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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Good evening, audio drama listeners, and Happy New Year! We have arrived in 2015, a brand-new year for a brand-new season of audio drama!  Over the next few months, we’re going to be taking a look at our program, see what things we can improve upon to make this show even better for all of you loyal listeners out there. If you’re a listener of the show, either for the first time or since first episode, this is a great time to email us at midnightaudiotheatre@gmail.com to share your thoughts and suggestions with us.  We love to know your thoughts and want to make sure that we’reRead More →

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Hello, everyone!  We’re back with another holiday audio present from Misfits Audio Productions.  Tonight, they’re bringing you a new twist on an old favorite – an audio adaptation of “It’s A Wonderful Life“.  We loved how this story came together and we hope you do too!  Not much to say about this, other than we hope you enjoy it – and we do want to remind you that our Scriptwriting Competition is still going strong, and accepting entries of audio drama scripts up until January 9th – so be sure to get your submissions in soon!  You can find out more about our contest at the ScriptwritingRead More →

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Happy Holidays, everyone! If you tuned in last week, we reprised a holiday episode from 2012, featuring a slew of miscellanious Christmas tales and treats!  If you didn’t get to hear it, you can find it in our archives; it’s Episode 67 – Have A Holly Jolly Police Investigation.  ðŸ™‚ But this evening we’re back with a shiny new episode for the holiday season, and we’ve brought some friends over to celebrate! Tonight we’re kicking off this audio feast with some brand-new works from Misfits Audio Productions, starting with an adaptation of a story from L. Frank Baum, entitled “Christmas with the Trolls“. After that, aRead More →

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Isn’t that how the saying goes?  I forget.  ðŸ™‚ Either way, you’re in the clear – tonight is another night of stories from The Red Panda Adventures, with a pair of tales of daring-do  – “Rabbit Season” and “Golden Claw”.  This will be our last night of The Red Panda and Flying Squirrel before we break off for some December holiday tales, then we’ll be rejoining them for some new tales of adventure in 2015.  Thanks, Decoder Ring Theatre! Announcement, Announcement!  Tonight marks the beginning of our annual Scriptwriting Competition!  For those of you unfamiliar, this is your chance to create an audio or radio dramaRead More →

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Welcome back, dear listeners!  Tonight we dismiss the spooky for a while in favor of something more fun and adventurous!  If you didn’t know already, there is another side to Decoder Ring Theatre, beyond the ‘Black Jack Justice’ tales we frequently share with you.  It’s a crime-fighting duo, in the dark of night, patrolling the streets of 1930’s Toronto.  Superheroes Red Panda and Flying Squirrel are on the case!  Tonight we’re bringing you the first two episodes of The Red Panda Adventures as we wait for that December holiday to arrive – “Riddle of the Sphinx” and “Night Patrol”. And an announcement!  Our annual end-of-the-year scriptwriting competition willRead More →

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Here we are in November!  If you were listening on the radio last week, you may have been wondering, “What happened to MAT this week?”, though we’re hoping it was more along the lines of “Oh, what cool show is this?”  Last week we handed over our Halloween time slot as we have in years past to our cohorts at Craft: The Show, who have been putting on a special Halloween storytelling episode every year starting well before MAT was around.  So once again, we happily handed over the reigns for the evening.  If you missed the show, you can find it by visiting crafttheshow.com andRead More →

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We’re taking a break from Campfire Radio Theater tonight to bring you some spooky stories of our own!  We’re revisiting our MAT Features selections, with “Nirvana White”, “The Ghost of Arch Oboler”, “The Hostage”, and some lighter fare with “The Flower Stand”.  All of these stories are winners of our Scriptwriting Competition of 2013 and 2014, and are recorded and performed by local Columbus talent. Right now our parent station, WCBE 90.5 FM Columbus, is in the midst of their annual Fall Fund Drive to raise money and support to keep the station and it’s programs on the air.  We couldn’t have made all of MATRead More →

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Good evening, audio drama fans! It’s more of our summer sling, our throwback series, our break from the norm to visit some classics and the homages to them.  We’re talking about once again sharing an adventure of Jack Flanders with ZBS Foundation‘s “The Fourth Tower of Inverness” as well as Blue Hours Productions and their new take on the SUSPENSE radio theatre anthology. We’ll be starting with them tonight, with a tale entitled “Proof in the Pudding“. Enjoy!     But wait, there’s more!  If you are a scriptwriter, we highly recommend you visit Chatterbox Audio Theater‘s website for information on their 2014 Halloween Show Script Competition.  Read More →

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Hello audio drama fans!  It’s another summer show to share with you all tonight! The second installment of “The Fourth Tower of Inverness” from ZBS Foundation is on our list, but before we get to that we’re treated to another episode from Blue Hours Productions in their anthology series “SUSPENSE” – this week’s story is entitled “The Return of The Sorcerer”.     This is another week where we had little time to say much, but if you’re looking for another scriptwriting competition to enter, be sure to check out Chatterbox Audio Theater for their Halloween story competition!  You can find out more about it at their website, here.  GiveRead More →

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