Pulp-pourri Theatre Audio Drama

Voice reel for Pete Lutz, Voice-Over Talent. Snippets of commercials for fictitious products. All scripts written and produced by Pete Lutz Contact Pete at f6point3@gmail.com Or on Twitter at @PulpPourriThtr

PRESENTING...our S4 and Series Finale! RATED R. "The Bird and the Snake" comes from a 1959 issue of Adam Magazine, a slick "girlie-mag", so not technically a pulp story, yet Clem Hanlon's tale of a Polish-American cop in Chi-town really smacks of the pulp style. It took a long time to get us to this point, but I'm proud of this episode, and feel that we're sending Pulp-Pourri Theatre out with a real bang, and not a whimper. I hope you feel the same after hearing it. Our theme, and transitional music, for this episode was specially composed by Katharine Seaton. I hope you listened to the theme when we posted it as a teaser earlier -- I absolutely love what she did for this episode. Find more of her music here:  https://soundcloud.com/katie-seaton-565873597 HERE'S OUR CAST: SOPHY SIENKIEWICZ: Geri Elliff JERCZY “SINK” SIENKIEWICZ: Pete Lutz JANI YANKOWSKI: Nick Wommack LENA MARKOWA: Rachel Craig of Evil Kitten Productions POLICE LT.: Kevin Schuster DOORMAN: Derek Lutz HOODS: Christian Ferris, Derek Lutz MAN: G

Production is underway for our Pulp-Pourri Theatre series (and S4) finale, "The Bird and the Snake", a hard-hitting cop drama set in Chicago, in the late 50s. I wanted this episode to have special music to reflect the changing times and the excitement of the era. Noir movies of that time had jazzy, hard-hitting, gritty, moving themes with avant-garde, abstract, animated titles. I wanted music like that, so I turned to Katharine Seaton, a very talented composer from England, and asked her what she could do for me. Well, she came back with this, and I was blown away. I think you will be, too, and like me, you'll be able to see the abstract animation of a film's opening credits running through your head as this fantastic piece plays out. "The Bird and the Snake" will feature a special introduction from Rhiannon McAfee of the "Rex Rivetter, Private Eye" audio drama podcast series, plus excellent performances from the Narada Radio Company troupe. We plan to release it before the end of February, so watch for that

Here is our penultimate episode of Pulp-Pourri Theatre: "The Cask of Amontillado", by Edgar Allan Poe, followed by the poems "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven". Adapted, produced and directed by Pete Lutz. Today's release date, 1/29/18, is the 173rd anniversary of the original publication date of "The Raven". It also happens to be my 55th birthday. :-) If you want to give me the perfect gift, please listen and enjoy, and share with your friends! CAST OF "THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO": MONTRESOR: Jason D. Johnson FORTUNATO: Pete Lutz INTRODUCED BY: Ele Matelan of Wildclaw Theater, Chicago, Illinois Music sourced from 16th & 17th Century Italian compositions "ANNABEL LEE" recited by Jackie Ayers "THE RAVEN" recited by Pete Lutz MUSIC FOR POEMS BY: Tom Rory Parsons ANNOUNCERS: Lisa Ayala, Gareth Severn PULP-POURRI THEATRE THEME: Rich Wentworth OPENING ANNOUNCER: Gene Lutz, Rich Wentworth Our final episode will be "The Bird and the Snake", adapted from a story by Clem Hanlon. Music specially composed for this episode

Welcome to our 2nd of two teasers for Episode 9 of Season 4 of Pulp-Pourri Theatre's fourth and final season! The Raven is perhaps the most famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe, and one of the most famous in poetry history. It's the tale of a lost soul desperately trying to forget his lost love, while at the same time trying to deal with a recalcitrant raven who just so happens to drop by. Coincidence? We hardly think so. But we do hope you enjoy it! THE RAVEN by Edgar Allan Poe was first published in January 1845. This reading is by Pete Lutz, and music was specially composed and performed by Tom Rory Parsons. Episode 9, Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado", will be launched no later than January 29th, 2018, the 173rd anniversary of The Raven's original publishing date. ---------- 2024 NOTE FOR THIS 2018 PRODUCTION: I discovered some time ago that I had accidentally omitted one verse from The Raven, but I didn't fix it till last year (with Tom Rory Parsons providing additional music for that missing verse) -- and then

Here's one of two teasers for Episode 9 of Pulp-Pourri Theatre's fourth and final season: Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "Annabel Lee", recited by Narada Radio Company member Jackie Ayers, with music specially composed for this piece by Tom Rory Parsons. Enjoy! Episode 9 is Poe's short story, "The Cask of Amontillado", featuring the voices of Jason D. Johnson as the narrator/protagonist, Montresor, and Pete Lutz as the fat, foolish, unfortunate Fortunato. Our next teaser will be Poe's dark classic, "The Raven", also with music by Mr. Tom. Don't miss it!

It's the best time of the year! And here is our holiday gift to you, our listeners, a minisode of comedy, some in a Christmas theme, some, admittedly not. But all of it is genuine comedy, fresh and lively, and enjoyable at any time of year. What's on the table? See below, and happy listening! Thanks for your support in 2017 and we hope you'll come back for more next year! 1. SAYONARA, CHUPACABRA! A message from our newest sponsor. (Pete Lutz as Ridgely Riggs) 2. BIX BIXBY BOOK REVIEW #7: Bix and his Art Players dramatize a scene from a book that's been quite a popular holiday gift for many generations. (Nick Wommack as Bix Bixby and Brakeman, Pete Lutz as Philboyd Studge and Engineer) 3. MAN-VOICED BABY: A preview of the newest program being offered on the Turnbuckle Television Cartel. (Derek Lutz: Hoyt Streibeck; Drew Profit: Man-Voiced Baby; Nora Estela Gutierrez: Mother; Edward Champion: Dry-Cleaning Man; Pete Lutz: Father)

WELCOME BACK, PULPATEERS! It's been several months since we launched the last new episode of Pulp-Pourri Theatre, and it's good to be back! For this episode we journey to the Red Planet for a weird sci-fi adventure that takes place both under the surface and in a completely different universe. It's called "The Eyes of Thar" and was penned by the prolific pulpster, Henry Kuttner. Kuttner lived a short life, dying in 1958 at the age of 42, but in that time he published dozens of short stories for the pulps, 18 or more novels, and just as many stories for the Golden-Age Green Lantern comic book series. If you haven't heard of Kuttner, perhaps you've read a story published under one of 17 different pseudonyms; his contemporaries felt he'd been cheated out of his well-deserved fame, because his fans didn't know he'd written so many stories under so many names. "The Eyes of Thar" was originally published under the Kuttner name in the Fall 1944 issue of Planet Stories. The adaptation was written by Pete Lutz in 201

Howdy, pard'ners! Here's the first new chapter of our award-winnin' Western saga since June, and we hope you enjoy it. Jake finds himself out of the fryin' pan an' into the fire in this installment, which we call "Joining the Gang!"  CAST OF CHARACTERS: JAKE DIMES: Dana Gonsalves BIRCH HICKAM: Tommy Gragg CHRIS GREENSLATE: Victoria Fancki BETTY JO HICKAM: Kristy Glick FRED GREENSLATE: Joe Stofko BRAX: Lothar Tuppan JOE: Mark Kalita LUPE: Debby Leal-Ramirez ANNOUNCERS: Glenn Higbee and Darren Rockhold "Jake Dimes Theme" composed by Pete Lutz, arranged and performed by Dr. Ross Bernhardt. The series was written, directed and produced by Pete Lutz, and stars the Narada Radio Company. Keep an "eye" out for our next new episode of Pulp-Pourri Theatre, "The Eyes of Thar", an exciting sci-fi pulp adventure, coming very soon! The next chapter of Jake Dimes, Range Detective should be ready sometime in December, and it's called "Bloody Business!"

Since 2013, World Audio Drama Day -- October 30th -- has been calling our attention to the existence, and the creation, and the preservation of audio drama. Not only the old stuff your grandparents talked about: new programs as well, that are being created every day by modern-day producers. Some are brilliant; others are barely listenable. But all of them contribute to the genre, and all are worthy of some kind of recognition. That's why W.A.D.D. was created. It's no coincidence that it's tied in with the anniversary of Orson Welles's "War of the Worlds" broadcast -- and I hope, if you're here and reading this, that you already know the significance of Orson Welles in my life.  But enough about the Day. Here's our offering for W.A.D.D. 2017, a live recording of my adaptation of Robert Bloch's short story, "Return to the Sabbath", performed at Pulpfest '17 in Pittsburgh. We hope you enjoy it. Our show is significant in that it brought together three independent audio drama producers: Austin Beach, of Audiobli

Here's another "lost" episode from the vault, a baseball yarn just in time for the World Series 2017! ANYTHING TO OBLIGE was a story penned by Samuel G. Camp, published in the June 19, 1920 issue of All-Story Magazine. I adapted it and released it the first time at archive dot org on June 19, 2014.  Our cast includes Bob Caro, Dana Gonsalves, Nancy Bueler, Gene Giggy, Kevin Schuster and Derek Lutz, with a cameo by the director. Enjoy! (Even non-sports fans will enjoy this one!)

Reissued here as a standalone episode (originally released a year ago today as the main feature of Narada Audio Drive-In #1) in order for our listeners to hear it in advance of World Audio Drama Day 2017. Enjoy this creepy offering! WARNING: RATED R.

Posted here for Audioverse Award consideration, this is the theme for the western serial, "Jake Dimes, Range Detective". It was composed by Pete Lutz and arranged/performed by Dr. Ross Bernhardt. First aired as the theme in October 2016.

Four our third annual feature created especially for Jack Ward's Sonic Society Summerstock Playhouse, the Narada Radio Company stars in a remake of the classic Old-Time Radio program, "Meridian 7-1212", which originally aired on CBS Radio in 1939.  I'm very proud of this production and I believe you'll enjoy hearing it as much as we enjoyed making it. Cast of MERIDIAN 7-1212:  ANNOUNCERS – Derek Lutz, Ashe Thurman Time service operators:  DOT DAY – Aileen Corpos MISS TANNER – Rhiannon McAfee HELEN CLEARY – Angela Young MISS WALLACE, THEIR SUPERVISOR – Geri Elliff   Other phone operators:    HOTEL OPERATOR – Rhiannon McAfee BRITISH OPERATOR – Sarah Golding BRITISH OVERSEAS OPERATOR – Alex Moore AMERICAN OPERATOR – Stephanie Jordan   Other players: WRITER FOR MANHATTANITE MAGAZINE – Jackie Ayers JIM FAWCETT – Peter M. Howard MR. BRADLEY, MANAGER OF TIME SERVICE – Pete Lutz JOHN – Joe Martinez GRACE, HIS WIFE – Nancy Gaugler JOE AND SCOTT, AMERICAN DRUNKS IN LONDON – Pete Lutz, Dana Gonsalves PERCIVAL, BRITISH

HERE'S ANOTHER "LOST" EPISODE from the vaults – a tale of the "Average Joe", the Everyman. A light-hearted look at one man's post-war journey toward making a new, better life for himself. This is "Holy Moses Murphy", originally released in March, 2014, and was Episode 5 of Season 1.   CAST: ANNOUNCER: Lisa Ayala EDDIE CROSBY: Austin Tower HOLY MOSES MURPHY: Carl Yowell MARY MONTGOMERY: Katherine Crawford MIKE HANNIGAN: Larry Hutchison BOX LUNCH GUY: Pete Lutz   SPECIAL FEATURES CAST: Derek Lutz, Pete Lutz

Originally released elsewhere on 7-10-14, "Tall, Dark & 4-F" is a romance adapted from a story by Vina Lawrence that appeared in a 1943 issue of "New Love" magazine.  CAST OF CHARACTERS: ANNOUNCER: Lisa Ayala SALLY BLAINE: Katherine Crawford NICK THOMAS: Nick Wommack EDDIE PHILLIPS: Austin Hanna JOHN PHILLIPS: Skeeter Ullman MRS. BLAINE: Lisa Espinoza DIANE: Canela Pennington MOLLY JONES: Nicole Sanchez SPECIAL FEATURES: "INSOMNIA THEATRE" with Micah Blain, Lisa Espinoza, Pete Lutz, Andres Elizondo II "STOOPNAGLE'S COFFEE" commercial with Dana Gonsalves "PHILBOYD STUDGE INTERVIEW" with Skeeter Ullman and Pete Lutz   WITH THIS RELEASE we announce our hiatus! If you heard the opening statement you know why. See you back here in a few months!  

I'm honestly shocked that I hadn't posted this before now, our 2015 entry for the Sonic Society's Summerstock Playhouse: Our pretty decent remake of the Lux Radio Theater's 1951 adaptation of Carol Reed's 1949 film, "The Third Man".  In case you didn't know, the Summerstock Playhouse brings you, every Summer, a handful of old-time radio remakes from modern-day audio drama producers. As I indicated above, this was our first entry, and I'd already released our production from last year, "Good Ghost" from the Quiet, Please radio series. It's no coincidence that I went looking for our first production -- earlier this week I wrapped post-production on this year's entry, "Meridian 7-1212" from the 1939 Columbia Workshop series broadcast. This new one will be featured at the Sonic Summerstock in the last weekend of July.  Find the Summerstock Playhouse at http://sonicsociety.org/category/sonic-summer/ There's a special thing going on this summer to honor the memory of our dear friend Bill Hollweg: click on the link

Welcome back to Pulp-Pourri Theatre, this is our all-new episode, "Ghost Lanterns", adapted from a story by Alan B. LeMay, that originally appeared in the 12/20/22 issue of Adventure magazine. Our producer/director, Pete Lutz, wrote this adaptation in 2014. Our cast includes the creator of THE SONIC SOCIETY podcast, Mr. Jack Ward, who introduces this episode. Others in the cast include: Lisa Ayala – ANNOUNCER Nick Wommack – THE MATE Pete Lutz – CAP DORKIN Owen McCuen – BILL GRIMES Carl Yowell – JOE BATES Russ Walker – SHARKY STEVE Alan Clower – MR. HARRIS Jason D. Johnson – CAPT. GRAVES Derek Lutz – JIMMY THE COOK   Please stay with us to the end to hear a very special public service announcement. ENJOY THE SHOW!

Just in time for Father's Day, here's the new mini-sode, which we call "A Word from Our Sponsors". Just a few loose commercials that would have run during "The Narada Audio Drive-In", were that still running as scheduled, but too good to let sit around, if you want my opinion.  Anyway, here are commercials from longtime sponsors Arrowhawk Trail Mix, Stoopnagle's Coffee, and The Turnbuckle Television Cartel, featuring the voices of (in order of appearance): ASHLEY CARROLL, BOB CARO, and (Special Guest Voice) JULIA MORIZAWA of "The Bright Sessions Podcast".  Following these spots is a special announcement, so please stay with us till the end.     Spots and jingles written by Pete Lutz Music for Turnbuckle Television Cartel spot by Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech dot com Other music from the Public Domain

Here's our special re-release of Chapter 5, originally part of the Narada Audio Drive-In #5, now coupled with the ALL-NEW, never-before-released Chapter 6! Chapter 5, "Hog-Tied", and Chapter 6, "Red-Headed Stranger", were written, directed and produced by Pete Lutz, and star the Narada Radio Company. JAKE DIMES: Dana Gonsalves CHRIS GREENSLATE: Kristen diMercurio FRED GREENSLATE: Joe Stofko BIRCH HICKAM: Tommy Gragg Other voices as mentioned in closing credits.