We all wonder what would have happened if a certain course of events in our lives turned out differently—a different first love, a move we contemplated but didn’t make, a job opportunity missed. If our personal lives and agendas might have been so different following such a change, what would have resulted if major historical events had gone another way? … Read More
BRASS Stacks 6: The Disintegrator Machine
Professor Challenger meets an inventor whose creation may prove so catastrophic as to imperil the entire British Empire, in this classic short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Podcast (brass-stacks): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
Will the Real Professor Challenger….
No character created by an author is fully autobiographical. So it is no surprise to learn that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, was in very few ways like his Great Detective–not a thin cold Englishman whose only interest is crime and how to solve it, but a big jolly Scot with an interest in sports and … Read More
“I Can Play Tall:” an Interview with Larry Albert
Larry Albert is well known to anyone on the West Coast who does audio drama. For over 30 years he was a stalwart company member of Jim French’s Imagination Theater company, eventually becoming editor as well. He’s a proud member of SAG/AFTRA and a generous contributor to his community, casting a long list of Seattle actors over the years for … Read More
Season Three: It’s a Wrap!
In early March, a collection of 15 Seattle-based performers came together to rehearse for Season Three of BRASS: The Audio Series. It was an intense and slightly chaotic couple of days, with many missed paginations and last-minute adjustments. Thanks to both Kate Kraay and Tremaine for loaning out their houses for bands of roving actors. … Read More
BRASS Stacks 5: The Stolen Bacillus
H.G. Wells is now primarily known for his early science fiction novels, but it was his short stories that made a name for him. This one comes from a 1905 Pearson’s Magazine. Subtitled “A Tale of Anarchy,” it was darkly topical, as in the last 20 years self-proclaimed anarchists had killed several heads of state and committed bombing outrages throughout … Read More
From Extras to Indies: An Interview with BRASS actor Nancy Frye
Actor, costumer, and seasoned hand at about a half-dozen other roles in front of or behind the camera, Nancy Frye has voiced that theatrical criminal mastermind M. Tressano since the first season of BRASS. The UW-trained Frye lived in Japan and California before returning to Washington, adding to her credits throwing spears from horseback in heavy armor for the History … Read More
BRASS: Season Three Updates
Some updates and news on BRASS, including our next season and information about our companion podcast, BRASS Stacks. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
BRASS: The Devil in Whitechapel Episode 4
The Second Coming: Lord and Lady Brass rush across London trying to save both a missing child and an abducted poet, while Yeats comes face-to-face with the mysterious Master and learns his occult plans! Bickering cultists, unnatural rituals and the timely return of Loveday Brooke as our BRASS Miniseries comes to an end. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: … Read More
What’s That I Hear? A Rumination on Podcast Vs. Radio Listening
vs. This week BRASS is a featured show on another great public radio station, KFAI 106.7 FM in Minneapolis. Jerry Stearn’s venerated audio drama show Sound Affects, A Radio Playground, will be playing all of Season One of our show beginning this Sunday at 9:30. KFAI joins a roster of radio stations, both public and commercial, who’ve … Read More