Projects
Jules Verne: From the Earth to the Moon
Nellie Bly, the enterprising 25-year-old American journalist, became an international celebrity when she embarked on a voyage around the world to beat the record of Phileas Fogg, the fictional hero of Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days. They said a woman couldn’t do it, but Bly proved them wrong— even taking precious time out for a surprise detour in France to meet the aging Verne. The meeting of these two unlikely kindred spirits, both unafraid to explore the unknown, inspires a sumptuous audio drama that takes you to the moon and back.
Starring Thibault de Montalembert as Jules Verne, Hélène Babu as Honorine Verne, and Meghan Picerno as Nellie Bly. Audio script and music design by Eve Wolf. Directed by Donald T. Sanders. Audio production by SueMedia and Tara Prem.
Sweet Fragrance of Life
By Elizabeth Schwartz
Narrated by Elizabeth Schwartz, Yelena Shmulenson
Renowned Jewish vocalist and writer Elizabeth Schwartz’s first book of fiction “The Sweet Fragrance of Life & Other Stories” is a meditation on historic European Jewish Culture seen through the lens of a woman’s point of view.
As if Sholem Aleichem and Angela Carter had a child, The Sweet Fragrance of Life & Other Horror Stories explores European Jewish history, culture, and real world events through a feminist, shtetl perspective.
This is an eerie collection of new Jewish-themed horror stories from a world that was. A Rabbi commits the gravest of sins as he lusts for a younger wife, evil is lurking in an apartment building in pre-war Germany and a young girl experiences hell at sea. These are thrilling and dark stories, but also political reflections about racism and misogyny.
Day By Day
An Audio Drama Series About Recovery
Broke, ashamed, and at the end of his rope, Cody, a struggling bitcoin trader with an opioid habit, fails to kill himself. Mandated to a therapeutic community, aptly named The House of Charity, he reluctantly joins five recovering addicts under the guidance of Gabrielle, a strict and controlling female counselor who he clashes with constantly.
Each of the six episodes in the series is 30 minutes long and focuses on a different character.
2024 Winner Miami Web Fest Best storyline, Podcast
Curveballs
CURVEBALLS is a half hour original podcast series that provides an inside look into the wild, raunchy world behind the wholesome facade of a kids sports show.
2024 WINNER Best Drama Baltimore New Media Festival
2024 New Jersey Web Fest Nominee
How to Be A Great Swim Parent
by Chuck Warner
Sage advice distilled from a Hall of Fame coach’s years of interactions and astute observations, this straight-to-the-point guidebook for parents of young athletes describes how to support your child’s journey to their dreams and capture their heart.
Presence, The Play
Performed by Gary Furlong with Simon Jones, Robert Fass, Cary Hite, Tara Sands, Doug Shapiro, and full cast. Presence, the Play blends magical realism and spirituality in an immersive audio adventure.
2022 Mary Shelly / Media Ecology Award
2022 NY FESTIVALS FINALIST FOR BEST Sound
2022 Gold Communicator awards of Excellence for Writing and Editing
Debs in canton
On June 16, 1918, America’s leading voice of conscience, Eugene Victor Debs, stepped onto a stage in Canton, Ohio, and gave a soul-stirring speech against American intervention in WWI. He did so knowing the cost would be severe: Debs was charged with violating the Espionage Act of 1917 and sentenced to 10 years in a federal penitentiary for sedition. The 63-year-old cofounder of the Socialist Party of America ran for president from his jail cell in 1920. He received nearly a million votes.
2021 NY FESTIVALS FINALIST FOR BEST Podcast Series
2021 GOLD COMMUNICATOR AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR Writing and Sound Design
2021 Silver Communicator Award for Best podcast
Where’s My Fortune Cookie?
The hilarious, startling biography of Phil Proctor, the co-founder of the legendary satirical comedy group, the Firesign Theatre, and soon to be returning to “The Rugrats” shares personal stories and insights from his decades of work.
2019 Finalist Independent AUdiobook awards
2019 NY FESTIVALS FINALIST FOR BEST Podcast Series
2019 GOLD COMMUNICATOR AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR BEST AUDIOBOOk and Best podcast
Mason and Milo: A Journey Among The Stars (Children’s book)
This unique bedtime experience follows the night-time adventures of a young boy who wishes for happier dreams. Written by Nyilah Sulaimana for her son Mason, who can be heard narrating the audiobook.
Never Again War: The Sacrifice of Käthe Kollwitz
“Never Again War,” takes us into the mind and life of the great German graphic artist and sculptor, Käthe Kollwitz, renowned for her body of work dedicated to depicting the lives of the working poor. After her youngest son, Peter, was killed in Belgium in October, 1914, during the opening weeks of World War I, she devoted the rest of her life to using her art in the service of her grief and opposition to war.
2016 Gracie Award Winner
2016 NY Festivals Finalist for BEST DRAMA & BEST DIRECTOR
Painting in the Dark
In 1953, Esref Armagan was born completely blind to a poor family in Istanbul, Turkey. He experienced the world through touch and learned to visually reproduce his surroundings, including color, shadows, and perspective, with his hands.
Winner 2017 WILBUR Award for Childrens / Youth audiobooks
The Witches of Lublin
This original audio drama written by Ellen Kushner, Elizabeth Schwartz, & Yale Strom, focuses on the Passover holidays. Starring Tovah Feldshuh and full cast featuring Simon Jones, Neil Gaiman and Barbara Rosenblat this story looks at the lives of Jewish women in Poland in the 1800s. The Witches features original, and traditional, music arranged and played by Yale Strom and some of the world’s great klezmer musicians.
2012 Audie Finalist for: Distinguished Achievement in Production, Best Original Work, Best Package Design
2012 Wilbur Award The RCC (Best Single Program, Radio.)
2012 Gracie Awards Radio Programming
2012 Gabriel Awards Radio Programming
2012 Communicator Award for Programming
named among the “Best Voices” for 2011 by Audiofile Magazine
2011 AudioFile “Earphone Award” Winner
Swordspoint
Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners is a 1987 fantasy novel by Ellen Kushner. It is Kushner’s debut novel and is one of several books and short stories in the Riverside series. Later editions of the novel were also bundled with three short stories set in the same universe.
Narrated by: Ellen Kushner
Supporting cast: Dion Graham, Katherine Kellgren, Robert Fass, Nick Sullivan, and Simon Jones
Score by: Nathanael Tronerud
2013 Audie Winner for Audio Drama
“Best Fantasy / Audio Theater” audiobooks for 2012 by AudioFile Magazine
The Privilege of The Sword
Welcome to Riverside, where the aristocratic and the ambitious battle for power in the city’s ballroom, brothels and boudoirs. Into this alluring world walks Katherine, a well-bred country girl versed in the rules of conventional society. Her mistake is thinking that they apply.
Narrated by: Ellen Kushner & Barbara Rosenblat
Supporting cast: Joe Hurley, Katherine Kellgren, Nick Sullivan, Felicia Day, & Neil Gaiman
Score by: Nathanael Tronerud
2013 Audie Finalist for Multi-Voice
The Fall of the Kings
Immerse yourself in an elegant story of magic and intrigue. In an ancient city full of dreams, no king rules anymore.
Narrated by: Ellen Kushner
Supporting cast: Nick Sullivan, Katherine Kellgren, Simon Jones, Robert Fass, Richard Ferrone, Tim Jerome & Neil Gaiman
Score by: Nathanael Tronerud
2014 Audie Finalist for Audio Drama & Multi-Voice Production
2014 Wilbur Award
Jack’s Last Call: Say Goodbye to Kerouac
Opening in Northport, Long Island, in 1964 and recorded, in part, at one of Kerouac’s favorite area bars, the story hitchhikes its way back and forth through Kerouac’s life, blending recollections of his youth, his life on the road, and his discomfort with his own celebrity.
2009 Audie Finalist for Audio Drama
2009 Bronze Medal NY Radio Festivals
2009 Award of Excellance - Communicator Awards
2009 PRX Zeitfunk Winner
