric Silver, Julia Schifini, Amanda McSweene-Geehan, Michelle Nickolaisen, Jack Pevyhouse, Paul Miscagave and Bridge Greene. Written by Jim McDoniel, sound design by Ryan Schile, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, music composed by Stephen Poon, recording engineer Mel Ruder, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, Unwell lead sound designer Ryan Schile, Executives Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Gardner, by HartLife NFP.

In which food becomes an issue. Content advisories for this episode can be found here. You can read a transcript for this episode here. This episode features: Shariba Rivers as Lily, Marsha Harman as Dot, LaQuin Groves as Dale, Michael Turrentine as Wes, Kathleen Hoil as Abbie, Sebastian Orr as **&#^$^@, Ele Matelan as ##$#@%. Written by Jessica Wright Buha, sound design by Eli McIlveen, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner, music composed by Stephen Poon, Music on the radio by Stardusk Encounter, Sadie and the Stark, and Action Camp, Theme performed by Stephen Poon, Lauren Kelly, Gunnar Jebsen, Travis Elfers, Mel Ruder, and Betsey Palmer, recording engineer Mel Ruder, Unwell lead sound designer Ryan Schile, Executives Producers Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Gardner, by HartLife NFP.

Written by John KeefeDirected by Sammy Jo ZaleFoley by Ele Matelan & MaryFran StefanichMusic by Gail GallagherFeaturing the Vocal Talents of John Koller, Sarah McMillan & David Kelch

Our second trailer for the upcoming Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery- coming to your podcast feed February 2019.   Welcome to Mt. Absalom.  A Transcript of this trailer can be found here.   Content advisories for this trailer can be found here. This trailer was written by Jim McDoniel, with sound design by Hannah Foerschler, and directed by Jeffrey Gardner. The trailer features David Rheinstrom, Marsha Harman, Jeffrey Gardner, Nathaniel Ewert-Krocker, Kat Evans, Abby Doud, Krista D'Agostino, Ele Matelan, Pat King. Phoebetor by Mel Ruder. Unwell lead sound design by Ryan Schile. Unwell Executive Producers, Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Gardner.

Our second trailer for the upcoming Unwell, a Midwestern Gothic Mystery- coming to your podcast feed February 2019.   Welcome to Mt. Absalom. A Transcript of this trailer can be found here.   Content advisories for this trailer can be found here. This trailer was written by Jim McDoniel, with sound design by Hannah Foerschler, and directed by Jeffrey Gardner. The trailer features David Rheinstrom, Marsha Harman, Jeffrey Gardner, Nathaniel Ewert-Krocker, Kat Evans, Abby Doud, Krista D'Agostino, Ele Matelan, Pat King. Phoebetor by Mel Ruder. Unwell lead sound design by Ryan Schile. Unwell Executive Producers, Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Gardner.

Written by Andrew HuttelDirected by Sammy Jo ZaleMusic by Alex MaddaFoley by Ele Matelan and Andrew HuttelFeaturing the LIVE vocal talents of Courtney Lynn, Jennifer Walden, John Keefe, Johnathan Koller, Rachel Granda-Gluski, Sarah France McMillan, and Shane Hill

Written by Rob McLemoreDirected by Andrew Huttel, with assistant director Sarah Frances McMillanMusic by Alex MaddaFoley by Ele Matelan and Johnathan KollerFeaturing the LIVE vocal talents of Alex Papparotto-Goodman, Jennifer Mohr, David Kelch, Margaret Morton, Andrew Huttel, Laura Grace Bouxsein, and Tony Pellegrino!

Written and directed by Andrew HuttelMusic by Alex MaddaFoley by Ele Matelan and Johnathan KollerFeaturing the LIVE vocal talents of David Kelch, Margaret Morton, and Tony Pellegrino

Written by Sarah Frances McMillanDirected by Andrew HuttelMusic by Alex MaddaFoley by Ele Matelan and Johnathan Koller Featuring the vocal talents of Tony Pellegrino, Alex Goodman & Andrew Huttel

Written by Andrew HuttelDirected by Sammy Jo ZaleMusic by Alex MaddaFoley by Ele Matelan and Andrew HuttelFeaturing the LIVE vocal talents of Courtney Lynn, Jennifer Walden, John Keefe, Johnathan Koller, Rachel Granda-Gluski, Sarah Frances McMillan, and Shane Hill

Directed by Shane HillAssistant Directed by Andrew HuttelMusic by Gail Gallagher & Sammy Jo ZaleFoley by Ele Matelan & Linsey FallsStage Manager - Jane HillLights - Adriana Castaños Sound Engineer - Jesse SchroederCover art by Alex GoodmanFeaturing the Vocal Talents of Tony Pellegrino, Alex Goodman, Kate Booth, Martin Downs, Jennifer Mohr, Margaret Morton, Jennifer Walden, Nicole Keating, David Kelch, John Keefe & Johnathan Koller.

Greetings, fellow Wellesians, Wellsians, OTR-lovers, Mars-lovers (not Bruno), historians, and seekers! Today, in honor of World Audio Drama Day (observed annually, every October 30th) 2018, 63audio is proud to present a special panel discussion featuring the following friends and fellow audio drama makers (in alphabetical order): Ed Champion of "The Gray Area" podcast Joe Griffin and Ele Matelan of Wildclaw Theatre Chicago Jeff Niles of 4077th Productions Aimee Pavy of "12 Chimes, It's Midnight" podcast We're discussing the historic and fateful "War of the Worlds" radio program from the Mercury Theatre on the Air, first broadcast on CBS on 10/30/38. Then we're playing the 50th anniversary tribute-remake first broadcast on NPR on 10/30/88. Then we come back and talk about that, comparing it to the original. Fun, freewheeling discussion abounds! So what are you waiting for? Start listening, eh? And enjoy!

How on earth do you start to design your sound effects from scratch? What do you need to create some horrific horror sounds fight scenes or exploding bits for audio? How do you plan and prepare foley from a script alone? How easy is it to plan live foley? What could go wrong?!These questions and more are explored when Sarah interviews the truly wonderful and amazing  Ele Matelan Of Wildclaw theatre and more. Enjoy! And thank you so much for listening. Let us know if  this inspires you to use more foley! We’d love to hear from you..  

Are you ready to rumble?! This week, we're bringing you the recording of our LIVE episode from PodSlam '17, a wrestling-themed charity podcast marathon dedicated to Connor's Cure! Recorded at iO Chicago on September 23rd, Jared and Clint (along with special guest Randall Colburn of Consequence of Sound, The AV Club and elsewhere) break down the abject silliness of the WWE-Hanna Barbera collab Scooby-Doo Wrestlemania Mystery! Hear us entertain our live audience with the tale of Scooby and the Mystery Gang as they travel to the mystical land of WWE City, where they must solve the mystery of a mysterious Ghost Bear that terrorizes the town! (With the help of John Cena, of course).  Take a listen, and check out our custom cocktail and drinking game! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!) Related links:  Get tickets to our other live show at the Chicago Podcast Festival, 10/5 at Chicago Theater Works!* *ANNOUNCEMENT: For Chicago Pod Fest, we're bringing on horror movie maven Ele Matelan to talk with us about the horror anthology Trick 'r Treat! You won't wanna miss it, so pick up your tickets now!

This week's episode sees the return of lovely recurring guest Ele Matelan (from Our Fair City, Starlight Radio Dreams and Locked Into Vacancy Entertainment), to help us unpack 1986's Rawhead Rex! Written by horror icon Clive Barker (a.k.a. Pervy Lovecraft) and based on his short story, Rawhead Rex sees the return of a goofy-looking hell demon to terrorize a small Irish village, with only an obnoxious American photographer and his sexy grey cardigan to stop it. Check out our episode, along with our custom cocktail and drinking game! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!) Related links:  See Ele do foley work at The Second City for their latest show, 13 Treasons Why! Sign up and submit your scary scripts for the 10th Annual DeathScribe: The International Festival of Horror Plays (courtesy of WildClaw Theatre!)

This week, the always lovely Ele Matelan of Our Fair City and WildClaw Theatre joins us once again - this time, we're talking about the cult Canadian sci-fi-dark-comedy Nothing, about a pair of losers (David Hewlett, Andrew Miller) who find themselves lost in a white void after hating the rest of the world away. Take a listen, along with our custom cocktail and drinking rules! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)

01:38 - Origin story of Wildclaw Theatre. http://www.wildclawtheatre.com 08:08 - Live readings of B movies with Wildclaw. 12:17 - Blood Radio Podcast. http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/bloodradio-podcast/ 15:25 - Deathscribe, Wildclaw's flagship show: http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/deathscribe/ 20:35 - David "The Rock" Nelson. http://davidrocknelson.com/order-david-rock-nelson-monster-movies-on-dvd-2/ https://www.facebook.com/david.r.nelson.96 22:02 - Bad Ben. https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Ben-Nigel-Bach/dp/B01LXRMYSN 23:53 - Ele's favorite moments as a foley artist. 38:23 - Straight plays: "The Woman in Black" http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/shows-events/ 43:14 - What scares Ele and Josh? 1:01:16 - What is universal and what is microcosmic in regards to conventions in horror. 1:08:00 - More about Deathscribe. 1:09:45 - What scares Laura and Jake? 1:12:03 - Promotion time: The Woman in Black http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/shows-events/ https://www.facebook.com/events/251673188614124/ Submissions open for Deathscribe on May 1st: http://www.wildclawtheatre.com/deathscribe/ Follow them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter https://www.facebook.com/WildClawTheatreCompany/ https://www.instagram.com/wildclawtheatre/ https://twitter.com/wildclawtheatre Follow us on Twitter or Facebook Intro Music: "Are You Famous, Yet?" - Laura Scruggs. Outro Music: "The Devil Is In The Beats" - The Chemical Brothers

This week, Ele Matelan of WildClaw Theatre and Our Fair City joins us once again to talk about the Wes Craven home-invasion thriller The People Under the Stairs! One of those rare socially-conscious 1990s horror movies, Stairs follows a young boy named 'Fool' as he tries to rob his price-gouging landlords, only to learn they're leather-wearing psychopaths with a horde of vampiric zombie hostages in the basement. It's a curiously fun mixture of camp and creeps, and we've got a custom cocktail and drinking rules to get you through the night! (Thanks to our sponsor Iron Galaxy as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)

This week, we play 2015’s winning piece for Deathscribe, a horror radio play competition put on by Wildclaw Theatre in Chicago -- later in the show, I'll talk with Wildclaw company member, Foley artist, and friend of the show Ele Matelan. She's great, and she wants you to scare the crap out of her with your own Deathscribe play! Check that out here:http://wildclawtheatre.com/deathscribeThe feature: "Earwigs". Written by Joseph Zettelmaier, directed by Sara Sevigny, starring Robyn Coffin and Jennifer Santanello, and featuring Foley work by Ele Matelan and Jeffrey Gardner.Content warning: spooky business, jump scares, swear words, body horror, bad relationships

This week on Alcohollywood, Ele Matelan of WildClaw Theatre joins us as we continue our March full of Mars movies with the companion piece to last week’s Red Planet, Brian De Palma’s Disney-produced Mission to Mars! Telling the same story of a group of astronauts taking off for the Red Planet (Gary Sinise, Connie Nielsen, Tim Robbins and Jerry O’Connell) to investigate Don Cheadle’s doomed first mission, De Palma’s 2001-lite slog takes some hard left turns amongst its Disney-caliber safeness, and we’ll take you through them along with our custom cocktail and drinking rules! (Thanks to our sponsor Jackbox as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)

This week on Alcohollywood, guest Ele Matelan of WildClaw Theatre (and our friend from Our Fair City) grabs a milkshake and sits down with us to talk about listener request and 2007 arthouse darling There Will Be Blood! Among one of the more contemplative films in Paul Thomas Anderson’s repertoire, TWWB tells the story of Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis, in an oft-admired and long-impersonated performance), an unscrupulous oil man who seeks to start and expand his oil empire from nothing. Full of gorgeous shots, fascinating performances, and a fair share of psychologically complex characters, this one gave us plenty to talk about. Give us a listen and check out our custom cocktail and drinking rules! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity, a proud member of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)

A Halloween ode to Chicago's favorite liquor, which you should absolutely try if you have never had the pleasure.   The Spirit of Chicago The Spirit of Chicago— Stephanie Murphy Music and Effects— DJ Catnip Written by Ele Matelan. Directed by Jeffrey Gardner.  Sound Design by DJ Catnip.  Episode Art by Dann Tincher.  Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip.

This Halloween, HartLife NFP is happy to share a trio of ghoulish short audio pieces: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Conqueror Worm,’ Ele Matelan’s “The Spirit of Chicago,’ and the murder ballad “Henry Lee.” Part 1 of 3: The Conqueror Worm The Conqueror Worm— Jonah Winston Cello— Ira Ochs Written by Edgar Allan Poe. Directed by Jeffrey Gardner. Produced by Jeffrey Gardner. Recording Engineering by DJ Catnip.  Music recorded by Ira Ochs.  A huge thank you to our sponsor for this episode, MakeSpace!

We are excited to share a live recording of our 2015 Chicago Fringe Festival show, "Human Resources."  Thanks to the Fringe Festival for being amazing hosts to our work- learn more about the festival at chicagofringe.org The Voice of Human Resources— Jared Latore Kim— Abby Doud Izzy— Stephanie Murphy The Voice of the Test— Clint Worthington Alex— Clint Worthington Various— Jared Latore, Clint Worthington Written by Kat Evans and Ele Matelan. Directed by Jennifer Olson. Live Foley Devised and Performed by Ele Matelan. Music and Electronic Environment by DJ Catnip.  Music Direction by Betsey Palmer. Episode image from the 2015 Chicago Fringe Festival by Jenna Braunstein. Created by Clayton Faits. A huge thank you to our sponsor for this episode, Iron Galaxy!

Merry Krampus, listeners! We’re celebrating Christmas by dipping back into the horror well with Daniel Lackey of The Nightmare Gallery and Ele Matelan of Our Fair City and WildClaw Theatre, as we dig into the Finnish horror flick Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale! A micro-budgeted curiosity from 2010, Rare Exports follows the travails of a small rural community in Finland who runs afoul of the historical Santa - now a homicidal, mute old man who’s more Hannibal Lecter than Kris Kringle. From herds of nude old men to dozens of children in rucksacks to defensive use of gingerbread, this movie’s got quite a bit of charm to it, and we highly recommend it if you’re not just gonna be watching The Interview on Christmas Day. Check out our custom cocktail to lighten up your holidays, not to mention our drinking rules!

This Halloween, HartLife is proud to present "Record/Record" by Mark Harrison- a finalist from the 2013 Deathscribe International Festival of Horror Audiodrama.  This piece was originally produced live at the 2013 festival, which was produced by WildClaw Theatre.    Alan Jenson— Jared Latore Written by Mark Harrison. Directed by Jeffrey Gardner. Sound Design by DJ Catnip.  Music by Stephen Poon. Photograph by Michael Sander. Produced by David Rheinstrom, with Ryan Schile. Production Management by Betsey Palmer.  With special thanks to Ryan Schile, David Rheinstrom, Ele Matelan, Allie Kunkler, Sarah D Espinoza, Brian Amidei, Aly Renee Amidei, Scott T. Barsotti, and everyone at WildClaw Theatre and the Deathscribe Festival.    

Welcome to our third Horror Octorbor, listeners! For this third round of our comprehensive cacophony of creepy kinoscapes, we're taking on the third installment of a bunch of different horror franchises. This week, we're starting with Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors! Dream Warriors sees Nancy (Heather Langenkamp, all dead eyes and Susan Sontag hair) helping to defend a group of new teens/victims (including Patricia Arquette) from Freddy Krueger in a psychiatric hospital. Kat Evans and Ele Matelan from Our Fair City join us for this spooky installment. Check our our episode, drinking game and custom cocktail below!

Recorded on-site at the 2014 Chicago Fringe Festival, Our Fair City is pleased to present our very first full recording of a live episode.  Uncover the dark secrets of Hartlife as Detective Jack Winters gets to the bottom of a double murder in the algae fields. Detective Jack Winters— Jared Latore Edwin Burke— Sebastian H. Orr Detective Haley Burnham— Kat Evans Chris— Sebastian H. Orr Harlan— Kat Evans Bernice Prendergast— Kat Evans Curtis— Sebastian H. Orr Brian Orlan— Sebastian H. Orr An Intern—Kat Evans   Written by Clayton Faits. Directed by Jeffrey Gardner. Live Foley design and performance by Ele Matelan.  Music Direction by Betsey Palmer Music and electronic environment by DJ Catnip, with Betsey Palmer.  Assistant Direction by Brian Foster. Lyrics by David Rheinstrom, with Clayton Faits.  Stage management by Cat Cefalu.  Production Management by Betsey Palmer.  Created by Clayton Faits.  Recorded live at the 2014 Chicago Fringe Festival.

Ele Matelan from Wildclaw Theatre spills the beans about blood! Knife strikes! Blood-sucking monsters! Scholarly ruminations on Science Fiction and Horror! And more crazy wordplay than a blender full of dictionaries.