Happy Holidays radio listeners!   This is a special MAT Holiday episode we aired on Christmas Day this year.  Not every episode of MAT is appropriate for all audiences – it is a midnight show, after all – but on a holiday such as Christmas where storytelling is such a core element of the season, we wanted to share a set of family-friendly stories that everyone could enjoy after the presents have been opened.  And now you can hear it here! We welcomed back two production groups from last year – Uncanny County and Aural Traditions.  We start with the former as we venture out toRead More →

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This episode title seems so innocent, doesn’t it?  When in fact, this set of holiday stories revolves around the theme of the unexpected – some good and others not so much.  What may come as a surprise to you right at the start is the premiere of our newest MAT Feature!  We’ve been in high-gear working on getting this story mixed and finished for the holiday season.  “The Angel of Casimir” is written by Jim McDoniel, one of our winners from our last MAT Scriptwriting Competition (which has come around again – go check it out here).  McDoniel takes us to December 1914, spinning aRead More →

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Time to jump into some holiday detective stories!  Are you prepared for some holiday whodunits?And we bet you can guess one of the stories on our list – yep, Black Jack Justice is here again.  But first, an introduction to a new flatfoot in town!   It’s time to hear a story from John Henry Holiday: Christmas Crimes Detective. The story is produced by Boojum Radio Theater, which began in the mountains of Western North Carolina, and is now making original comedy from Chicago, Illinois. “Christmas Crimes Detective” is Boojum Radio’s first full production, which they production group hopes to turn into an annual series. Things areRead More →

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The obnoxious songs on repeat.  The overly-cheery decorations.  The glitz and glamour of an overdone holiday season.  Is this what goes through your mind during December?  Does everything you see make you want to mutter, “Bah!  Humbug”?  Then never fear – this show is for you! For this episode, we’ve found a handful of grinchy stories from new and old characters alike. Starting things off we welcome the folks at Public Domain Universe with their story, “GhostCo“. The PDU podcast series focuses on Candide, Tom Sawyer, and Cinderella and their misadventures – but for the Christmas holiday, they’ve pulled out an exclusive behind-the-scenes look atRead More →

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Hello there, audio drama fans – since the winter holiday is getting underway, what better way to ring things in than with Part 2 of last show’s romantic comedy feature, “Deck The Halls (with Matrimony)!”  This fun story from Sasquatch Radio left us last time with Emma and Jackie recovering from a rafter of rogue turkeys at a Thanksgiving wedding – and some unexpected assistance from one helpful groomsman.  This show showcases the rest of the story as romance blooms, drama unfolds and Christmas weddings become maddening. Written and directed by Ashley Quash and produced by Ashley Quash and Paula Deming, “Deck the Halls” is a wonderfullyRead More →

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Happy Holidays, listeners! Thanksgiving has just past us by, but we still have a smorgasbord of stories to serve up in our transition into the December holidays.  We’re starting things off with our feature story for tonight, Deck the Halls with Matrimony. The story has been split into two parts for our broadcast – this show, we have the shorter Part 1, where we are introduced to a pair of wedding planners as they tackle the challenges of Thanksgiving nuptuals. If you don’t want to wait until next show to hear the rest, or want to know more about this romantic comedy, the full story and itsRead More →

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For this week, we decided to skim through our holiday archives and bring out some of our favorite stories from Thanksgiving Specials past.  We hope you enjoy this compilation of November holiday tales!  And that hint about a certain competition coming up?  Well it still rings true…     Don’t Forget to Check Out: – Atlanta Radio Theatre Company – Uncanny County – MAT Scriptwriting Competition

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Happy post-Halloween — and happy episode posting day!  A big apology to everyone waiting on our archive updates.  It’s been one of our weak points in keeping up MAT week-to-week.  We know it’s a pain, and it’s definitely on our list of New Year resolutions for 2019.  Thanks so much for hanging in there! Two holidays have just past us by – we hope you had a wonderful World Audio Drama Day on October 30th, and an equally awesome Halloween on October 31st.  If you missed our Halloween broadcast, we bowed out for the night and gave our friends at Craft center-stage.  Their Halloween storytellingRead More →

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2017 is nearly over!  But we’re still bringing you new audio dramas right up to the last week.  With the holidays starting to wrap up and thoughts of new lives and new resolutions start to spark, we thought it fitting to play two audio dramas from Earbud Theater that we thought fit with the uncertainty of the season.  Old lives and new beginnings are both themes in these stories, as we kick things off with “Zero’s Hour” – involving a character with little time to spare.  After that, we’ll lighten the mood a little with a quick commercial break from our friends at It’s AllRead More →

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Christmas is right around the corner!  This show we forgo all the chatter and give you our holiday present – back-to-back holiday tales from Aural Traditions, fit for the whole family.  Gather folks around the radio and prepare to hear the lesser known tale behind the magic of Frosty’s Magic Hat, along with a lesson in love and giving.  We present to you “Frosted” and “The Gift of the Magi” from Straight Talk Entertainment – and from all of us at Midnight Audio Theatre, we wish you a very happy holidays. Don’t Forget to Check Out: – Aural Traditions – Straight Talk Entertainment – MATRead More →

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