Fireside Radio Theatre

Director Zac Pelicano is here with the first episode of Director's Desk, Fireside Radio's most podcast-y podcast. Director's Desk is a short 10-15 minute show where Zac and the other members of Fireside Radio can interact directly with the audience. In this first episode, Zac talks about where Fireside is currently in its development, some general social media housekeeping and what's coming up for Christmas. Director's Desk episodes will be infrequent, semi-unscheduled and pretty loosey-goosey. It's the "take as needed" of podcasts. We were honestly going to call them Fireside Chats, but it seemed cheesy and who wants to tempt the ghost of FDR like that? Seems like asking for trouble.    Stay tuned for more Fireside Radio Theatre! Follow us at Facebook, Twitter & Instagram to get the latest news about the company, scheduled upcoming broadcasts and more. To support the show and get access to bonus material and special perks, visit our Patreon page and become a Fireside Patron. Every donation you make helps us make better shows and we really appreciate every bit of help we can get.  Leave us a 5 star review on iTunes if you have a chance and let us know how you're enjoying the broadcasts. The more descriptive your review, the more people will see it and listen in as well.  We'll be back in December with all manner of Christmas cheer. Thanks for listening!

Dash and Venus have a holiday excursion together and find themselves face to face with Singulus Rex on Christmas Eve in a galaxy far, far away. Finally, a sci-fi holiday special that is actually about Christmas, features only characters you know and doesn't feature large creatures screaming at each other in a made up language for 10 minutes. You're welcome.   Merry Christmas to all of our Patreon patrons from everybody at Star Corps!   ***************   Cast: Dash- Zac Pelicano   Venus- Alecia Schulz   Trevor- Lucas Pelicano   Singulus Rex- Ryan Collins   Recorded at Fireside Studios. All music by Gustav Holst and Richard Wagner. Script by Zachary Pelicano. Fireside Radio Theatre is produced by Minitru Productions.  BEST LISTENED TO ON HEADPHONES FOR MAXIMUM AMBIENCE ***************   Stay tuned for more Fireside Radio Theatre! Follow us at Facebook, Twitter & Instagram to get the latest news about the company, scheduled upcoming broadcasts and more. To support the show and get access to early releases, bonus material and special perks, visit our Patreon page and become a Fireside Patron. Every donation you make helps us make better shows and we really appreciate every bit of help we can get.  Leave us a review on iTunes if you have a chance and let us know how you're enjoying the broadcasts. Merry Christmas from everyone at Fireside Radio and thanks for listening!!!  

A short little Christmas Eve broadcast to see you all off to bed before we settle our brains for a long winter's nap. Zac reads Twas The Night Before Christmas, wraps up broadcasts for the year, thanks our wonderful Patreon supporters and signs off for 2018.  Merry Christmas to all of our listeners. We hope we've entertained you and look forward to continuing to do so. All love and goodwill to you and yours for the holiday season and the new year!

In this special Christmas Eve broadcast, Fireside Radio presents a reading of a new short story by Zac Pelicano imagining Jacob Marley's journey before reaching Scrooge on that fateful Christmas Eve. For any fans of A Christmas Carol or just radio listeners looking to get in the Christmas spirit, this little ghost story may be just the thing to complete your Yuletide festivities.    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from us to you. May 2021 find you all healthy and well. Thanks for listening!   Mr. Marley's Proposition is copyrighted 2020 by Zac Pelicano and broadcast here with permission. 

Writer and Director Zac Pelicano announces 3 Strange Tales, airing throughout October.

Part of the Fireside Archives Collection from October 31, 2014, this is a brand new adaptation of Washington Irving's classic tale of a headless specter that haunts the hills of the Hudson Valley. Tune in for the original American horror story. Fireside Radio Players Ichabod Crane: Jonathan Marler Baltus Van Tassel: Doug Powell Cornelia Van Tassel/ Old Greta: Mackensie Pelicano Katrina Van Tassel: Becca Payne Narrator/ Brom Bones: Zachary Pelicano Sound Effects: Lucas Pelicano

Part of the Fireside Archives Collection from October 31, 2013, this fresh take on Bram Stoker's Victorian horror masterpiece is an exciting retelling of a truly terrifying classic. Jonathan Harker- Jonathan Marler; Dracula- Doug Powell; Dr. Seward- Clint Walker; Mina- Allison Stoiser; Lucy- Mackensie Pelicano; Mrs. Westenra- Ruth McDaniel; Cargo Ship Captain/ Abraham Van Helsing- Zachary Pelicano; Dracula's Brides- Mackensie Pelicano, Becca Payne, Ruth McDaniel; Sound Effects: Lucas Pelicano  

Part of the Fireside Archives Collection from October 31, 2016, this is a brand new adaptation of Stevenson's classic tale of science gone wrong and the hazards of indulging one's darkest impulses.  Dr. Henry Jekyll-Joseph Bogs; Mr. Edward Hyde-Zachary Pelicano; John Utterson- Jonathan Marler; Emily Thatcher- Lindsay Polowczuk; Constable Primrose- Hugh Murphy; Mr. Enfield/ Poole/ Sound Effects- Lucas Pelicano;   Thanks for listening! Check us out at firesideradiotheatre.com, follow us on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and if you really like us, drop by out Patreon page and show your support for us there. 

Fireside Radio Theatre's 2017 Halloween broadcast is a collection of three stories that examine the terror lurking in every dark corner of America. Three original tales of horror "...On The Other End of The Line", "The Vast Terror" and "Tall Nick of the Cliffs" take place in the 1900s, 1600s and 1800s respectively and trace a timeline of the dark and mysterious through the history of the United States.  The Fireside Radio Players featured are: Ryan Collins, Alecia Schulz, Lucas Pelicano, Hugh Murphy, Lindsay Polowczuk, Nancy Burkard, Jonathan Marler, Mackensie Pelicano, Rachel Hawks, Hailie Gold & Zac Pelicano. 

Part of the Fireside Archive Collection, this original radio noir tale was written exclusively for Fireside Radio Theatre and was recorded in front of a live audience on April 8, 2016. Dirk Brannigan, a hardboiled private detective, takes on a case for blonde bombshell client Lottie Carlisle and soon finds himself up to his neck in graft, vice, murder, deceit and dirty cops. Set against a sweltering weekend in 1930s Chicago and featuring an original jazz score, this mystery crime drama pays loving homage to every trope of the noir genre. Fireside Players Dirk Brannigan: Zac Pelicano Mr. Roccamorra: Hugh Murphy Det. Schultz: Lucas Pelicano Lottie Carlisle: Rachel Hawks Mrs. Greendale: Marley Wolfe Benny: Lucas Pelicano Felix Carlisle: Jonathan Marler Felix's Thugs: Lucas Pelicano & Hugh Murphy Waiter at the Empire Room: Jonathan Marler Radio News Man: Lucas Pelicano The Algonquin: Hugh Murphy Charlie: Jonathan Marler ********* Stay tuned for more Fireside Radio Theatre! Follow us at Facebook, Twitter & Instagram to get the latest news about the company, scheduled upcoming broadcasts and more. To support the show and get access to bonus material and special perks, visit our Patreon page and become a Fireside Patron. Every donation you make helps us make better shows and we really appreciate every bit of help we can get.  Leave us a review on iTunes if you have a chance and let us know how you're enjoying the broadcasts. We'll be back with more radio gold just in time for the holidays! Thanks for listening!  

Director Zac Pelicano chats with Hugh Murphy, Rachel Hawks and Jonathan Marler about the behind-the-scenes workings of The Hottest Weekend. Actors comment on inspiration for characters, thoughts on the story and Zac talks about writing the original noir story. Spoilers for The Hottest Weekend are included, so listening to the actual production before digesting this commentary is highly advised.   Click Here for Photos of the Production   Stay tuned for more Fireside Radio Theatre! Follow us at Facebook, Twitter & Instagram to get the latest news about the company, scheduled upcoming broadcasts and more. To support the show and get access to bonus material and special perks, visit our Patreon page and become a Fireside Patron. Every donation you make helps us make better shows and we really appreciate every bit of help we can get.  Leave us a review on iTunes if you have a chance and let us know how you're enjoying the broadcasts. We'll be back in December with some all new Christmas merriment! Thanks for listening!

Fireside Radio's first Christmas broadcast of 2017, this clip show takes a listen back through the greatest hits of the first five years of Fireside Christmas shows. Sketches featured include The Little Drummer Boy, Whose Christmas Is Worse?, visits from angels and movie stars and the reading of some dubious "fan mail" and much, much more!    Stay tuned for more Fireside Radio Theatre! Follow us at Facebook, Twitter & Instagram to get the latest news about the company, scheduled upcoming broadcasts and more. To support the show and get access to bonus material and special perks, visit our Patreon page and become a Fireside Patron. Every donation you make helps us make better shows and we really appreciate every bit of help we can get.  Leave us a review on iTunes if you have a chance and let us know how you're enjoying the broadcasts. We'll be back with Christmas On The Air!, an all-new Fireside Christmas special, on December 17.  Until then, thanks for listening!  

Fireside Radio presents an all new Christmas broadcast featuring songs, sketch comedy and a very confused cast. Written exclusively for Fireside Radio, this show is the sixth Fireside Radio Theatre Christmas broadcast and was recorded at Fireside Studios, December 2017.    Stay tuned for more Fireside Radio Theatre! Follow us at Facebook, Twitter & Instagram to get the latest news about the company, scheduled upcoming broadcasts and more. To support the show and get access to bonus material and special perks, visit our Patreon page and become a Fireside Patron. Every donation you make helps us make better shows and we really appreciate every bit of help we can get.  Leave us a review on iTunes if you have a chance and let us know how you're enjoying the broadcasts. We'll be back with one more Christmas surprise before the big day and then we're off until February! Thanks for listening!

As a special, surprise broadcast for our listeners, Fireside Radio presents this 2012 live recording of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.  Featuring the Fireside Radio Players: Dan Wilkie, Zac Pelicano Bob Muller, Carter McCauley, Regan Pelicano, Ethan Blanchard, Dough Powell, Mackensie Pelicano Stay tuned for more Fireside Radio Theatre! Follow us at Facebook, Twitter & Instagram to get the latest news about the company, scheduled upcoming broadcasts and more. To support the show and get access to bonus material and special perks, visit our Patreon page and become a Fireside Patron. Every donation you make helps us make better shows and we really appreciate every bit of help we can get.  Leave us a review on iTunes if you have a chance and let us know how you're enjoying the broadcasts. Merry Christmas to all of our listeners and we'll return in 2018 with a whole new lineup of shows. Thanks for listening!

Part of the Fireside Archives Collection from March 26, 2015, this original western takes listeners to the town of Junction City, Nevada where a mysterious stranger has just come to town and is immediately at odds with the local sheriff who may be more than he seems.  Fireside Radio Players J.R., Joe- Lucas Pelicano Clem, Ensemble- Jonathan Marler Mrs. Cross, Ensemble- Lindsay Polowczuk Sheriff Jesse Harris- Zachary Pelicano The Stranger- Dan Wilkie Melody- Regan Pelicano Janie- Mackensie Pelicano   *********  Stay tuned for more Fireside Radio Theatre! Follow us at Facebook, Twitter & Instagram to get the latest news about the company, scheduled upcoming broadcasts and more. To support the show and get access to bonus material and special perks, visit our Patreon page and become a Fireside Patron. Every donation you make helps us make better shows and we really appreciate every bit of help we can get.  Leave us a review on iTunes if you have a chance and let us know how you're enjoying the broadcasts. We'll be back in February with The Intergalactic Adventures of Dash Starburst! and a few episodes of our new sci-fi-fi serial comedy Dash & Venus: Star Corps. Finest. Thanks for listening!

Director Zac Pelicano chats with the cast of The Rider From Nowhere. Actors comment on inspiration for characters, thoughts on the plot and production process and Zac talks about writing the original western story. Spoilers for The Rider From Nowhere are included, so listening to the actual production before digesting this commentary is highly advised.   *********  Stay tuned for more Fireside Radio Theatre! Follow us at Facebook, Twitter & Instagram to get the latest news about the company, scheduled upcoming broadcasts and more. To support the show and get access to bonus material and special perks, visit our Patreon page and become a Fireside Patron. Every donation you make helps us make better shows and we really appreciate every bit of help we can get.  Leave us a review on iTunes if you have a chance and let us know how you're enjoying the broadcasts. We'll be back in February with a new studio recording of an original sci-fi-fi comedy, The Intergalactic Adventures of Dash Starburst! Thanks for listening!

This original sci-fi comedy romp through the cosmos follows Dash Starburst and Venus Centauri, operatives for the United Earth Star Corps, as they take on the dastardly Singulus Rex and the Dark Sky Legion. Paying homage to the tropes of the science fiction classics you love, this super-sized episode is a pilot for a new Fireside Radio Theatre series Dash & Venus: Star Corps Finest, premiering in March.  Cast: Singulus Rex-Ryan Collins Trevor- Lucas Pelicano Venus Centauri- Alecia Schulz Dash Starburst- Zac Pelicano Commander Damocloid: Nancy Burkard Dr. Heinz Parsec: Joseph Bogs Petey- Jonathan Marler Quark Quasar- Joseph Bogs Leader of the Barren Spirited Fellows- Ryan Collins Felicia/Emily Rosenblatt- Nancy Burkard Recorded at Fireside Studios. All music by Gustav Holst. Script by Zac & Lucas Pelicano. Fireside Radio Theatre is presented by Minitru Productions.   BEST LISTENED TO ON HEADPHONES FOR MAXIMUM AMBIENCE ***************   Stay tuned for more Fireside Radio Theatre! Follow us at Facebook, Twitter & Instagram to get the latest news about the company, scheduled upcoming broadcasts and more. To support the show and get access to bonus material and special perks, visit our Patreon page and become a Fireside Patron. Every donation you make helps us make better shows and we really appreciate every bit of help we can get.  Leave us a review on iTunes if you have a chance and let us know how you're enjoying the broadcasts. We'll be back in March with the new sci-fi serial comedy Dash & Venus: Star Corps. Finest. Thanks for listening!

In this first episode, Dash Starburst and Venus Centauri, operatives for the United Earth Star Corps, take on a giant interstellar monster that attempts to devour Earth. It's a desperate race against the clock to defeat an enemy that may be more than it seems.  Cast: Venus Centauri- Alecia Schulz Dash Starburst- Zac Pelicano Drake Mordik: Dan Wilkie Commander Damocloid: Nancy Burkard Dr. Heinz Parsec: Joseph Bogs Bridge Officer/Joel Friedman/Newscaster/Tram Robot- Jonathan Marler Replicator/Newscaster/Gamma- Lindsay Polowczuk Tram Voice- Mackensie Pelicano   Recorded at Fireside Studios. All music by Gustav Holst (except Moonbot, written and performed by interstellar pop superstars Darksyde). Script by Zac Pelicano. Fireside Radio Theatre is presented by Minitru Productions.  BEST LISTENED TO ON HEADPHONES FOR MAXIMUM AMBIENCE ***************   Stay tuned for more Fireside Radio Theatre! Follow us at Facebook, Twitter & Instagram to get the latest news about the company, scheduled upcoming broadcasts and more. To support the show and get access to early releases, bonus material and special perks, visit our Patreon page and become a Fireside Patron. Every donation you make helps us make better shows and we really appreciate every bit of help we can get.  Leave us a review on iTunes if you have a chance and let us know how you're enjoying the broadcasts. We'll be back in a month with Dash & Venus: Star Corps Finest- Episode II: The Robot Revolt!

In this next installment of our heroes' adventures, Dash Starburst and Venus Centauri travel to a distant manufacturing colony run by robots who have taken up arms against their human oppressors. Meanwhile, Singles Rex, Supreme Lord of Galactic Villany and Interstellar Terror is regrouping and rethinking his evil schemes.   Cast: Dash- Zac Pelicano   Venus- Alecia Schulz   Com Voice- Joseph Bogs   Dr. Ephraim Montague- Jonathan Marler   Robot Landing Command- Hailie Gold   Robot Guard 1- Lindsay Polowczuk   Robot Guard 2- Joseph Bogs   Trevor- Lucas Pelicano   Singulus Rex- Ryan Collins   Central Computer- Mackensie Pelicano   Dennis- Ryan Collins   Ethel- Hailie Gold   Rudy Huxtable- Rachel Hawks   Commander Damocloid- Nancy Burkard   Mord- Joseph Bogs   Verna- Mackensie Pelicano   Ken- Zac Pelicano   Newscaster- Lindsay Polowczuk   Alphus Dorn- Zac Pelicano     Recorded at Fireside Studios. All music by Gustav Holst and Richard Wagner. Script by Mackensie and Zachary Pelicano. Fireside Radio Theatre is presented by Minitru Productions.  BEST LISTENED TO ON HEADPHONES FOR MAXIMUM AMBIENCE ***************   Stay tuned for more Fireside Radio Theatre! Follow us at Facebook, Twitter & Instagram to get the latest news about the company, scheduled upcoming broadcasts and more. To support the show and get access to early releases, bonus material and special perks, visit our Patreon page and become a Fireside Patron. Every donation you make helps us make better shows and we really appreciate every bit of help we can get.  Leave us a review on iTunes if you have a chance and let us know how you're enjoying the broadcasts. We'll be back in a month with Dash & Venus: Star Corps Finest- Episode III: Evil x 2!

In this next installment of our heroes' adventures, Dash & Venus face off against their worst enemies yet....themselves. Meanwhile, Singles Rex goes on an intergalactic search for the most dangerous man in the universe, Alphus Dorn. Cast: Dash/Evil Dash- Zac Pelicano   Venus/ Evil Venus- Alecia Schulz   Dr. Parsec- Joseph Bogs   Commander Damocloid- Nancy Burkard   Trevor- Lucas Pelicano   Singulus Rex- Ryan Collins   Deep Space 14 Clerk- Mackensie Pelicano   Coffee Bro- Lucas Pelicano   Spaceport Security Guard- Zac Pelicano   Dorn's Radio Operator- Joseph Bogs       Alphus Dorn- Zac Pelicano     Recorded at Fireside Studios. All music by Gustav Holst and Richard Wagner. Script by Mackensie and Zachary Pelicano. Fireside Radio Theatre is presented by Minitru Productions.  BEST LISTENED TO ON HEADPHONES FOR MAXIMUM AMBIENCE ***************   Stay tuned for more Fireside Radio Theatre! Follow us at Facebook, Twitter & Instagram to get the latest news about the company, scheduled upcoming broadcasts and more. To support the show and get access to early releases, bonus material and special perks, visit our Patreon page and become a Fireside Patron. Every donation you make helps us make better shows and we really appreciate every bit of help we can get.  Leave us a review on iTunes if you have a chance and let us know how you're enjoying the broadcasts. We'll be back in a month with the season finale of Dash & Venus: Star Corps Finest- Episode IV: The Colossus Protocol!