Various and Sundry

Voices Behind the Scenes of Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Disney’s animated films usually come with requisite musical numbers and, while there isn’t anything wrong with that, it’s not something we’ve done a lot of… yet. So it was nice to see this brief, six-minute piece that shows some of the voice actors behind one of Disney’s forays into a classic adventure yarn of a…

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The Many Voices of Rob Paulsen

What with our current production of “Prince Prigio” using many cast members to do about 50 different voices, we thought it’d be fun to share a video by one voice actor who could arguably do them all. Odds are, you’ve heard Rob Paulsen do voices in any of a number of shows. In this 20-minute…

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Foundational Science Fiction

If one is going to write about interstellar empires and civilizations that span centuries, you would be well served by reading Isaac Asimov’s celebrated Foundation series. At least, we know that the Foundation series was one of the things Bjorn Munson kept in mind when creating the Imperium for Rogue Tyger. He’s currently re-reading the…

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Thoughts on Live Theater

While we’re usually not a live theater experience, many of our actors work in the DC theater community… and we love it when we have been able to perform live. So this message has additional impact.

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War of the Worlds, Classic Style!

We had great fun adapting H.G. Wells’s sci-fi classic The War of the Worlds for radio last year, transporting the action from England to the outskirts of Washington, DC, and also to the present day with War of the Worlds 2018. In fact, many people have adapted it to times and places convenient for them….

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Origins of Science Fiction Terminology

In addition to working on our anthology series, we’re in research and writing mode here in Deepest Springfield. So this recent article in io9 by Lauren Davis about the origins of 31 different sci-fi terms (including “science fiction” itself) was a delight. Enjoy!

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R.I.P., Terrance Dicks

While we play around with referencing “that show with the blue box” regularly here at Jabberwocky Audio Theater, said show was a huge influence on our idea of crafting adventure serials. Terrance Dicks, who has just passed away at age 84, was one the show’s principal crafters for years, as well as being the writer of…

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A Different Kind of Space Opera…

There are many directions we considered when creating Rogue Tyger. Having Tommy Wiseau of the The Room fame be our lead was… well to be honest, not an option. Still, we never ever would have thought of it. You can learn a lot more about it in this article from Deadline. And… oh what the…

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