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About Me

"IT COULDN'T BE BETTER. DELIGHTFUL...HILARIOUS!" -Elizabeth Fox, The Philadelphia Inquirer on "The Many Men of Martha Manning", the first-anywhere Fringe Festival podcast play.
Hello, all of my wonderful radio friends.
It may seem like not much happens here in Pepper Pickle, Pennsylvania, especially now that we're in the summer doldrums of 1957.
But I've been quite busy on the patio behind the purple picket fence. For one, I've been serving my patented pomegranate punch to my Brother Mike, who lives next door, and to my best friend Dotty. I've also been keeping an eye on Snowflake, the only dog I can think of who can cross state lines while fast asleep.
But mostly, I've been concerned about my dear husband Bill. Oh, I know what you're thinking--that Bill vanished after entering the Army to go fight in the Korean War. I'm sure you, like everyone else, thinks he's dead. But I'm not yet convinced. I've been rooting through his basement workshop...so full of his experiments and home-made machines!...and I keep coming up with things that might help me understand what may have happened to him, after all.
I'm doing my best to put together my notes about my dear husband Bill, and what I'm finding out about his disappearance. But you'll see (or, actually, hear)...I'll get the rest of his story told, just the way he'd tell it if he were here.
Dotty and I, you see, have come across a very curious clue to Bill's possible fate. We're heading for the airport in just a few hours and, well, I'm not sure where we're going....but I know we're on our way!
Please check back soon...either on our six-episode iTunes podcast, or at http://marthamanning.org. I expect we'll have quite a story for you!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who enjoys their theater on the Fringe, those who prefer their movies without pictures, anyone who can see better with their ears, and if your pomegranate punch isn't perfect without a pickle, you're the one for me!

My Blog

Is there really a hydrogen bomb in Tybee Bay, Georgia?

My dearest Spacers,Is there room in my heart big enough for the Philadelphia Daily News' ink-stained wretch extraordinaire Dan Gross? As Dotty would say, regardez:'Microwave Mambo' is the ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:02:00 GMT

Philly Weekly picks "Mambo!"

My dearest friends,The Philadelphia Weekly has cleverly selected "Martha & Dotty: Microwave Mambo!" as a Philadelphia Fringe Festival pick! This fine periodical found only six shows worthy o...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:57:00 GMT

CityPaper sneak-peeks "Microwave Mambo!"

That darling Deni Kasrel of the esteemed Philadelphia CityPaper has just issued this peep at the still-gestating "Martha & Dotty: Microwave Mambo!"Peas in a PodcastA jocular radio drama for the iP...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:41:00 GMT

It’s time to "Mambo!"

Well! Dotty and I have almost just finished the very first week of recording our latest adventure, and we're looking forward to lighting up our Viceroys and enjoying a nice pomegranate punch...with p...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 17:29:00 GMT

Now that’s what I call a "Lunch"!

My dearest correspondents,Well! Dotty and I were thrilled as can be to have been part of "Ron Monroe’s Lunch Party" at World Cafe Live on Monday night! Written by our darling quarterback, Davi...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:54:00 GMT

"Ron Monroe’s Lunch Party!"

Well, Dotty and I are simply over the moon! The adorable Jennifer Childs (she played Margaret Manning in "The Many Men of Martha Manning") has invited us to participate in "Ro...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:33:00 GMT

Will anyone buy my cow if the milk is free?

My darling Spaceheads,As you might know, my little StereoSonic Adventure, "The Many Men of Martha Manning", has been downloaded thousands of time free from iTunes and from http://marthamanning.org.Now...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:10:00 GMT

Well! That was quite the Fringe! Now what?

My dear, dear friends...Well, the Philly Fringe has come and gone, and I must say, our little podcast radio serial was quite the smash! Ecstatic reviews, thousands of downloads and f...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:33:00 GMT

Server crash? I’ll get the sponge mop!

Well, isn't this a pickle? Earlier this week, the Philadelphia Inquirer called our little show "Delightful...it couldn't be better!" You'd think that would impel a few people to download t...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:00:00 GMT

Podcast? But we don't have a farm...

Honestly, if I didn't have Bill's notes on his experiments in StereoSonic Sound handy, I wouldn't know how to do any of this. But I did manage to get the podcast going, even though I'm not entirely su...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:45:00 GMT