Season One

The Quorum Archives: The Candidates

Jabberwocky Audio Theater presents: The Quorum Archives, a collection of auditory records that may illuminate the labyrinthine plans of the myriad conspiratorial forces at work.

“The Candidates” continues our journey into the wider world of Quorum via “found audio” pieces — this time exploring some of the political machinations referenced in “The Messenger’s Tale”… and hinting at some previously unrevealed connections to certain characters in “The Gambler’s Tale: All That Glitters.” As with our regular episodes, these are full-cast audio productions, and will both bring back familiar voices from Quorum and introduce some new ones.

“The Candidates” takes place around the events of “The Messenger’s Tale“ and documents both the buildup to and the fallout from the events of that interlude episode.

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The Quorum Archives: The Authorities

Jabberwocky Audio Theater presents: The Quorum Archives, a collection of auditory records that may illuminate the labyrinthine plans of the myriad conspiratorial forces at work.

“The Authorities” is the first in a series of special collections of “found audio” pieces culled from the wider world of Quorum — from voice mail messages to surreptitious recordings and more. As with our regular episodes, these are full-cast audio productions, and will both bring back familiar voices from Quorum and introduce some new ones.

“The Authorities” involves some of the characters you first heard in “The Gambler’s Tale: Outstanding Debts” and documents some of the fallout due to the events of that season.

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“The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Andersen (Part 1 of 2)

A Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen and the basis for the film “Frozen.”

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The Messenger’s Tale

Washington, DC, September 2011. A city as renowned for pushing papers as for pushing deadlines. Where the machinery of American government fights tooth and nail against the encroachment of twenty-first century technology… clinging desperately to methods, communication styles, and entire industries rendered obsolete in the world beyond the Capital Beltway.

Bicycle messenger Swipe is on the final delivery of her career — transporting a set of vital papers to a government office by a five o’clock deadline — before moving ahead with long-delayed wedding plans. But forces intent on interrupting that delivery quickly move to oppose her — as does one of her unprincipled courier competitors.

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“The Old Nurse’s Story” by Elizabeth Gaskell (part 2 of 2)

We conclude the very Victorian ghost story from very Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskill in a way that will make you want to have a fainting couch nearby.

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“The Old Nurse’s Story” by Elizabeth Gaskell (part 1 of 2)

Celebrated Victorian writer Elizabeth Gaskell gives us a perfectly Victorian ghost story.

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“The Rats in the Walls” by H.P. Lovecraft (part 2 of 2)

The conclusion of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “The Rats in the Walls” narrated by William R. Coughlan amid an immersive soundscape.

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“The Rats in the Walls” by H.P. Lovecraft (part 1 of 2)

Enjoy William R. Coughlan’s award-winning narration of H.P. Lovecraft’s short story “The Rats in the Walls” amid an immersive soundscape.

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“Tailypo” and “The Open Window” by Saki

We venture into the deep, dark woods that is our spooky anthology series with scary story told in countless versions around countless campfires across America: “Tailypo.” Then we switch to a very British ghost story: “The Open Window,” by Saki

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Listen Online! Through a Glass, Darkly – Episode 1: Tailypo & The Open Window

Narrators:  Brooks Tegler (“Tailypo”) and Bjorn Munson (“The Open Window”) Crew: Dialogue editing by Maurice Malde. Sound effects editing and final mixing by William R. Coughlan. Length: 25:12Rated AD-PG, parental guidance suggested. Contains the implication that a human is eaten by a monster as well as British manners.

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