Hello, listeners!  It’s another lovely midnight for some audio theatre.  I’m happy to report that our friends at Great Northern Audio Theatre and HartLife are back once again.  We start things off with “The Learning Curve, or The Rise of Francis” – when politicians try to jump-start the economy through some unusual means and create a host of new bizarre problems.  After that, we catch up with Nathan Rourke and Neal Henderson in two more installments as they travel through Our Fair City, Season 3, in “The Incidence of Accidents” and “Stormhawks at the Diner”.  There are a lot of twists and turns tonight, and we hope you’ll join us as we navigateRead More →

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Well hello again, audio drama fans!  If you tuned in last week, we were in a rush to bring you two stories from Great Northern Audio Theatre and HartLife.  Well, they’re back again tonight with more fantastic stories to share with you all.  Once again we start things off with our new friends at Great Northern Audio and their topsy-turvy dreaming tale, “Thwack That Dirigible, or Do You Want Fries With That?”  After that, we continue to follow the trail of Neal Henderson and Loamy as they return to Sector Alpha of Our Fair City, along with a certain undead investigator and her cohort – that’s all in Episodes 3 andRead More →

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Hello again, audio drama fans!  This show, we have some new and old friends sharing their stories with us.  First, we welcome Great Northern Audio Theatre as we kick off the evening with a tale of supervillany with a comedic twist in “Villains on Parade“.  After that, we return to the enigmatic world of Hartlife as they entertain us with Episodes 1 and 2 of “Our Fair City” Season 3 – “Neal Henderson in the Wilderness” and “Fealty Frailty”.  And this show is so full of audio drama that you barely have to hear me talk! It’s a win-win!  I know, I know, I love you too.  Read More →

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Welcome back, audio drama fans, and a special hello to our new listeners tonight! For this episode, we decided to bring out some new and old stories, to make everyone feel at home.  We start out with a lovely Victorian tale with a twist in 19 Nocturne Bouelvard‘s “Wit and Wizardry“.  After that, it’s a full tale from our old favorite ‘Two-Minute Danger Theater‘ with the Blast-Off Patrol Adventure, “The Killer Robots from Space“. And before you tune in, a follow-up announcement — our cast for the MAT 2015 Features has been decided!  Congratulations to everyone who was selected, and a big thank-you to everyone whoRead More →

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Hello MAT listeners, and any new visitors to our site this week.  Tonight’s show is a special episode to remember John S. Kuhn, Artistic Director of Actors Theatre of Columbus and a friend and supporter of MAT.  John passed away last Saturday from an apparent heart attack; he was 62. John was a leader in the Columbus theatre community; well-respected, creative and imaginative, and dedicated to the art of theatre and its various avenues of performance.  Beneath a strong sense of professionalism he was also kind-hearted, understanding and eager to help, encouraging others to pursue their talents and their dreams.  And as he encouraged others, heRead More →

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Hello folks!  If you’re reading this, you have found one our long-lost episodes!  This show was aired on Feb 27/28th of 2015, but disappeared soon after broadcast.  It was has been discovered almost a year later and was both reposted and reaired on January 8/9th, 2016. Within, you shall hear a reminder of a casting call gone past, a reminder of future events, and two dark tales from 19 Nocturne Boulevard: “The Big Dark” and “An Hour To Kill“.  Both are supernatural tales that deal with themes of society changes and dangers that lurk in plain sight.  And now, you have the chance to enjoy them!Read More →

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And another lovely yet chilly evening of audio drama to you, dear listeners! Tonight we have some stories from new and old friends on our show, but before we kick things off we have an audition announcement. Now that our winners for our scriptwriting competition have been selected, it’s time to pick a cast to bring these stories to life!  If you live in the Columbus, OH area and are interested in working out your voice acting chops, we will be holding auditions alongside Actors’ Theatre of Columbus on February 21-22, down at the German Village Meeting Haus on S.3rd Street, from 10am to 5pm.  Come in,Read More →

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THIS EPISODE HAS BEEN FOUND! Hi folks.  This episode for February 2015 had originally been postponed in posting due to a bunch of travelling and work commitments taking place around that time.  And after everyone was back in Ohio safe and sound, it never really made it online…until now! This episode came with both an announcement and some stories to share.  Our scriptwriting competition had just ended and winners finally chosen.  They were: Evan Waters – “Tara Flame on Patrol” Glenn Hascall – “Granny Gumshoe” Hilary Hirtle – “The Music Box” Jim McDoniel – “Last Transmission” In addition, we had a few more stories fromRead More →

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We’re back!  Thanks for everyone’s patience with our last-minute re-run last week – as promised, this week it’s an all-new episode with more adventure stories from our favorite Canadian Crime-Fighting Duo, The Red Panda and Flying Squirrel.  We’re nearing the end of this first season of The Red Panda Adventures – just one more show after this, which will also be the show where we announce the winners of this year’s Scriptwriting Competition! Another reminder, right now we’re in deliberations on how to make MAT better for you. If you have suggestions of what you’d like to hear on MAT, whether it’s suggestions of new stories orRead More →

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We’re back once again, and tonight is the night – rather, it’s the official close to submissions for our scriptwriting competition of 2015!  We’ve been welcoming submissions of original short audio dramas for a writing competition each year, with the winning submission to be produced and aired on WCBE 90.5 FM Columbus on Midnight Audio Theatre. Thank you to everyone who has submitted to the contest; our judges will be beginning their review process shortly and we should have winners announced by the end of the month. Good luck everybody! As for our selections tonight, tonight’s feature is more exciting tales from the escapades of the Red Panda andRead More →

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