1: Spring

Dead North

Horror audio theater on the theme of “Spring.”

Host: Sean Dillon

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SHANTY

By Paper Soul

Written by J. Merrill Motz

Performed by Suzie Juul

Intro music by GabrielDouglas from Pixabay

Outro music by Cherly KaCherly from the Free Music Archive

SHANTY was originally produced in April 2019 as part of Freshwater Theatre's "Blood Runs Cold", performed by Ariel Pinkerton.

Special thanks to Samantha Star of Mermaid Music, and to Ariel Pinkerton.

SHANTY was inspired by the old traditional song (sometimes called a murder ballad) The Twa Sisters, but with a slight Minnesota slant. If you know the song you know the story, and if you don't, well...that would give it away. SHANTY was originally produced in April 2019 as part of Freshwater Theatre's "Blood Runs Cold", performed by Ariel Pinkerton.

Paper Soul was founded by Motz (rhymes with boats) for the 2013 MN Fringe and has created several experiments in the solo performance style ever since. Motz's plays have been produced locally through Freshwater Theatre, Swandive Theatre's Veggie Stock, Fearless Comedy Presents, and the University of Wisconsin at Fon du Lac. Motz serves on the board of directors for Theatre Pro Rata, the artist committee for the Minnesota Fringe, and as co-host of Workplace Drama, a storytelling show based in both Minneapolis & Los Angeles, alongside Les Kurkendaal-Barrett.

Paper Soul may or may not be participating in various digital fringe festivals in the coming year, hopefully, but updates can be found at www.papersoul.org

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THE CURE FOR SLEEP

Presented by Dangerous Productions

Written by Jay Kistler/Tyler Olsen

Produced and Sound Designed by Søren Olsen

Voice Cast: Liz Carey-Linskey, Garrett Vollmer, Megan Nichols, Sadie Plendl, Laura Baller Mauler, Chris Rowe

Directed by Jay Kistler

What’s your relationship to sleep? Do you get 8 hours or do you find the whole need for rest annoying? Tune into The Zone w/ Wendy and Travis to help you focus on yourself and ease into the next day. This week’s episode is sponsored by SOMNICIENT - More Done with Less!

Dangerous Productions has produced over a dozen horror works since 2012. A regular at the Twin Cities Horror Festival, their bloody and mind-bending productions are created collaboratively, utilizing horror to explore the terrifying realities of today’s world. In addition to horror, they create outrageous comedies and community-inspired theater.

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SPRING CLEANING

By Big Fun Radio Funtime

Written and Produced by Tim Wick

Vocal performances by Charles Hubbell, Lolly Foy, Tim Wick, and Jena Young

Spring Cleaning was inspired by a little bit of Charles Dickens, a little bit of Irish folklore, and by a wish that dust bunnies were just a little bit more interesting.

Big Fun Radio Funtime has been producing live comedy radio performances since 2013. We have also produced horror with the Twin Cities Horror Festival. We recently had a work featured in Blight Christmas.

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BLOOM

Written by Rob Ward

Performed by Natalie Rae Wass

Special thanks to Sean Dillon

Rob says: “My grandmother told me a story about a friend of hers who had these diet pills. One day in the 1960s, this friend was over at my grandmother’s house and left her diet pills on the windowsill. It was summer. The sun melted the pills and revealed to her what made them so effective. Those pills my grandmother’s friend had contained eggs. The hot sun caused those eggs to hatch...into tapeworms. Now tapeworms are disgusting little things. I wanted to explore the idea of a beautiful parasite.”

Rob Ward is an actor, choreographer, and most recently, a writer, living and working in the Twin Cities. His most recent piece “A Visit From St. Christopher” was featured on the Blight Christmas podcast. Rob serves as a board member/resident psychopath for Oncoming Productions.

Natalie has been working as an actor, mascot, emcee, and storyteller in the Twin Cities for the past 20 years. She is best known for writing and starring in the autobiographical 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival hit ‘Fashion Risk or the Accidental Nudist’. Natalie is a board member for Green T Productions.

Be on the lookout for Rob’s first novel “Click”. In the meantime, you can check him out at robwardcreative.com You can also see what Natalie is up to at natalieraewass.com.

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THE MONKEY’S PAW

Presented by Rogues Gallery Arts

Original story by W.W. Jacobs

Adapted, directed and audio designed by Duck Washington

Featuring the voice talents of:

Angela Fox - Narrator

Kari Elizabeth Godfrey - Mrs. White

Andrew S. Troth - Mr. White

David Elwyn - Herbert

Matthew Kessen - Sergeant Major Morris

Chris Rodriguez - The Visitor

An audio adaptation of the classic story by W.W. Jacobs in which a family tempts with their fates, and also with their sorrows.

Rogues Gallery Arts has been producing theater in the Twin Cities area since 2010 including three productions in the Twin Cities Horror Festival.

Find them online at: https://www.facebook.com/roguesgalleryarts

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Dead North is a production of Oncoming Productions and Hot Chocolate Media.

www.oncomingproductions.com

https://www.hotchocolatemedia.net

Producers: Sean and Mallory Dillon for Oncoming Productions, Kyle Dekker and Jacob Gulliver for Hot Chocolate Media

Intro/Outro/Interstitial Music: Erik Ostrom

Publicity: Rob Ward

The rights to individual pieces are retained by their creators, all rights reserved.

Our intro/outro/interstitial music samples “Ice Breaking 01” by dheming, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. https://freesound.org/people/dheming/sounds/268023/

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Our next episode, “Summer,” is scheduled for release June 15, 2021.

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