The Menagerie

On July 18th, for one night only the PMRP will reprise our Arisia 2025 Gender Swapped Star Trek performance of “The Menagerie.”

After hearing of an accident involving her former captain, Christina Pike, Ms. Spock commandeers the Enterprise to return to the site of a past mission for mysterious reasons.

The show starts at 8PM. Attendance is free. Donations greatly appreciated! The performance will be at the George Dilboy VFW Post 529, 351 Summer Street, Somerville, MA 02144 (in Davis Square, a short walk from what used to be Grace Church where most of our events have been performed).

Bullets Over Boston

Congratulations to the cast and crew of PMRP’s summer mystery show, Bullets over Boston, featuring adaptations of two Dashiell Hammett radio classics! Performances will be the last weekend in July and the first weekend in August.

First, it’s hard-boiled parody in “The Adventures of Samantha Spade!” a gender flipped version of the 1940s radio series “The Adventures of Sam Spade!” In this episode detective Samantha has been framed for murdering the owner of the private schooner, the Steve Starr!

And in “After the Thin Man!”, we recreate the Lux Radio Theater broadcast of 1940 as murder hits close to home! Nick and Nora Charles investigate the murder of Robert Landis, the finance of Nora’s cousin Selma.

Read more to see the cast and crew!

Tickets and Reservations — Dangerous Adventures

Come see our spring show, “Dangerous Adventures”, featuring three thrilling tales of adventure:

  • In Jaimie Carlson’s original gender-swapped adaptation of the classic story “The Most Dangerous Game”, a big-game hunter washes ashore on a mysterious island and winds up in another hunt — but this time as prey!
  • In Michael McAfee’s new fantasy adventure, “Townies and Dragons: Barrel Full of Peril”, four friends just want to get some drinks after work, but in a world of might and magic, adventure can happen at any time!
  • And in Robert J LeBlanc’s The Bonnie Tales of Captain Bellamy: Song of Trickery, a pirate captain and her crew seek their fortune on the high seas (but if their fortune isn’t available, they’ll settle for someone else’s)!

Tickets and reservations are now available on our Tickets page! Performances will be April 25–May 6 in Davis Square!

Tickets and Reservations — The Unseen Worlds of H. G. Wells

Tickets and reservations are now available for our Halloween show, The Unseen Worlds of H. G. Wells!

Our Halloween show this year presents four original radio-drama adaptations of classic H. G. Wells stories: The Cone, The Stolen Body, The Inexperienced Ghost, and The Invisible Man! Performances will be October 25th–November 3d in Somerville and Watertown.

Check out the show’s page to see the cast and learn more about the show, and go to our Tickets page to buy tickets or make a reservation!

Auditions — The Unseen Worlds of H. G. Wells

Come audition for our Halloween show!

Our Halloween anthology, The Unseen Worlds of H. G. Wells, presents four original radio-drama adaptations of classic H. G. Wells stories, including The Invisible Man! Do you want to be a part of this show? Our Auditions page has all the information you need! Auditions are Tuesday, September 3d, and Wednesday, September 4th in Davis Square, Somerville; performances will be October 25th–November 3d in Somerville and Watertown. If you impatient, you can sign up for an audition slot now and then Read more or check out our Auditions page to learn more!

Tickets now on sale for The Thirteenth Mystery

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Tickets are now on sale from our Tickets page for our summer mystery anthology, The Thirteenth Mystery, featuring:

  • A classic episode of Lux Radio Theater, The Thin Man, written by George Wells and Sanford Barnett, adapted by Jeremy Holstein!
  • The gentleman thief Arsène Lupin in a new adaptation by Michael Lin, The Black Pearl!
  • And Trifles, by Susan Glaspell, adapted for audio drama by Phoebe Roberts!

Read more about the show here! Performances are July 19th and 20th at Guild Church near Davis Square, and July 26th, 27th, and 28th at Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown. (The closing performance on the 28th is a matinée.)

On our tickets page, you can buy tickets for either weekend, or make a reservation for the first weekend and pay for your tickets at the door. We look forward to seeing you there!

The Doomsday Machine

This coming Friday (8pm) and Saturday (2pm and 8pm) we're reprising our gender-swapped take on the classic Star Trek episode “The Doomsday Machine”, first performed in January at the 2024 Arisia science-fiction convention.

There will be a talkback with the director and cast after Friday’s performance.

While we will happily take donations, attendence is free, and no reservations are required; just show up at Guild Church!

Read more to learn more about the show and see the cast and crew! We hope to see you there!

Auditions for The Thirteenth Mystery

Audition signups are open for our summer mysteries, featuring our recreation of the classic radio drama “The Thin Man”, adapted and directed by Jeremy Holstein, and original adaptations of Arsène Lupin in “The Black Pearl”, adapted by Michael Lin and directed by Jamie Lin, and of the 1916 feminist classic play “Trifles”, adapted by Phoebe Roberts and directed by Hannah Baker.

Parts will be available for both voice and Foley roles.

Performances will be on two weekends from July 19-28, 2024, in Somerville and in Watertown.

Read more to learn how to audition, and then sign up here for an audition slot!

Also, tickets are still available for Watertown performances of our spring show this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, featuring the original cold-war spy drama “Women Behind the Curtain” plus our recreation of the 1948 short radio play “The Outcasts”.

Tickets for our spring show now available!

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Tickets and reservations are now available for our spring show — local author Michael Lin’s Cold-War spy thriller, “Women Behind the Curtain”, accompanied by our recreation of the 1948 radio play “The Outcasts”.

In Michael Lin’s original spy thriller “Women Behind the Curtain”, directed by Jay Sekora, a French spy in the Soviet Union finds unexpected allies — and unexpected enemies!

And in “The Outcasts”, directed by Kitty Drexel, a group of homeowners wonder whether prospective homebuyers are the kinds of neighbors they want — and one of them has to decide whether to risk speaking her mind.

You can learn more about the show on its page, and you can find links to buy tickets (or to make a seat reservation for the first weekend and pay at the door) on our Tickets page, but here’s the short form:

Seeking radio-drama adaptations of H. G. Wells works for Halloween 2024 anthology

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The Post-Meridian Radio Players, based in Eastern Massachusetts, is seeking one to two original script adaptations of the novels or short stories of H.G. Wells. PMRP’s work pays homage to the golden age of radio, and our productions take place as staged readings before a live audience, with sound effects performed live. Since 2006, we have brought original and public domain radio plays to life in our distinctive format, which includes script-in-hand actors and live foley artists.

Our 2024 Halloween anthology will honor the science fiction works of author H.G.Wells. We are inviting submissions of 50–60-minute adaptations of Wells’ novels or 25–30-minute adaptations of Wells’ shorter works. Submission is free, and playwrights can submit more than one adaptation, so long as all are H. G. Wells’ canon.

Read more to learn about the process and how to submit a script! We look forward to reading your submission!

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