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Part one of the STAGE FRIGHTS audio fiction series featuring THE QUAKE by Travis Williams.
In this episode, the hosts of Gather by the Ghost Light and Doctor Necropolis have both accidentally booked the same dungeon studio from Air D&D. Gather by the Ghost Light is there to perform their annual horror show STAGE FRIGHTS while the Doc is there to perform a sacrifice. They decide to blend their two worlds and have the sacrificial candidates perform in the show in order to determine who will be sacrificed. The first story performed by the prisoners is called THE QUAKE. After a massive earthquake rocks their quiet mountain town, best friends, Jackie and Briggs, are about to find out what has been slaughtering several woodland creatures.
Produced and directed by Jonathan Cook & Devon McSherry.
The STAGE FRIGHTS theme and concept created and written by Jonathan Cook.
The featured audio play THE QUAKE was written by Travis Williams.
The STAGE FRIGHTS series stars A.C. Daniel, Matt Kridel, Luke Romagnoli, Azariah Seay, Marian Thibodeau, Mickey Lay, Robb Smith, Wesley Pierson, Pepper Wren, Brad King, Michael Silvio Fortino, Karla Daly, Korilyn Hendricks, Arelis Rivera, TJ McSherry, Devon McSherry, Jonathan Cook, and Nathan Shelton as "Doctor Necropolis".
Original audio production, sound design, and editing by Jonathan Cook.
Intro and outro music by JK/47.
Additional featured music by idokay and SPEARFISHER.
Special thanks to the Frightmare Theatre Podcast, Bonnie Marie Williams and the Horror Nerds Podcast, Horrorstruck Hot Sauce, and Le Chat Noir Theatre.
The program is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Playwright / Voice Actor / Host
Jonathan Cook is heavily involved in the fine arts as an actor, writer, and filmmaker based in South Carolina. Many of his short plays have been produced in theatres around the World and and he is a six-time recipient of the Porter Fleming Literary Award in the playwriting category. Aside from playwriting, he has also written and directed several short films that have been presented in regional film festivals as well as distributed internationally on ShortsTV. He is also the host and producer of the radio theater podcast GATHER BY THE GHOST LIGHT. Launched in 2020, GATHER BY THE GHOST LIGHT is a collection of stage plays adapted to an audio only format performed by voice actors and edited with appropriate sound effects and music.
Playwright / Voice Actor / Co-host
Devon McSherry has been involved in the arts for as long as she can remember. Music and theater was what brought her parents together and shaped her love of the arts. So much so that she went to college for musical theater and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BFA from Metropolitan State University of Denver. Wherever she went, Devon continued to perform but only began writing plays and short films a few years ago. After directing a short play in a festival and helping friends involved in the film community, she decided to go outside her comfort zone and write some short plays.
Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Nathan Shelton was born in Springfield, MO to Kevin and Tammy Shelton. His father is a Methodist pastor and his mother works with the Languages department of UMKC in Kansas City, MO. Nathan grew up in theatre, performing at several venues around his hometown, where he started to work professionally as a stage and screen actor in the early 1990s. He went on to study acting, writing, and directing at Missouri State University (then SMSU) in the same prestigious acting program that launched John Goodman, Kathleen Turner, Tess Harper, Jack Laufer, and many others.
Aside from working as a professional theatre/film/television actor, Nathan is an award-winning SFX makeup artist, writer, and director/producer. Nathan moved from Missouri to Chicago, IL in 2013, and continues to work throughout the country on various creative projects with his production company, Arcane (including the internationally acclaimed web series Shadow Bound, and the horror radio-drama anthology series, The Frightmare Theatre Podcast). Nathan and his wife, Alma Rodriquez, were married in March 2021 and split their time between the US and Mexico. Nathan has two children, Finnley and Vince.
Author
Travis Williams is a writer based in Los Angeles.
He is a multi-finalist and 2016 winner of DEATHSCRIBE: The International Festival of Horror Radio Plays with Wildclaw Theatre in Chicago. His short comic Unraveled is published in the horror anthology Tales from the Akermansion with American Gothic Press and Famous Monsters Magazine. Travis’ writings specialize in character driven horror with a Midwestern Gothic twist.
