New full-cast production from The Online Stage on Audible!

We all had so much fun recording this project as members of The Online Stage!  Getting to play multiple parts is always a blast.  The Beloved Tales of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter is now on Audible.

Pull up a chair, snuggle under your favorite blanket, gather the kids, and enjoy the charming stories you know and love. This multicast production brings to life all your favorites!

This collection includes 19 stories: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tailor of Gloucester, The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, The Tale of Mrs. Tiggly-Winkle, The Pie and Patty-Pan, The Tale of Jeremy Fisher, The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, The Story of Miss Moppet, The Tale of Tom Kitten, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, The Roly-Poly Pudding, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, The Tale of Mr. Tod, The Tale of Pigling Bland, and Ginger and Pickles.

Cast:

• Michelle Marie
• Sara Morsey
• John Burlinson
• Chris Marcellus
• Nancy German
• Ted Wenskus
• Lee Ann Howlett
• Lillian Rachel
• Rob Goll
• Anna Grace
• Jonah VanderLugt
• Russell Gold
• Miranda Hodges
• Boone VanderLugt
• Josh Innerst
• Elizabeth Klett
• Isabelle Friday
• Jennie VanderLugt
• Shirley Savage
• Jeff Moon
• Jennifer Fournier
• Ella Lynch
• Tyler Hyrchuk
• Liz Blackett
• Andy Harrington
• Trisha Rose

To listen to the sample and or purchase the book, head to Audible here.

New nonfiction full-cast recording from Voices of Today

 I'm always happy to participate in full-cast productions with Voices of Today.  This one is nonfiction and involves the noted American lawyer, Clarence Darrow. Debate on Capital Punishment by Emanuel Haldeman-Julius.

"Held at New York, on 27th October 1924

In a public debate held at the Manhattan Opera House, Clarence Darrow argued that not one of the 19 men under sentence of death at Sing Sing Prison would have been convicted if they could have afforded good attorneys. He was opposed by Judge Alfred J. Talley of General Sessions, who argued for the retention of the death penalty for murder. The debate commenced with an address by Lewis Lawes, who was the warden at Sing Sing.

Cast

Narrator: Lee Ann Howlett

Benjamin Javits - Announcer - Marty Krz

Lewis Lawes - Temporary Chairman - John Burlinson

Louis Marshall - Chairman - Marty Krz

Judge Alfred J. Talley - Debater (affirmative) - Ben Stevens

Clarence Darrow - Debater (negative) - Ron Altman

A Voice/chorus - Lee Ann Howlett"

 

To listen to the sample and/or purchase the book, head to Audible here.

 

A memoir of a marriage now on Audible

 

My latest recording to hit Audible -- Can This Marriage Be Saved? A Memoir is by Nancy McCabe.  

"In this warm, deeply-personal, and often humorous book, Nancy McCabe re-examines and gains new understanding of her early life and her ill-advised marriage. Borrowing from Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights and Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”, how-to essays and before-and-after weight loss ads, a curriculum guide, Bible study notes, an obsession with Tom Swiftie jokes, and women’s magazine columns and quizzes that oversimplified women’s lives and choices, McCabe examines the many influences that led to her youthful marriage - and out of it, into finally taking control of her life."

To listen to a sample and/or purchase the book, head to Audible here.

 

A solo true crime book and a full-cast history recording!

Two of my latest recordings hit Audible recently.  First up is Cold Blooded: A True Crime Story of a Murderous Teenage Vampire Cult by Frank Stanfied. This one's from WildBlue Press.

"Investigators and Central Florida residents were horrified when 16-year-old vampire cult leader Rod Ferrell was arrested and charged with bludgeoning a cult member's parents. When they realized the slain couple's 15-year-old daughter was missing, they feared she was a victim, too. 

Detectives and journalists swarming over three states soon uncovered a web of blood-drinking occult rituals, illicit sex, wildly dysfunctional families, and spiritual warfare. Then, when police officers captured the teens, they discovered that the murdered couple's daughter was among them. But was she a victim or a participant? 

Ferrell faced the death penalty, sparking Constitutional battles over the ultimate punishment, juveniles in the court system, free press versus a defendant's right to a fair trial, and psychologists who worked to save him and prosecutors who wanted him dead. 

More than 20 years later, the battles continue with new court rulings. Is he a changed man deserving freedom? Or is he still gaming the system, as prosecutors and his victims' family members believe? 

Decide for yourself after listening to Cold Blooded by veteran newspaper reporter Frank Stanfield, who has covered the case from the beginning in November 1996 and sheds new light on one of the darkest killers in modern history."

To listen to the sample and/or purchase the book, head to Audible here.

 

The second recording is a full-cast production from Voices of Today.  Debate on Prohibition: Clarence Darrow vs John Haynes Holmes by Emanuel Haldeman-Julius, Clarence Darrow, and John Haynes Holmes. It's always a pleasure to be a part of these.

Held at New York, on 14th December, 1924

Under the auspices of the League for Political Discussion, in a meeting held at the Manhattan Opera House, Rev. John Haynes Holmes of the Community Church, taking the positive, and Clarence Darrow, taking the negative, debated the following proposition: "A Resolution that the United States should continue the policy of prohibition as defined in the 18th Amendment." The meeting was chaired by Senator Royal S. Copeland and introduced by Benjamin Javits.

Cast

Narrator: Lee Ann Howlett

Benjamin Javits - Temporary Chairman - Marty Krz

Royal S. Copeland - Chairman - John Burlinson

Rev. John Haynes Holmes - Debater (affirmative) - Ben Stevens

Clarence Darrow - Debater (negative) - Ron Altman

You can listen to the sample and/or purchase the book from Audible here.