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  Romeo and Juliet

  William Shakespeare

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  The most iconic love story of all time, Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” is an epic-scale tragedy of desire and revenge. Despite the bitter rivalry that exists between their families, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet have fallen madly in love. But when the long-running rivalry boils over into murder, the young couple must embark on a dangerous and deadly mission to preserve their love at any cost.
  
  Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in January 2012.
  
  Lead funding for this production is provided by The Sidney E. Frank Foundation
  
  Adapted for Radio and Directed by: Martin Jarvis
  Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
  An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:
  Janine Barris as Young Lady, Boy Page to Paris, and others
  Richard Chamberlain as Prince Escalus
  Henry Clarke as Paris and others
  Logan Fahey as Tybalt and Balthasar
  Calista Flockhart as Juliet
  Nicholas Hormann as Lord Capulet
  Lily Knight as Lady Capulet
  Alan Mandell as Friar Laurence
  Alfred Molina as Chorus
  Darren Richardson as Sampson and Peter
  Alan Shearman as Lord Montague and others
  André Sogliuzzo as Gregory and others
  Josh Stamberg as Mercutio
  Mark J. Sullivan as Benvolio and others
  Julie White as Nurse
  Matthew Wolf as Romeo
  Sarah Zimmerman as Lady Montague and others
  
  Associate Producer: Christina Montaño
  Recording Engineer/Sound Designer/Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
  Original Music by: Mark Holden and Michael Lopez
  Sound Effects Artist: Tony Palermo
  Music Supervisor: Scott Willis
  Editor: Wes Dewberry

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  The Chorus Girl

  Anton Chekhov

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  Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) is generally considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history.The Chorus Girl tells the tale of a mistress who is confronted unexpectedly by her lover's wife. In the meantime the cheating husband is hiding in the next room. The dialogue between the two women is classic of Chekhov's genius... he captures a person's entire character and soul within a few paragraphs and then catapults them into a crisis from which they emerge changed.

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  The Camel's Back

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  In this story a young man, recently broken off from a long engagement, attends a gala costume party dressed as a camel. There he is approached by his gal, who does not recognize him in his camel garb, and the comical escapade ensues. This light and amusing story will keep you entertained, right up to the surprise ending.

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  The Count of Monte Cristo

  Alexandre Dumas

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  The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas' most popular work. It is also among the highest selling books of all time. The writing of the work was completed in 1844. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from the plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet. The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book. It is primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, forgiveness and death, and is told in the style of an adventure story.

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  The Phantom of the Opera

  Gaston Leroux

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  A baffling series of incidents at the majestic Paris Opera sparks frightening rumors about a mysterious opera ghost. Performers are ill-at-ease when they sit alone in their dressing rooms, alleging to have seen the enigma in evening clothes moving about in the shadows. Then a young and beautiful prima donna is visited by a masked "Angel of Music" who teaches her to sing and jealously demands her devotion—             but with a price. With an increasing pattern of fear and violence, the phantom of the opera begins to strike, but always with a beautiful young performer at the center of his deadly desires. Is he a man, an angel, or a ghost? And what does his mask conceal?

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  Can Such Things Be?

  Ambrose Bierce

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  Welcome to the incredible world of Ambrose Bierce! A true master of the weird, eccentric, macabre and even grotesque horror story. The 24 tales in this collection are no exception. They are often deceptively simple, in the end requiring the listener to re-evaluate what has transpired and realizing that the pieces of the puzzle - often quite dreamlike - makes for something bigger and more sinister than just the finished work... (Published in 1893)

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